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The Laclede blade., 1920-12-17

The present county court com
poted of Judges Ludden, Ander-
son and Singleton, seem to have
no confidence in, or respect for,
the new court elected in Novem-
Der and which comes into office
January /.
According to the published
proceedings of the December
meeting of the court this august
body assumed the authority to
make all appointments and fix
! salaries for the next two years,
the full term of the new court.
The present superintendent of
the county infrmary was re-
elected for a term beginning
after the present court goes out
of office at an increase in salary,
and court house janitor who has
been receiving $50 per month
was given a raise of SIS per
month and elected for a term of
two years from January l, 1921,
the full term of the new court.
The present janitor is one Rev.
Edmund Clark, a rare bird in
in this county-a black demo-
crat. Additional duties for him
during the campaign is said to
have been that of organizing the
colored voters in the interest of
demo cratic ticket. The results
of the election do not seem to
justify the raise in salary nor the
two year job he has been prom
Used, especially from a demo-
cratic standpoint.
Had Judges Ludden, Ander-
son and Singleton been as active
in looking after the real business
about the court house as they |
were in taking action that has
laid them liable to be charged
with playing cheap politics, it
might not have been necessary
this week to adjourned circuit
court at a great expense to the
taxpayers because the heating
plant in charge of Reverend
Edmund" was out of order.
Every member of the present
court was defeated at the polls
IN November and it was unbe-
coming if not an actual disgrace
or them to attempt to CONTROL
county affairs beyond. their term
If Office.
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Royal NeighbOr Officers

Mrs. P. F. Weaver was hostess
to the Royal Neighbors Friday
afternoon, the occasion being the
annual election of officers. After
the business meeting the follow
ing officers were elected for the
ensuing wear:
Mrs. Ida Groes, oracle; Mrs.
Idah Moore, vice oracle; Mrs.
Effie Landree, chancellor; Miss
Ella Ong, recorder; Mrs. Hettie
Weaver, receiver; Mrs. Cornelia
Welsh, marshal; Mrs. Lula
Welsh, inner sentinel; Mrs. Mary
Kranz, outer sentinel; Mrs. Mary
Welsh, manager; DR.. F. w.
Burke, physician.
Mrs. Ida Davis was elected
delegate to the state convention
to be held at Springfield, with
Mrs, Georgia Thompson, altern-
ate. Mrs. Harry Landree was
appointed camp auditor.
The Laclede camp has 80 ben
eficial and 10 social members.
Three members were gained dur
ing the year and two were lost.
The special work for the year
was the keeping of a French war
orphan, $50; donation to the La
clede athletic association, $25;
benefit social for athletic associ-
alton; two all-day social meet
ings.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. j. E. Welsh, Friday, jan
uary ID.
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A New Lot of Diamonds

After we announced our $100,
special in diamonds we sold
every one we had, and had calls
for more, so now we are again
ready to show them to you.
These stones are a good buy and
we guarantee their worth. S. M
STRAIN, Jeweler, Brookfield.
Toilet soap, 3 cakes 10 cents.
Disney's.
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Town and COUNTRY
AbOutLOcal People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

Boys overalls $3.50 to $1.8C
at Disney's.
GA size grape fruit 2 for 25f.
The Home Store.
Pinto beans, 3 pounds for 25
cents at Disney's.
Five room house for rent. In
quire of Mrs. E. B. Skulley.
At Disney's grocery you can
get the best Peaberry coffee at
35 cents the pound.
Am in the market for all kinds
of furs. See me before selling
F. M. Alexander.
Scrap iron 80 cents per hum
dred delivered. Bring it in any
time. F..M. Alexander.
High colored Navel oranges
$50 size SOC the dozen, 200 size
45f the dozen. The Home Store.
Logan berries $1.35 a gallon;
blackberrie $1.25 a gallon;
peaches 80 cents a gallon at
Disney's store.
Caywood & Baum have stock
ed several styles of electric light
shades, handsome in design and
suitable for Christmas gifts.
Lawyers G. C. Bigger and O.
F. Libby have been at Linneus
this week looking after the in
terests of their clients in the
circuit court.
VIM. M. Lomax is still writing
orders for spring delivery of
fruit and ornamental trees and
shrubbery. See him at once
while prices are right. Phone 118.
AS executor Judge O. F. Libby
will hold a public sale Of the
stock and farm implements OF
the late Isaac H. Clough at the
Clough home one mile southwest
of Forker next Thursday, Dec
ember %, to begin at loo
o'clock.
Judge Ed. S. Probasco of
Unionville visited his sister,
Mrs. E. j. Clawson, here We'd
nesday. Judge Probasco is a
member of Putnam county court
and had been on an official visit
to the state hospital at st.
Joseph.
Chas. Brenner has taken up
the breeding of Duroc Jersey
hogs, having bought five regis
tered sows from W. o. q. Endi-
colt as the foundation for his
herd. The number of Duroc
breeders in this locality is grow
ing as the red hogs are known
20 be money makers.
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Tax Notice

