Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-03-12
FIRST ANNUAL Y.
NJ B. e. BANQUET
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1914, MARKS AN EP.
OCH IN THE HISTORY OF THE YOUNG
MEMS BUSINESS CLUB OF MANSFIELD
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doubIe-decked subject, IF a Man Die Shall He Live Again ?
Shall We Have a Good Road Connecting Hartvile and Mans
field? % said, in part:
"This is a great undertaking for me. When came here l
came all buoyed up for speaking, but l am awful weak. have
been, in my younger days, some orator, but as grew older
and got out of school, lost this gift, and if I fail to make you
a speech that will satisfy, you will please excuse me.
"Dr. Riley is a great booster. We were talking about Riley
over at Hartville the other day q had him in Jail there all last
week., and We discussed the proposition as to why it was that
he was such a booster. We came to the conclusion that, as
his wife is in the chicken business and sells eggs, he gets a great
deal Of the money with which to boost from her. She also can
be seen out in the berry patch in the summer time, picking ber-
rTs to help him along.
Il will say to you that | have enjoyed myself tonight. The
old man who fddled is a good fiddler, and Sister Reynolds is not
far behind. have eaten a fine supper, and have been treated
royalty.
"You will notice that the first question am to answer is:
If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again. l have a colored parson
over at Hartville for my janitor and after had read this
question to him and explained that was to speak on it, he said:
'Pshaw! That amt no account think this enough said on
that subject.
THE next question is: Should We Have a Good Road Con-
Meeting Hartvile and Mansfield? Well, | say Yes If you will
ask Mr.. Ferren, he will tell you the same thing, and if you
Mansfield people would travel over it once in awhile, you would
say this also.
Fifteen hundred dollars was expended from the Hartville
end last year-the most road working that has ever been put on
the road-and if you will stay with us this summer we will
show you a good time, if you will come over. DR.. Riley is on
the Board of Commissioners from the Mansfield District, and,
if you people will stand behind the Doctor Oet your wives go into
the chicken business, or any other business), and put your dimes
into this enterprise, it won't be long before you will be going
to Harvine in an hour and twenty-five minutes. When l first
came to Hartville it took three hours. This is entirely too
long in which to drive the twelve miles.
Get down and go to work. If you pay fifty cents poll tax,
do not go to quarreing with your neighbor because he donates
So or So or a days work to help build the road. Fifty cents
poll tax is all right, but it is not enough. I assure you will
do everything in my power from now until January to help
get a good road from here to Hartvlle.'
From Hon. S. f. Bronson, Ozark:
Thanking you for your kind invitation, and wishing your
club and little city the full realization of what you hope for it
and deserve, I assure you that in the future, at some convenient
time, if given an opportunity, will be glad to come to Mans
field and speak to your people
AS T. E. Quisenberry will talk on Getting Together for a
Better Mansfield" l will give a toast on the mite-a mite that
bothers the poultry and, likewise, the poultry man:
A mite lived on a little chick
And led an active life.
He daily passed from chick to chick,
But saw a deal Of strife.
He had a nervous break down soon
And life lost all its zest.
Doctor Quisenberry prescribed the boon
OF quetude and rest.
From former haunts that mite is gone
The death blow he could not stand,
And now he leads a peaceful life
Buried in the sand.
In the above manner the POSTMASTER introduced the states
poultry expert.
Director T. E. Quisenberry, of the Missouri State Poultry
Experiment Station at Mountain Grove, said, in part:
You people of Mansfield have certainly covered yourselves
with glory here tonight. have been in a good many places in
Missouri, and in all parts of the United States, but have
never heard any more elOquence ulSpla!eu tNan l Have
here tonight-even down to poetry on mites. The music which
we have heard was splendid, in my opinion. Any of the men,
bers of this orchestra could earn their way through the State
University without any money, simply by the talent they have
here displayed. The recitations, the vocal music, and the manner
in which your delightful repast has been served all speak well
for your community.
From what have been able to see of Mansfield do not
believe there is any use in my trying to tell you anything
about building a better town. was surprised to see the
splendid bank buildings. did not know they were such strong
institutions. was surprised to see your fine stores and good
school; to note your pride in the public square and in your
churches. These are the things which go to make up good
communities like this, and they are brought about by the pulling
together of the merchants and business men. One of the best
things you have done is the organization of the Business Club.
But | would advise you to look out for the farming COM
munty. Get good citizens located upon the farms surrounding
this CITY. Assist them in establishing good schools and churches.
Let the town and country communities become as one. BE inter-
ested in them, and make them interested in you.
81 can't help but love the women, because my mother was
a woman. While she grew old and wrnkled with age and, be-
cause of her years of service in raising a family perhaps aged
prematurely, yet, with all her defects, to me she was the most
beautiful woman in all the world, because she was my mother.
The influence of good women is a wonderful far-reaching thing
7 ,ok ofter the virtue of your girls and the welfare OF your boys.