The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-28
NORTH SIDE NEWS
James Campbell Died Early This
Morning.
Brother of Matt Campbell and
Mrs. A. J. Arnold.
WAS WEILLIKEDHERE
Blue Post Committee Announce
Decoration Day Program.
report That Fifty Families Will
Move to First Ward.
WAS WELLLIKEDHERE

James Maury Campbell, brother of
mold. died at his home. PA West
Laurent, at LAB this morning He
was the senior member of the drug
frm or Campbell & Son. and was
Wen known and highly esteemed by a
host of friends in this community
and wherever known.
Mr.. Campbell was born in Bloom
ington, Ind. and would have cele-
brated his lf1fty-sixth birthday ami
versary on the 30th of June. He at
tended the schools of his native state
spending several years in the State
university. He has lived in Topeka
for the last thirteen years and the
most of this time connected with the
drug business.
Like all residents of the First
ward Mr.. Campbell was a heavy
loser in the great disaster of 1903,
but nothing =daunted. feeling rich
that ''an of my dear ones-my
cherished possessions-are left" he
in the future of this part of the city.
In proof of this he bought the Arnold
retail drug business in April 1907.
He was a past master in Masonry,
90 at present, always taking great
pride in the work of the order. In
religion he was a staunch Presby-
terrain.
Besides the wife Mr.. Campbell
leaves four children, Ralph NJ,
a Washburn student; Charles Fred
erick, in High school and Joseph
Edgar in Quincy school.
The funeral will be held Sunday
Mr.. Glendenning in charge of the SER
vices and by request of the deceased,
Mr.. Barrett assisting.
The general memorial committee
of Blue post having entire charge of
all memorial matters north of the
river within the posts jurisdiction,
announce the Decoration day pro-
gramme will be as follows:
Rev. J. Barrett will preach a
Home church at II a. m; Sunday.
May 80. On Monday the thirty-first
memorial exercise will be held in
this church at p. M. the address
will be by Hon. ]. K Codding. Rev.
w. T. Pence will offer PRAYER ana L.
A. Ward will lead the music.
Following the exercises the twenty
graves will be decorated. The ar
engagements are in charge of special
committee consisting of J. B. Skin
ner; g. W R. c %aPa; R. and n y Ta L.
The decoration of the ten soldier
graves in the Elmont cemetery will
be at $3.50 a M. Monday, May 81, by
the following committee: John
Kemp. Mr.. Rose and Joshua Brown
ing.
First ward schools are earnestly re-
ouested to bring or send flowers TO
the Grant or Quincy school at TO
S.30 a. M. Monday. A committee
from the corps will receive them and
prepare them for use of those going
10 the Rochester cemetery or TO the
decoration of the waters at the
bridge.
Going TO Rochester for the 10 o'clock
memorial exercises will leave the
North Side at q. M sharp. After
decorating the graves OF the elgnty
veterans buried in the Rochester
cemetery a, committee on the return
will decorate the two soldler graves
in the Curtis cemetery.
The Prairie Home cemetery is u
miles north of Menoken: the town
can be reached by trains on the
Union Pacific leaving at io'zo a. m;
or 1880 D. m. The train eastward
leaves Menoken at 4:50 p. m. 1t is
honed there will be conveyance to
and from cemetery. An old soldier
says: ...
favor Of a more fitting observance of
this peculiarly sacred day of the year
is believed that our best citizens
will not only discourage and frown
unon any form of sports and amuse-
ments in violation OF law ana
decency. but will join in com
memorating the soldier dead who
suffered death or braved death that
our country, now the greatest IN the
world, might live"
J. w Priddy. J. P. wilson u. M.
Foltz Aaron Sheetz and j. u. SKID
ner are the general committee
AS arranged by the Blue Post of
the G. A. r., the Granville commit
fee which will attend to the
decorating of the graves of the
Civil war and Spanish American war
dead soldiers in the Granville ceme-
terry is as follows: Comrades John
Brown, ]. S. Coffman, I. R. Wagner
and Fpf johnson. veterans of the
Civil war. The Spanish American
war veterans who are also on the
committee are: John Billings Charles
Kleinhans and Dora Burrows These
veterans will meet at the Grantville
cemetery at 9 a. m. Monday, May J.!
and decorate the graves of six civil
war and two Spanish-Amerfcan war
dead soldiers.
All old soldiers and those who
served in the Spanish-American war
are also invited to be present as well
as the Fpworth league of the Grant
VILE Methodist church. The G. A r.
ritual will be used in the services at
the cemetery.