Ripley County democrat., 1915-07-02

! The oxly two-day picnic begins to
day.
| Harvesting the oats crop ia about En'
ished In this county.
John Merrell was here wednesda,
from bis home near Current View.
| Ray. Bslt arrived here Monday on q
visit to ]. d. Gerlach. bis iather-in.
Law.
Attorney Arnot Sheppard came over
from the Blutf yesterday to attsnd
court.
| DR.. M. v. Waddle, Of Success. was
here this week attending court as an
expert witness 10 the State vs. Kyser
trial. s.
Tomorrow the st. Benedict church
congregation will have picnic at the
grove near their church on Pine street
corner Of Kegler avenue.
Rev. Father A. Kaelin, Of Shelby
vile, Indiana, has been here this week
in attendance at court. being witness
In the case against Luther Snowden.
w. A. Jackson, Of the firm Of Jack
son, Fulbright & Meeks, Of Pocahontas
was in town this week, assisting In the
trial Of cases that his firm we're attor-
ney's in.
County court convened In adjourned
session yesterday morning. They sd.
journed in the afternoon out Of respect
to Mrs. W. G, s. Laexey, wife Of w. @.
8. Lackey. deputy county clerk.
Lester Bell and family went to Law
renceville, Illinois, last week, Thursday
and expects to remain there for some
time. as Mrs. Bells parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Gregory have their home
their.
Mrs. Philip Unterberger and little
son will leave Sunday next for a weeks
visit in St. Louis, and from there they
will 60 to the summer home Of her
mother In Wisconsin and remain during
the hot season.
E. G. White returned yesterday |
morning from his visit to his old home
at Boston. He says all the manufac-
tering concerns Of the New England
states are busy on war contracts for the
European countries engaged in the
struggle.
Road oyersser Will Hope is at work
with a.force Of men and machines, on
the Oxly road east of Harris creek this
week. When that part Of the road is
put in shape the Oxly road will be In
excellent condition for motoring from
this place.
The Masonic lodge Of this city have
named Messrs. Bird, Martin, Burford
and Foard as committee to take charge
Of and have their hall renovated and
New furniture and fixtures
are also to be procured and the lodge
room made as handsome rs anything OF
lhs kind anywhere.
In our item last week about the turn
but OF the wheat at Acel Ponder's, II
was found that the mechanism that
registers the number Of bushels thrash
ID out, had not been working properly,
but had counted every half bushel q
hull bushel. Instead Of the yield being
306 i-2 bushels II was 1855 bushels, the
discovery having been made and the
,rror rectiiied before the machine hn.
shed the Job.
J. G. Merrsll, who represents the
Acme Machine Co., in southeast Mis-
Iouri, came home Wednesday on visit
o his family. Jim says the wheat crop.
IN immense one, over about Sikeston
md all through that part Of his terri
ory has been cut, and is being thrash
ID as rapidly as the machines can do IL.
md the grain hauled to the elevators.
al the crops are great all over south
,ast Missouri.
A good many people we're In town
his week attending court, but all who
gsre here for that purpose had busi-
Iess therein, or they would have been
4 home at work in their crops, and
many were begrudging the time spent,
or II there has been 4 season when the
verage farmer had work to do. and en-
a.. IN n IL I