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Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
A Surprise Dinner

The friends and neighbors of MIR.
and Mrs. Joel Kirby gathered at the r
home on Sunday, the roth inst, in
honor of their birthday anniversaries,
Mir. Kirby,s being the 5th and Mrs.
Kirby's the 18th of the month respec-
lively.
All came with well-filled baskets
and at the noon hour the large table
fairly groaned under it's load of good
things to eat which had been prepared
Tor the occasion by the best cooks of
Il land (the women on the farms)
and all did ample justice to the
tempting feast.
Those present were: Jas. Mar
riott and family; Albert Rains and
family; Uncle Wash Hutchinson ;
Bud Marriott, wife and son Dell ;
Benton Marriott and family; Fores,
Marples and family; Ounce Marriott
and family; Charley Marriott and
family. Sunnyside neighborhood ;
Blanch Silvey; Granville Marriott
Charley Speers; Arthur Bowers, and
Walter and At Bowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirby received many
nice and useful presents.
After dinner was over several went
to pryer meeting at Richie the res
departing at later hour, wishing
these two good old people many hap
py returns of the day.
One PRESENT.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
A Puzzle That pnZzlcS

Here's puzzle that puzzles every
body: Take the number of your liv-
ing brothers, double that amount, add
it to 3, multiply by 3, add it to the
unmber of your living sisters, multi
ply by 10, add the number of deaths
of brothers and subtract $50 from the
result. The right figure will be the
unmber OF deaths, of brothers, the
middle figure will be the number of
living sisters and the left fgurs will
show the number of living brothers.
Try it and see. Who can supply an
explanation ?-EX.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
A Letter from Noel, NO

A letter from Mrs. Phoebe &.
Ferry. who is a relative of the Repub-
lican family, and sister to Mrs.
Jacob Stephens, formely of this county
but now of Eldon, Mo-, closes by
saying:
A healthy Io-pound boy was born
to my son.in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. W. Grissom, April 10Th.
Mother and baby doing well, but
papa has beeu SO nervous ever since
that he can scarcely hit a squirrel with
a rifle.
There were two young men killed
near here 10y Frisco midnight pass
enger on the night of April 10Th.
They were drunk and were walking
home on the track and sat down to
rest and fell asleep. Both were
killed, ones head being cut off and
the other frighlfully mangled.
John and myself will start for
Chauncey, Mo-, in few days to
spend the summer with friends and
relatives, in Camden county, but will
stay most OF the time with Johns Sis
ter Mrs. Emma Cossairt, of Chauncey.
My son Willie, while enroute to his
brother S. M. Ferry, who has lived at
sinai 5. ID. the past year, stopped off
at Noel and paid US visit of week
including his sister, Mrs. Grissom
and family. He is the same lively
Willie as of yore. He and Sammy
like South Dakota fine.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
GlonsteGi News

Most farmers are through planting
corn and are rejoicing over Monday
nights rain.
o. B. Scott shipped car load of
hogs to the St. Louis market last
Tuesday.
Edward Bomgartner, the Interna-
tional implement man, was looking
after the company's business here last
week.
Miss Jaily Ball has been employed
to teach Bethel school next winter.
Jake Bridges and family visIled
relatives near Fortuna last week.
Uncle Tom Newkirk bought fine
farm on Flat Greek, adjoining the
old Daughe,ty farm, from Mr.. keg-
Ter last week for which he paid
handsome price, but Uncle Tom says
it a dandy.
Miss Josephine Mllburn is visiting
relatives in Sedalia and assisting her
brother in his store this week.
The "Willing Workers. class will
meet with Lester Ball on next Satur-
day night. They are not only fine
lot of boys and girls but are doing
good and lasting work in the Masters
vineyard.
Willy Cooper has bought a gasoline
engine to do his pumping and says it
beats by hand all hollow.
A few of the neighbors and friends
of Ora leatherman helped him to get
his crop in, which was highly appre-
ciated. He was delayed owing to
the sickness and death of his wife.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Ritchie Items

