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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-07
GIRL SWANEY CARRIED AWAY
WAS HIS NIECE.
Rosa Mcdowell Said to be From
High Point; John Swaney Has
Family Here.

amly here.
That a young woman, Rosa Nc
Dowell, who said she was from Ora
ham. taken to Virginia by John E:
Swaney, young man from Green's
boro, who has wife and three chill
dren here, was his niece, a daughter
of his sister, and was from High
Point, became known yesterday. af.
ter local officers had forwarded Vir.
ginia officials all the Information
about Swaney they were able to Sc
cure.
Swaney is under arrest in Dan.
vile charged with violation of the
Mann white slave act, on complaint
of the Nc Dowell girl. who told the
Officers Swaney lured her away from
her home in Graham. She also adj
nitted at that time that she knew
SWanev was married and had chill
dren.
Swaney. who is Is years old, was
wearing the uniform of United
States infantryman when arrested:
He also wore a wound stri pc he said
he received when a German bullet
caught him in the knee. With the
Mcdowell girl he was arrested as he
was about TO board a train at School
field. He was said to have jumped
a board bill there.
He will likely be brought back
here to be tried in Federal court,
since white slave cases are disposed
of in the state in which they . orr |
ginate. 1t was not known yester-
day if an indictment charging incest
against Swaney would be brought
Greensboro News.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-07
WILL SELL ARMY FOOD.

Washington-Early action by the
war department for devising a plan
to sell surplus army goods to con,
sumers was expected by republican
leaders today with the adoption by
the house of resolution to this end
Senate approval of the house
measure is not necessary as the re-
solution is without legislative direc-
ton.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-07
BUYS VALUABLE PROPERTY.

Drs. H. W. Mccain and j. T. Bur-
rus have purchased the O. N. Rich
ardson property on the corner of East
Washington and Steele streets and
will probably make an apartment
house out of the present building
1t is a very valuable site.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-07

Another car appropriated by the
organized band of thieves, this time
W. O. divers perfectly good Ford.
The usual reward is offered, $500.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-07-13
THE WORLD s CREDIT FoUN
DATION.

The modern business world is
built on credit, and most OF mod
en civilization is built on busi.
ness.
Credit, hitherto built on broad
foundations according 10 tested
principles, Is now a vast inverted
pyramid with IFS apes on shift
ing sands.
Gold payments, the accepted
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sunday, July lS, 1919
WHY MEN DIE

The man who losf an al1n Ur lcg.
in the war will lne longer thae
If he had not losl Tins aFug
ing statement comes from g great
surgeon. Col Opcnshau sd ihc|
London hospital Ia q speech made.
az the oponlne oi @ hospital JONI
the limblcss
OpenShav eNplams ihai mnel
valuable energy IS used up when
the heart pumps blood through
the arms or legs ihgi ihc DRAIN
on our YiiaI tHres IS increasingly
less as tie cviremeiie. arc
moved. resulting in lonepr Tito
an ot ts SO iupe~ tefl TAGGED
just naturally WORN oir. IS II
term commonly applied io people
who die before ihgr iime
let us spend three minutes
with the scientists ind learn all
about the connection hGwceu
death and the exhaustion oi hu
man energy
Ever hear 81 Mas Ruhucr
Great scientist 20 one school oil
Psychologists be- IS sacred cow
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The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

once all filled by the families of min
ers, at q little town near webb. One
big farmer bought two hundred OF
them. For some of them he paid ten
dollars, for others he gave only five.
lie said he was going to use the lum-
Der to make sheep pens. The mines
near Webb City are pretty well work.
ed out Then, ii is a fact, that the
only thing in the world that is now
cheap is zinc ore. Webb City at one
time had a population OF twenty thou
sand. Unless something unforeseen
turns up, as big a start as she once
had, she is soon going to join that long
roll of ghost towns that mark every
mining center in the world,--Lamar
Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18
COULDN'T STUMP HIM
The Professor Was Ready Even If
lie Did Not Under
stand.

