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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04
Obituary

In the death Tuesday at 1910
pm. of James A. Hight at his
home in Mansfield, the county
and city lost one of it's pioneer
citizens. Mr.. Hight was born in
Tennessee in 1880 and came to
Wright county when but a boy,
and here he spent his life. For
a number of years he lived on
the farm, removing to Mansfield
about the time the city was
founded over 80 years ago. His
residence was among the very
first built on the north side of
the Frisco railroad track.
He was Il faithful member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. having professed con.
version when quite young.
lie served in the Union army
during the Civil war and was Il
member of the &. A. Il. post
here, the veterans taking part in
the funeral service. which was
conducted ut the home at 3 pm.
yesterday by Rev. j. NJ. England;
lnterment in the Mansfield Gem.
etery.
Mr.. Nights last illness ex.
tended months and I days. He
was - years. I months and %
davs of age at the time of his
death.
On March u. 1880 he was mar.
ricd to Miss Mary Ann Rippee,
wha proceeded him in death bu.
4 short time, passing away Feb.
II, 1916, after having lived with
her husband almost 66 years.
He was the father of five
children II. j. Hight, deceased:
j. W. Hight of Pomona: II. j..
Hight, W. II. Hight and Mrs.
Mary j. King of Mansfield.
Thus passes to his reward one
of our oldest and most highly es.
trcmcd citizens one who has
seen and shared in the develop
ment of this part of the country.
The bereaved ones have the sym.
pathy of our people.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04
her ears and say how delighted

her ears and say how delighte:
they are.
I'm rather sorry about my
rude speech to Henry. Tomor
row I'm going to call him up al
the Office and ask him to come
down.
Aug. 5-Sunday. believe ny
heart is broken. Oh, why was
ever born: My good intentions
are thwarted; my efforts are
fruitless; my ambition is crush.
ee and hope seems dead in my
heart. This morning it scared
high in my breast. The birds
sang and all nature seemed glad :;
the golden sunshine lay like a
benediction over the land. With
sweet hope singing in my whole
being, | tastefully arranged our
little parlor, putting music on
the piano and games on the ia.
Bile. In fancy I could see my
Henry sitting in the deep leather
chair opposite me, smiling and
forgivine; and sang little scraps
of song as l busted. Then l cal.
led up the office. No one answer.
ed. I called his residence and
was told that he was out. Tell
him to please call "l3" when he
comes in," | said, with blazing
cheeks. Then | waited-oh, that
dreary, anxious waiting. Time
sped on. but hope whispered,
Perhaps he will come without
calling" So ] waited on. About
the middle of the afternoon as |
sat drumming Oh the piano and
feverishly watching the road, a
great, black car came spinning
by, with two people sitting in it.
One was a woman, a perfectly
lovely creature, with great, dark
eyes and full cherry lips that
wore a bewitching smile. The
heavy plumes on her hat brushed
her cheek. She raised her won.
derOus eyes to her companions
face, and with a keen throb of
pain ! saw it was Henry.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04
Phoebe's Diary-by Kink

Aug. Saturday afternoon.
Oh, such Il ravishingly beautiful
sunset as have been watching
from our porch swing. That
lovely pink paints the western
sky like bushes on the cheeks
of a girl, and those first stars
that twinkle out make me think
of their eyes when their best
beau tells them he loves them
more dearly than anyone. Henry
told me that last night and asked
me if | didn't care a little grain
for him. His big, melting, brown
eyes were eloquent with passion,
and the moonlight was enchant,
ing. | had the most delicious
little thrills running upmy spine,
but said, mo, of course don't,
and ! wouldn't wear my heart on
my sleeve if did" | thought
he would beg and plead for my
love, like they do in novels, and
after ] had enjoyed tantalizing
him awhile, | meant to relent.
But nothing dom. He politely
wished ne good evening and de.
parted, leaving me like crushed
lily. At first | cried a little; then
I thinks to myself: You little
fool, if he loves you like he pre-,
tends. he'll be back tomorrow
fairly radiating apologies and
begging to be forgiven. So with
my hair putfed and coiled in the
latest, and my rose.sprigged
dress and yellow sash on, I've sat
here the whole afternoon reading
Vanity Fair" and eating pepper.
mints, and waiting to forgive my
dear Henry. But the evening
wore away and not a soul passed
up our brick walk, that was so
prettily marked off in the en-
broidery work of the lilac leaves,
except a bum wanting a piece of
pie and a tinware peddler.
Oh, it's u hard, cruel world,
full of disappointments and sor.
row. A poor, lonely girl has no
chance at all. She is like leaf
on the ocean wave, tossed about,
to and fro, til some handsome
prince comes along and picks
her up. When her fingers glitter
with his jewels and long dis
tinguished title is tackled onto
her name, all those friends"
who have snubbed her when she
was just plain Miss So and So
crowd around her and dror
words like sweetest honey into
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04
Commencement Week