A penalty of one per cent will
be added to all taxes not paid
January 1. To escape the
penalty you should pay at once
and avoid the rush that will
come later in the month.
c. F. Sayles, Collector.
Potatoes $1.50 per bushel.
The Home Store.
The Laclede blade., 1920-12-17

Finest line of pure high grade
candies ever shown in Laclede
45s the pound. The Home Store.
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PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

pOuIlu. Hc I1OIIlc OIOTe.
A. J. Linn made business
visit to Chillicothe Tuesday.
Mems union made guaranteed
overalls, $500 at Disney's store.
Mrs. L. A. Wilson attended
the Farm Bureau meeting at
Linneus Tuesday.
Mrs. l. B. Thompson of
Centerville. spent Sunday with
Mrs. c. C. Bigger.
| Mrs. Eliza Waite went to
Hamilton Monday for an extend
ed visit with relatives.
Mrs. James Parker returned
Monday from a visit with her
son, E. J. Kicker, at Chillicothe.
J. M. Mcdonnell and Fred
Clinefelter were at the Farm
Bureau meeting at Linneus
Tuesday.
Jerry Fruin, who is now en-
ployed in the Peoples Bank at
Meadville. spent Sunday at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Barbee re-
turned home Sunday from
spending a month with relatives
at Greggs, Okla.
Electric lamp shades make ap-
propriate and useful Christmas
gifts. See the new line at Cay
wood & Baum s electric shop.
Miss Amy Adamson returned
to the home of her sister, Mrs.
E. j. Finney, Tuesday, after
weeks visit with relatives in
Brookfield.
Mrs. C. C. Swank and little
son and Mrs. c. A. Powers came
over from Brookfeld Tuesday
to visit their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. B. Dowell.
MIR. and Mrs. J. M. Nc
Donnell, Robert Watson and
Miss Ellen Watson spent Sum-
day with MI. and Mrs. Chas.
Warren near Meadville.
Mrs. Catherine Fruin has
bought residence property in
Meadville and will move about
March l. The Haight property
which she has occupied the past
year, having been sold.
Mrs. 0. F. Libby and her
daughter, Mrs. Bertha White
house who is here with her
children on a visit from King
City, spent Wednesday with
Rev. and Mrs. Seigle in Sumner.
C.. F. Sayles, township COM
nitteeman, and Mrs. Viva Row
and township chairman of the
women's division, attended a
meeting of republican county
central committee at Linneus
Friday afternoon.
DIR. and Mrs. H. C.. Pratt and
ION, Herbert, of Brookfeld, Mr..
md Mrs. Carl Hereford of San
Pedro. Cali, and Mr.. and Mrs.
4. w. Lomax and daughter,
lane, were dinner guests of Mr..
md Mrs. H. C.SLomax, Sunday.
Mrs. Kittie Furman visited
The Blade Tuesday, renewing
for the paper another year for
Ter son, A. A. Furman, CamOs,
Wash. Mrs. Furman and her
lister, Mrs. n. E. Fletcher, leave
odsy to spend the next two
months with their sister, Mrs.
sawn, in Brookheld.
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State OF missouri county OF lanh, >, - -
We H. c. LOmax as president, ana H. W.
Ionax as cashier OF said bank each OF US.
do sOlemnly swear that the above statement
Is true to the best Ofour knowledge and belief.
H G. LOMAX. President,
h w IyOMAN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this ilth
day Of December. A. ID. nineteen hundred and
wines my hand end notarial seal on the
date last aforesaid. (Commiss9ned and quail
ted for 4 term expiring Oct. =. l023l
TGFATl o. F. LIBBY. Notary Public.
ttest. Il NJ DOMAX
KATE v. ROWNLEE
e B. STANDBY
Directors
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ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
LOcalItems and Interesting Bits Of
q News Of All Sorts

