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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

MARKETS ROTTEN
Produce And Live Stock Drugs
Money Plenty In Cities
Much Soft Corn

Not only are producers of farm
products but merchants as well
confronted with problems most
puzzling. What to do or what not
to venture, has about every one
checked againstany move in any
direction, hence business is at a
virtual standstiIl. Grain and stock
are simply not saleabIe yet flour
and meal and pork and beef are
but slightly reduced to consumer
or dealer The explanation?
According to reports moneyis
plentiful in cities east and west
tho rates on call are unusually
high and money at any price de-
MED rank spectators, it is said.
Panicky feeling among farmers
have caused them to flood stock
yards and packers and exporters
combined had no money to pay
for such a volume of stock nor q
place to hold it had they been in
condition to buy.
Under all existing circumstan
ces many with more or less stock
fat or half fat, had to sell and
such are swelling the number ell.
gagged in Cutting the market. but
many feared to take further char
mes, 50 to market goes their stuff
along with that forced out OF The
hands of owners and consequent
nes are inevitable. Soft corn pre-
ponderating everywhere, cheaI
and plentiful, feeding stuff way
down, why is it rot the time fol
some who do not have to depend
upon banks to finance them II
invest and feed?
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

Richard White filled upon tur-
key and rabbit at the home of
his uncle, S. M. White, and re-
turned to st. Louis Sunday.
Ben Rice was the guest of Jim
Lee Thrash last week, arriving
in time for turkey.
VIM. Walther, a Burlington
railroad Stenog. at Hannibal
attended the football game C. B.
c. at Chillicothe.
Tom Hubbard saw the football
game at Chillicothe Thanksgiv-
ing and also another more inter.
esting than any of the players.
Miss Carrie Wheeler was the
guest of Miss Zettie Sneed at
Chillicothe Thanksgiving.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

afternoon for visit with friends in
Oklahoma.
Miss Rosalie Jennings, who is at
tending the State Normal at Kinks
vile spent Thanksgiving at home.
The meeting at the Methodist
church is well started and will con-
tinue as long as the interest demands.
Corn is selling here at 65c bushel.
Mrs. ]. w. Robertson is poorly, but
not worse than usual, except weaker.
A little girl child of Ross Cox and
wife was buried Sunday, having died
of an attack of pneumonia.
c. E. Cady and wife visited home
folks in Fayette Sunday.
Jack Adams and his son, Everette
and wife, formerly of this place, but
now of Kansas, came in last Friday
to see the formers brother, W. T.
Adams, who is ninety-one years old
and in feeble health. Jack says, he is
working every day and getting along
all right.
Save for the dust, Saturday was an
ideal Idnian summer day here, and a
good crowd was in town.
A Red Cross drive is being made
here As elsewhere and mayn are sub.
scribing. Let the good work 20 On.
Lee Unity ot Liberty MO- vIsltet
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Eccles

Rev. viii CIayburg preached
at this place Sunday and Sunday
night.
Charley and Jack Hensley have
been on the sick list the last few
days.
Willard Smeltznr and wife,
Fred KIiuzman and family and
Geo. MedIin and wife visited at
D. l.. KIinzmans last Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Jones and children
of Kansas City are visiting rel
atiYes in this community.
Bette May Riley spent the
latter part of last week with
ChranevlIle friends.
Gerald Mason Of Salisbury
spent Thanksgiving with his
grandparents, /. N. Jaco and
wife.
Bro. Young will preach at
EccIes Sunday and Sunday night.
Roy Perkins and family spent
Sunday at Steve Benefits.
Elmo McCurvy returned home
last Wednesday after spending
several weeks in Iowa.
Jannita Johnson spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with her
cousin, Zelta Mae Farthing.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
AUSTRIA ADMITTED
League Com. Vote Unanimous
The Report To Be Approved
Two-thirds Necessary


The committee on applications
for membership in the league of
nations unanimously voted to
admit Austria and membership
in the league for that nation now
depends on a two third vote of
representatives at Geneva. None
of the greater nations look upon
the acceptance of Austria as a
member nation as being object
ionahle but the Canadian mem
ber Of the assembly declared it
would be a death blow to the en-.
trance Of the United States.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Hubbard Football Star.

