The Marshall republican., 1914-04-17


Ward, Mr.. T. @. Ray; and Mr.. Her
man Renken; end ward, Mr.,J. Willis
Smith; school directors, Messrs Ed
win Berry and Lester Wall.
The wedding of Mr. Perry n.
Moore and Miss May Watts took place
in Sedalia last week and was solemn
lied by Rev. A. W.. Kokendoffer at
his residence.
The Sweet Springs people arc glad
to hear that one OF our boys has been
elected to office In Marshall. william
Bellamy was elected city attorney on
last Tuesday. VIII was brought up
here and is well known as a fine
fellow and a general favorite.
The Methodist District conference
met here this week. IL was opened
with q sermon on Tuesday night by
Rev. c. l.. Stouffer of Warrensburrg.
Alter conference was organized on
Wednesday morning. the sermon for
woman's missionary societies, was
preached by Rev. C.. II. Briggs, d. u.
OF Sedalia. The program OF the
afternoon OF Wednesday was in the
hands of the missionary women
workers OF the Lexington district and
was most interesting. sir. G. r. Ry-
land and Mrs. a. l.. Dickman of Lex
ington are the district secretaries.
The young ladies' quartette OF Cen
trail college ut Lexington. gave some
very delightful music. This was
followed by some of the most excel
lent missionary papers Il has ever
been the privilege OF the writer to
hear. They showed that the Metho-
dist women are fully alive To the i'm
portant issues OF the times IN both
foreign and home missions. The
societies In this district both for
eign and home and are doing great
work In both fields. On Wednesday
night Rev. u. T.. sipple. agent for
Central college occupied the pulpit
and while this was not particularly
interesting to the general public, all
recognize that II Is a very important
work. Thursday afternoon the sub
iect, Ethical Leadership of the Pull
pit" Was taken up and a general dis
cussion followed; opened by Rev. J.
J w. Budd OF Odessa and followed by
some Of the brilliant speakers In this
conference which made II extremely
interesting and Instructive. The SER
mon on Thursday night was by Rev.
Mr.. Allen OF Lexington and was an
able discourse from the text, what
soever thy hand findeth TO do. do Il
with thy might, etc" The following
are the names OF the women dele
gates: Mrs. Harra OF Buckner. Mrs.
l.. l.. Crews OF Hustonia, Mrs. Marvin
Davis, Sweet Springs; Mrs. Louis
Hoffman, Sedalia; Mrs. II. T. Redd
Dover. Miss Myrtle Purchase. Prairie
View; Mrs. Matte Culbert, Lincoln;
Mrs. II. y. Allen, Lexington; Mrs. J..
Il. Clark Lamonte. Mrs. Zentmeyer,
Higginsyille; Mrs. G. G. Slusher.
Corder; Miss Grace Slade. yelling
ton; Misses Ethel Larkin and Miss
Petty Lexington, Y. p. s.; Mrs. Whit
all. Sedalia. Y.'P. S.; Mrs. Rennie
Sterling, High Point.
Mrs. James Evans OF Sweet Springs
was called to Odessa on Tuesday OF
last week by the death OF her sister,
Mrs. w. w. Hancock. Mrs. Hancock
had recently suffered ar operation In
a hospital in Kansas City, and had
returned to her home thinking her
cure complete, but suffered a relapse
and died on Tuesday. y
Mrs. Richard Berry and Miss Angie
Berry went to Kansas City on Thurs
day for a shopping expedition.
Mrs. j. II. Clark of Lamonie was
the guest last week during the con-
ference Of her mother and sister, Mrs.
Wall and Miss Hattie Wall
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Jones OF
Longwood. were the guests during
the Methodist conference of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. l.. Cayton.
MIR. Alexander Daniel died on Fri
day at the home of his son, Mr.. q. L..
Daniel from the infirmities Of &
Mr.. Daniels home "a in Sedalia. but
had been brought to the homelo his
. son for a change, His son and dau-
ghter OF Sedalia attended the funer-
al services, conducted by Rev. J. Il.
wylie on Saturday morning at ten
o'clock.
Miss Margaret Huston went to Hig-
ginsville or Saturday and visited re-
l~latives for a few days.
Glover Daniel has been at home
from work for several days with a
gore foot. ""'
Raw. Mr.. palmOre was here during