1
resigned a year ago and left Fri
day to go on duty again as clerk
in the Kansas City postoffice.
He was given a substantial in
crease in salary with better
hours and working conditions.
Chapter R, of P. E. o. met
with Mrs. G.. E. Tracy Wednes-
day afternoon. Missouri Laws
Pertaining to Women and Child
ren," was the title of an inter-
esting paper given by Mrs. &C.
Bigger. Delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess assist
ed by her daughter, Lois.
The Reading Circle scored a
social success in entertaining
their husbands at the Rest Room
Tuesday night. The entertain
ment part of the program was
several cleverly gotten up con-
tests into which all entered and
enjoyed. An elegant buffet
luncheon completed a most en-
joyable evening.
Farmers are again being pest
cred by gangs of boys with dogs
and guns invading their lands.
Several have already reported
stock shot and killed, fences torn
down and other damage done.
License to hunt does not carry
the privilege to roam at large
and no hunter should go upon a
farm without permission of the
owner or renter.
Classes / and Z of the Baptist
school met at the home
Of the teacher, Mrs. ]. B. Chap
man, and organized by the elec-
ton of the following officers for
the coming year: Mrs. G. 0.
PloVnian, president; Mrs. S. l..
Mossbarger, vice president; Mrs.
L. B. Haley, secretary; Mrs. En-
licott, treasurer. 1t was voted I
20 give the class the name of T.
E. L. Meetings will be held on q
he first Tuesday of each month.
The plumming material that G
las held up work on the heating
olant at the new station for a
arrived Monday and
vorkmen at once got busy and V
he work is being pushed as Q
as possible. The line c
nen are also at work again this Q
week and Station Agent Moore a
md force that has been cooped Il
Ip in an old, ,boxcar for nearly a
ear now expect to move into N
heir new quarters within a few u
.ays. 1
The Brookfeld Budget that Z
as steadily improved since Rev. G
p. D. Mendenhall took charge, S
anne out as a daily Tuesday. 1t P
7ill now be issued each evening S
xcept Sunday with the latest X
Press news up to the N
our of going to press, getting A
S reports by telegraph. Brook T
eld is one of the best newspaper
owns in the state; the merch-
nts realize the Importance of /,
ublicity and are a live bunch in 7.
very way and the second daily I,
aper will no doubt live and =,
rOsDer.
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The Home Store Gift Suggestions

Pocket knives and scissors.
Express wagons and sleds.
Guns, skates and flashlights.
Silver ware and fancy china.
Pyrex ware and glass ware.
Saftey razors, homes and straps.
Kiddie cars and foot balls.
Mirror aluminium ware.
Alladin Granite ware.
Tools and butcher knives.
The Laclede blade., 1920-12-17
BENsoN BANKING COMPANY

No. l59O -.
onicial statement of the financial condition
of the Benson Banking Company at Lacleae,
State of MISSOURI. at the close of business on the
s,t 40 y Of December 1890 published In the La
cTFnF BLADE, a newspaper printed and pup
SiShed at Laclede. State of Missouri.on the l1th
day of December. 1890.
RESOURCES
The Laclede blade., 1920-12-17
LoMAx a STANDBY BANK

No. 1857.
Oficial statement of the financial condition
of the T.omax & STANDBY Bank, at Laclede,
State of Missouri, at the close OF business on
the nm day OF December. 1890. published in the
I.ACLEDE BLADE. a newspaper printed and
published at Laclede, State of Missouri. on the
nth day of December. 1920.
RESOURCES.
The Laclede blade., 1920-12-17

state OF Missouri. County OF Linn sS
We Z. Benson. as vice president. ano N r
Benson as cashier OF salo DanA, M SaCn " VI d.. ~. =
~. soisr,nlr swear that the above statement IS
true 10 me best Of our knowledge and oehef.
u L. BENSON. Vice President.
MI BENSON. Cashier.
c,hscrfhed and sworn tobefOre me. this 10th
day OF December. A. D. nineteen hundred enc
tWenr. -, -, - -.
49,, IsSf : aforesaid Commissioned and quail
49, for a tern expiring Oct. ~ tQz3l
TsFAIl %. r. LIBBY. Notary Public.
s,s,,--.-.f Attesf. l. L BENSON.
M p. BEN SON.
e @. BENSON.
Directors
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
PARIS To Be meeting
PLACE OF WORLD BUYERS
We Erect Vast Building Nine Times the Size of Trafalgar
Square fOP Dealers of All Lands To Gather
end Make Contracts.