Cal Hubbard of the c. B. C.
football team has gained a place
on the all state team, having re-
ceived his letter and a prize
sweater for his excellent work
Thanksgiving day.
Cal made a speech at the
Annual Football Banquet at
Chillicothe, his subject "Bucking
the line" and proved himself an
orator rs well as a successful
tackler OF human subjects. Cal
Is left tackle on the mythical
eleven made 40 from all the
teans ia the Mo. State Confer.
ence.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Polly NJ. MAY

Miss Polly NJ. May was born
in Iowa July 4. 1848 aud died at
the home of Mrs, Laura Taylor
in this city Novr. %. Interment
at Asbury Chapel Novr. "a, Rev.
Richardson, pastor of the Meth
odist church of this city of which
the deceased was a member re-
counting the features in her life.
With her family Polly May
came to this county when she
was II years of age and at the
age of II she took up her resi-
dence with the family of B. F.
Wood where she remained TO the
day of her death as a member of
the family. Some time after the
death of B. F. Wood his widow,
Mrs. Ann Wood, came to this
city and made her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Laura Taylor
and Polly May came also. After
the death of Mrs. Wood, Polly
May, as every one who did not
call her aunt Polly, and those
were the relatives of the Wood,
Moore and TAYLOR families. spoke
of her, continued to make her
home with Mrs. Taylar tho her
health and strength begun TO
fail from the day of the loss Of
her lifelong benefactress. Polly
May requested to he buried by
the side of Mrs. Wood and her
request, as were all other desires
of the faithful friend and servant
were more than cheerfully grant
ed. Upon the death of Mrs
Ann Wood quite a sum of money
was given to Polly May for her
use as she desired, and all her
personal wants were supplied by
different members of the family
with whom she spent her life.
Her faithfulness. love for all of
the family especially Mrs. Wood,
constant presence at her home
and willingness to sacrifice her
time and efforts for the benefit
of any one of the family, endear-
ed her to each and every one of
them and their care and concern
for her was no less than her de-
votion to them.
October 20, 1885 Polly May
united with the church at Asbury
Chapel and in 1912 when she
came to this city and made her
home with Mrs. Laura Taylor she
transferred her membership to
the Methodist church here and
was a member until death.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

John Webb near Dalton raised
some tobacco this season, old
style, the leaves of which were
50 inches long and heavy in pro-
portion. Jack and Svd Webb
have some fine leaf, Sweet ORR
noco, no where near so heavy
bodied as Johns Shoe String nor
half as stout.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

At its big annual football ban
quet Saturday night the Chilli
cothe Business College closed its
most successful football season
having been undefeated, piIing
up 399 points to its opponents Z
and placing four men on the All.
State Team.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

]. E. Hamilton and wife of
Fulton visited among relatives
last week, arriving Wednesday
and returning Monday. Mrs.
Melville Hamilton is a niece Of
Mr.. j. j. Moore, daughter of
Ephrain Moore, deceased. Mr..
Hamilton is president of Gala
way County Rural Letter Carrier
Association.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Notice

The Charlton County Live
Stock Breeders Association has
organized. Anyone is eligible to
who has one or more
head of Registered Live Stock.
Send 81 90 for Dues to Jan. 1929
to G. I. Sherman, Brunswick,
Mo. Sec'y and Treas and receive
receipt or pay dues to any men,
Der of the Association.
Yours Truly,
Il. T. Sherman
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

Our streets have been dragged ana
put in good condition by Com. Dunn.
. AL Harding, ex sheriff, was in our
city, Tuesday, the same good old AL
as Of yore.
Louis Fetzer has moved in and is
now one of us, but will wrestle with
the farm until corn is gathered.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Thos.
Richardson is in poor state Of
health and her friends are apprehen-
sive over her condition.
Bliss bliss Minnie Minnie IfEsrssH left left Tuesday
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Hotel Sold.

Geo. Ernst has sold his hotel
to a MIR. Miller of Albany, Mo.
and possession has been given to
the new owner tho Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernst are still conducting the
hostelry.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

Miss Elizabeth Arlington was
a guest of her sister, Miss Zoe
at Lexington Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Haley
and son, Milton, are here this
week on a visit to James mother
and other relatives.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Card of Thanks.

