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Chariton courier., 1909-07-02
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S0AAaA(E SQUAOos
George w. Thompson was in
Brookfield Thursday.
John Mckee and wife of west
of Mez.don were in our town Sun
day.
Attorney U. A. House went to
Grant City Thursday on bust.
ness
Mrs. Morgan Clint was here
from Meadville visiting her par.
ents.
Joe Kaye shipped two carloads
of very fine cattle from this place
Monday.
Miss Goldie Turner has gone
to Linneus to spend week with
her aunt.
Mesdames Dan Smith ane
Stapleron were Chiilicothe visi-
tors this week.
]. H. Bondvrant is here from
Illinois looking after the interests
of his farm.
Mrs. West of Brookfield was
the guest of Mrs. G. w. North.
cott Sunday.
Mrs. Celia Lowe of Chillicothe
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs
James Purvis.
Mrs. Edith Allen went to Sal.
isbury Thursday to attend the
teschers' exsmin alton.
Mrs. A. j. Miller is improving
her residence on Glover Hill farm
by q fresh coat of paint.
Miss Della Andrews has gone
to Chicago on an extended visit
to her many relatives there.
Many of our young people
went to Mesdville Sunday snc
were very pleasantly entertained
by DR.. Clint and wife.
Miss Lizzie Miller has returned
to Oklahoma to take up her po-
sition as saleslady after atwo.
weeks visit with her parents.
MesdamessW VIM. Watterson an6
Bennett Hardy and Miss Anna
Felumerfelt were. in Chillicothe
Friday on shopping expedition
The Ladies Aid society of tn,
Chr, stian church gave an ice
cream social at Mrs. Aliens Sat
| urdsy. Quite q sum was real
lied.
Eld. E. G. Merrill will fill hi
appointment ct the Christisl
church Sunday, morning an,
evening, July 4. All are cor
daily invited.
| Mrs. Jane Erb hes purchases
] tho neat little cottage of Jo'
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Chariton courier., 1909-07-02
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Miss Ross Adams spent the
later part of the week In Sails.
bury.
Forrest Bailey left Wednesday
morning for Texas whore he will
spend the summer with relatives.
The w. G.. T. U. will meet at
New Hope church Wednesday,
July Z. We would be glad to see
all the members out.
r. c. Ford of Tancy county,
Mo-, visited relatives in this
part of the county last week and
was in our town shaking hands
with old friends.
The Forest Green w. c. T. U,
will hold an open meeting Sun
day afternoon. The talks will be
along the line of Christian citi.
zenship and narcotics. The
Shannondale unicn will assist in
the program.
W.O. (Briok) Patterson re-
turned from Columbis Saturday
where his wife is in the hospital
for treatment. The operation
was performed Thursday and the
| latest news is that Mrs. Patterson
is getting along fine.
G. L. Jenkins and family and
MIR. and Mrs. John Bailey at
tended the 9th anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Williams of Salisbury Sunday.
| A real wedding feast was served
and q pleasant time enjoyed by
ell present. Late in the after.
noon the guests departed, wish.
| inr Mr.. and Mrs. Williams many
happy returns of their wedding
anniversary.
The w. C. T. u. Of this place
took its silver. medal contest tc
Salisbury Saturday night. Quite
ia rumber from here attended,
We know Saturday night is the
worst time to go to town with
anything, still we had very fail
audience and are under many
obligations to the Salisbury un'
| ion for kindnesses shown. Tht
| contestants all did we'll. Mis-
| Lou Hubert received the medal
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Chariton courier., 1909-07-02

