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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16
L. c. N. Club

The L. G. N. club were royalty
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Lloyd Balloon Thursday afternoon
of last week. The majority of the
charter members were present and
the following new member were
added: Mrs. W. s. Mahurin, Mrs,
Jas. A. Wood, Mrs. Geo. Mathews,
Miss Louese Brenner and Miss Fay
Dowell. Mrs. Geo. Lloyd was a
visitor at the meeting. After a
most delicious dinner the after
noon was spent in a social way.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. w. A. Balloon,
July Is.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16
Free Checking Service

In accord with my we'll known
policy of favoring the people when
ever l can, l shall maintain a
checking service free for Com
munity Day June 10. Your lunch
baskets, robes, etc., will be we'll
taken care Of by me.
S. NJ. STRAIN, Jeweler.
223 n. Main, BrOokfeld.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16
My Home For Sale

My home and nearly 20 acres of
choice land for sale on easy terms
small payment down and long
time on balance. Good FIVE room
house, garden, barn, and outbuild-
ings.
Rev. WIN. SISSONS, Laclede.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16
PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

| T.
Benjamin.
Mrs. G. C. Bigger was the guest
of Mrs. Harry BOyles near Linneus
Tuesday.
Mrs. B S. Rankin and daughter,
Miss Hazel, visited friends in Shell.
bina this week.
Misses Roxana Rankin and
Esther Rowland spent Sunday with
friends in Sumner.
Mary Pickford in five reels and
Charlie Chaplin comedy at the
picture show Thursday night.
Rev, FL. J. Dueker attended the
Billy Sunday meetings in Kansas
City a part of the past week.
Ransom Simpson of Macon spent
Monday afternoon in Laclede with
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Fowler.
Mrs. Maud Davis and children of
Adrain, Mo-, are here visiting her
mother, Mrs. W. B. Calhoun.
Mrs. Della Glenn and little son
of Brookfeld spent Tuesday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Barton are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. G. G.
Hatcher and family at Bedford,
Iowa.
A. E. Johnston visited over last
Sunday with his parents at Fulton
and with other relatives at Kansas
City Monday.
F. II. Longacre was up from
Macon Monday on business con-
nected with his ice cream and con-
fectionery here.
Mrs. Bertha Whitehouse and
baby of Mendon are visiting at the
home of her parents, Judge and
Mrs, O. F. Libby.
Mrs. Sam Carothers of Waco,
Texas, came Monday for a visit
with relatives and her many old
time friends here.
Max May, foreman in the Hust-
ler-Leader Office at Hale, was in
Laclede Monday and was pleasant
caller at this Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Carmichael of
st. Louis are here visiting the
formers mother, Mrs. D. Car
michael, and other relatives.
Mrs. H. E. Foster was here from
Forker last Friday and called and
had The BLADE sent to her son
Earl who is attending the Kirksville
normal,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Libby of
Kansas City are here to spend a
couple of weeks with the formers
parents, Judge and Mrs. o. F.
Libby.
Miss Dorothy Stratton is home
rom Ottawa university at Ottawa,
to spend the vacation with
Ter parents, Rev. and Mrs. r. L.
Stratton.
W. P. Keithley, wife and chill
lren and his mother, motored down
rom Browning last Sunday after
loon and made a short visit with
Grs. W. B. Calhoun.
Mrs. Carrie Eecles and daughter,
darguerite, of Eldon, Mo-, are
listing relatives and friends here
his week, guests of her brother,
;. E. Tracy and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lomax spent
lOnday with relatives in Chilli
Othe and gave whatever influence
heir presence might have to the
workers in the local
ptiOn election.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16
TOWN AND COUNTRY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

