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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

Geo. Haden, Of Windsor, came
over Wednesday on a visit with
friends here.
DR.. Bovine celebrated at Aurora
Springs, Miller County, and reports
a big crowd and a big time.
For Sole-A good Jersey cow,
just fresh, gentle and a good mixer.
b. A. BAILEY,
Versailles, Mo-.
Mrs. n. +. Mounts left Tuesday
tor Kansas City. to visit with her SON.;
John. a few days, then goes to Dali
las, Tex, to visit her daughter, Miss
Edith, until August list.
1t has been suggested that our peo-
pie meet together to pray for rain.
We certainly need the rain, and the
prayers will do good to all who at
tend. What do you say about ita
Gee whiz! talk about getting news.
We heard of two items Wednesday
afternoon and started to run them
down, but they had melted and van
ished before we reached them.
Somebody hot! well, slightly.
A. Pepper, of Versailles, was here
between trains Tuesday and remem,
bered the Times with a pleasant call.
Mr.. Pepper, aside from being an up.
to-date merchant, is one of the mos,
enthusiastic lodge workers in the
state.-Tipton Times.
Gorham and his live gang of car.
penters leave the city today to try
country life, he having the contrac
to erect a fine 2-story farm residence
on'the farm Of Dan Aeschbacher, 1C
miles northeast of the city. They
figure that three weeks will turn tn,
job over to the plasterers.
It seems to have been a safe ant
9ane 18th nearly everywhere in tn
country, and the accidents are fewe
than known for many years, but tn
excessive heat in the cities has role,
up a death rate that IS appalling, ant
the total number of deaths from hea
end accident will exceed any forme
list, $50 what's the USE"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

The Ladies Concert Band furn- =
ished music for the Cravois celebra-
ton, going down Tuesday morning,
and staying over there Wednesday to
fish and visit with the Gravois folks.
The high prices of recent years
may have been a blessing in disguise,
tor many Of us have been taught to
live on mighty little, and now that
the gardens are nor est. the oat and
hay crop a iaiiure-not enough for
the 9.ock-and the show for corn
rather slim, the experience gained
viii teach us to draw up the belt
another notch and eat less, moi be-
cause we prefer it, but owing to orr
inability to eat more than we can get.
TO make the story short, take what
we can get and be thankful for it.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
Miss Lawrence
At Ole Royal
I Q n 8 h I

We are pleased to be able to an
nounce the temperance of Miss
Florence Lawrence in motion pictures
at the Royal.
Miss Lawrence appears tonight in
"The Sacrihee-and then" as lead
ing lady. This most popular player
made her last appearance here last
September, but we think we are safe
in saying she is known to every pic
ture show lover in the city. We will
also run a thrilling western entitled
1.-The Girl of the plains; also 1.-The
Coward, "laid in Alpine snow, a good
picture that will cool you off.
We change. Friday and Saturday.
Will have some dandies Saturday
and Friday.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
The Figure l is Causing It.

According to observations made by
w. +. Woodson of Columbia, during
the last forty years, we are in for
another dry SPELL Mr.. Woodson .
who lived for many years east OF
Columbia, but nov lives in town, re-
calls the fact that 1871 was a very
dry summer and but little was raised.
Again in 18S1"there was, a repetition
OF the season. Every body thought
the country was going to the bow
vows when the drought OF 1891
struck US. And even the younger
people remember the drought of
1901, when every crop except wheat
was a failure. We did raise pretty
good wheat that year. And so
figure it out that since this year, 1911,
ends with the figure. 81; we are 60
ing to have a dry summer,, Hssays
''this may be an exception,Nbu I've
noticed it for for forty , years and
that's the way it's been runniugs3'"'
Mr.. Woodson, remembers n year
when it was so dry that weeds did
net grow and boys who always got a
job cutting OUT the, fence corners,
rested thst'year,i because there were
! &c needA.t1o suts-Windsor Review.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
The Glorious Fourth.

The 4th dawned clear and beauti-
full and was as warm as any of our
citizens could desire. 1t was GER
tainly a safe and sane celebration for
Versailles, owing to the threats of
City Attorney McVey and City Mar
shall Sullens. II all the fire crackers
and other ear-splitting devices used
in the city that dar had been gath
cred together in one pile, and
touched of at once, with a ten-year-
old kid on top Of it, no great harm
whould have come to him-he might
have had to eat standing. for a week
or two. All of our citizens who could
get away, got away, many going to
Slower and Gravois Mills, and many
private picnic parties scattered among
the ''beauty spots" of old Morgan.
All report a glorious time, getting
home tired and hot, with patriotism
at a low ebb, many declaring ''never
again." but they will all be red hot
for a red hot time again next year.
1t was the quietest 4th we ever wit
messed, but no kick to make.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
Gumption On the Farm.