Barnhsrt on South Walnut street.
We are glad to welcome Mrs
Erbsto our midst.
Mrs. James Waugh, Jr., and
little daughter, Margaret, of
Rothville were here over Sunday
visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Butler Smart. =
Mrs. Ray Switzerland enter.
tanned several of her young.
friends Monday evening 1t her
home, southwest OF town. in hon.
or of her guest. Miss Celia Lowe.
DR.. and Mrs. j. W. Hardy went
to Unionville Tuesday to attend
the wedding of Mrs. Hardy's
brother. John Robinson, to Mss
Stella Weatherford of that place.
Rev A.C.Spencer filled his ap.
pointment Sunday ct the M. E.
church in the morning and ct
Kaye in the afternoon. but owing
to the storm ct night there vas
no preaching.
While preparing to out wheat
w. s. Robinson had the misfors
tune to lose . horse. The team bes
came frightened and ran into
the binder, one of them outing
its legs 30 severely that it bled to
death.
Adrian Brady was very %.
riously hurt 8 sturdsy while work.
ing with . team of young mules.
As he turned around one of them
kicked Mr.. Brady under the left
shoulder blade, frs:turing two
ribs and causing several painful
decorations.
The beautiful golden color of
the large fields of wheat and the
merry song of the binders tell us
that harvest is here. The large
field of wheat, on what used to be
Swan lake, will probably be sav.
ed as the engine has been kept
pumping night and day for al.
most o. month.
Farmers that were compelled
to move out of the bottom oDfac.
count of Grand river overflowing
it's banks are back again, and,
although their crops were dis.
troyed, they are working hard
planting more. So many lost
all they planted. Gardens and
acres of fiae potatoes, ready for
use, were ell under water and
almost all on rented land.
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Chariton courier., 1909-07-02