Weather is nice and crops and gar
dens looking well.
Corn planting is nearly over in this
neighborhooi.
herlth is generally good in this Vi
c nifty.
Herb Zwanzx and wife were visit
ors one dav last week at the homes of
Bud Marriott and Mrs. /wanzig.
Last week Mrs. Mabel Marriott
went to look after turkey hen which
was setting and found a large copper
head snake under the hen, but ulon
further investigation found that the
snake was dead. As the turkey hen
is quite fighter, it is supposed that
she had killed the snake.
Arthur Bowers and Joel Naylor
went to Slower Saturday.
Jas. Marriott made business trip
to Versailles last Saturday.
Irwin Silvey and wife were guests
of John Silvey and family Sunday.
Belle Campbell visited with Ada
Marriott Sunday.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Look en- the Bright Side

Look on the bright side. 1t is the
right side. The hour may be cheer
less and somber with clouds, but it
will be no better to wear a gloomy
and sad countenanCe. 1t is sunshine
and not the clouds that make the
flowers. TIE sky is blue twice where
il is black once. You have troubles
so have others. None are free
from them. That would be a dull
sea and the sailors would never get
skill were there nothing to disturb its
surface. There is more virtue in 4
sunbeam than in whole hemisphere
of cloud and gloom. Belle Star
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Blessed are the peacemakers

Five-year-old Margaret. who lives
in the vicinity of North Woodward
avenue. overheard her parents having
a somewhat heated argument. She
stood it as long as she could, then, ,
walking unannounced into the next
room, she went straight to her moth
er:
"Mamma, don't you pay any ten
,ion to what daddy has been SAYING
Turning to her father she continued :
"And daddy, | just don't want you
to pay any 'tentlon to what mamma
said, either.'
Who could help smiling at that
And smile is always wonderful
clearer of gloomy atmosphere. FIX
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Al the Presbyterian Church

There will be regular services at
the Presbyterian church next Sunday.
At the morning services there will be
a short sermon and communion.
Will not all the members endeavor to
be present? Come, please, and help
to make the services both interesting
and impressive. Your absence will
detract that much from the interest of
the services. Let US honor the servi-
Ces by our presence. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to all to attend
these services. Your presence will be
appreciated. Preaching at 500 p.
m. Respectfully.
l.. L. ORR, Pastor.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
The Secret oil Success

The secret of success is a simple
matter of honest work, ability and
concentration. There is no question
about there being room at the top for
exceptional men in any profession.
Your problem is, how to get there.
The answer is simple: Conduct your
business with just a little more ability
HIN the average man in your line.
If y III are on y above the average man
your success is secured, and the dc
gree of success is in ratio to the great
er degree of ability and attention
which you give above the average. -
Andrew Carnegie.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Removing Iron Stail

To remove iron stain from a gar
ment wet with borax and ammonia
water and spread over a bowl of boil
ing water. Then apply 10 per cent
solution of either hydroChloric or OK
olic acid. putting it on drop by drop
until the stain brightens, then dip IN
to alkaline water and rinse thoroughly
in bOrax or amonia water.
But before doing all this try rub
bing the stain with salt and applying
lemon juice and then letting the sun
shine on the spot.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Standing Up and Sitting Up

Lady de Bathe (Mrs. Langtry)
once made the piquant remark that
she was "a foe to dissipation or any
thing of that kind; | would urge every
girl to say No to the dlssipated man
who would marry her. The man a
girl is obliged to stand up for before
marriage, she will have to sit up for
afterwards.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14

When you hear a man sneering at
the local newspaper because it is not
as big, cheap and newsy as the city
papers, you can bet that he does not
squander any OF his wealth in assisting
to make it better, and generally the
paper has done more for him than he
has for it. The man who cannot see
the benehs arising from local news
paper is about as much value to a town
as delinquent tax ist.-Barry Coun-
ty Gazette.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
About the CoIored Folks

Rev. Diggs is in Sedalia this week
Henry and Walter Thrus,on, of
Kansas City, visited homefolks here
this week.
Miss Josephine Ross and Mrs.
Maggie McClanahan, now of Macon
City, the former a student and the lat
ter employed, returned home last
Wednesday account of the illness o!
their mother Mrs. Jas. p. Ross.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Thirty-Threc Years Old