Celebrate the Fourth by planting a
little more sweet corn.
The man who is governed by a good
wife is well and wisely ruled.
Whistle and hoe, save as YOU go
Old age won't be SO dull then you know.
Soap.suds will kill plant lice. So will
tobacco extract, kerosene emulsion or
whale-oil soap.
Steel tools put in a barrel of air .slaked
lime will never rust. l have always kept
my spades and such tools in lime.
Now get i'll the rutabagas. Tisev'll
come in nice for stock feed nexe winter
A turned under timothy sod will do so-
them.
Keep the cultivator gong IN ~ cor.
until out in tassel Shallow-please'
About two inches deep is right. Muzzle
the horses and they'll work better,
Secrets of successful tu.nip growing.
Have the seed bed very fine, then roll
L; SOW the seed soon after a rain, and
cover the seed By lightly rolling the
ground.
Alfalfa iS the great farm enricher.
Those who are learning how t o grow it
successfully connect it in their minds
with liu,e, and with incubation oil the
field where it is sown. The field can be
%inoculated by spreading over it 2OC
pounds or more per acre of soil from a
good alfalfa field, and narrowing it and
the seed in together at once. DR.. f..
II. Jenkins of the Connecticut Expert.
nent Station, states that soil from a good
sweet.clover field is equally able to pro
vide the bacteria which lives in the nod.
ules of the alfalfa roots, and which Ell.
ables this plant to take the nitrogen from
the air.--I'rom July FARM JOURNAL.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
MISSOURI.

Occasionally a good mar grows
dissatisfied with Missouri.
The milk is too yellow or the hon.
cy's too sweet and he don't like them
to flow over his land anyway.
So he parts with his farm, sells his
live stock and other things ''too num-
:rous to MENTION" at auction and
moves to Kansas.
There he takes his good Missouri
money and buys a Iarm which today
.Ssand'tomorrow is not because the
wind has blown it away.
Or he tries Colorado and slushes
around in the mud irrigating a strip
OF bottom so narrow that his COW
can't jump into the field because she
jumps v it. Or perhaps he tries
droughty, dusty Oklahoma.
Then he hears of Texas and goes
down there to hunt the bag of gold
at the end of the rainbow. In the
daytime he scratches sanburs out of
his flesh and at night the tarantulas
niDble at his feet and the. centipedes
crawl over his face.
When his money is all gone he be-
gins to feel like he did the first night
he ever stayed away from home.
He yearns for good old Missouri
and the yearn sticks in his throat and
chokes him until the tears come into
his eyes.
He would give a months work to
again see the COWS standing at the
bars of his old Missouri farm and
hear the horn blow for supper.
Memory is'a marvellous painter and
paints best those things we have lost.
1t pictures to the wanderer the fields
which he once owned, the wheat yell
low for the harvest, the clover stretch
ing away in a carpet of red and
green, richer than the rugs OF the
Persians. 1t shows him the elms as
they whisper to his children at play
tbeneath them, points to the roses
blooming in the corners of the old
rail fence and with infinite detail
paints a thousand little things to touch
the heart and prove it whimsical
power.
=. This is Missouri.-Ex.,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
DR.. WM. WE'LL.
WOmanly Wisdom.

.AiS"arS bmi Of HY ko-mO,1oao 7chaf is
Scy0Hg to be- done today.
Heat your knife before cutting hard
soap.
Wet a cloth with a bit of soda on it
and clean up the grease spots on your
kitchen floor.
Put a few grains of rice in your salt
shakers. They will break the Jumps,
gather the moisture and make the salt
come out freely.
Glue pieces of felt or pieces of old
rubbers to the bottom of the chair legs.
and there will be no scratched floors and
less noise.
An emergency glue may be made of
rice. Boil a handful of rice in water
until it is a thick fine paste. Very good
for FASTING white paper.
In making cake with fruit in it, beef
suet and butter, half and half, is better
than all butter. have known lard aud
beef suet to give good results.
When a ham or smoked tongue has
been boiled, try plunging it in cold water
as soon as removed from the fire; this
will make the skin come off easily and
smoothly.
A handy way to remove pies and cakes
from a hot oven is to use a common
single. Cut away the thick end into
the shape of a handle. Bore a hole in it
and keep the, shtngle hanging behind
the stove.
II you have some work to do in the
sun and have no sunbonnet. take a piece
of paper, pin it together behind, run.s
string ove1 the top and '~tiiroush'a sli,
at each side, and tie it under the chin.
1t may rattle a good deal but may save
you a headache.
String heans'cu with a pair Of sharp
scissors, on a slant, instead OF straight
across, will cook more quickly if one
happens to be pressed for time. This
may seem a notion, but / have tried il
often and have found the beans to cook
quicker thar when broken straight across
IN the usual way.
From Tuly FARM IoyRNaI..
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
Meetings at The Christian
Church.