Menaon Mention.
Mrs. W. B. Lucas was .
Brookfield visitor last week.
Did some one say: ISIS it hot
enough for your" or did We
dream it?
Ed. F. n. Dsvol went to
Holden Saturday to occupy the
Christian pulpit there.
The town is full of negroes and
Mexiosns and Dagoes to do the
mechanical work on the new
track.
Mrs.. B. C. Smutz and her little.
daughter, Mise B. c., went to.
Brunswick last Friday and re.
turned Saturday.
Adam Gehrig. our old reliable
furniture dealer, has the hearty
thanks of the Christian church
for q large number of fans.
Carpenters are at work on the
Christian church building
vestibule and making some other
much.needed improvements.
Your correspondent is doing
carpenter work now and preach.
ing three times every Sunday,
driving from IA to % miles.
Miss E.hel Bash and her
brother, Eugene, went to Sails
bury Friday and returned Tues.
day. They report q good time.
| The Santa Fe is getting ma
terial on the ground here for the
double track. About 40 carloads
of ties were unloaded at this
place Monday
sDad" Underwood has re.
signed his position as city mar
shall and street commissioner to
take effect July 6. dad" has
made an efficient officer and he
will be missed in these positions.
| A special service will be held
in the Christian church next
Sunday ct 8 p. m. A program of
music and an address will be
given by home talent, and ED.
DeVol will deliver q fitting ad-
dress on the day. July 4th. The
Mendon orchestra will give some
of its best selection and there
will be songs, solos, etc. Don't
fail to attend.
Il The J. H. Wallovick Mercan.
tile Co. has opened q new furni-
lture store in Mendon. Last Sat.
urdsy was grand opening day.
Music was furnished by the
firm orchestra and the large
number of people who visited the
store was nicely entertained.
This firm has put in good stock
} slof furniture aud musical instru-
ments, including pianos, etc.
"Muldoon's Blunders" drew q
very large crowd last Wednes.
J day night and the Berean so
, ciety cleared nearly S33. A. A
DsVol, as Muldoon, was a sta1
Indeed. He is at home on ths
j stage. His speoialties took we
Il Alvin Accols,. as Bismafk, wal
yI u winner sure enough, ant
Russel3 Lucass a. Toby Twilight
made q hit with his clever work
s There were other good character
in the cast. All who saw "Wid
der McGriery" played by Mrs
Winnie Obetz were pleased Will
q the part. The whole cast wa
q good for amatures and well de
q served the large attendance an,
the generous applause eivel
% them.
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>$seeDD.es
o, j. Friend and N. 8. Hallock
are in st. Louis on business.
Mrs. Lee Cash is confined to
her room with something like
cancer OF the hand.
Tom Singleton has sold his
residence property in Peters sd.
dition to his brother, Charlie.
George Heckmeister of near
st. Louis is here on visit and
says he may come back to live.
Miss Gods Ford, formerly OF
this place, but now of Kansas
City, is here on a visit to friends.
Stephen Crawford has sold his
residence property, located on
the north side, to Henry Gerbes.
The rain Tuesday :nterfered
somewhat with the street parade
to the disappointment Of the little
ones.
Horace Fletcher Of Mexico,
Mo-, visited relatives here Sun.
day. He is the same Horace &C
of yore.
We regret to learn of the seri.
ous Illness of Mrs. Josie Damer.
on at the home Of her son, F. O.
Dameron.
DR.. Mo cAlister of Kansas City
made q professional visit here
the first of the week to zee Lucile
Craven. who has sore eyes.
A runaway Tuesday smashed
the Hawkins milk.wagon into
kindling wood, caused by the
team soaring at Paul Stamper's
auto.
Extensive repairs continue to
be made on the M. e. church
and it presents beautiful ap.
pearance, both on the inside and
the out.
sold Folks day" at the
Baptis: church Sunday morning
drew out fine crowd, and 9
reminiscent sermon by the pas.
tor was enjoyed by all.
The show Game in Wednesday
morning, but did not create
the enthusiasm and excitement
of the railroad shows, no one
being ready to meet and greet it
Raymond Bardott, son of Fred
the blacksmith, fell from q maple
tree Sunday afternoon and broke
his arm. The fracture was re.
duced and he will soon be climb
ing again.
Work on the new Christian
church building is being pushed
with all convenient speed and
when completed, it will be th'
finest in the city except tn,
Catholic church.
Woods, the granitoid sidewall
nan, is kept busy putting dowl
new sidewalks In various part
of town. The day of the wood
en- walk has passed in our cit,
and no one is sorry for it.
a. w. johnson returned from
;St. Louis Wednesday morning
where he had been attending
meeting OF the grand lodge o
the A. o. u. w. Of Missouri as
member of the law committee.
Miss Minnie Clsrkson, photog
9rapher, of Fulton, Mo-, visite
her fathers family here thi
week. We are glad TO learn tbs
she is delighted with Fulton an
chat her prospects for success
are splendid.
The wedding OF MISS Mar
Burlington to F. e. Adams
Atoka. Okla, mention OF whic
wss made last week, took plac
at the home of her father Tues
day morning. We congratuial
and wish for the happy couple
continuation OF their bliss as Ion
as lie lasts.
Burglars entered the big d.
psftnent store Of Eli Shil
Friday night, by forcing ret
Chariton courier., 1909-07-02

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cards are permanent. They never
fade.
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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
WOMAN PREFERS HER
PARENTS TO HUSBAND
Mrs. Lucy Roddey Rejects the
Advice of Judge Graham

Mrs. Lucy Alma Roddey yesterday
rejected the advice of Judge Graham
to cling TO her husband and give up
ner parents. She was in court in re-
sponse to a writ of habeas corpus sued
out by Garret G. Roddey, an Oakland
electrician, who charged that his young
wife's father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs
William Dubois of 2245 Market street
had kept her in restraint and out of
sight of her husband.
''This is q case of too much inter-
ference on the part of Mrs. Roddey's S
people, said the judge, but as it ap-
peared from the womans own state
ment that she was not restrained of
her liberty the writ was dismissed
She admitted to the Judge that she
loved her husband. but complained that
he stayed out often at night and once
got drunk. Roddey explained that
while the Taft decorations were being
prepared in Oakland he had to work
Il nights.
1t was evident that the Dubois fam
lily is bitterly antagonistic to Roddey.
In Judge Grahams chambers a sister
of Mrs. Roddey cried out to Roddey
sharply: You are a liari You are a
nari" Judge Graham threatened to
send her to Jail for contempt of court.
but after much weeping on the part of
the woman and her mother his honor
relented.
Mrs. Roddey went away with her
parents, but Judge Graham has hopes
she will accept his advice and return
to her husband.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
SLIM AUDIENCES
GREET MCCARTHY
Candidates for Mayor and Dis
trict Attorney Grill Their
Opponents