We desire to extend our heart
felt thanks to our friends and
neighbors who so kindly minis
tered to our needs at the death
and burial of our mother, Mrs.
Laura A. Tatsch.
The Children
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

Manager Wasser of the engi-
neering firm, Kerr & Wasser of
Kansas City which laid out the
highways thru this county, was
in town last Friday on an in
spectlng trip.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Marriage | licenses

]. F. Kamphaus. Oakley, Kas
Anna Stallman. Wen
Geo. Heisel, Brunswick
Tillie Woodward :"
Palmer jackson, Salisbury
Eliza Morris
F. B. Finnell +"
Margaret Mason ="
C. A. Thornberry, Sumner
Ruby Thomas,
C. R. Riley, Mendon
Susie Doss, ="
R. E. Browning, Mendon
Lonisa Hughes. Brunswick
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

Marcus Hunt came in time for
Thanksgiving eats at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
B. Hunt.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

-Four Civil Servics students of
the Chillicothe Business College
passed examinations as Mail
Clerks il Kansas City last Sat.
undav
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

Jim Lee Thrash has nursed a
full grown boil back of his right
optic for a week. His eye closed
for a few DAYS and SO was the
boil but both wide open now.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

The Alspaugh-A Ruck
er sale was called off Wednesday
bidders being scarce and disincli-
ned to pay living prices.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

his family here over Sunday.
Henry Yung, whose mare fell thru
a culvert and was damaged settled
with the Wabash for si00. The mare
may net aic. but win be . long tine
Tec9yefins.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
SALISBURY. sCRIBBLINGs


did not draw a large crowd, but
were up to the average IN con-
tributions to the benevolent fund
F. M. Leach and family have
moved to Moberly where they
will make their future home.
Our loss is Moherly's gain.
Rev. Cornish, the singer. is a
soloist of splen lid voice and tim
bre, if we know what that means
We hear some complaint of
soft corn, but it will be hard
enough before corn comes again.
Scott Watson and wife of
Eccles were in town Monday on
business.
Good Corn is selling here at
75c with a tendency to go lower.
In the every member canvass
OF the Christian church Sunday,
Sl6l9. 20 was subscribed for next
years work.
Mrs, Gertrude Brockman has
sold her property in Prairie Hill
to Chas. Snider of that place,
S. S. Lock and wife of Kansas
City visited his mother here dur.
ing Thanksgiving holidays.
Thanksgiving was a day of
gloom. The sky was dark and
murky. The festal board had
lots of room but far from lots of
turkey.
There is still talk of extending
our water works system, and of
opening 4th street.
The rain here Friday put a
stick" on roads and check on
gathering corn.
Judd Johnson Of Stockham,
lNebr, came down last week on
business and while here put
some necessary repairs on his
hotel building.
We hear some talk here of 4Oc
corn.
There was a record crowd at
the Methodist church Sunday
night. The music was splendid
and Evangelist Hunt was at his
best, but he failed to ring the
bell somehow. Has satan a grip
on US?
Several from here attended
the funeral of Mrs. Nancy Carl
stead at Old Prairie Hill Sunday.
She was another in Isreal and a
noble woman.
Echoes from the election
should cease locally at any rate,
the spaSm is over.
Miss Rosalin Jennings, student
at Kirksville Normal spent the
week end with her mother, Mrs.
Kate jennings.
Xayer Miller is moving into
his new home on 2ud street pur.
chased from Mrs. F. M. Larch.
We welcome this fine family to
our city:
The roads were ideal for car
travel Sunday. but since that
time have been too damp.
Mrs M. E. Dobson and daugh-
ter have returned from a two
weeks visit to Slater, Mo.
j. w. McCully sold the vacant
lots on the south side of East End
street to Salisbury Lumber Co.
We look for a big lumber yard
thereon.
The Winkelmeyer Bros. have
rented the Odd fellow building
and will. occupy it for storage
and other purposes.
The protracted meeting at the
Methodist church is moving
along nicely. with big crowds,
I u
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

President-Elect Harding evil
IDENTIFY was not surfeited with
land-slides. He went to the
Panama Canal. to taper off,
however.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03
Pension Granted.

Mrs. Nancy C. Seneker of
Triplett has been granted a PEN
sion of $50 a month.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-12-03

Rev. viii CIayburg preached
at this place Sunday and Sunday
night.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04
QUICK THINKING
SAVED HIS LIFE
Wasta Farmer, Pinned Under
Burning Auto, Extinguished
Fire By Throwing
Snow on 1t.

