Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-28

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ney TOWa for divorce.
An appropriation for &tO.W
for n Mountain Groye pOstoflict
is included in the public huild
ings bill presented to congress
r. A .Lilsins. secretary Of the
Springfield Paper Supply CO
writes: please accept ou'
thanks for the copy of y0nl
Christmas edition. 1t certainly
is a nice ID and one Of which you
can he proud"
Well.attendcd Christmas exer'
cises were held Saturday night
Mt the Baptist, 9. p. and M. +.
churches, and the presents and
Sunday School trent distributed
The 'a;hris,ian Sunday School
distribution was made Sunday
morning.
Through Avery & Stephens,
J. A. Callahan has traded his i'm.
proved la.ncre tract of land. 2I
miles north of Mansfield, to 6.
w. Lonthen for a Groom house
and an acre of ground at Taber,
Iowa. The farm was put in at
1865 and the Iowa property at
81, 200. Mr.. Callahan expects to
move to his Iowa property.
Mrs. f. A. .Sisk and son, Roger.
have returned from their visit in
Arizona. Mr.. Sisk 'lhas re-
signed his position as cashier at
the Frisco depot here and ac-
cepted a position in a copper mill
in Arizona, to which place he
and his family will move. We
regret to lose these excellent
people but wish them well in
their new home.
Rev. G. Chadwell, county mis-
sionary for the Missionary Bap
tist church, makes the following
report for the second quarters
work: Sermons preached, 52;
conversions, 90: exhortations. 36;
religious visits, "a; baptisms. II;
churches reorganized, Mission
Temple: number days, 36; col.
lecttons, ,$54 81. Rev. Chadwell
is an untiring worker and his
work is bearing splendid fruit.
New Years Day is the time for
the booster banquet at thd local
M. .E church for the Ava, Seymour
and Mansfield NJ. r. churches.
An excellent menu will be pro.
vidpd, and there will be a num-
ber of t0aStS and an address
along the line of, the forward
work of the church. A basket.
ball game between the Mansfield
and Ava high school basketball
boys and the Mansfield and Sey
mour high school basketball girls
is scheduled for the day.
Joe Walker of about Z miles
south of Ava, was shot and killed
last week over a dispute about
the cutting of q tree between
himself and John Mcdaniel and
Albert Mcdaniel, who was seri
ously wounded. John Mcdaniel
who is about 30 years old. gave
himself up and was released on
$5, 600 bond to appear for trial at
the next term of the Douglas
county circuit court. The denc
man, who was about 70 years old,
was an uncle of the Mcdaniel
boys.
An excellent program was Civ
en- by the Mansfield Concert
Band at the opera house Christ
mas night, but the. audience was
not as large as the quality of the
program merited. The boys
worked hard to give a first,class
program. In addition to several
splendid selections by the band
there was a reading by Miss
Ruth Haverty. vocal solo by
Miss Bertha Miller = whb was
accompanied on the piano by
Mrs, w. G. Coday, clarinet
solo by Prof. j. B. Crouch, and
tuba solo by G. Coday. s
Mirror advertising pays. Av
cry & Stephens have made some
good deals through theirs ads
which appear each week in the
Mirror. Ask them what they
think of the pulling power oI
Mirror Ads.
Children take BALLARDS
HOREHOUND SYRUP willingly