P H. Mccarthy. C. NJ. Fickert and
the other nominees of the union labor
party found limited audiences last
night Less than so voters We're as
sembled in Electricians hall at Grove
and Franklin streets. Not more than
175 voters were in Smiths hall at
Ninth and Howard streets. The at
tendance was somewhat better in Col
lingwood hall at Eighteenth and Col
lingwood streets, opposite McCarthy's $
home. and at Turn Verein hall in Eight
eenth street between Valencia and
Guerrero.
It was asserted by Mccarthy that a
change was needed in this city and that
il was not necessary to import SPELL
binders TO convince the people.
The gas companies, the water COM
pany and other quasipublic corpora
tions have, under the leadership of the
present administration" said Mccarthy,
made life unpleasant and unprofitable
for our people. Indeed, the tax payers
have been so harassed by the cor
porations that almost any other place
under heaven might be just as suitable
for them to live in as San Francisco.
We have been promised everything
good, but whether it was due to dis
honesty or incompetency, we have been
sadly mistaken. Our hopes of good
things have been rudely shattered and
we have been disappointed entirely by
those into whose hands was given the
running of the city"
The mayoralty nominee charged the
administration with conspiring against
the tax payers in razing the city hall
He declared it could have been rehabili-
tated for s2,40O 600. but instead the
ruins. which ne insisted were worth
$4,000 900 after the fire. were razed at
a cost Of $4,000 and the salvage.
Our friends" said Mccarthy, de
sired civic center They have bonded
every foot of that property. When the
time comes to purchase it they who de-
cided to remove the city hall may make
a profit of s2.50O, 600 for themselves"
Theodore A. Bell and James D. Phe-
Ian were roundly scored by Mccarthy
for their remarks during the campaign.
He again insisted that it was not neces-
sary for the union labor party to bring
in spellbinders TO set the issues clearly
before the people. He promised to rush
all the public works and to give the
city a decent government along liberal
lines. Doctor Leland, his opponent on
the democratic ticket, was taken to
task for employing man named
of having "scabbed Mccarthy mod
estly asserted that il was he who pre-
vented the present administration from
cutting down the pay of the city labor
ers from 81 a day of hours to S175
for a day of 10 hours.
Fickert renewed his promise to prose-
cute every man under indictment and
TO give an honest administration of
the office of district attorney Thomas
T. Boyle for auditor, T. +. ONeil for
tax collector, H. J. Mulcrevy for county
clerk, T. F. Finn for sheriff, J. r.
Knowles. Charles A. Nelson and John
A. Kelly for supervisors were among
the other speakers.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
Personal Brevities

J. n. Stein of Philadelphia is at the Savoy
L. A. Champion of Reno, New, is at the Hol-
land.
DR.. A. C. Hodgins of Honolulu is at the Fair
mont.
Arthur L. Floto of Los Angeles is at the Balti-
more.
G. r. Georgeson Of Eureka is staying at the
Stewart.
F. R. olds of klamath Falls is registered at
the Manx.
Dale Bales and wife of Seattle are at the
Dorchester.
John s. Eastwood Of Fresno is registered at
the Stewart
Adjutant General J. B. Lauck is registered at
the Fatrmont.
B. F. Downs, a hotelman of Seattle is a guest
at the Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. D. ]. Kearney of Los Angeles
are at the AIanx.
]. P. Taylor of Mexico City is registered at
the ST. Francis.
]. H. Mayes and wife of Portland, Ore, are
at the Granada.
Warren r. Porter of watsonviIle is at the
Fairmont with Mrs. Porter
Mr. and Mrs Atwood l. Boggs Of Boston are
guests at the St Francis.
A. c. Eisen, a mining man of Goldheld, is
staying at the st. Francis
Mrs J. d. Peters and Miss Peters Of Stockton
are guests at the Fairmont.
Mr. and Mrs. c. NJ Lewis OK HelIister are
guests at the Union Square.
Albert Rubenstein. an oil operator of Los An
gees, is staring at the st. Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry L. Lynch of San Luis
obispo have apartments at the st. Francis.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
.FICkERT ESPOUSFS
M'CARTHY'S CAUSE
Defends Union Labor Candidate
for Mayor at MONDAY
Meeting