Screen wire at last years prices
at j. B. Patrick's.
Auto oil, Ford tires and acces-
sories at J. B. Patrick's.
Red apples this week 40 cents the
peck. Carothers & Allen.
Firecrackers, torpedoes and
Roman candles at Patrick's.
A Reliable oil range with oven
for sale by Mrs. A. V. Moore.
Rugs, mattings, linoleums, var
nishes and paints at Patrick's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Weaver were
over from Brookfield last Friday.
You will find a variety of oil
stoves very cheap at J. B. Patrick s.
twenty-five acres of first crop
clover for sale by the acre. E. B.
Allen.
Children's Day program at the
Methodist church next Sunday
evening.
Dairy pals, 10 and II quart
sizes, 25c and 30c each. Carothers
& Allen.
The Power Garage sold and de-
livered a Ford touring car to Chas.
II. Cotter last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Welsh and
son visited over last Sunday with
relatives in Kansas City.
See Mary Pickford in Caprice"
at the opera house Thursday night.
Admission 5 and 10 cents.
{ Miss Jennie Stark left Monday
for Columbia to attend the summer
term at the state university.
Buy your ticket for the Mead
vile chautauqua this month and
save so cents on a season ticket.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Hartley visited
over last Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Murphy in ChilIicothe.
Those who are going to attend
the Meadville chautauqua can save
money by buying their tickets in
June.
Mrs. M. P. Benson and her
mother, Mrs. A. L. Loomis of
Meadville, were Sumner visitors
Monday.
Drink Schottens coffees. We
guarantee them to please your
taste. 25c and 3Oc grades. Car
others & Allen.
F. R. Power was in Linneus and
Browning Wednesday demonstra-
ting 1917 Grant Six to some pros
pective buyers.
You should use plenty of lemons
during the summer months. We
sell 'em 25 cents the dozen. Car
others & Allen.
Regular meeting of the Royal :
Neighbor camp on Friday after =,
noon of this week and a full at ,
tendance is desired.
Mrs. Ella Standby and son +
Harold have spent part of this T
week in Kansas City attending the q
Billy Sunday meetings. A
Phil Jacobs is here from Iowa
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. :,
A. D. Jacobs and his sister, Mrs.
G. E. Tracy and family. z
DIR. J. G. Caldwell went to Kan !;
sas City last Sunday and after n
spending a day there went to n
Slater to visit his parents. q,
Grass is growing fast. Use o.
Clariuda mower-run easy, cut il
fast. We sell 'em cheap. Buy CT
)ne from Carothers & Allen. al
Miss Anna Ransom shipped a oT
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16
For Sale

One Jersey COW, one red cow,
both giving milk, and about one
ton of baled hay.
w. s. SAVAGE.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of All Sorts

cleanup day and. more than a
dozen loads OF rubbish were taken
to the dump Wednesday and Thurs
day. Some, however, paid no at
tention to the appeal and their
back yards are still in bad con
dition and have a tin can appear
ance.
| W. A. Cutler, the efficient night
operator at the Burlington station,
is enjoying a few weeks vacation.
and last week made trip through
South Missouri and Arkansas, and
had fine time inspecting country
he had not seen before. Tuesday
he went to Omaha and will return
with Mrs CHyler and the children
who have been spending a month
with relatives in Nebraska.
Justice Garside officiated at his
first wedding Wednesday, uniting
Anderson Wilson, one of Laclede's
oldest and most Industrious colored
citizens, and Mrs. Laura Johnson
of Malta Bend. AS the bride ar
rived on No. 3 the groom and
justice were awaiting at the station
with the necessary papers and the
three repaired to the groom S home
where the ceremony was performed
at high noon.
AS an aid and advice to the hay
ing interests, the weather bureau
will extend the forecast period to
cover three or four days whenever
fair weather is expected to prevail
longer than the regular period.
Most of the telephone companies in
this state cooperate with the wealth
er bureau IN distributing the
weather information free to their
patrons. Those interested should
call the nearest exchange about 10
a. m. each day.
Laclede won another fast ball
game at Highland park last Friday
by defeating the Browning team
80. 1t was a fine game and a
large and enthusiastic crowd was
out to see it. Laclede has signed
two games with Marceline to be
played at the Old Settlers reunion
in Linneus Thursday and Friday,
July 20-21. These are two of the
best teams in this part of the state
and will be a drawing feature at
the capital city's annual picnic.
The depot restaurant and lunch
room is now owned and under the
management of Mahurin Brothers,
Orville Mahurin having bought
the interest held by Kraft & Bren-
ner and become associated with his
brother Charles who has had
charge of the business the past
few months. They are good bands 7
1t the business and the place will e
continue the reputation it has for G
giving the hungry the worth of L
heir money. h
Irwin Griffin, prosperous young
armer residing in the southeast q
,art of the township, is the owner
# 1917 model Grant Six, bought
his week from the Power Garage.
?. r. Power and Wade Patrick C
vent to Kansas City on the early =
corning train Tuesday and drove Ii
be car home arriving here in the h
middle of the afternoon. The il
frant Six is looked upon as one of
be best medium priced cars on
be market and is considered
OOd buy from every standpoint. b
lr. Griffin is certainly 10 be con- tC
ratulated on his choice of a car.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-16

