The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16


bring them safely home.
Mrs. Bell Hart says she Is the most
pleasantly surprised person in town
today. Mrs. Hart has not been well,
and so did not remember that today
is her birthday until an auto stopped
at her home from which stepped
Mrs. Ed Walsh, Clyde Walsh, Mrs.
Max Loughlin and little son, Elwood,
all of the Cape, and relatives Of Mrs.
Hart, who said they came to have a
birthday party and had asked T. D.
Hines and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe VOTERS to join them at Mrs.
Harris birthday dinner. Then the bas-
kets, boxes and bundles which had
been brought in from the auto were
unpacked and all such good things as
dressed chicken, cake and in fact ev-
erything which goes toward making
up an elegant dinner was there, and
besides the good things to eat, there
was beautiful sofa and pin cushion,
as birthday presents.
j. Daugherty is having a serious
time with the grippe, which has con-
fined him to his home for the past six
weeks.
The Misses Lydia Neumeyer and
Leta Meyer of Gordonville and Miss
Kinder of Burfordville are in town
shopping.
The boys of the Will Mayfield Col
lege of Marble Hill will play the Jack
son High School team at base ball
here Friday afternoon.
Emerson Spreading will go to Little
Rock, Ark. tomorrow on business.
Mrs. F. w. MCGUIRE of near Jack
son, who has been at Hot Springs,
Ark. for the past few months for her
health, returned home yesterday feel
ing much improved.
Mrs. Tom Cosgrove and little son
left this morning for a months visit
with Mrs. Cosgrove's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Luck, at Glenmorra, La.
Frank Burford and family Of Bur-
fordville visited Mr.. Burford's mother,
Mrs. Mary Burford and other rela-
tives in Jackson yesterday.
Owing to the illness of the pastor,
Rev. Herman, there were no services
in the Evangelical church yesterday.
Died at his home in Commerce, Mo-,
on April 9Th, John Daily, aged so
years and 10 months. The funeral was
held April 10th, and interment was in
Oakdale cemetery. Deceased was the
father of Mrs. Adolph Jaeger of Jack
son. Mrs. Jaeger was called to the
bedside of her father last Monday and
was with him when the end came.
Shirley Smith of limo was in town
yesterday.
The Y. P. B. will celebrate Red Let
ter day in the basement Of the Pres
byterian church next Tuesday even
ing.
There will be a sale Of white ele-
plants at the home Of Miss Amy Nell
Henderson next Thursday evening.
Everybody is invited to come and
bring what they consider to be their
white elephant, which must be secure
ly wrapped or tied. Admission, 10
cents.
]. E. Schmucke is at Chaffee on
business today.
Alfred Green, who has been section
foreman on the C. G. & ~, has been
promoted to roadmaster. His work
will now be from ANGEL to Oak Ridge.
Mr.. Green has been a faithful en-
ploye and deserved the promotion.
Judge Keller came to Jackson this
morning in his new Marmon auto.
The Board of Education at its meet
ing last night decided on Thursday,
April %, as the time to elect teachers
for the high and grammar schools.
All applications must be addressed to
the president, L. A. Goodwin, or the
secretary, o. L. Hoffman. John Putt
was elected to take the enumeration Of
school children.
The w. C. T. U. had a jubilee meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Henry Tay-
lor yesterday. The program subject
was: Purity Teaching in the Home"
Leader, Mrs. Bob Reed. Six auto loads
of the society will go to Niswanger
church next Sunday afternoon to or
ganize a w. C. T. U. there.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Byrd, who have
spent the winter on their ranch in
Texas, came home to Jackson today.
: Mrs. Sherman Haupt and little son,
Joe, will go to Egypt Mills today for
a visit with relatives.
Addison Gholson died at his home
in Burfordville at S o'r'7"k this morn
ing. He is survived by cs,a IN. Mil
ton, and one daughter Me- Sea. ~
Tom Bowman of .Beiic No. IS ~ a5Iy
sister. Mr.. Gholson ia' teen - pc