Ripley County democrat., 1913-07-11

Ben Carrico returned TO St. Louis
this week after spending several days
here visiting.
Sam Osborne, of Purman, vas in
town the first OF the week attending to
business matters.
A. E. Richmond, of Elsinore, came
down the latter part Of last week on a
visit to his family.
Linn Paul and wife returned to their
home at Hoxie yesterday after spending
several days here visiting.
The Doniphan ball clue will go to the
BLUFF Sunday next and play game Of
ball with the Dalton club OF that city.
Money to loan on improved farms in
sums Of 5000 and up; five years. time.
Lige Smelser, Doniphan, No. 36tf.
Richard Brooks and family are here
this week from their home at ShTeyes-
port, La, on a visit to friends and re-
latiyes.
Pearl Daniels is here from Pine Bluff,
Ark. since Tuesday. He has been in
the hospital for two or three weeks with
typhoid fever.
Mrs. J, R. Wright Is in Kansas City
this week visiting her daughter. Mrs.
J. c. Peck. Misses Erma and Mary
went up with her
Agents wanted in each town in Mis-
souri,, TO write fire and tornado insur-
ance in towns and cities only. Write
H. F. Stapel, Sec'y, Rock Port, Mo.
The severe dry hot weather OF the
past few weeks did great injury to the
blackberry crop which promised to be
unusually large this year, but vas cut
short by the dry weather.
Dick Danner, who is now employed in
the press-room of'a Job print shop in
Kansas City. and who came home to
spend the fourth with his parents, re-
TUNED to that city yesterday.
The hum OF the thrasher can be heard
in the country, as they have started to
thrash this years crop Of wheat. and
some Of it is beginning to come TO mar
ket. The crop is above the average this
year in most localities.
Notwithstanding the general rains in
the county, there is strip of country
running from the Henry McManus place
to the Henry Boyles place on the river
and mile or two wide, that hardly has
had the dust laid within it, though the
strip is several miles long.
Charlie Worley got his right foot
badly mashed last Saturday while in
gagged in hauling logs near Scates Fer
ry. His wagon turned over and caught
his foot with the resnlt that IL was
mashed. He was brought to town and
DR.. Proctor dressed the injury.
Miss Georgia Williams, a daughter OF
Conductor and Mrs. T. r. Williams
who used to live in this city, but now
live In st. Louis, was married one day
last week to Mr. r. X. Finley, Of Oran,
Mo-, the wedding taking place at Oran,
the groom's home. Mr.. Finley is a
railroad man employed by the Cotton
Belt.
A dispatch to the ST. Louis papers
from the Bluff, under date OF last Wed.
nesday, June 9th, states that at the sale
of the real estate OF the |. N. Davidson
estate, which was made under the ordel
OF court, recently given, realized the
sum OF s238,e37. The estate had been il
litigation for the past seventeen years
and 1t required several days .or th'
sheriff, who had been directed by thu
court 10 conduit tbs sale, to complete it
Miss Jessie Hudson will arrive a
home thi. evening from Boston, where
she has been at conservatory studying
voice, piano and violin music. She ha
not concluded Just what she will do yet
but she has number OF excellent op
portunities, one OF them being the
music post with Marvin college at Fred
ericktown. She also has opportunitie
to resume Lyceum work, which she tool
up very successfully at one time. Mis-
Hudson Is a superb singer. and is mucl
talanted in piano and violin music
She has taught in this city and man
hope to see her return to this professior
! Poplar Bluff, Citizen Democrat, JUL
4th.
w, r, Brown sub-contraotor for tn
Naylor ditch, in charge of the worl
was In town yesterday getting his war
rants for the last monthly estimates
: He stated that they were making goo
progress on the work and were no
running the dredge boat day and uigh'
Besides the Naylor ditch Mr.. Brown hs
, a contract and is dredging a ditch in II
Cherokee Bay country, the length I