Evangelist Mundel and Miss Flossie
Green, singer, have been conducting
a series of meetings at the Christian
Church for the past two weeks, clos
ing last night. The attendance has
been large, the attention good, and
while not many converts, the SPLEEN
did lessons given and the fine music
will leave their impressions for good
on the minds of all who attended.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

Mrs Ruth Eversole, of Kansas City,
is visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ranken, OF this city.
Miss Nellie Johnson, of Boonvilie,
after a weeks visit with Miss Maggie
Askew, returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. II. l.. Hawkins, who has had
such a serious fight with typhoid
fever, her life d'spaircd of for many
days and nights, IS able to be up.
and is fast regaining her usual health.
A Pepper. Grand Sachem, I. O.
r. NJ, left Tuesday for a visit to the
hunting grounds OF St. Joe, Kansas
City, Macon and St. Louis, and may
cover other territory before he re-
turns.
The excessive heat Of the past
week, some thermometers registering
as high as ia. and lowering around
the 100 mark a good part of the time
has made work a burden, and with
CIV .rything quiet as the grave, it has
been a test to get the only Nor an
County newspaper out on time and
have anything in it. We have done
the best We could.
The Versailles and Upton B. B
teams played a game on the Yer,
sailles grounds Sunday afternoon, re
sdlting in a victory ior Versailles by
score of 8 to s. Upton kept in the
lead and had the Versailles boy.
guessing if they knew the game up tc
the last inning when, the bases bein,
full, Blakemore made a hit that St
cured a home run, and sent the 9th
ers home also-a lucky strike. Nov
the Versailles boys have their head
up, tails over the dashboard, ant
feel like they could wallop anythln.
in the base call line in this section.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

G NEWS. 9
Furniture of all kinds repaired

Furniture of all kinds repaired
and satisfaction given.
kIDwELL & TALBOTT.
Furniture Store.
There was an ice famine the 9TH.
the demand far exceeding the supply.
but the inconvenience was but for a
day, the supply again being sufficient.
You will find the best of Fresh
Meats, Smoked and Salt Meats, Lard,
Sausage, Etc, at c. H. PRICES.
Rev. Gerry l.. Prather, of Louis
vile, Ky, conducted services at the
Baptist church Sunday, morning and
evening.
&. RI. Price, The Butcher, can
he found at the old stand, with a full
line of Fresh and Salt Meats, the best
on the market.
Miss Mary Griffin and Miss Jennie
Young of Pittsburg, Pa, who have
been visiting their cousin, Mrs. Joe
White, went to Marvin Saturday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Doyce.-
Eldon Advertiser.
Arnold Fredericks of the Warrens.
burg Normal, and Aubrey and Chas.
Fredericks of St. Louis, accompanied
by their little %neice, Miss Genevievt
Arnold, spent the 4th with the home
folks in Versailles.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
Good News.

Bro. Bewley, of the NJ. +. Church
invites all the men attending his
church to come in their shirt sleeves,
il they wish to do so, and be as COM
Portable as possible. The ladies ne
invites to come without their hats,
and wear their slippers, if more COM
Portable. He will preach with his
coat off and set his hearers a good
example. You are invited to attend
these services.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

Mrs Josie Meyers and children, of
Cripple Creek, Colo, came in Satur-
day to vista while with. her sister,
Mrs. {. H. Price of this city.
J. w. McClelland and Miss Mamie
attended the dedication services of
the Gladstone Presbyterian Church
Sunday Miss Mamie was at home
and certainly enjoyed the. outing with
the home folks. Nc always enjoys
a visit to the country where they have
three square meals a day and some
thing to eat every time.
Mrs. Harry Mcdonald, who, had
an operation performed last week
IN appendicitis and ovarian tumor
by Drs. Well and Bowline, is report
as rapidly improving, and good pros-
3ests Of return to hsalths,.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

