Potosi journal., 1912-05-01

day OF last week by the carbolic acid
route. He lett wife and six child
men.
Oliver Scaggs, aEoung convict, who
was recently released under the parole
system, is in trouble again on account
OF having stolen a couple III horses at
Leasburg few Of days ago.
Hon. u. f. Rhodes, OF rotosi,
N. F. Adams OF Belgrade and W. 7.
Maclay OF Bliss, aeeAdeds the Eepuh-
ican State Convention At st. Louis
/ a ; Thursday Ii Il pus h e Il
things along for the Colonel.
The road Oyerseers Of this county
are now collecting the polltaX Of = III
cash from al ahIe-hOdieg! men between
the ages of y and 30 Years. and 70
cents from all above 81 years who are
not exempt on account Of disability.
Miss Thost, dauehte: of q. VI. host
of this city. was Il passenger on the
i'll fated Titanic, which was destroyed
at sea last week. No news has been
received of Miss ThO-t ut tn. time OF
going to press and it is feared hat he
is among the 1000 souls who Went clown
| with the ship in the greatest tragedy
III the history Of the >ea.-pc ~pto
Press.
| Al his Old friends and acqu9iut-
iancCs here Will remember Mr.. ChaS.
W. Loomis as a Democrat of thc
most ardent variety. We have. r,aso
| to remember him on that score -z,r
| the shots he used to take 1t thc
journal through the columns Of the
| independent. We have Just learned, !,
however, that since leaving Potosi,
some years ago, to reside at Col,llll-
| bia, Mo-, Mr.. Loonis has seen he
| light and reformed. and that he WIS
at the Republican state convention
| in St. Louis last week as a delegate
| from Boone county, where he VAS
strong for Teddy.
The Potosi school board held It
| injecting last Friday night 10 "tu-
ploy the teachers for the next s>hul-
astic year Prof. o, l.. LoOmis was
retained rs principal and Misses
Lettie Parmley, Bee Casey and
| Mary Prendergast as assistant teach
ors The assistant principalship was
offered to Prof. Herbert Green, who
| has hesd it for several years, ii All
increase in salary from $'3 10 80
| per month, but We are informed h
has declined the offer, being d@sir-
| ture. The board hung up or the
appointment OF q successor 70 l. .SS
| Anna Campbell, who has taught in
one OF the lower grade departlr. nts
fur several years. Miss Campbell,
along with a number OF others, is
| an applicant for the place. The
Loard will soon hold another meeting
&c fill out the entire corps OF Ic"rl~
| erS
Wecan attention to the dilfou1t t.
ment Of Mr. r. Z. Eiutchiues, OF
Harmony township. as ii candidate
for the Republican nomination or
| County Surveyor To Introduce Mr.
Hutchings to such Of our readers " no
may not know him. We will say lat
h. was born and raised in this coun-
| tE, and has made the community bis
home all his life He is now ana t4.5
always leen staunch RepubIi IN.
For the past ten years he has been
privately engaged III surveying York, =,
principally in the southwest part OF
this county and in Iron county. and
he is considered a first-class man At
this work. His qualifications in this
respect are commended i'll personal
letter from J. \. johnson. Surveyor
aud civil engineer for the United Rail
ways Of ST. Louis, who OWNS lard in
the western part of this county and
for whom Mr. Hutcchings has done
surveying. We can assure our Ie-
ders that Mr.. l1utchines will make
la good and competent county sur
yeyor in the event oil his nomination
and election.
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We are publishing in this Weel, s
issue County Clerk Longs annuu!
ltn,lenf of the financial condition