Ira Edwards or Aurora, ILL.,,
visiting his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Edwards in Brookfeld, spent Mon.
day with relatives and friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Watson and
baby of Kansas City are here
spending a week with tie formers S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M.
Watson.
Robert Keune and J. F. Feather
ston attended the Jersey cattle sale
at Callao Tuesday. Mr.. Keune
bought five head and Mr.. Feather
ston three.
Postmaster Hetrick took an auto
mobile ride to Wheeling and back
Thursday morning, accompanying
Paul Jones who is buying wool at
Wheeling.
Our leader this week-Schottens
blue label baking powder. Regu-
lar price 15c per pound. Special
this week, 1Oc per pound. Car
others & Allen.
O. A. Potter was on the Kansas
City market with car of fat lambs
Monday and while there bought
car of feeding lambs and took them
out to his farm Tuesday.
Having graduated from Ameri-
can College of Dressmaking in
Kansas City, am now prepared to
do dressmaking at my home in
east Laclede. M. Ellen Estes.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Patrick went
to Chillicothe Sunday and spent
the afternoon with relatives and
Monday worked with the temper
ance people and helped to put
Chillicothe dry.
The Jamison bakery will change
locations the latter part of this
month, moving to the room in the
Benson building recently vacated
oy the McQuown barber shop,
After moving the bakery will dis
continue the retail business and do
wholesale business only.
L. S. Tharp, secretary of the
Neadville chautauqua, and W. B.
Flower, chairman Of the reception
committee, were in Laclede We'd
lesday distributing chautauqua
atalogs. They are offering d fine
fray of talent for the 1916 assem-
Oly to be held August 1927.
j. 81. Dick is the latest of our
itizens to fall to the automobile
ever. Accompanied by his nephew,
ohm Dick, he went to Kansas City
tuesday, and returned Wednesday
With a Viele Six. The car is the
eSult of a promise he made his
ephew that when he graduated
rom the Laclede high school he
hould have a car.
The following from Laclede at
ended Childrens Day exercises at
1e Presbyterian church in Brook
eld last Sunday evening: Mr.. and
Lrs. P. F. Weaver, Mrs. Taylor
Weaver and daughter Nina, Mrs.
-llie Harter, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
-arris, Mr.. and Mrs. Max Farrar,
oy Luyster and Theodore Sharp
nd Misses Beatrice Harter and e
ina Kranz.
The benefit ball game between Q
le Fats" and Leans" will be t
llled off at Highland park next 1
Tednesday afternoon. See the v
1e-up in their advertisement on q
e eighth page today. The ad- Il
ission will be % cents and the n
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
All of Present Congressman Excep
Hughes Were Reelected.

All OF Present NongreSSmen GAcePt
Hughes Were Reelected.
In the First congressional district
Frank Park carried ten of the twelve
counties against Judge E. E. Cox,
after a bitter contest.
In the Third district Congressman
Charles R. Crisp defeated T. G. Hud-
son. Crisp carried Macon by 290;
Stewart, 599; Webster, 55; Sum
ter, 567; Dooly, $50; Randolph, 2O5;
Terrell, 1871; Lee, 80; Clay, 20; Tur-
ner, 342; Ben Hill, 1888; Quitman,
5; Taylor, 1876. Hudson carried
Schley by IT'S.
In the Fourth Congressman w. G.
Adamson was unopposed.
In the Fifth Congressman William
Schley Howard beat his opponent, R.
B. Blackburn of Fulton.
In the Sixth Congressman Wise
was unopposed.
Congressman Gordon Lee of the
Seventh has defeated his opponent
Or. Hardin of Rome.
Congressman S. J. Tribble of the
Eighth won over T. ]. Brown of Ell
terton.
In the Eighth, where Judge r. B.
Russell resigned from the court of
appeals to oppose Congressman Tom
Bell of Gainesville, Mr.. Bell was the
victor after hot contest.
There was no opposition to Con
gresham Carl Vinson of the Tenth
Congressman Randall Walker won
in the Eleventh over strong oppose
ton in Judge w. E. Thomas, JET
Bowden and w. X. Landlord
In the Twelfth district Congress.
man Dudley M. Hughes was defeated
by w. W. Larsen of Laurens, the lat.
ter having large majority in both
counties and popular vote.
Neighbor Legislators.
In Randolph county Bowers was
elected to the Legislature, w. E
Harven in Calhoun, W. J. Kidd ir
baker, j. D. Clifton in Lee and j. J
| Dennarf in Webster.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
REMARKABLE DECREASE
IN COUNTRY'S DEATH RATE
Some Striking Facts Concerning the
Public Health.