Buy your Ice of c. H. Price, and
get it right. At the old stand.
Robert Forquer, of Eldon, was in
our city Saturday in the interest of
the Modern Brotherhood of America.
He may come back again and try to
reorganize the lodge at this place. it
seemingly not knowing ''where it is
at"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

Rev. and Mrs. ]. G.. Bauer, of
Vienna, who were here attending the
district w. C.. L. u. convention,
returned home Friday. Mrs. Bauer
delivered a good lecture for the con-
vcnlion Thursday.-Eldon Advertiser.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

Rev. L. T. Orr, pastor of The
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
held regular services mere Sunday,
morning and evening, with a fair
congregation in the morning, and a
fairly good one in the evening. not
withstanding the terrific heat, Bro.
Bewley and a number oil his congre-
CATION coming over fora neighborly
visit, dismissing services at the NJ.
j.. Church. Now, if we had a nice
shady park how very pleasant it
would be during the hot weather to
have union services. When the
younger generation, the one that is
now here, or one that will follow,
does get that park they will wonder
how the old fogies and tightwads ever
got along without it. Suppose the
churches and Sunday schools take
up this park matter-they can make
it go, if there is any go to it.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06

wish to state, since my return
from Chicago, that | will practically
quit general practice ont of the city
OF Versailles, and give my time to
surgery, consultation and chronic
diseases.
IN Wa IHrrr
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
Just Our Luck.

Last week We went after the "Gold
Dust Twins for their, e~xtravagant
use of ''boiler pla.e,'' ''phunny"
pictures, excessive use of S. S. litera-
ture, (Which would be all right in a
5. S. paper), ETC., and 10! and be-
hold they actually set up some type
both OF them-and had fairly pass
able papers--for them. This has
not happened before in years, and
may not happen again in Ntwenty
years, and we suppose that twenty
years hence we will 60 after them
a~gain--if not sooner
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
Ice! Ice! Ice!

The coolest Ice in town at
g.. H. PRICES.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-06
Ice Cream Social.

The ladies of the Woman's Mission
airy Society will give an Ice Cream
Social on the Court House Lawn Sat-
nrday evening, July Ssh. Everybody
invited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
DAVENPORT.
Thursday
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The storm center that was yesterday
over Minnesota has moved to the St.
Lawrence valley, while the southwest
ern low has advanced to Kansas. These
disturbances have been attended by
showers in about all portions of the
observation field, except the Canadian
northwest, California, the southern pla-
teau states. and the west gulf sections.
The crest of the northwestern area of
high pressure is over Alberta, Sask-
atchewan, and Manitoba, but the at
tendant lower temperatures have ex-
tended to Iowa and the upper lakes.
The eastward movement of the Kan
sas low and the approach of the north
western high will be attended by un-
settled weather in this vicinity, with
showers tonight or Thursday and cool
er Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
Close of Market.

Hogs closed slow; 15c lower than
yesterday. Bulk 6.S5@7.15, light 6.S5
@7.4O, heavy 6.6O@7.3O, rough 6.6Oq
$50.
Cattle steady.
Sheep weak.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06

Chicago Cash Grain.
Corn-No. y 6614 a COZ, No. W
C5s4 acc, No. y 65a4 AGO..
Oats-No, W 441a G45A, No: W
432l 0441a, No. W 425aG43A, stand
ard 4414 945.
Wheat-No. 2 911z q 921z, No. .
NV S5d97. No. 3 INV 92G "a, No l ms
7O5G1O9, No. ms 100G108, No. ms
1909 107, No. ? 9S91031z, No. IS
Q103, No. 4 95q10O, durum 92G 101
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
THE GRAIN MARKET.
LIVERPOOL Cables,

