Ripley County democrat., 1912-05-10
The Democrat.
Local and Personal News.

j. II. Wright made q business trip TO
the Bluff Wednesday.
Phil Unterberger was at the Bluff
yesterday trarsacting business.
M. NJ. Lane, of the Nail, Naylor, was
here the past week for day, on busi-
pess.
Lewis Johnson is taking the scholas-
tic census Of the Doniphan school dis.
trict this week.
I'D. Gerlach made business trip to
ST. Louis the first oil the week returning
"Wednesday night
Justice Magruder, of Naylor, came
up on the "midnight express" last night
to look after business matters here.
John P. Campbell has been at Col
pmbia this week attending the Press
Association meeting, he being secretary
Of the organization.
Uncle Polk WeatherspooR came down
from his home Wednesday aud yester.
day morning left for his old home in
Tennessee on visit.
Attorney j. Pender Foard came over
from the Bluff on business Wednesday,
and after attending to that In the morn
ing went fishing In the afternoon.
Mrs. r. Y. Wilkinson (nee Miss Ad-
die Gary has been here for the past ten
days visiting, being called here by the
Serious condition of her sister, who died
yesterday at ST. Louis.
The Doniphan baseball team beat the
Poplar Bluff team in the game played
there last Sunday, by a score Of 2 to /,
taking ten innings to decidet che contest.
It was a good game. The Maynard ball
club will be here tomorrow for game
with the home club.
Grant Wilson from over on Briar
Creek, was Che hrst one 10 bring In this
years crop of home grown strawberries,
but he was followed the first day by }.
]. Seymore. and both have since been
bringing in some very handsome fruit.
The crop will be good this year.
Acel Ponder having purchased the
old frame building on South Mill street
next 10 the State bank building, Is hay
ing Il moved to lot near che red barn
where he will fix 1t up for an office
building for bis son, DR.. G. A. Ponder
veterinary surgeon. II has been quite
a Job to get the old building out into the
street and turned around, as the build
ing was q long one and the street wa'
barely wide enough to permit u TO b,
turned. But the movers have 1t turned
pow and on Its way to the new location
Superintendent H. L. Braschler lef
this morning accompanied by Maste
Alma Sharp for Cape Girardeau, ant
after a day or so there will 60 on h
Jefferson City where Master Sharp vii
enter as contestant in the state spell
Ing contest which takes place there tn
coming week. Whoever beats RIPPLE.
county's enterant must be some speller
Tor our hero has demonstrated that h
can spell nearly any word put togethe
with the letters Of the English alphabet
and even then some. We bank on hir
% q winner.
II. O. Mowrey from Kansas, who re
sently purchased large tract OF land !
fange one west. all Of section 80. eat
half OF section 81, and the west half an
southeast quarter Of section 80 In town
ship 23, range west. the land lyin
about from q mile 10 two miles north
west OF Gatewood, section 80 being Q
the Oregon county line, is moving hel
lhis week and hauling his househol
plunder 20 his new home. He 10 goin
TO engage in the stock business, salsin
and feeding cattle, and viii seed mo
bi HE land 70 Fedsop, timothy and pea
Mr., Mowrey 4 an IiiinoIsan but HI
been in Kansas Tor some years. but u
weather conditions were not suitab
and he has como 70 county whe
here is always water and range 81
tsed can be ebtainsd by raising. He
ysry pleasant gsnsleman.