The scientist had given . very
scientific lecture, and at the end he
said, beaming down on his audience
condescendingly:
Now, IL there is any scientific
question that any of my friends would
like to ask, beg them not to hesitate.
I shall only be too happy to answer
any inquiry in my power"
An old lady in spectacles that gave
her a severe, stern look arose and
asked:
"why do wet tea leaves kill cock
roaches?"
The scientist did not know that wet
tea leaves did anything of the kind,
much less the cause of the phenom-
enon; but, never at loss, he replied:
Because, madam, when a cock
roach comes across o wet tea leaf, he
says, Hello, here's blanket, and
wraps himself up In 1t, catches cold
and dies"
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18
sHERIFF,s SALE IN PARTITION

Under and BY virtue OF decree in partf-
tion and order Of sale made and entered In
the Circuit Court OF Buchanan County Mis-
souri,, AZ this October 1913, term, in a certain
cause therein pending, wherein lohn ]. Potter
Is plaintiff, and Phoebe NanHooler, Eliza
Potter Samuel Potter, Mrs. !. w. Miller,
Frances Potter Samuel Teaney Jason Team
ey. John Tcauey, Mrs. Net Baker, Mrs. Dill
lard hollie Smith, Charles Teaney, Willie
Teaney, James Teaney, MaPFie Teaney, Mrs
Patsy Pitts Mrs. NJ + Wilcox and Arch
r. Shaver, are defendants, a certified copy
whereof was delivered to me on Monday. the
18Th day 81 October. 1919 ! will, on Monday,
the nth day Of November, 1913, and during
the session Of the Circuit Court Of Blu
Chanan County, Missouri. between the hours
o. nine O'Clock a. m. and five O'Clock p, M,
o. that day, at the east front door OF the
chanan County, Missouri. sell AZ pubic ven
due, 70 the highest bidder for cash the
following described real estate. situate Wing
and being in the County of Buchanan, State
OF Missouri, to-wit:
Beginning at a point four hundred eighty
/ si1 lfS5) feet north Of the southwest corner
Of the southeast quarter Of section ten Ci0),
township ffty-five (S0, range thirty. six
f26); running thence north ore hundred sixty.
five and one half 1850 feet; thence east ore
hundred forty five H45l feet; thence south
one hundred sixty five and one half Oe5A
fc"t; thence west one hundred forty five
| O45) feet 10 the place OF beginning, except
eight (D feet of Of the south side thereof
| for an alley; said sale TO pc made pur saani
10 said order Of sale IN said cause
A p ISAACSON
Sheriff Of buchanan County, Mo.
! (iol0
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18
(No. 33166)
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In the Circuit Court OF Buchanan
County, Missouri, to the January
Term, A. D., 1920.
State of Missouri, County Of Bu-
chansn, IS.
Pearl Smith ........-.... Plaintiff
Edward Smith ....... Defendant
Now at this day comes the PLAINTIFF
by her Attorney, and Il appearing to
the satisfaction of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court in vacation that said
defendant, Edward Smith, is a nom
resident Of the State of Missouri. and
docs not reside therein, it is ordered
that said nonresident defendant be
notified by publication, as required by
law, that said plaintiff has commenc-
ed her suit in this Court against said
defendant by petition and affidavit,
the object and general nature Of
which is 20 obtain a decree OF divorce
from the defendant on the grounds
that defendant deserted and abandon
ed plaintiff without a reasonable
cause for a space Of one whole year
next before the filing of plaintiffs
petition. That unless the said de-
fendant, Edward Smith, shall be and
appear at the next term of this Court,
to be begun and held at the Court
House, in the City of st. Joseph, in
Buchanan County. State of Missouri,
on the 9TH day of January. 1920, on
or before the third day OF said term,
TO answer plaintiffs petition, the
same will be taken for confessed as
to him and judgment rendered ac-
cordingly.
II is further ordered, that copy
of this order be published in The st.
Joseph Observer, a newspaper pub
lished In the County OF Buchanan, for
four weeks successfully, the last in
sertion of which to be at least fifteen
days before the next January term of
this Court.
A true copy. Attest:
EMMETT J. GROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk.
BY Charles A. Redfearn, Deputy Clerk
Joseph Goldman, Attorney for Plain
tiff. (1OlS)
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

