Ripley County democrat., 1911-02-10

]. w. Stewart, merchant and farmer
from Currentview was in town last Sat-
urday transacting business.
W. F. Farrell, proprietor of the Dom
iphan Milling Company, is in Kansas
City this week. on business.
Rev, E. L. Rogers will go to Monroe
City Monday, to attend the wedding Of
a niece. and expects to be gone most of
the week.
Jas. Randolph of the hrIp of Campbell
& Randolph, who are running shingle
mill near Bethel bridge, was in town
Monday on business.
Levi Springer shipped car load CT
hogs to ST. Souls Wednesday, that he
he had been feeding They averaged
236 pounds and were nice lot Of pork
ers.
Mr.. Tom. Clark, a nephew Of Leon
Clark, who lives east Of town mile, on
the lower Greenville road, is here foim
his home at Paducah, Kentucky visit
ing.
Eppa Haygood, from out Poynor way,
was in town Tuesday on business, He
lett on the noon train for trip to ST..
Louis, expecting to be gone day or
two.
1t seems to be very fashionable now
or all the mode, to have the grippe, for
it is very prevalent, and all who are not
now afflicted have had it already this
season.
Tom Doherty, Jr and wife left Mon
day for trip to Indianapolis, Indiana,
where he goes to close up real estate
deal that has been in the making fer
some time.
Attorney ]. Pender Foard was here
from the Blnff over Sunday, spending
the day with his wife who had been
visiting here for few days. They re-
turned home Monday.
Pat Ryan came horne from Kennett
Sunday last and is visiting his daughter
Mrs. Butch Gentry. He is on the puny
list and will visit about among relatives
until he regains his health.
There will be box supper given at
the high school building tomorrow.
Saturday night, and an interesting pro-
gram has been prepared for the enter
tainment Of those who attend. Every
body is invited.
Miss Elsie Doherty, who has been
at Columbia, most OF the winter, at
Jefferson City and other points, visiting
came home last Saturday. While at
Columbia she was the guest Of her els
ter, Mrs D. F. Luckey, and took a
course In economies at the University.
Another case of two children dying
the same day is reported. Two little
ones Of Robt. Stubbleheld who lives in
Harris township, in the Purman neigh
borhood, died last Monday, they having
had the measles with pneumonia CON-
plication. and some Of the other men,
bers Of the family are sick but not dan
gerous.
The canning factory people are be.
ginning preparations for the coming
canning season and expect to overhaul
and enlarge their plant and put in lot
of additional machinery. A large ware.
house is TO be built right away and
other additions made. They intend to
can berries. peaches, plums. beans, to-
matoes, apples and sweetptoatoes and
are ready to make contracts with grow.
ers. They want to put up a quarter OF
a million (250, ,0OO) cans Of stuff this
year and expect our farmers to produce
1t for them. Let cur people get busy
and see Mr.. Ellis, the manager, and
make a contract for something. The
prizes offered last year for the best
yield OF tomatoes on a given amount OF
ground we're won by J. J. Seymore, first,
$3.50; I N. 6ullinger, second, S7.N:J.
p. Johnson. third, 500. The apples
canned BY the company the past year,
now on the market, cannot be surpassed
anywhere and have no equal for flavor,
soundness and quality. The tomatoes
can't be beat anywhere nor by anybody
and II you doubt these statements ne. q
can Of each and try them and II they
don't prove what We say Of them, come
TO 1HE DEMOCRAT and We will pay you
back the money you paid for the can,
you bought iost 10 show you that whal
we say about ihese goods is true.