LOBDoN March 17.-Plans Cor the
great marche d. monde. or meeting
place for the buyers OF .se world, which
Is TO be established in Paris in two
years, contemplate the erection OF
vast building nine times the size or
Trafalgar square, and containing not
only 5000 shops but many special fea-
lures, including the most luxurious
club and the largest banquet hall in
the world. Details OF the scheme were
given here by Sir Charles Dundas Sec
rotary OF the Association OF Great Brit
ain and France
The object" he said is to give pro-
ducers and buyers OF the world the
facility 10 perform all their transac-
tons in one place.
1T will be the only building in the
world where the rentals will decrease
according to the length OF the leases,
and where the tenants win be consid-
cred as valued clients, and not as OBJ
jects of speculation.
"The building win be of six stories,
with a frontage Of $50 feet. II win be
nine times the size of Trafalgar square,
and will cost approximately $4,000, 600
This enormous building" continued
Sir Charles Dundas. will contain 5000
shops, the most luxurious club in the
world for buyers and producers. swim
ming and Turkish baths, gymnas stun.
restaurant, grill room, roof garden,
several lecture rooms. Industrial cine
ma, and the. worlds largest bandueting
room.
Briefly, what is contemplated is the
erection and operation OF veritahle
city. in which II may reasonably be
estimated there will be aIfloating popu-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
THEY NAY NOT DOT,
BUT It's a NEW IDEA

NEW YORK March ~ fBy Interna-
sianai News Service l-Dresses that re-
seal only part Of the female limb serve
ueilher art modesty nor comfort. and IL
would BE- better. or at least Ear more
artistic 70 show the entire limb
This. al least, Is the belief Of Miss
Helen Louise Johnson. editor OF the
General Federation Magazine, as eN-
pressed IN an address before students
81 Columbia university She appealed
fer Standardization OF women's apparel.
1T Is a very dreadful thing she
said. ito expose a girls figure 70 the
world the way present-day fashion eN-
poses itN
Miss Johnson said that w@neu do not
dress 10 please the men. but that they
fo.S themselves out IN the height Of
fashion in order 20 excel each other
Taking a shot at the Sterner sex, SOP
posedly free from vanity. Miss johnson
said.
.'Men ART not exempt from fashions
bugahoo, either No man would wear
those ridiculous short WASTED affairs II
they We're.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17

Walter f. Karnes. Of Cincinnati. was
a private detective ten years ago. To-
day he holds broad patents that cover
basic principles OF an invention that
seems likely to make him a rich man
and rescue the public from the APP
preaching failure OF the natural gas
supply.
He has invented or discovered a new
Kind OF gas which can be manufactured
saiely in the home at a cost less than
lhat OF natural gas at 81 cents a thou
sand cubic feet compared on basis
OF heating and illuminating power.
That II Is a new gas is attested by
MIS- patent papers. which anyone can
see That his cost figures are correct
ne VIII demonstrate by making ~as
from measured quantities OF materials
Of known prices,
The Illuminating power Of the gas is
practically that Of aCetylene but II nro-
duces 200 British thermal units OF
heat, against 800 b I u. for average
natural gas.
Karnes viii permit any doubter to
examine his apparatus as thoroughly as |
he wishes and then will make the gas |
from materials bought nv anyone I'm |
the open market, consisting of calcium 1
earblde, common ordinary baking soda |
and wood alcohol
lie viii demonstrate that his flame /
which looks exactly like an ordinary
acetyene flame, win melt things that |
the latter can not
The gas, he explains is what might
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
FROM YARMOUTH COMES
TALE OF JONAH SECOND


LONDON. March IL. Try Information
al News Service --From Yarmouth
comes the true story OF Jonah the
Second
Jonah No 9 Is fish
Stanley Waiting. OF the Anchor Ho-
tel, ColtishaIi, Norfolk. says his son
hooked 20-pound pike on Barton
Broad. Several hours later when the
pike was cleaned an apparently dead
Dream weighing three fourtAs OF q
pound was found inside the pike When
examined the Dreams tell was seen
10 culver.
'''fhereupon. said Mr. Wanlng y
poured drop Of brandy down its
throat and fixed II up in bait can
so Il couldn't turn over, changing the
water every 20 minutes. II soon be-
gan 10 revive and in two hours was
swimming Nahout IN the cam
Jonah Is now living quiet LIE in
i nice pond at Scratby Hail. Normesby,
Five persons corroborated MIR, Wat
ling's story.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
TAKE ARMY OUT OF
IRELAND: END STRIFE

LONDON. March IL. (By94nterua-
tional News Service AS a preliminary
movement toward the real settlement Of
tho Irish problem. the labor paper.
Daily Herald, says:
Bring away the English army
1T Is the symbol as well as the
weapon OF tyranny, 1t Is an insuper-
able barrier TO settlement. II Is a
perpetual reminder TO lrishmen OF
Lloyd Georges neffable boast that
Great Britain. the vastest and strong
est power In the world. with navies
armies, air fleets, TANKS, artillery and
gas, Is prepared to fight little UNI
armed Ireland with determination and
resolve "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
TAXES UP SCULPTURE
ESCAPES MOUSE WORK