Sunday, May 10th, was the 33rd
anniversary of the birth of George A.
Hicks, brother of the Republican ed
ltor's wife, and in consequence OF
the event, several of his neighbors
and relatives planned a surprise for
genial George by meeting at his
home, two miles southeast of Barnett,
at II O'Clock on that day and spread
ing dinner which only the good
women who live in the country can
prepare.
OF course, it had been previously
arranged with Mrs. Hicks who played
her part well in keeping Georges
suspicious from being aroused when
she wanted him to "dress up and
yet remain at home because she was
expecting Mr.--and wife over to
spend the afternoon at their home.
Well, about II O'Clock two hungry
young men came along and began
conversation with MIR. Hicks; soon
two others came along, and seeing
the small crowd turned in. One of
the latter belonging in a certain fami-
ly, George asked it the rest Of the
folks were coming and on being in
formed that "he thought so, it
dawned upon George that it was his
birthday and he began to grow snspl-
cions. In about fifteen minutes alter
wards, three or four surrles, bu2gles
and wagons drove up and unloaded
from three to less than dozen each
at Georges gate and began to carry
baskets and boxes Of The most pala
table viands one ever thrnwed his
lip over' to a I6-foot table until i,
swayed to and fro, and probably
would have fallen had not Watt Crane
George Bailey, Dick Gum, Joe
Cooper, Alb Cochran, Bud Orwin, Joe
Hoskins, Bland Baughman, Ton
Heineman. J. c. Williams, Tom NC.
Dow and ye editor gotten around il
to brace it until the ladies and chill
dren had eaten some of the gooC
things till it would stand beneath the
balance of the load.
While being used as braces. some
of those old men could not resist thu
temptation and would nibble at a slic,
of boiled ham, sausage, eggs, custarc
pie, pickle, cake, doughnnut, sauce
fruit, dressing. gravy, or something
else until it spoiled their appettes TO
dinner when it came their time to eat
and we actually believe that Wat
Crane, George Bailey and Joe Coope
failed to enjov their dinner becaus
they "minced" SO much.
After dinner some three or fou
hours were spent in social converse
ton, when all departed, over forty il
number, to their homes, wishin
many more happy days like this on
to come to their friend and neigh
Dor.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Come 10 Camp Mceltna

All member are REQUESTED to atteud
the nez, regular meeting of The Wood.
man of the World, to be held on Mon,
day evening, May 18th. Business q
importance to be attended to.
]. S. BoycE, &. c.
!. 4. DUDLDY, Clerk.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
Mother
It's a wonderful thing,

It's wonderful thing,
A mother.
Other folks can love you
But only your mother understands.
She works for you,
Looks after you,
Loves you, forgives you anything
you may do;
Understands you and then
The only bad thing she ever does
to you
Is to die and leave you.
baroness Won Hutten.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14

Losr-Friday night of last week,
small package, containing some en-
broidery and lace. Finder, please
leave at Republican Office.
Morgan County republican., 1914-05-14
LOCAL. NEWS.
sassxASsSsSsSssssSssssSS, "a
Subscribe for the Republican.

