Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-06
Town Topics.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Shutters ol
Asbury, Mo-, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Kane.
The Navy League Unit met
last Monday with Mrs. o. G
Rummel. Several knitted article,
were turned in. The next meet
ing will be held Monday, Sept
II, with Mrs. M. E. Reddy.
Mrs. ]. F. Hogg of Denison,
Texas, and her two daughters,
Misses Anna Louise and Virginia
Lee, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
w. w. Wyatt of this city. Mrs.
Hogg is a sister Of Mrs. Wyatt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Apple
and Mrs. Kurtz and Miss Ruth
Kurtz motored to Kansas City
Sunday morning. Mr.. Apple Is
at the head of History and Civic
departments in the high school
there.
Miss Lyta Howard has resigned
her position as clerk in the Golden
Rule store. She will 60 to the
Joplin high school and finish her
senior year course. Her place at
the store will be taken by Miss
Earl Jones.
Mrs. M. e. Jennings was taken
to St. Joseph's hospital in Joplin
in an ambulance Tuesday morn
ing. 1t is said that she is threat
'ened with typhoid fever. Mr..
Jennings and Mrs. Van Cava-
naugh accompanied he.
Stewart Walker who has been
working in the Minute Cafe, went
home Sunday to Weir City, Kas.
He will attend high school there.
Roy Brewer and George Hen
erickson went with him and they
returned to Baxter Monday.
"A Trip Around the World
is the name of an entertainment
to be given by colored people
Saturday evening 7:30 in the
colored Masonic hall, over White
& Allen. Admission 10c. Re-
freshments free. The public is
invited.
The Rev. Mr.. Parham returned
home this week from a religious
speaking campaign through the
northern part of Kansas, south
ern Nebraska, Colorado, north
ern Oklahoma and southwestern
Kansas. His trip was made in
an automobile.
Several young people enjoyed a
picnic supper at Riverside Park
last Sunday afternoon. Those in
the party were the Misses Leila
Buckinghaml Marie Covey, Scot
tie Nichols, Nellie Weaver, Opal
Wells, Florence Pfremmer, DR..
Van We're and V. M. Oliver.
George l. Howarth of Carthage
is the bookkeeper for the Anna
Beaver mining company. He is
taking the place Of B. R. Bates
who resigned recently to take a
position in Mexico. Mr.. Howarth
comes to Baxter highly recon-
mended by the American Lead &
Zinc company of Carthage.
Charles Goodeagle, ]. T. Nc
Andrews and W. W. Wene went
Kansas City Tuesday. The first
two will be witnesses at the hear
ing of the two colored men who
are accused of stealing McAnd-
rews Hudson car in Joplin last
week. On their way back the
party will drive down one Path
finder and two Olympia cars.
G. W. Skinner, who has been
i'll and in the hospital at Colum-
bus for several days, was on
Monday taken by Mrs. Skinner
to Claremore, Okla, where he
will take the radio bath treat
ments. He withstood the jour
ney well and it is hoped that his
recovery will be speedy and that
he viii be able to return home
soon.
The treasury of the city of
Baxter Spring was enriched by
$3.50 Tuesday, when that am
cunt in fines was deposited. In
case coming under city ordinan-
ces all fines outside of costs, go
to the city, but the fines imposed
on people who drive their cars
without license tags 90 to the
county and the major portion Is
eventually turned over to the
state.
Mra n r Rrintnn entertained