\ rccapitulation of the losses suf-
fercd by the farmers of Monroe coun-
ty, through the flooding Of South rork
Creek reveals that they will aggregate
close to $4,000. Hundreds Of acres
Of corn land was inundated ana thou
sands of bushels Of corn were washed
away one farmer lost forty head of
sheep Icy drowning. Several individ-
.ual losses Of $1,000 were reported
where farmers lost as high as 20
acres of corn. Several small build
.ings were washed away, and in some
instances water was standing in farm
houses
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18
The Criticism Is Merited

That Kansas City was one Of the
worst vice infected cities IN the United
States. and that tho police departm ent
was not doing what it should toward
the suppression OF this evil, were
charges made by a committee repre-
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18
The Brides Advice

An Eldorada bride was informed by
her milk man that his best COW had
gone dry. The bride expressed sym
pathy for the unfortunate dsiryman,
and then suggested that he sell the
animal for dried beef.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Apple picking began in w. W
Grigsbys orchard Tuesday, with a
force of about siXty-five men. Mr..
Grigsby's apples are Of good quality
and he expects the yield 20 be a little
better than last year. He expects 70
be able TO load a car "A uay. but on
account Of the high water VIII not
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

senting the Society for the Suppress
sion Of Commercialized Vice at
meeting of the police commissioners
yesterday afternoon. The committee
was headed by Leslie ]. Lyons, presi-
dent, and Nat Spencer, secretary of
the society.-Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

George BeEley, Jr., owner and man
ager of the Poplar Bluffs Farms, esti-
mated that his crop this year will
yield 10000 bushels OF seed rice.
Begley has 500 acres planted in rice
and the yield will be about SIXTY
bushels to the acre. Rice was quoted
at S3.02 a bushel the other day, and
at this price his crop will net 5000
this year, or by far the largest single
crop in Missouri, or, possibly, In the
Middle West. Begley estimated that
the cost Of growing the crop this year
will be $4,000, and at this figure
there will be net profits in the crop
of $4,000.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

road urags to them and set them to
dragging the streets and roads. In
his book, Z. T. Barnum relates how he
used AN elephant to plow a 10-acre
field, but it was close by a railroad
and he never started the beast to
dragging a plow until train was due.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18
THEY TRAMPLED ALL
OVER CHAIRMAN COLE
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state chairman of the women's state
committee, were ignored in the secret
caucus, and at all other points and
places-they were simply tolerated.
and told how and when to vote
which they did--and that was all
that the cops did for the female voter.
The bosses discussed party policies,
pacified each other, compromised on
certain issues and framed an agree
ment outlining what was to be per-
mitted to come before the convention
and how each move was to be made,
so that harmony" would prevail and
no factionsl bitterness result.
What the Bosses Did
They decided the state convention
desired by Cole should not be called.
They agreed no resolution would be
adopted opposing the league in its
entirety. They compromised with
the followers of Senator Spencer
by outlining "toothless" resolution
sidestepping in many respects the
league and directing Spencer to quit
being a mild reservationist--whic he
could follow or ignore.
They told Cole his demand for a
state convention was impractical and
that 1t might stir up strife within the
party in Missouri. They thought they
had quieted the Marks NJ orse-Bla
faction by telling them they could not
expect to dictate the party policy in
Missouri until they reach a point
where they can show results by win
ming few elections in the Kansas
City district They told Spencer fol-
lowers the Senator could not expect
to escape unscathed in this ironing
out process for harmony"
The meeting was called for 10
o'clock, but II was 1880 before the
secret caucus ended, and Cole called
the session TO order.
BLACK spills Beans
The plan Of the bosses was imme-
diately put into action. Huckreide
got the floor before any other busi-
ness could be taken up. He made
motion the chairman appoint a com
mittee of seven on resolutions, to re-
port back its recommendations at l
O'Clock.
The motion was carried. The five
minute session adjourned until
o'clock. The Resolutions Committee
then received the draft Of a resolution
embodying the agreement reached Sc
cretly by the bosses.
The Resolutions Committee, ap-
pointed by Cole. and consisting of
four men and three women-the men
holding control-was; Huckreide,
Marks. Schmoll, Morse, Miss Alma
Saasse, chairman OF the women's
Committee; Mrs. C. A. Braley of
Kansas City, and Mrs. Roscoe Kim
brough of Moberiy. The subcommit-
tee reported at O'Clock. Schmou
read the prepared resolution and
moved its adoption.
Then Joe Black expressed his usual
dissatisfaction, and startled the bosses
by opening an unexpected fight on
the prearranged program and he did
most ruthlessly-and viciously-and
IunQualifiedy-and maliciously-and
destructively-spill, mash, MAIN,
mutilate and pulverize those nice
white beans-which the Cop bosses
had cooked up"
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