ATLANTA.-Suppose it were Off
cially announced by the Ruler of the
Universe that the people of the
United States would return on Janu-
airy 1 to the death rate which pre-
vailed in 1880? Do you know to
what extent this would increase our
annual deaths? 1t would increase
them approximately 100000 lives an
nually, and at the low economic valu-
alton of $4,000 per life this loss
would amount to the stupendous sum
of 81 900, 100000 per year.
These and other striking facts con-
corning the public health and modern
methods of conserving and promoting
the public health are developed by E.
E. Rittenhouse, president of the Life
Extension Institute of New York and
one of the foremost publicists in
health matters in the United States.
In cooperation with Mr.. Ritten-
house a number of leading life insur-
ance companies, among them the
Southern States Life of Atlanta, are
strongly advocating more liberal APP
preparations to municipal and state
boards of health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20

General William A. Wright won over
State Senator E. P. Dobbs of Mari
eta. State Superintendent of Edu-
cation NJ. L. Britain has beaten his
opponent, A. E. Reese; Railroad
Commissioners C. M. Gambler and j.
A. Perry have easily won over their
opponents, Peoples and T. G. McLen-
don; Prison Commissioner Dawson
has defeated Flanders, Tuggle and
Heaslee for denomination.
The closest of the races was be-
tween Britain and Reese. The for
mer carried sc counties with 226
votes and the latter 81 counties with
154 votes.
The Popular Vote.
The popular vote received by can
didates who had opposition is shown
by complete consolidated returns to
be as follows:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
ALL STATE HOUSE OFFICERS
REELECTED EXCEPT PRICE

J. J. Brown Won for Commissioner
of Agriculture Over Incumbent.
In the other races for state officers
the incumbents now, with the excep-
ton of Commissioner of Agriculture
]. D. Price, who was defeated by j. J.
Brown of Ebert.
Brown carried 80 counties with
212 votes and Price so counties with
1873 votes.
For the state offices Controller
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
CLOSE RACE FOR
COURT OF APPEALS
None of Candidates Have Enough tc
Nominate. Bloodworth, Stephens
and George Lead.

The nominations for the three new
places on the court of appeals will
have to be made by the convention,
as none of the fourteen candidates
have sufficient votes.
The three leaders are 0. H. B.
Bloodworth of Forsyth, Alex Ste
phens of Atlanta and W. F. George Of
Vienna, with w. F. Jenkins of Eaton
ton and j. B. Hutchinson of Ashburn
only few votes behind. Following
is the complete vote of all the candi-
dates:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chilli TONIC, drives out
Malaria, enriches the blood and builds up the sys
TEN. A true tonic. For adults and children. soc.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-09
LETTERS
BUMP FoR BAILEY.
Editor Honolulu star-Builetin.

Editor Honolulu Star-Builetin
i: Sir: As "bamping the bumps
seems TO be the prevailing pastin ?
since the sport has been revived BY
United States Judge Clemens. allow
.me to play return match with Ia
cob S. Bailey. who. in this mornings
paper. describes how much better than
Honolulu does San Francesca cure
street humps.
II may have been true for one par
ticular little bump that Mr. Bailey saw
fixed At some remote period. hut I
happen to know thar he has not been
away from Honolulu since March -.
on which date the San Francisco Ex-
aminer under the head Better SUI
peTvisiCn OF Street RerairS Needed. ="
contained the following edtorial:
Up and down the streets OF San
I. FTapcisco the automobiles. the driver
of h6rSa-ebfaN.f vehicles and the pedes-
trian find places practically innumer-
able where Sweli-laid Cavements have
been tom up by public service cor
EOrations, and the holes carelessly
patched so that progress is a success
sion of bumps and inc0nveniences.
Surely better condition than this
can be devised The leaving CT re-
pairs 10 the public service corpora
tiOns has not been success. They re
pair when they please and in a way
that suits their own sweet will. When
ever they tear UlF a street the on
locker can say with the famous prop
erty owner of the South Of Market
street alley: The pavement you're
tearing mp there now is a durn sight
better than the one You'll put down
why can't we have all the opening
and repairing Of streets done by the
city itself instead of by the neglectful
and careless corporations And if
the opening can only be supervised by
the city, surely the repairing should
all be done by city wOrkmen-Of
course, at the expense of the corpora
tons. @@.*-.
Now, lest Mr. Itailey's bnmp Of com
bativenesS should induce him to in.
vite a scrap by drawing any more in
vidious comparisons against Honolulu
from mainland EXAMPLES, would kind.
ly warn him as a friend that, by way
of preparedness I have begun fill
ing a scrap bag with munitions to hurl
at anyone committing any overt act
Of that character The foregoing shot
is only one of hundreds in the locker
relating to many things besides roads.
=....= ~. r.. DANIEL LOGAN.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-09
BELT ROAD IN GOOD
SHAPE, SAYS AUT0IST

