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ernment for Nathanll W. Wilson in
l845. and subsequently conveyed by Viii
son to Middleton Singleton, the founder
Of the town. TheOriginal town was laid
out in 1857, and the lots were sold at
auction. Singleton. who was a graduate
Of the University of Missouri, named the
streets of the new town for certain pio-
neer citizens and business associates in
Boone County and Columbia. In these
early times saloon licenses wefe first fix
ed at 500 a year. Later, because the
citizens objected, the rate was reduced
to SIS.
In 1901 the town authorized the IS
sue of bonds TO the sum Of $500 to
build a city hall. By 1910 the debt in
CURED was paid off and in that year s45-
bonds were used to build waierworks
system. On the issue of bonds for $20.-
900, a sewer system was also constructed.
An electrical distributing system was ac-
quired in 1915 from the Mexico Power
Co. This system was combined with the
water and sewer plants. The bonded in
debiedness brought about by these i'm
provements is provided for in a sink
ing fund and is payable in 1890.
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or. and Hugo Hagen. H. II. Leutzow is
pastor Of this church.
The First Baptist Church was built in
1909 at a cost of $4,000 and today has
a membership of $40. 1t is Of red brick
and of dignifed and impressive style.
w. A. Simmons is the present minister
Of the c!inrch.
When a visitor expressed his surprise
that the churches Of Centralia were so
large and beautiful and wondered why
the memberships were 50 large, one Of
the citizens of the town said: THE peo-
pie of Centralia have always gone 10
church and taken a pride in making the
church buildings the most beautiful
places in the town. Our churches and
schools are the things We enjoy most and
are most proud Of.
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EN7'RALIA, TOWN OF BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES

ed Ceniralia; and there these abandoned
scOundrele stained anew their hands with
the blood Of defenseless and innocent
victims, md perpetrated robberies and
fiendish outrages on the most unlimited
scale. From eye witnesses TO all their
crimes there committed, We have learn
ed the narrowing particulars. The heart
sickeTs at the recital of the bloody deeds
of these inhuman butchers, in whose
hearts does not exist the fainiest spark
of moral feeling or of mercy"
NJ. S. BUSH TELLS OF BATTLE
NJ. s. Bush, proprietor of the Bush
Furniture Store and Undertaking Par.
lors of Centralia, and for thirty-six years
in business in that city, tells the follow
ing tale of the fight between the Union.
lists and the Rebels:
1T was on the Singleton farm-what
is now the Pemberton place-that Ander.
sons rebels and Johnson's troops met IN
the big fight near here about the end of
the Civil War. Middleton Singleton own.
ed most Of the land around these parts
at that time, but he wasn't here at the
time of the big fight. He was with Gen.
eral Sterling Price of the Confederate
Army and fearless. brave man he was.
My father named me after him.
johnson and his troops, compose
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four Confederales. the total casually for
that side. Frank James told me out of
his own mouth that their men never
fired until they saw the whites Of the
eyes. With pistol in one hand. the
bride rein in the other. they rode with
their heads laid flat on their horses
necks. The rebels yelled like Comanche
Indians. James said. We hypnotized
them so they couldn't fire and then we
shot EN- down. was the way he told it
TO me. Well. they chased the men that
were left TO about a quarter Of a mile
from Sturgeon. at least. eleven miles
from where the fight started. and only
fourteen men out of that band of more
i5an Zoe escaIed. The histories say that
800 were killed. but it couldn't have been
more than co. The last man to be sho;
wds a farmer named Marquette, and
James got him. He said he hated to
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may be, Johnson and the federal troops
rode out to the Singleton farm. near
which the rebels were cncamped. The
story Of the fight that followed came n
me partly from old Harvey Silver. VIZ.
watched the encounter from .rbonl.
house, and partly from the famous frank
James, who was with the Southern bovs
JOHNSON MAKES BIC MISTAKE
When the federal troops came riding
up, school was dismissed and the child.
Ten were hurried home. On flat stretch
of ground in the open was an old rail
fence. The federal soldiers pulled down
every other rail Of this fence and STA
toned men behind it. As the rebels came
10 the edge of the timber. half mile
away. they dismounted to tighten their
saddle girihs. And here was where
Johnson made his big mistake. The
tools, he said. they are going TO fight
on foot. Accordingly. he made his mer
disDount and told each fifth man to hold
the horses of the others.