A Lawson young man wished to
learn to ride a motorcycle and thrift
ily decided to practice on borrowed
one. After successfully making a few
turns at low speed he became over
confident threw open the throttle,
turned on the whole Fourth of July
celebration and departed over hill
as il impelled by dynamite. A Re-
view reporter, who met the young
man later, when he was badly in need
OF a needle and thread and skin
grating, learned that then the cyclist
came to a turn he could not make
the motor cycle being the wiser OF
the two, decided to turn over and not
destroy property"
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Prospective Bridegroom I'm furnI-
ture shop)-rhese prices make me
give up thoughts OF marriage, now
realize it'll be cheaper 70 let her sue
me for breach OF promise.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Colonel William =. Hall, the well
known Missouri circus man, has found
a new use for elephants al his home
town Of Lancaster. Having a number
of these big brutes at his winter quar-
rors, he decided they might be a bit
useful. 50 he has hitched ordinary
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

The Macon Republican cannot
guarantee that every business man
viii be- made wealthy by advertising,
hut says il never heard OF merchant
who became wealthy without it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Rev Daniel r. Towner, widely
known evangelist, singer, hymn writ
er, is dead at Sedalia at the age Of 65
years. He Vas a former associate Of
Moody, the famous evangelist, and an
elder IN the Moody Church in Chi
cagO. A widow ana a daughter ly-
ing IN Chicago. survive. Dr. Towner
had written moro Than 1000 hymns.
Up untll wear ago he was "a director
in the Moody Institute.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

There is one town in Southwest
Missouri where there is no demand
for new houses The small four and
five room miners cottages, in various
sections Of Webb City are empty. not
by the score, but by the hundred.
They are selling for sixty or seventy
dollars apiece. Not long ago there
Was sale Of little two room shackA
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

william Wardlow, a negro Pullman
porter attempted a criminal attack
on white woman passenger, twenty
seven years old, who was on her way
To Dayton, Ohio, sunday night, as the
train was passing through the south
crn part of Ray county, and Monday
afternoon the negro was on his way
TO jefferson City 10 begin a thirty
year sentence imposed By the Carroll
county circuit court.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Allen Brown, serving 15-yoar
sentence in the state prison for high
way robbery committed in Kansas
City in April, 1915, was paroled by
Governor Gardner Wednesday on rec
ommcndation Of Governor w. p. Hob
by and former Governor T NJ, Camp
bell, Of Texas.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

the l5lz-acre lexington ranch,
near Adrian, is 10 be cut up into So
acre and 16O-acre tracts and sold at
auction. That is going to be some
thing like a boom for Adrian and is
a hopeful sign for all of Southwest
Missouri, 1t is a far better thing for
any community to have fifteen home
stead Owaing farmers on 100 acres
apiece than one household or com
pany with 1900 acres under its con-
troll, ana in most cases they do lot
more for the land and for the com
munity, 1t is not natural for a ranch
company to take the same interest in
schools or community welfare that
fifteen farmer families would. We
hope the idea spreads and more of
the big tracts in Southwest Missouri
are broken uP.-Howell County Ga
zette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Though there are 2S3,OGO motor
ears in Missouri, the Brookfeld Ar
gus observes, most Of the country
editors still find walking good, Well
the chief business of an editor is 10
keep something on foot in his com
munity.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Old Mother Nature seems to be
trying to show the world what she
can do down in the Ozarks this sea-
son, and she's spreadin' it on thick, "
at least in the matter Of wild grapes.
George Dexter went wild grape hunt
ing last Sunday near the Dexter
Spring, four miles northeast Of West
Plains, and brought back a lot OF
grapes, the punches of which were
much larger than usual An investi-
cation showed that the grapes were
set on the punches two and three lay
ers deep. The grapes in each layer
were set together so closely that ths
punches were perfectly solid, but were
, ripe all through.--West Plains Quill
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