The belt road is in better condition
now than it has been in years. accord
ing to Automobiles who nave made
the trip over it in the last few weeks
"Hakipuu, the joke of the island few
months ago, is in excellent coalition, d"
said one man when he returned from
trip around the island last night
The concrete wall down the side of
the Pail is nearing comp elton, the
road there is in first-class shape so
far as it has been reconstructed and
all along the road much good work
has been put in despite tie serious
shortage in the city's funds"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-09
MAY 9, 1916.
AFTER A NEW CITY CHARTER.

Steps to draft a new city charter are planned
BY the Civic Federation. and it certainly is
time that something were done TO combat the
vicious document moulded by the reactionary
.politicians who climbed into the saddle at the
charter convention few months ago.
Honolulu ought to be working toward at
least n more efficient form of government, if
not toward a short ballot form. Instead of that,
the city is doing no better than standing still
so far as progressive governmental methods
are concerned, and standing still now means
retrogressiOn. Occasionally some city official
lifts above the murky horizon who seems de
termined to put efficiency ahead of patronage
politics, but he's hampered by the system that
has put and kept other officials in office.
Some of the members of the charter cOnven-
ton of odorous fame talked a good deal, after
the convention had ended in a tizzle-and a
bad-smelling fizZe at that-of going ont and
letting the public know just how punk was the
document the heterogeneous gathering OF poll
ticians had produced. But their good inten-
tions ended in talk; they promptly engrossed
themselves in private business or other public
endeavors The proposed charter didn't re-
ceive half the "bawlng OUT it deserved
Now the Civic Federation is getting together
group of men representing various organiza-
tions in the hope of drafting a charter that will
be an Improvement over both the present plan
and the one proposed by the late lamented con-
vention. They couldn't do better than to start
by an, exposure of the politicians and political
Interests who climbed on the back of the con
yention and rode it into the muck. That might
wake up some of the dormant citizens for a
moment or two.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-09
THE'oUEsT1oN OF TODAY.

by David Starr Jordan in Sunset Ma gazinel
World duties are erowding fast upon us Of
america The great war concerns us vitality,
and its conclusion cannot leave us as mere
Spectators. Civilization knows no national
lines. The growth of science, the spread of
commerce have made the world an economic
unit. 1t was fast becoming and it will become
again moral unit When this awful eatas-
trOphe-at bottom the backfire of privilege
against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the world, or what
IS left of it. will resume thought and action, ter
libly crippled, of course, but on much the same
plane as before. The gods are still sitting on
their thrones, and skill and knowledge are not
dissipated with the waste of human blood. In
this juncture every friend of peace and law
should be active and alert. A crisis is stern
Winnower," and for the good of our cause those
who do mere lip-service are on the other side.
Ii is clear now as many times before in history
that sthose who are not with us are against
us. I" Those who wish to keep "bood as their
argument" counsel the peace worker to do
nothing in the presence of the foe he is sworn
to fight. We hear today the old advice to keep
still in a crisis to withdraw within ourselves -
in the storm, reserying our gentle platitudes
until the war is over and the world can again
listen without emotion.
But if peace societies, peace-endowments and
peace-workers have any reason for existence
this is the time to make their presence felt. To
oppose war is not to wait for the time when the
world stands in no danger of it. Now is the
turning point in civilizations downward curve
It must move upward from now on, for it can
fall no lower.
In this time there are three duties which
press more firmly than any others. These are:
I'D Keep this nation out of the war and on the
basis of law; (2) Stop the killing; and 81 Ad-
Just the future so that the same calamity can
not happen again.