May to l3 is Mansfield High
School Commencement week.
Class Roll Cecil Brazeal, Wade
Rippcr, Mabel Coday, Mabel
Hoover, Mentie Avery, Minnie
Dennis, Alice TombIeson, Opal
Hoover.
The program for the week fol,
lows:
Rarcalaurcatr Sermon, Sun
day, May I, Rev. j. W. Need.
ham, Seymour, Mo.
Sophomore Glass, Tuesday,
May ..
Junior Glass, Thursday, May
II.
Senior Class, Friday, May II.
Alumni, Saturday, May IL
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04
KILLED AT WEBB CITY
Marion Brim Meets With a
Fatal Mine Accident
Burial at Fordland

| Marion Brim, a son law of
Mrs. May Ross of Mansfield,
was hurt in a mine accident at
Webb City Thursday, dying Fri.
day from the effects of his in.
ljuries.
He was born July IL, 1887, at
Paola, Kas., removing the same
year with his parents to near
Fordland, Mo, where he resided
the greater part of his life. He
was married May 20, 1911, to
Berdie Potter. To this union was
born one child. He Is survived
by his wife, daughter and step.
son, besides his mother, three
brothers, three sisters, and many
other relatives and friends, who
deeply mourn his loss. In ac.
cordance with dying request,
his body was brought to Ford.
land for burial. Mrs. Ross and
daughter attended the funeral.
At the time of his death he was
% years, 9 months and Is days
old. The bereaved ones have the
sympathy of our people in their
great sorrow.
Fridays Joplin Herald gives
the following account of the sad
accident:
Caught by slab that fell
without warning from the roof
of the Cumberland mine, Marion
Brim. shoveler, yesterday af.
ternoon received injuries that
ended in his death at the Jane
Chinn hospital at o'clock this
morning. The body was taken
from the hospital to the morgue
of the Steele Undertaking Com.
pany, where Coroner A. R. Sny.
der held an inquest at three
O'Clock this afternoon. The in.
juries that caused death we're in
the head and back. Grim was
35 years old, and is survived by
Il wife and two children, who are
living at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry H. Bridges, 704
North Walker street. The fam.
lily lived here for several years,
but had been away for time,
and only recently returned to
Webb City from Wright county,
Missouri. The body will be TAX.
en- to Fordland, about twenty
miles east of Springfield, for
burial.
Fordland, Mo, May 1.-The
funeral of MIG. Brim was held at
the home of his mother here yes
terday afternoon. The body was
shipped here Saturday. Accord.
ing to the testimony of several
witnesses. the roof of the mine
in which Brim was working ap.
peared in perfect condition and
also had been inspected daily by
the roof trimmer. The slab was
four inches thick in the center
and about twelve feet in length.
Brim was working almost direct
ly under it when it collapsed -
Springfield Republican,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04

Mrs. Vida Stone, whose home
is at Lebanon, visited in the in.
termediate grades Friday after
noon.
Raccalaureatc sermon at the
opera house Sunday. May I.
Junior class play Thursday,
May II.
Sophomore class play Tuesday
May 9.
Commencement FRIDAY, May
II.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04

The Springfield Business Col.
lcge wants TO young men to on.
roll for trlegraphy during May,
for situations in the fall. The
railroads cannot secure enough
prepared young men. Enter i'm.
medlately, for n situation with
every chance for promotion is
sure. Writ" j. A Taylor, prrsi.
dent, for telegraph catalog. .-Ad.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04
Personal Paragraphs