IOWA CITY la. March H. tBy Inter
national News Service. ~ began my
work as sculptor 10 escape the
drudgery OF housekeeping. confessed
Miss Nellie v. Walker. noted Iowa
seS5ntor. now working In the Midway
stedios Chicago, In addressing class
IN history art az the University OF Iowa
here.
ITO he sure" she said, my father
was a worker In granite and marble He
cut tombstones. That gave me a lab
ofatory and an opportunity but ] be-
gan the work because ! dislikod busting,
sweeping and. above all, wiping dishes =
Miss Walker Is one Of lowa's best
known sculptors, She executed the
statue ~ Chief Keokuk, which stands
above keokuks grave at Keoliuk, In.
Miss Walker never received any help
financially from her parents, but they
never opposed her work as an art stu
dent
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
BRIEF CASE PROVES
A PERFECT DISGUISE

ALBERT LEA, MINI. March II. (By
International News Service 1.-The old
family attorneys brief case Is being
used these days BY many persons who
are far from being members OF the
bar.
try for one or two days find them
convenient to hold a pair OF "paiics, "
shirt and collar and II fGw "hankies."
They take un no more space than a
brief or transcript OF testimony pro.
viding one is familiar with the skilfu
art OF packing. .ilIf5H
They enable the oil stGcli salesman to
make faultlessl approach. and cover
the mission of the magazine salesman
until he gets inside, the door
As a disguise the brief case Is pkr-
lection personified ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
COSTUME, EVEN TO HAT
is OF BROWN KID

BOSTON, March II. tBy International
News Service --Attired from head to
foot In kid Miss Josephine Bowen Is
the canter Of attraction for thousands
daily at the shoe convention she de-
signed the costume herself,
The kid is chestnut brown, which
manufacturers say will be the fashion.
able shade In footwear next fall The
tam which crowns Miss Bowens golden
cnrls Is model Of that worn by the
blue devils" of France, The tam, the
Norfolk suit and the high lace boots
are all OF the same material.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
FASHIONABLE LONDON
GETS GOWNS BY PLANE

LONDON. March IL (By Interna-
tional News Service )--"0rder me by
wire a gown, to be flown across, so that
] can wear 4 tonight. is a common
order received in Anglo French dress
making firms, offices in the West End.
There must be no delay in transit
nowadays" says Mile. Cleo Doroux.
styles change so rapidly that what Is
here today Is gone tomorrow.
Before a stupid old boat reaches the
harbor skirts may have ceased to be
narrow and become wide, or, rerchance.
become plain instead of bouffant, or,
perhaps, bodces may be wais.less in
stead Of sleeveless"
Many women are almost doubling the
cost of their gowns by ordering them
direct from Paris by airplane. It's all
the fad
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17

lation OF manufacturers, producers,
merchants. buyers. and the necessary
employees. exceeding 10000 people"
Sir Charles AIDED that the advantages
of this hug, project TO the British buy
ers and sellers would be enormous.
zone OF the principal objects Of hav-
ing this worlds market in Paris he
said, lis because the French capital Is
the pivot of the railway centers of
Europe, and the advice Of the buyers
of the world has been taken on this
matter"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
MOTOR SLElGHlNG
BECOMING POPULAR

FINLEY. n. p, March l7.-Motor
sleighing has become popular in this
vicinity The enthusiasts riE up four
runners Of skis with a frame for. two.
passengers. Power Is furnished BY "a
twO-cyiinder motorcycle engine with a
chair 10 a propeller az the front Of the
sleigh. Three OF the vehicles have ap-
peared al the nearby town OF Hatton.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
81 MEnTuMs -.

LONDON. March u. CBy nterna-
tional News Service -spirits are ham
dicapped BY the weather That's tho
latest bit Of information from that wide
class Of experimentation who have been
making spiritualism q topic OF daily
discussion in England
THAT is why all the best mediums
OF the direct voice come from Ameri-
ca, one prominent spirituhllst EXPLAINS,
"A heavy, foggy day is almost fatal;
clear, frosty day Is best.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
INSANITY COMES FROM
TEETH SAYS COTTON

TRENTON, March i1.--Bad teeth
were the cause OF many cases of in
sanity coming under the observation of
the physicians at the state hospital
for the insane last year. Dr Henry 4.
Cotton, the medical director. declared
IN his annual report recently. He cX-
pressed the opinion that dentists should
remove infected teeth instead Of trying
10 save them through mechanical dent
istry
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17

on the sides and depressing court in
the center. Alongside II an American
packing plant would be a thing of un-
alleged beatty. and an American stor
age warehouse a pure classic concep-
ton.