visited trends IN Upton from Satur-
day t Sunday afterno on.
Mrs. Ab Kidwell and mother. Mrs.
c A. Rains, visited last week with
friends in and around Excelsior.
DR.. Yarnell and family enjoyed a
trip to the country Sunday and dined
wilh Judge and Mrs. W. r. Bowen.
For bargains in HATS and all MIL
LlNERY GOODS, 60 to Mrs. NJ. +.
Marr!ott's, first door south of Abel 4
Hardy's lumber yard
Mrs. {. &. Marriott was visiting
at the home of her brother, NJ. p.
Hughes. OF Slower, from Thursday to
Monday of last week.
Prof. w. H. Strong and wife and
Banker w. w. Glllum and wife, of
Barnett, were in Versailles Sunday,
coming over Mr.. Gllum's new car.
The Tango was danced by the Chi
nese more than two thousand years
ago. But we ought not hold that
against them-tl,ey were not SO civil
lied then as they are now.
Many of the successful men of
today are the sons of old-fafhloned
fathers who believed in little sassa-
fras tea in the spring time and little
'hickory tea all the year round.
THE MILLINERY B.AIAR is the
place to get Bargains in Hats, up-,o-
, date in style and good work. We
can prove what we advertise. Come
, and see for yourselves. Next door to
, City Hotel. MRS. n. +. MOUNTS.
Misses Minnie Ramer. Nellie Vog
and Neva Shepp, left today over the
Rock Island for Mcpherson, Kansas,
I where they will attend the commence
. ment exercises of Mcpherson College.
They will return in about ten days.
For the want of rest. we desire to
sell our Farmers and Traders' res
= taurant, stock and fixtures. We have
: a splendid trade and the best location
u in the city. See us for a bargain.
y MR. AND Mrs. O. G.. HARRIS.
Mrs. Sherman Fredericks returned
last week from Kansas City where she
had been keeping house for her sons
while Miss Carrie was helping Mrs
Boles in the millinery store. Miss
Carrie left Tuesday for Kansas City
to live with her brothers.
AS long as appointments to the
= puplic service are made in paymen
t, of political debts, as long as they are
it used to catch or hold votes, as lonl
ly as jobhunters hold on indie 6nitely be
Is cause of a supposed political "pull,
!. we shall have high taxes and expen
is sive government.
X Mrs. w. r, Phipps, of Blairstown
'g daughter of Rev. and Mrs. l.. T. Orr
at of this city, who was operated on 10
I gall-stones and appendicitis last Fri
10 day at St. Lukes hospital in Kansa
City, writes her father under date @
the 9Th. that she is gradually i'm
proving and indications point to he
= rapid recovery.
- The brick house one mile west c
- towns belonging to DIR. Vim. well, i
- which Charley Rhodus and fani'
. were living, was strnck by lightnin
20 Monday night about 10 o'clock ant
or burned to the ground, the lamil
barely escaping, saving nothing of tn
contents except trunk and thre
dresser drawers. The good people c
I'd Versailles came to the relief OF MI
d. Rhodus to the extent OF some beds
n bedding ETC., but the loss is quit
Of large considering that Mr.. Rho
dus is poor man and has not bee
in good health most OF the time tn
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
Scholarship
At Delaware
Harvard, Yale and Princeton
Club Men Here Will
Provide One
COLLEGE MEN
AT HAPPY DINNER

One of the most pleasant affairs
that has been held in this city for a
long time was a dinner given at the
Wilmington Country Club on Wednes-
day night by the combined Harvard,
Yale and Princeton clubs of this city.
The membership Of the three clubs
comprises graduates Of the three
large educational institutions.
About fifty persons attended the
dinner which was featured by college
cheers and college songs by the rep
resentatives of the various colleges.
As each club tried to outdo the other
in the volume of sound, especially in
the college yells," the effect that re-
suited can we'll be imagined. II made
the blood stir more quickly in the
veins Of the graduates who recalled
the old days on the campus when the
college yells were practiced. No
speeches were made at the dinner, bat
the members discussed various mat
ters of interest.
A committee, consisting of Alexis
I. DUPONT. of Harvard; George P. Bis
sell, 'of Yale. and John f. Neary. of
Princeton, was appointed TO arrange
for the annual dinner and athletic
competitions.
A silver trophy cup has been pro-
vided to be competed for by the mem
bers Of the three clubs. The club
which wins the cup. with the highest
number of points for three years, not
necessarily in succession will retain
final ownership of the cup. This
competition recalls combats Of old be-
tween the colleges on the athletic
field.
The attention of those present was
called to Delaware College by one of
the trustees of that institution and
an alumnus OF Delaware College. who
pointed out how the state institution
is entitled to the interest and respect
of the large educational institutions
represented by the three CLUBS, and
told something of the prospects Of
that institution under the leadership
Of the new president.
Generous response was made by
those present, who wanted to
know what they could do for the
Delaware institution.
II was suggested that a committee
be appointed to consider and arrange
a scholarship for the support Of a
Delaware boy at Delaware College
and the following committee was ap-
pointed 10 arrange for such a schol-
arship. David sT Marvel. Andrew G.
Gray, w Poyntell Johnston, Profes-
sor w. Owen Sypherd. of Delaware
College and 1ohn p Nields.
In rho q afternoon nrior tn thp din
ner there was a golf match between
the members Of the three clubs. The
athletic features were continued anC
will be played off as the weather per
mits II was intended TO have tennis
matches. but the tennis courts were
wet.
Evening journal., 1914-07-11

