The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-16
CARTHAGE, IL. MARCH 10.


and being taken to the B. P. Darham
undertaking parlors, where funeral
services were held Wednesday after
noon at o'clock p. m. Rev. Jones
officiating. Burial at Moss Ridge
cemetery.
Mrs. Roberts was the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Maharry, and
was born In WOODBURY. county, sixty
nine years ago, she having made her
home In Nauvoo for about eighteen
years.
She leaves surviving husband and
Ave children: Mrs. A. P. Kimbrough
and Mrs. Dona Daugherty Of this
city; Miss Birdie Roberts, Mrs.
Myrtle McAuley and James, Roberts
Of LeClaire. Iowa.
Harold e. Wolf, one Of the parties
who has been pushing the golf club
project for Carthage. has been sue
cessful, with others, In securing
enough members to warrant laying
out a nine hole course. Charles Clark.
son, professional, of the Quincy
Country club. having spent day. re-
Gently in the city, when he made
survey of the grounds, laying out
course for the Carthage club. Mr..
Clerl.son. his father and four broth.
ers are all devotees OF the game. and
Mr.. Clarkson has had much expert
ence In laying out the fields for
clubs, and considers the Carthage
grounds one of the best fields seen
for years. The grounds are located.
just east OF Moss Ridge cemetery.
being the forty acres owned by Mr..
To- vNnlk
all the way to the grounds. and It is
within easy walking distance. the
sport promises to be quite popular
here during this season. There are
about eighteen or twenty lady mem
bers and forty men, and those in
charge of the campaign for members
expect to report one hundred mem
bers before the season Is over.
On Tuesday afternoon a special
meeting was held in Carthage, when
representatives of the G.. A. r. posts
Of Hancock county, met with Alexan-
der SIMPSON post, in the Memorial
hall in Carthage, to consider and for
mulate resolutions in conformity with
general order No. 5, which pertains
to senate bill No. Z, introduced Jan.
'16, 1917, by Senator Latham to the
senate now in session In Springfield.
entitled "For an act in relation to
pensioning soldiers Of the civil war"
1t is proposed In this bill to have the
state of Hin ,is grant a pension OF
ten dollars per month to every Sur
viving union soldier or sailor who is
a citizen of this state and who has
resided in the state for twenty con-
secutive years before the date Of his
application. and is now upon the
United States pension roll, drawing
pension; and In regard to senate bill
No. n, introduced by Senator Austin,
Jan. 30, 1917. For an act to amend
an act to provide for the making OF
a record Of the burial places of sol
diers and sailors" This amendment
adds new section to bill approved
June IS, 1915. makes an appropria-
ton to cover cost of necessary work
and expense in searching out the
graves of soldiers and sailors in each
cemetery throughout Illinois, now I'M
marked, and proposes to have a Unit
ed States headstone or marker placed
at every grave where there Is none
at present.
A committee was appointed by
Post Commander DR.. J. N Markle,
composed of the following members,
to.wit: DR.. e. M. Robbins, chairman;
G. w. Nash of Bowen, E. e. Short Of
West Point. D. w. Loyal OF Warsaw,
Silas Eaton, LaHarpe, and G.. S. Laf-
ferty of Augusta, which committee
reported that 1t would be advisable
for the several comrades present,
G. A. R. posts OF the
county of Hancock, to Immediately
call the attention Of our representa-
tives and senators to the two bills
brought up for special discussion.
The following named comrades
have been appointed aides-de-camp
on staff Of the department command
er: Charles Hunke, C. A. Warner,
Andrew Lowe and Peter Hartman, all
of post 343, Warsaw.
Those present were: James Abbott,
T. J. Lane, Samuel Camp, Frederick
Stepp, w. J. Richey, Jacob Bachman,
Miller Spence, B. w. Nicely, William
H. Barnaby, j. N. Markle, VIM. A.
Symonds, e. M. Robbins, VIM. H.
Boston, g w. Nash of Bowen, David
NJ. Sapp Of Plymouth. Henry Roth of
Warsaw, Charles S. Lacerty of
D. p. Worrell. Bowen, James
Major, west HOlut, ". Vt. muChcil,
Dallas City, D. w. Loyal, Warsaw.
Eli e. Short. West Point, VIM. H.
Boston of Carthage.
Real Estate Transfers.
Cyrus Tschapp to H. D.. Doolittle,
deed 5000, lot 4. Sub. w. n NV. H.
7-S.
Viola Leroy ct al. to Louis Leroy
ct al, deed 81, lots 4, 5, 6. block rs,
Bartlett and Gordon's addition, Ham
ilton.
Geo. veith to Bertha Buckert, deed
81 900. lots 1, 2. 8, block 2. Reeves
Durkee's and Smiths addition Ham
ilton.
Viola Leroy to Louis Leroy, deed
81. lot 4, block 2, Gordon's fourth ad-
ditfon Hamilton.
Rosa Hopkins ct al, to Clara A.
deed 1925. part lots and 10,
block 25, Warsaw.
J. P. ,McCollom to ]. A. Sanders
- -, Had S1k mn mart guy 1919