Wasta, S. D., March IA narrow
escape from death, ana Il very I'M
usual circumstance figured in the
inquiry of Robert Bruce this week.
when he drove Il truck load or hogs
to market. On u narrow, difficult
road his big truck Slid off the side,
finally oVerturning. When it fell
the cab pinned his knee beneath it,
breaking the bone and splitting it
above the knee, but as he lay beneath
the machine, unable to extricate HIM
self, the gasoline Taxed and set the
car on fire.
BY heroic efforts, though fastened
down, Bruce was able to get enough
SNOW and dirt dashed on the fire to
eNtinguish it, and so saved himself
4 death by burning.
Eventually his friends who were
following him in an auto came upon
him. managed to raise the truck
enough to drag him out His eX-
traordinary experience still followed
him, for it was necessary to graft
a piece of the bone Of his other leg
into that of the injured member. He
is progressing nicely since the oper-
alton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04
NEW NATIONAL BANK
IN PROSPECT AT HURON

Pieere, S. D., March George
Wright, of Huron, has filed appli-
cation for the organization of new
bank for that city, with a capital
stock of 100000. The institution will
be national bank. The banking
department has the application for
the charter under consideration.
The secretary of state has char
tered the following corporation. Mid
way Accessory Company, of Sioux
Falls, capital stock, 100000.
Watertown Concrete Stave and
Silo Company, stock 100000.
Memo Commercial club; E. w.
Aisenrey, T.. j. Ritterhaus, ct al
Powder River Soldiers Oil Com
pany, of Yankton; 100000 stock.
Rosholt Light and Electric Com
pany, stock $4,000.
Bruce Bickelhaupt Company, Yank-
ton, 100000 stock.
Jones county farm bureau, of
Murdo.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04
BY w. A. MARTIN.
tional Crop Improvement service.1

National Crop Improvement Service.1
All of the agricultural colleges are
putting great stress on the reclama-
ton Of lard by pulling stumps and
digging bitches. All improved farm
land is increasing in value so that 1t
pays to buy ditching machinery and
control the water.
There is q man out In Sterling,
Kan, by the name Of j. w. Smyser
who had 1900 acres in a swamp
piece Of land which was not VIC 4
more than $25 an acre. Two yeats
ago he bought a ditching machine
and grader and used it on $50 acres
of very wet land, SO wet that moth
ing could be raised on it. Before
ditching he was unable to harvest a
crop on this land, even If he could
raise it, If the season was at all wet.
If there had been q wet spring he
could not plant crop. He says:
II wouldn't take S125 an acre for
this land. Since we used the ditcher
we Gun drive over the farm with n
car and we can harvest our wheat
with header or binder, without any
Inconvenience on account of mud.
land which Is now of no USE
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04
WOOD VISITS SERVICE
MEN IN HOSPITAL

Sioux Falls. S. D., March lon the
occasion of General Leonard Woods
visit here this week, he had num-
Der of engagements to fill. Here is
how he filed one that was not on the
list.
At McKennan hospital in the ex-
IRENE southeast part of the city are
more than score of service men, who
are still confined from wounds re-
ceived while they were fighting in
France. 1t was suggested to Mr..
Wood that he drop in and see them
before leaving the city.
will you so to the hospital first ?"
he was asked.
viii I go to the hospital first?
should say I will" emphatically re-
piled Mr.. Wood and the automobile
FASTENED the party in that direction.
At the hospital Mr. Wood was very
cordial, shook hands with all the men,
congratulated them on their service.
Inquired where they had been wound
ed, in what division and company
they had served. Throughout he ex-
hibited great degree of personal in
terest in the condition of the men
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04

Neither do the bitches bother, as we
ditched in such way as to leave no
deep, narrow bitches.
when the neighbors saw what a
good thing 1t was they employed IA
to ditch their wet lands, which we
did with great success.
I'VE now consider our land as good
as the best. yet at the time we
bought 1t people criticized our judg-
ment. We are now raising 40 bush
els of wheat to the acre on this land
and we believe that concerted effort
should be made to drain hundreds of
thousands of acres which are now
wet and Doggy.
Our ditching machine makes a
V-shaped furrow and we can go inst
as deep with 1t as we like.
Farm bureaus under the charge
OF competent county agents are
preaching this great doctrine and
there is not a county agent who does
not know how to 60 about it. You
can get the information right at
home as there is now county agent
in nearly every county. Our public
land is now all taken up and we must
!::c:csa oppoT tunities in swampy
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04
Soup de Jarnac."
From the New York Times.