G. r.. Austin nf CabOOl was here
Friday.
II. G. Tarbutton has gone tn
Springfield.
w. II. Brake of Mac0mb was
here Monday.
Hon. II. $. Wilson of Ava was
here Tuesday.
Charles Newton was in Spring
field yesterday.
Cecil Rrazeal was y Springfield
visitor last week.
Elvin Lee of Mountain Grove
was here Tuesday.
Paul McMahan of Seymour
was here this week.
Cal HnntSinger was here from
Iiartville this week.
Luther Sharp left last week
for Western Kansas.
H. G. Hogan of Seymour was
here during the week.
Prof. j. A. Hylton was in
Mountain Grove Monday.
Special Agent Griffith Of the
Frisco was here last week.
G. l.. Beach made a business
trip to Norwood yesterday.
r. j Freeman'S visited w. II
Brakes at MacOmb Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Grover and son
were in Springfield last week.
V. A. Dobyns of Ava was here
yesterday enroute to.Springtleld.
W. J. Tripp of Waldron, ,Kans.,
has been visiting relatives here.
Miss Blanche Burney was
home from Springfield Sunday.
Mrs. J. D. Reynolds visited
w. Fl. Brakes at MarOmb this
week.
Mrs. G. S. Burney returned
Tuesday from Il visit in Spring
field.
Col. l.. o. Nrider and Ben Otto
transacted business in Spring
field Tuesday.
LA. Shorts left yesterday for
Trinidad, Colo, after a visit with
relatives here.
Rev. j. M. England and wife
expect to leave next week for an
visit at Evcrton.
W. S. Elrod was here from
Norwood Monday in the interest
of his candidacy for assessor.
j. d. Reynolds attended the
Grand Chapter meeting of Royal
Arch Masons in Kansas City
last week.
Frank and Walter Beach spent
Sunday ut the home of their
parents, in honor of Franks
birthday anniversary.
Ben +. Hudson of Grovcspring
was here today in the interest of
his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for assessor.
Dr.. y. b. Fuson of Springfield
and DR.. J. a. FusOn went to
near Odin to see the latter'S
mother, who is quite sick.
Drs. r. M. Rogers and j. A.
Fuson are attending the meeting
of the Wright County Medical
Society at Hartville today.
Mrs. IT. B. Paul and daughter,
Pauline, and Mrs. j. A. FusOn
and daughter, Gladys, we're
Springfield visitors this week.
J. e. Craig and wife returned
Monday from Kansas City, where
Mr.. Craig attended the Grand
Chapter of the Royal Arch Ma
sons.
Mrs. James O. Sparks of Dun,
Neb., has been looking over the
country in this vicinity with the
view of exchanging Nebraska
land for a good farm here.
You have enjoyed the "Black
Box" which is ended. BE sure
to see the first episode of "The
Broken Coin" which is said to
be much better than the "RIack
Box" Next Wednesday night.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04

The Ava Record says Dewey
Kay has been re elected superin.
tendent of the Branson school
and that Miss Fay Williams will
teach the Gentry school.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04
Mirrorettes
Sale bills at this office.

Old papers for sale at this office
Band concert at opera house
tonight.-Adv.
Rev. n. II. Allen preached al
Shady Sunday.
A son was born to W, n. Nor
cross yesterday.
Fresh Strawberry Sundae al
Fuson's Saturday.-Adv.
Sept. %, 20 and 80 are the
dates of the Seymour fair.
Dr.. f.. II. Riley is doing dental
work in IIartville this week
| Fresh Stra wberri+s at FusOn =
Drug Store Saturday. Adv.
Hear the band at the opera
house tonight, 15c and 25c. - ADV
For new or second hand corn
planters or cultivatorS. See J.
| G.. Carter. - ADV.
Go to J. D. REYNOLDS and
buy your Cane and Millet Seed
at bottom prices. ADV.
Dr. T.. II. Riley, the Dentist,
will be at his HartvilIe Office the
week of May to G.-Adv.
FOR SALE Thoroughbred
Duloc Jersey pigs.
Adv JOE II. DENNIS.
FOR SALE-2 Colts, one 9.
yearold and one 3 year old.
Adv. j. A. RILEY.
The Howard Wade kinsey Con
cert party, booked for Tuesday
night, failed tn meet their en-.
gagement.
Go to j. d. REYNOLDS and
buy the John Deere implements
of all kinds. Also wagons and
bnggieS. ADV.
W. &. Reynolds has sold Ford
cars to Selph Jones', a Hartville
rural route carrier. and Dr.. John.
son of Names.
O. M. BOrdner.- at one time
connected with the Mirror Office.
is now foreman of the OrtOnville,
Minn., Journal.
The Mansfield Concert Band
gives concert at the opera
house tonight. AdmisS ion only
l.ic and 25r. ADV.
r. w. Keeling requests US to
state that his recent fine in police
court was for disturbing the
peace instead of drunkenness.
Band concert tonight. Adv.
The new officers of the Fuson
Drug Co. are: Dr.. T.. B. FusOn
of Springfield, president: Dr.. j.
A. FuSon, vice president; W. NJ.
Divan, secretary.
Avery Il Stephens have sold to
Miss Mary f'inney of Russell,
kans.. the Tefteller farm of 40
acres. consideration s. 900. She
will occupy same.
Miss Martha BranStetter
writes from Minncola, Kans.; 81
do like to hear from my home
town and neighborhOod, although
] like Kansas tinr.'
JUST RECElVED-A lot of
nice spring Dress Goods and
| Mems. Ladies' and Children 5
Slippers. Come and see them.
ADV. J. D. REYNOLDS.
The chicken pie dinner and ba
zaar given BY the Christian La
dies Aid Society at the &. A. T..
Hall Saturday was well patron
lied. There was lots to eat and
many articles were sold.
Reed Lee, who was to have
been tried for forgery ut Il spe.
cial term of circuit court at Hart
vile this week presided over by
Judge Evans of West Plains, es.
capped FROM Jail before his trial
FOR SALE Pure.bred Barred
Rock eggs; heavy laying strain;
ROSTERS heading flock came from
one of the largest breeders of
pure. bred Barred Rocks in Mis-
souri,. MRS l., j. IMBLER,
Adv Phone R.22, Norwood, Mo.
Judge +. II. Farnsworth re.
turned Saturday evening from
Charlottesville, where he has
been for some time. UnfavOr.
able health conditions in the
southeastern city caused the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12
MODESTY IN THE EXTREME.