Charles NJ Fickert, republican and
union labor nominee for district attor-
ney, vigorously defended P. H. McCar-
thy and the cause of the union labor
party candidate for mayor yesterday at
a noontime meeting at the Third street
bridge.
Fickert and Mccarthy were the prin-
cipal speakers at lunch hour meeting,
which attracted an attendance of about
400. Both Fickert and Mccarthy took
vigorous exceptions to imported SPELL
binders" and denied charges made
against them by supporters of their
opponents.
Supporting Mccarthy, F'ickert de-
clared that the unioh labor candidate
for mayor was being vilified by i'm
ported speakers, whom he also charged
with misrepresenting himself He also
declared that he had never "scabbed."
Mccarthy said he would change con-
ditions SO that businessmen who had
gone to the interior could return to
this city. He promised to give San
Francisco the best form of government
it had ever had, and assured his hear
ers that in the event of his election as
mayor he would be mayor of all the
people, and not of a few
Fickert told his hearers that he not
only had not ''scabbed," but that he had
been the attorney for one union and
many union men. He said he had kept
more Mongolians out of the state than
any other man when he was in the
United States district attorneys Office.
He reiterated the charge that F. ].
Heney was attorney for hat company
which had resorted to injunction pro-
ceedings against organized la Dor. After
remarking that Heney had tried for
three years to get Patrick Calhoun in
jail. Fickert said that Heney could not
do it.
w. G. Burke, P. J. Kelleher, DR.. w. ].
Walsh, Thomas j. Quigley, P. j. Noone,
John o. Walsh, Robert j. Loughery,
John A. Kelly, Charles A. Nelson and
Joseph j. Enos We're among the candi-
dates who also spoke
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
COUNT INCREASES
h[N[YS MAJORITY
Makes Net Gain of Seven Vetes
by Yesterdays Proceedings
in Court
Examination of Ballots Dis
proves All Contentious of
Willful Fraud

Francis j. Heney made net gain of
seven votes on yesterdays recount in
the contest brought by Charles NJ.
Fickert, who claimed that he had been
deprived wrongfuI1y of the nomination
for district attorney on the democratic
ticket. Fickert's contention that he
had been defrauded out of his rightful
place has not, however, been estab-
lished or indicated by any of the re-
counted precincts. According to his
allegations made through his attorney,
Ira s. Lillick, Hehey had wrongfully
deprived him of votes cast but not
counted for Fickert. The indications
of the recount in open court are that
there were no frauds or intentional
wrongs committed and that in the pre-
cincts examined on Saturday and yes
terday Heney suffered most from the
mistakes of the election clerks. The
conclusion of the recount yesterday
leaves Heney with majority of Al
Heney's attorneys, Henry Eickhoff,
Matt Sullivan and James Riordan, say
they are confident that the recount of
the entire vote cast at the primaries
for the democratic nominee for district
attorney will give their client a ma
jority greater than that given him on
the face of the official returns.
All talk of fraud and error was elm
lHdleQ from the was
evident that the scattered votes for one
and the other were but results of per-
fectly natural errors. Some ballots
which had been rejected on account of
having identifying marks were allowed
by Judge Murasky, and others which
had been cast out for the wrong SPELL
ing of the names were likewise added
to the total gained by the two candi-
dates. In the eighteenth precinct of
the thirty-second district there were
eight ballots missing, but even this
fact did not raise any comment. 1t was
looked upon as some mistake in COM
putting the returns and allowed to pass
without the expected furore.
Twenty-Five precincts were recounted
yesterday. They were the third of the
twenty eighth. the twelfth, thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth of the thirty
first; the sixteenth, seventeenth.
eighteenth, twentieth. twenty first,
twenty second, twenty-third. TWEEN
ty-fourth. twenty-fifth and twenty
sixth of the thirty second district,
and the twenty-seventh. twenty
eighth. twenty-ninth, thirtieth. thirty
first. thirty second. thirty-third, thirty
fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty
of the thirty-third district. The re-
count will be resumed at o'clock this
morning.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
STOCK BROKER MUIR'S
TRIAL is STARTED
Faces Jury on Charge of Having
EmbeZZied Stock

