The Cairo bulletin., 1913-08-14
MOUND

Several Mound City people took
advantage of the excursion on the
Big Four Ry. Sunday and spent the
day with relatives and friends or
sight seeing at other places. Among
them were Messrs. and Mesdames
Harry Sheerer and Henry Kennedy
who spent the day in Evansville,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Ashworth visited
at Mt. Carmel Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Whitsett were guests OF relatives at
Carmi, B. Hutchinson and family
spent the day at Mt Carmel visiting
relatives and Mrs. Robt. SCHUYLER
went to her home in Evansville.
Ind. following two months visit
with relatives here.
NJ. Murphy 6 Co have rented the
middle and south rooms of the
Phoenix Block and Will move their
dry goods store from the Odd Fell
lows building into these rooms
about September LIST, The rooms
will be thoroughly renovated,
shelved and noored and a large por-
ton of the partition will be remov-
ed, thus throwing the two rooms
into one. This work viii occupy
the remainder of the month. The
company will continue to operate It's
grocery business at the old location.
The annual County Teachers In
stitute is being conducted at the
court house this week under the
able supervision of County Superin-
tendent Miss Mary Hawkins. There
are ninety-six teachers enrolled
and the sessions thus far have
proven extremely interesting and in
structive. Geo. w. Brown of Paris,
ILL.,, County superintendent of Ed
gar county gave two talks on Arith-
matte, Grammar and Rural Prob
lens; City Supt. Clarence Selby
presented the subjects OF Music and
Reading and Miss May Palmer of
this city instructed in Primary
Methods demonstrating her plans
with class at the Mckinley school
on three occasions. Prof. s. f..
Boomer and Prof. F. w. Colyer Of
Carbondale were present at Mon
days sessions and addressed the in
stitute soliciting the interest of the
educational people OF Pulaski county
fer tho Southern III. State Normal
Univer ~. Sur er.ltendent T. C.
Clende"e2 CT Cairo was Wis
ito Tuc day. Miss Antoinette
Tisher q Mound a former teacher
visited tbs in9 tute yesterday.
The vacancies in the Lowell
school teaching force caused by the
designations of Hiss Nellie Motley
of the 5th grade and Miss Flora
Hogendobler of the 9Th grade have
been taken by Misses Bessie Gore
of 0lmstead and Winnie Shoemaker
of villa Ridge respectively.
The ladies of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will conduct a social
on the church lawn Thursday even
ing, Aug. 21st. They will serve ice
cream, cake and sherbet.
The grounds at the court house
and county Jail are being filled and
graded. The work has been under
way the past two weeks and is pro-
crossing splendidly. Perks C Hig-
gins have the contract.
Miss Elizabeth Coleman of jack
son, Tenn, has arrived to make her
home with Mr. and Mrs. w. A.
Montgomery.
Mrs. Harry Sheerer was in Cairo
on business yesterday afternoon.
Miss Bessie Thompson of Quincy.
H., is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Neadstine and family.
Henry Reid and family will re-
move to their country home a few
miles north of the city the first OF
the ensuing week and their home
on Upper Main street will be occu-
pied by P. A. Heath and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. Wick will move
tho the Perks & Higgins cottage on
commercial avenue which will be
vacated by Mr.. Heath.
W. A, Montgomery returned last