Appleton has a girl who will not go
to bed while Christian observer is
in the room.
A Baraboo school girl refuses to
walk up hill to school for fear her
breath will come in short pants.
An Oconto girl refuses to take bath
in the same room where there are po-
tatoes without first picking out the
eyes.
Ladysmith girls will not walk out
late in the fall because the trees are
showing their bare limbs.
Rice Lake has young lady who
will not sit at the table where lettuce
is served undressed.
A Milwaukee lady made trousers for
her table legs.
Boscobel has an old maid who is so
modest that she goes to her room md
pulls down the blinds when she wants
to change her mind.
A Prairie du Chen maiden lady at
Lake Geneva with other tourists last
summer, refused to go in bathing with
a party of ladies until after they had
covered a sight Seeing" railroad fold
er with sand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12

Books are marvellous things but
the greatest book Of all is the human
heart Learn to read that and you
will know all poetry, all religion, all
philosophy
HE who exploits the passions of
men for political ends weaves a rope
that will hang his sons and daugh-
ters"
Its too bad we can't inherit the
things our ancestors have learned not
to do"
Truth is a newspaper that every
body subscribes for and nobody takes"
Don't give a man credit for strong
mind just because he is obstinate. Any
donkey can be pig-headed.'
"Well behaved parents are a bless
ing to any family"
eve can't expect much Of garden
if we eat the seed potatoes"
cts a common thing for ignorance
to denounce what it does not under
stand"
Don't Judge humanity by the news
papers. The fact is decency is so
common nobody talks about it"
New political ideas like new dances
often take with the mob not because
they are better but because they are
different"
Marriage is never failure, but
sometimes the man or woman is"
"The person who judges another by
the clothes he wears would buy books
that have red covers
''The letter of the law is always very
inadequate. There are some very
mean men who keep the Ten Com
mandments."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12
SONNET.

(Y. K. Smith, in New York Times.)
1t is not death, that-sometimes-
shall weep
. When for my sake the church bells
slow are tOlled-
They've chanted everlasting life, Of
old
And at my side the last sad vigil keep.
1t is not death, that sometimes j
shall sleep
Under the cover of the graveyard
mold,
Unheeding in my cell the Winters
cold,
While through my bones the ivy-roots
slow creep.
But when the Spring has banished
snow and sleet,
And the sweet glass nantes the
narrow spot
Where I am laid-'tis death, at last,
to know
You will pass by with grief-burdened
feet
The magic hours we sQuandered
half-forgot,
My memory passing like the drifted
snow!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12
GOOD MANNERS.
(Kansas City Starr

NIAcuOoO OACy OIoA"J
A merchant who returned from Eng
land just before the war broke out has
been voluble ever since on the man
ner Of the children he happened to
meet abroad. Apparently American
parents and schools do not lay on
good manners the emphasis that they
receive abroad. Yet good manners,
like the gold at the foundation of all
money, are current the world over.
Emerson noted this:
Give a boy dress and accomplish
ments and you give him the mastery
of palaces and fortunes wherever he
goes. He has not the trouble to earn
or own them; they solicit him to en-
ter and possess"
"AlI your Greek" Chesterfield
wrote to his son, ''can never advance
you from secretary to envoy, or from
envoy to- ambassador, but your adj
dress, your air, your manner, if good,
may"
"The difference between a well bred
and i'll bred man is this" Samuel
Johnson said: zone Immediately at
tracts your attention, the other your
aversion You love one until you find
reason to hate him; you hate the 9TH
er until you find reason to love him. .
Civility, polished manners, mean
much to- a youth in his first position.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12
THE MENACE or THE WASHER.