f. W, Kruse of Higginsville has re-
lieved his after -the-war feelings in
three songs, Soldiers Coming Home" !"
The War is over" and THE Man in
Berlin" any one of which would be
an awful wallop TO the kaiser II he
could understand it. The committee
on arrangements for entertaining the
kaiser the rest of his life ought to
have those songs translated into Ger
man and played to him on selfwind-
ing monographs The songs have
been published by a Chicago music
house and thleaten to become very
popular.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Prison authorities Monday dcported
from Cole county Thomas Gorley, a
discharged convict rs years old, whose
sentence expired August Is, but who
had refused to leave, saying he had
no place to go. "Old Tom" as he
was known, has been caretaker at
the State Park and was quite a favor
ite with those who visited that place.
He was placed aboard a westbound
train with a ticket to Saline county.
His reason for desiring to remain was
he had no place to go. 81 will get
back" he said to prison officials when
placed aboard the train.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Sergeant Z. T. Parker, standing 6
feet gi2 inches, and who claimed TO
have been the tallest soldier in
France, was making a show of himself
by exhibiting for admittance fee, at
the Cape Girardeau fair, when the
authorities very properly stopped II,
on the ground that it was against the
law and against patriotism to use the
uniform for personal profit
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

We don't know where the jefferson
City Dcmocrat-T Tribune gets its statis-
tics, but it is all worried Says it
with more automobiles being made in
this country than either baby car
riaEes or whcelbarrows. there is
something radically wrong with the
Am moricau people.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Roy Eldrcdge, l6 years old. said 10
have been the youngest naval recruit
who served during the war was fined
$3.50 10y United States District Judge
Arba $. Van Valkcnburgh in federal
court al Springfield Tuesday when he
pleaded guilty to sending a letter
through the mail demanding $500
from Auton Kctter farmer Of Sulli-
van, on pain Of DEATH The court
assessed the light punishment because
OF Eldrciges youth.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

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rexinr-on News the definition of a
royard1,. cor-,r. which hits YOU
md runs
sodalia now has t-cont street car
fares and the Capital says the citizens
are paying it without whimpcr, but
.--
a telephone girls. strike has hoeA
causing great inconvenience TO odes-
sa. without telephones. one has to
elevate his voice so as to be heard
across Odessa.
1T gives me great pleasure to ad-
dress TINS audience began an orator
III S'daI'a' M E''d i' gives some
body pleasure. stage whispered "a re-
porter IN the front row VINO was
th'Ie because H' "AA To- pe'
Increases of auprovinatc1v 20 nor
cant y, cornorafion rrorort,, is shown
in the valuation of ,,,.,,lo rroncrtv
in tho s,,fc gs riyod nv tho state
hoard Of cov,ril.uon.
And speaking about odd names,
there is "A man named C"ldsnow, who
visited odessa Tie other day in the
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

They" must bc some" molasscs
down Glasgow way. A Mssourian
to tho Glasgow Missourian: Il sup
pose they make molasscs out here,
but fear they are not the Glasgow
kind. Please ship me can so ! can
stick up for Missouri"
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Doe able to cross the river for a few
d2yS.--Skidmorc News.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

1T gives me great pleasure to ad-
dress this audience" began an orator
in Scdalia. I'm glad it gives some
body pleasure" stage whispered "a re-
porter in the front row, who was
there because j.. had To- be.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

The Ozarks are getting 10 be a
great place to make money in, but
making money doesn't always bring
happiness, Anyhow, it didn't TO a
Douglas county man who was arrested
for counterfeiting last week.
The St. Joseph observer., 1919-10-18

Another ozark hero reported killed
in action in the casually list Of the
big world war has come back 20 his
ola home to the great JOY Of his
mother at Mountain Grove. He is
Corporal Nern r. Crispin, who was
twice wounded, the first time being
reported killed in action. The second
time when a German shell struck him
was on the morning Of the armistice.