One of the London dispatches made the
rather large and rash assumption that
president Wilson regards the letter of
V1scount Grey as "a veritable coup de
1arnac-a stab in the back" This as
sumption has double weakness-tha
presidents opinion OF the Grey letter is
as vet only matter Of conjecture, and
the coup de jarnac'' was not "a stab
in the back. 2
The second point. being demonstrate,
Is the safer subject Of comment, and
cit Is OF curious interest. for the Baron
de Jarnac--the rest of whose name was
Guy Chabot--was of good repute both
as gentleman and q soldier, as gem
tlemen and soldiers went in his day.
and 1t does seem pathetic that ever
since the middle of the 18th century his
fairly honest name should have been
linked with the idea OF striking treach-
erous blow.
This cruel injustice Is probably due to
the fact that, as q partisan OF the
Duchesse d Etampes. the sister of his
wife. he fought q duel with one "a
Chateignerie. who belonged to thu. party
Of the more famous Diane de Poitiers.
and gotet better Of him. The Baron
won. not by "a disloyal blow. but by: 4
new and one, seemingly 81
bis own invention. He gave his Zoe 4
sudden slash behind the knee, cutting
OF tia=TuscIui tendons that there
abound. and 80 brought the argument 10
q close.
La Cnateigneries friends, naturaIIy.
were annoyed at the downfall OF their
champion, and they took q revenge the
effectiveness OF which still endures IN
the common connatation of coup de
jarnac.,. r.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04
WOOD FOR PRESIDENT"
FORCES ARE ORGANIZED

Mitchell, s. ID. March 2--The Wood
fer President" forces in South Dakota
are well organized, with committee
men in every county in the state. Hon
S. y. Way, publisher of the Waters
town Public Opinion, is the campaign
director. The committeeman are as
follows:
A. O. Ringsrud, chairman, ELK Point
Urion county; Judge Carl Sherwood,
vice chairman, Clark, Clark county; II.
q, SturgIs' Beresford, Onion COUNTY;
county; Senator Carl Mohn,. Britton,
Marshall county; NJ. J. Void, Clear
Lake lake. deuel. county: p; w. Dougherty'
Willow Lakes, Clark county: James
Lyons, Howard, Miner county; Alan
Bogue, Parker, Turner county; T. c.
Burns: Mitchell, Dawson county: Yves
ley Clark, Redtield. Sphinx county; F.
w. Potts Mobridge, Walworth county;
J. II. Wooley, Highmore. Hyde county;
r. A. Rielski. Philip, Jackson county;
CO. bu Ellen Rapid City Bennington Gar
shall county; c: A. Sasse, Veblen. Mar
shall county; w. c: Lusk, Yankton.
nankton county; John Sutherland.
Mitchell, Dawson county; Mrs. Mable
Rewman, Deadwood Lawrence county;
Mrs, Ruth B. Nipple, Pierre. Hughes
county count Peter Tscharner, Lennon Per
Falls. Minnehaha county; Mrs. a. ..
Roop.. Salem, McCook county; r. H
Mccullough, Custer, Custer county; E.
W. Martin, Deadwood, Lawrence coun-
ty; II. r. Kenaston Bonesteel. Greg
ory county. A. Hoffman. Leola. Nc
Pherson county; w. II. Burch, Dallas
Gregory county; e. b. Harkin, Aber-
deem, Brown county: III. F. Atwater
Sturgis, Meade; Olaf Didem,s Brookings,
Brooktngs county; Joseph Flaa, Revillo,
Grant county; j. T. Belk. Henry, Cod
ington county; Harry A. Noltz. Winner.
Trip county: Percy II. Helm, Hot
Springs. Fall River county; Mrs. D. G.
Gallet. Aberdeen, Brown county; A.
Hoffman, Leola, Mcpherson county;
Mrs. e.. j. Turner, Sisseton. Roberts
county: Mrs. T. A. Harmon. Water
town. Codington county; Mrs. l.. r.
ErsSine, Mitchell, Dawson county; DR..
B. A. Bobb, Mitchell Dawson county;
w. S. Ayers, Dallas, Gregory county;
S. B. Mcconnell, Herrick Gregory
county; A. NJ. Church, Burke, Gregory
county; A. T. Hopkins, WATERFOWL,
Codington county; DIR. G. G. Gotham,
Sioux Fails. Minnehaha county; George
4. Speltz. st. Charles, Gregory county:
e. t. Lampy, WATERFOWL. Codington
Douglas Z county; Frank Lundak, Greg
Aberdeen. Brown county; John b.
Brady, Hamill. Tripp county; e. Y.
9oungeuist. Carter. Trip county.