Dubuque Times, Cu-I-G-.)
There's safety first" ii the tO0l- Of
etiquette which states that il is always
a girls privilege to speak to 2 man,
first whenever the two meet.
This convention is the product of
human experience; it belongs to the
formal codes of all civilized nations;
it was made by men themselves for
the protection of the women and girls
of their own tribes or families. And
it is just as valuable law to-day as
it ever was in ancient times in oriental
lands.
Every decent man observes it. Ask
your brother. If you have none, ask
your girl chum's brother They will
tell you that it's a common vulgar
insult for a strange man to say to a
good girl, BEG pardon, where have
we met befOre?" If there is any
recognizing" to be done it's the girls
privilege to begin it.
The cad with the movie hero bow
who stops young girls on the street
has no more soul than a shadow pic
ture on a glass screen. By speaking
to you, little girl, he has picked you
as easy" By replying to him, you
accept his attention as fattery instead
of as an insult. So don't appear in
terested, apologize, supercilious or
indignant
Don't say anything!' In place of
soul the creature has vanity. The on
ly way to humble him is not seeing
his fancy clothes and manners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12
OFF DUTY.

(Patrick McGiIl, in London Standard)
The night is full of magic, and the
moonlit dewdrops glisten
Where the blossoms close in slumber
and the questing bullets pass
Where the bullets hit the level I can
hear them as I listen,
Like a little cricket concert, chirping
chorus in the grass.
In the dugout by the traverse there's
a candle-fame a-winking,
And the freflies on the sandbags have
their torches all af1ame.
As 1 watched them in the moonlight,
sure I cannot help but thinking
That the world I know and this one
carry on the very same.
Look! A gun goes flash to eastward!
Cover, matey! Under cover!
Don't you know the flash, of danger?
ALI You know the signal well;
You can hear it coming, coming. There
it passes; swooping over
There's threat of desolation in the
passing Of a she'll"
Little spears Of grass are waving,
decked with jewels iridescent-
Hank! A man on watch is stricken
can hear his dying moan
Lies road across the starland near
the wan and waning crescent,
Where a sentinel off duty goes to
reach his Makers throne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12

While it is a trife too early to venture predic-
lions as to the outcome of the fall elections the
Herald believes there can be only one result and
that is a Republican victory-presidential con-
gressional and Statewide. While this is almost
certain, it does not mean that the party should
sleep in a fancied security. The party leaders
should work; the organization should work and
the rank and file should work. The voters of this
country want, we believe, a return to government
by the Republican party with Charles Evans
Hughes as president. Mr.. Hughes should have
the support of men in both houses who will bear
out the party's policies in fact as well as in name
This means that Republicans should be elected
who will act as Republicans when they are elect
ed as Republicans. Mr.. Hughes record convinces
us that he is wisely radical and that no man will
become stultified by aligning himself with him
In his fight for stable and an American govern
ment. Mr.. Hughes will not serve the Interests"
because he has shown an independence Of the in
terests in his fight against the life insurance
thieves and likewise all through his political ca
reer. That he vetoed twO-cent-fare bill causes
some glee among his opponents, but to us this is
another evidence of his Independent character in
that ne vetoed measure at the expense OF his
popularity because he felt it was the right thing
to do The Progressive party leaders have al
most to a man, declared in his favor, Governor
Johnson of California, being one of the latest to
assert his allegiance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12
SUFFRAGETTE TOAST.

The hand that rocks the cradle
Is not fit to cast vote,
But the hand that shakes the dicebox
Helps the Ship of State to float.
The voice that prayed for you and me
When evening shadows fell,
Must not be heard where statesmen
are patriots loudly yell
The hand that in sympathy for our
woes and pain,
Is said to be too frivolous
To vote, both safe and sane.
But he who works the game of chance
From dark till break of day
Is the lad to save the country from
predatory sway.
The blear-eyed bum from shores re-
mote
Is our political peer,
But the wife at home, though wise and
good,
Is one to rouse grave fear.