Wheat opened u to Is lower; closed
u to Is lower.
Corn opened IS lower; closed q
lower
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06

the housekeeper appeared. busting &c
the rescue with an imaginary expla
nation of the disappearance half ut
tered on her lips. he lost all patience
and chased her downstairs. Mr. Gray
man, the great Millionaire. noted for
his GOODNESS and his nerve. had almost
gone mad He had met his first check
IN thirty years and IN form that he
could not endure.
The occurrence was so unprecedent-
ed that he could not think connectedly
about It or about what TO do. The
butler was more clear headed than his
master.
Il think It will be necessary to send
for the police. sir" he suggested.
THE policer' cried Mr.. Grayman.
what have they got to do with it7
What do the police know about my
daughter?'
"But-but, sir" stammered the man,
"she msy-she may have been carried
off,"
Carried on Who would carry her
OF. you fool? Who could carry her
of herer'
Il don't know, sir. But she wouldn't
At this one of the maids. in whose
hard, practical brain the buffers re-
mark had struck the spark of an idea,
said in an undertone TO a companion:
Gould It have been that Lord Darn
ley? He was always hanging around
her"
Mr.. Graymans ear caught the words
Now. this was something which might
have been expected to anger him-the
suggestion that his daughter would
elope. But instead it simply shocked
his mind back into q normal state. In
an instant he had become master OF
himself and OF the situation.
Go about your duties" he said quiet
ly in his ordinary tones. We are max
ing trouble about nothing. / had real
ly forgotten what my daughter told
me last night. ! have been so over
pressed with business that it escaped
me. She has not disappeared. l know
where she is 1t was only my forget
fulness- Think no more about it."
This was again the William Gray
man who knew how to make billions
In q dash he had reached his decision.
II his daughter had run away at the
fnstigation of one of her suitors-a
thing he did not yet believe-it was
absolutely essential that the fact should
be suppressed, at least until be knew
oil the circumstances The idea OF
forcible abduction did not occur TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
CHAPTER Ill

TEN MILLION DOLLARS RANSOM
Ar R. GRAYMAN on the morning
VH after the events already de-
scribed waited long at the
breakfast table, and at last,
growing impatient, he sent to his
daughters room. 1t was empty! So
the servant reported.
"EmptyP Mr.. Grayman exclaimed.
what do you mean7"
Miss Helen is not there, and her
bed has not been occupied We can
find no trace of her or of Susan"
Mr.. Grayman could not believe his
ears. He was of choleric tempera-
ment, except in business.
You idiotr' he said. brushing the
girl aside. I'll go myself and See"
He ascended TO his daughters apart
ments- In a few minutes be had CON
WINGED himself Of the truth Of the in
credible report Miss Grayman was
not TO be found. and neither her bed
nor Susan's had been disturbed. He
was absolutely stunned. His dau2h-
ter, although Of a romantic disposi-
ton, was most regular in her habits.
and she had seldom spent a night out
OF the house when he was in it He
treasured her as the apple of his eye
She formed the only bond between him
and the world OF sentiment He new
er suffered her to be long out of his
sight In summer they went together
10 one Of his country places. or to the
mountains, or the seaside. or some
times to Europe That she should van
fish out Of his own house. from under
his very eyes, was thing beyond all
possibility Of belief. It simply could
not be so. And yet it was so.
After the first half paralyzing shock
produced by this tremendous fact Mr..
Grayman became angry. He abused
the servants who 1ocked wondering.
around Miss Grayman's door. When
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
All Must
Fight Rats
ne Other One Cause Destroys as
Much Property Every Year

Rats destroy more property in a
year than all the fires; they carry
disease germs into the houses; they
are serious menace in city and
country.
Everybody should join in fighting
these dangerous pests and EXTERN
mate them with Stearns' Electric
Rat and Roach Paste, the standard
destroyer of rats, mice, cockroaches,
waterbugs and other vermin. Ready
for use; always reliable; money back
If 1t fails
. At all druggists. Be sure to get
the genuine; 25c and Sl00. Stearns
Electric Paste Co., Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
REORGANIZATION
Of School Children S
Eyes, Ears, Nose
and Throat

is now being conducted at Parlor l,
Harms Hotel, Rock Island, by DR. C..
A. Lambert Of Chicago. Examiner in
Chief.
Treatment is optional, but examina-
ton and advice is free.
Before parents think Of starting
their children to school they should be
sure and certain that the child it not
handicapped by local diseases.
These examinations in most cities
are imperative, as in Chicago, where
DR.. Lambert has made thousands OF
such examinations Of school children.
Also he made such examinations at
Galesburg, Ill, two years ago.
DR.. Lambert's opinion is worth hav-
ing. as he is an expert in every sense
of the word
Parents must accompany the child,
otherwise charge will be made.
All school children of Rock Island,
Moline. Davenport and all the sur
rounding country are invited.
- No charge will be made what
ever.