William A Muir. the stock broker
who was arrested in Colorado and ex-
tradited back to San Francisco, was
placed on trial before jury in Judge
Dunne's court yesterday. The allega-
tion of the information is that on
November II, 1908, Muir embezzled
from Henry Geer 200 shares of capital
stock of the Rawhide coalition com
pany valued at $50. 1t is charged that
Greer gave Muir 1000 shares OF Eagle
Nest mining stock, instructing him to
sell it and buy with the proceeds 200
shares of Rawhide Coalition. Muir
did this, it is alleged, but failed to
turn over to Greer the latter stock
Greer was the first witness called
by the people, but his examination
had only begun when the trial was
halted by intricate legal point
Prosecutor Ward asked Greer If Muir
did not admit to him that he bought
the Rawhide Coalition stock Attor-
neys Robert Ferrall and ]. j. Guilfoyle,
representing the defendant, objected to
the question, claiming that the prose
cution was not entitled to prove the
body of the information against Muir
by his own admissions.
The case went over to Wednesday
for the submission of authorities on
the point.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
CROOKS BEING CAUGHT
IN POLICE DRAGNET
Will Be Jailed Until PortoIa
Festival Closes

Suspected pickpockets and bunko-
men are being rapidly drawn into the
police dragnet and placed in the city
prison, where they will be kept until
the Portola festival closes on Satur-
day night. Spurred on by the action
of the police of Seattle the detectives
here are permitting no chance to pass
in gathering in known crooks and
others who can not give a satisfactory
account of themselves.
Chief Cook and Captain Anderson
waited upon the police judges yester-
day and suggested that the bail of
suspects of whom they might be COM
PEELED to charge with vagrancy be in
creased from the usual $50 or $50. and
the judges unanimously decided to fix
the bail at $500 bonds or $3.50 cash.
This increase will not only apply to
those arrested during the Portola fes-
tival, but will be the regulation bail
for all such cases in the future.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
BURGLARS PLY TRADE
THROUGHOUT THE CITY
Victims Report Various Losses
to the Police

II. H Bishop, 1899 Oak street. and
his wife reached their home shortly
before midnight Sunday and discovered
at once that burglars had been there
during their absence. Every room had
been ransacked. but nothing valuable
seemed TO have been taken. Bishop
fred three shots from a revolver to at
tract the attention Of the police, which
had the effect Of alarming the neigh
borhood.
Oscar W. Frederickson. 1874 Carolina
street. was taken to a doorway at
rwenty-second and Bryant streets sun
day night by three young men and
robbed of a gold watch and fob
Robert W. Cruise. 925 Mississippi
street. was one of the visitors on the
German cruiser Arcona Sunday and was
relieved by a pickpocket of his gold
watch and ribbon fob valued at $3.50.
Henry Feige, 1885 Capp street. was re-
lieved OF a purse containing $40 on a
Valencia street car Sunday night and
Miss Bertha Schmegner. 309 Octavia
street. was relieved Of chain and
loclet on a Hayes street car at the
ferry.