Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-14

the week beginning Monday, Decem.
Der is. Robert Mantell, in a roper.
tory OF Shakespearian plays, VIII
open a weeks engagement on De-
cember "a.
Calf Won First Prize.
Dispute, a yearling calf, owned by
the college Of agriculture Of the Uni.
versity Of Missouri at Columbia, is
the best calf in the United States. a
telegram to the university from Chi
cago says the calf won first prize at
the international live Stock show in
competition with several hundred
calves from all over the United
States. The honor is the highest a
calf can win in America.
Docket STAFF Elected.
The stan of the Docket, the annual
publication Of the students Of the law
school at Columbia was elected as
follows: Lee Walker, Columbia, edi-
tory. b. Angle, Bowling Green, bust
ness manager; c. G. Vogt, Stanberry,
art editor; Robert w. Jones, Colum.
bia. assistant editor; J.. r. Brown,
Kansas City, assistant business man.
ager; Harlie II. Douglass, Kansas
City, assistant art editor.
Five Taken in Phi Beta Kappa.
Three girls and two men OF the
senior class in arts at the University
of Missouri, were announced mem.
bers of Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary
society based on scholarship. They
are: Miss Frances H. Miller, Jeffer-
son City; Miss Anna Christian Nc
Bride. Webb City; Miss Estelle Fay
Crafty, Columbia; John S%harpely,
Jasper; Paul d. Sanford, Palmyra.
Given Three Months.
G. w. Rider of Kansas City was
sentenced to a term of three months
in the Clay county Jail and to pay o
fine of 800 by a jury in the circuit
court at Liberty. Rider went to Ran.
dolph to spend a Sunday in fishing
early in the spring and stabbed
George W. Warner. proprietor of q
small lake, following a quarrel over
the payment OF a 25.cent fee.
Fire In St. Joseph Hotel.
Fire OF unknown origin which
broke out at 1890 a. m. In an unoc-
cupied room on the second floor OF
the of the Hotel Metropole for
more than an hour threatened the de-
struction Of the entire annex, but was
finally placed under control after dam.
age estimated at several thousand
dollars had been done.
J. }. Afford Succeeds Fred George.
The board Of managers of state
hospital for the insane No. 3 at Ne
vada elected J. J. Afford of Spring.
field secretary. He will succeed Fred
George, who resigned to engage in
banking at Humansville. Mr.. Afford
was a member of the last legislature.
representing one of the Greene coun-
ty districts.
Shot by Employer.
Guy Stanley, a farm hand % years
old. died from gunshot wounds in
ficted by his employer, Frank Vest.
at Bigelow. Vest, who surrendered to
the sheriff, says Stanley insulted Mrs.
Vest.
Water Bonds Carry,
AT a special election Mountain
Grove voted a bond issue for munich
pal water works by a big majority.
Girls Win Oratory Prizes.
In the declamatory contest be.
tween the seven counties represent
Ing the Ozark Teachers association,
which held its annual convention at
Mountain Grove, the first prize was
won by Miss Janet Campbell OF Hous-
ton, and second by Miss Dora Sim.
mons of Ava.
Wed Professors Daughter.
Alfred Morton Seldom of Kansas
City. and Miss Virginia %Lipscomb, Of
Columbia, daughter of Prof. Lipscomb,
were married at the Christian church
In Columbia. Miss Juanita Elkins,
niece of the late Senator Stephen u.
Elkins, was maid of honor and Arthur
Seldom, the bridegroom's brother, was
hest man.