nervous / could not sleep, then | would
be so tired mornings that could scarcely
get around. 1t seemed almost impossi-
bic TO move or do bit of work and |
thought never would be any better un-
til | submitted to an operation. COM
menced taking Lydia E. Pinkham' Veg
etable Compound and soon felt like a
new woman. had no pains, slept well,
had good appetite and could do almost
all my own work for family of four.
/ shall always feel that / owe my good
health to your medicine. p Mrs. HAY
WARD Sewers, Hodgdon, Maine.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcgeta-
bic Compound viii help YOU, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOniidentiaD Lynn, Mass. for ad-
vice. Your letter viii be opened.
read and answered by woman.
and held in strict confidence
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
LAW and ORDER MAN
AFRAID OF CONGRATULATIONS

Apparently badly frightened when
approached at Eighth and Market
streets shortly after noon today by a
man who said he wanted TO shake
hands, Frank % Haley. special agent
Of the Law and Order Society appeal
ed to the police for protection. 0ffi-
GERS hurried to the rescue and ar
rested James Davis, 40 years Of age.
Davis was locked up on a charge Of
dlsorderly conduct
Mr. Haley was standing at Eighth
and Market streets when Davis walk
ed up 70 him. Apparently believing
Davis to be an enemy Mr. Haley hbr-
ried up Market street with the man
following Mr. Haley went 10 Tenth
street and as Davis is declared to
have continued TO follow him Mr..
Haley called for the police.
Questioned at police headquarters
Davis said he merely wished to CON
gratulate' Mr. Haley.
Evening journal., 1914-07-11
Shepherd Heard Officers Tell
of "Ley de Fuga" Application

Boalt's arrest and now threatens to de-
velop into = congressional investigation
of the navy, was MS follows:
BY FRED l.. BOALI
(Stad Special
VERA CRUZ, Mexico When the
Americans took Vera Cruz. an ensign,
in his student days perhaps the best
fullbaek Annapolis ever had, had COM
mand Of a squad Of men who took many
prisoners.
The prisoners were corralled in
room. At word from tile ensign. they
We're released and told 70 seurry for the
next corner Those who reaahed ht in
safety. in the opinion Of the ensign, de-
served to live.
But very few did.
The ensign applied the "ley de fuga"
the law of fight.
The law Of flight is nos nice. The
rules Of civilized warfare forbid the ap
plication OF tho law Of flight.
But war is war: and one Ameri
can naval officer did apply the law
Of flight. He admits it boasts about
ii. Curiously enough, his friends
applaud him for IT Hundreds Of
American army and navy officers and
men know that this ensign and his
men applied the forbidden law of
fight-made sport of prisoners Of
war and even non-combatants, giving
them a flying start and 'potting"
them as they fed.
I have been told that 1t was fun 70
see them run
When / was boy, I had a bull
dog who applied the law Of fight
The trick was for the dog to catch.
ii he could. all the rats before they
reached the split-rail fence which
surrounded the pasture. Once
through the fence, there was no
catching the rats-because they lost
| themselves in tall grass.
] remember that the first rat that
left the trap never got more than a
| foot from IT. The second ran a
yard, perhaps And so on. The
last rat always tried desperately to
reach the fence.
But it was very seldom that even
the last rat escaped that bulldogs
swapping jaws I imagine that my
| bulldog and the young ensign of ex-
football star whom ! have mention
ed both Of whom applied the law OF
flight, were somewhat alike.
4 ] am glad that ] can tell you OF a
different man.
He was only sailor. an enlisted
man.
cannot tell you the name Of that
sailor ] got the story from the man
in whose arms he died He was one
of the II.
At the foot of wide street, close
to the Vera Cruz water front, is the
terminal station. On the second day
of the fighting, a sailor was seen stag
gering toward the station. dragging
after him wounded comrade.
The comrade was wounded in the
leg and could not walk. But through
the lungs of the sailor who was drag
ging him 10 safety a bullet had torn
a gaping wound.
They rounded the corner Of the
building The man with the shatter-
ed leg was taken away. and cared for
and today he is as good as new.
There was blood on the sailor