The COnfederaies remounied. Oh
Harvey Silver said the rebels horse.
went from a trot to a gallop and from
a gallop TO a dead run. Johnson's men
got excited and began firing from sucb
a distance as to have slight effect or
their enemy's ranks. Their shots killed
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Boyle Gordon. They were' going to a
Union meeting at Mexico. The soldiers
asked their names but we're answered
with fictitious ones. Before the passen-
gers could be searched. the ST. Louis
train arrived and took the attention Of
the guerillas.
Logs and railroad ties were thrown in
front of the train to stop ii and shots
were fired through the coaches. The pas
sengers, numbering about $50. were rob
bed, and the express and baggage cars
were looted. On the train were twenty
three Union soldiers, some of whom we're
wounded. The rebels confiscated all Of
their clothes ihst they wanted and then
lined them up outside TO be shot. Most
Of the Federals we're unarmed, and not
a shot was fired by any of them during
tii:s time. Only one escaped death,
sergeant whom they wished to trade for
a prisoner. Most of the Union soldiers
died Immediately, but those WHO were
wounded and tried to hide were dragged
out from their shelter and shot down.
The train was then set fire to and the
engineer was ordered to start it down The
track and then jump off. He did this.
but so fixed the engine that it ran only
about two and half miles and stopped.
The four coaches burned. The rebels
rt:urned to their camp near Singleions
farm.
MAJOR JOHNSON DEFEATED
Major A. V. E. Johnson with 80
Union soldiers had been ordered to pur-
sue and engage in fight these guerillas.
The residents of Ceniralia tried to dis
suade him. but he followed the guenllas
10 camp and was there defeated by them
on account Of his small number of n.en,
poor weapons and slow horses. No
quarter was given OF received and Of the
I20 Federal soldiers that fought, l08 fell
dead on the field.
Johnson was defeated and after this
skirmish the gueIillas returned 70 Cen
tralia where they even killed marmel
civilians.
X. B. Price who went to Centralia
from Columbia a few davs after the mas
sacre, said of ii, 1t was certainly 4
bloody affair, one of the worst of the
war"
Dean Walter Williams went over the
scene of the massacre and has since
written history Of the affair, as did Col. |
L. NJ. Switzler. then editor of the Mis-
souri Statesman. The Statesman for Fri
day. September 80. three days after the (
massacre. begins with the following de- /
of it:
CALLS THEM MURDERERs
THE notorious murderer and robber,
Bill Anderson. after making an ineffectd-
al attack on Fayette on Saturday, crossed I,
he north Missouri Railroad above Stur-
geon, and turning, came into Roone, east
IF Centralia. On Tuesday morning last, I
Anderson and his murderous crew enter
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plete Sunday school plan; with accom-
modations for all kinds Of modern church
work. There are twenty separate class
rooms, an auditorium, lecture room. gal
leries, pastors study and choir room on
the main focr In the basement is a
Sunday school lecture room, a kitchen
with dishes and equipment and dining
room. The contract for a new $1,000
organ has already been made and will be
installed before Easter.
The 900 members who belong to this
church raise 4 yearly budget of 5000 a
year. Its pastor. L. II. Ouo, came to the
church folr months ago from Oklahoma
City. Okla. Mr. Otto took the degrees Of
A. B. and A. NJ. from the University of
Missouri.
In 1867, the First Christian Church
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shoot the man, because he had the grit
and gave hard scrap.
THE men were buried right where
they were killed. but in 1875, the bodies
Of .he Union men were moved TO Jeffer-
son City. The fcur Confederate soldiers
that were killed were buried in Pleasant
Grove Cemetery near Ceniralia and their
bodies still lie there.
FRANK JAMES RETURNS IN 1896
1T must have been in 1895 or 1896"
Mr.. Bush said. when | was mayor Of
Cenlralia, that Frank James returned
here and told me his side Of the story.
He came from Columbia where he had
been acting as starter at some horse
races and entertained him while he was
in Cenlralia.
We drove out TO the old Pleasant Grove
Cemetery and other places. taking with
us two reporters, Walter Williams, now
dean of the School Of Journalism, and
James Kelly Poole, editor of the Courier
and at one time secretary of the building
commission for new capitol at Jefler-
son City, We tried to keep ii quiet, but
somehow the people found out who We
had with us and about $50 followed us
to the cemetery. Among these were the
son and grandson of Marquette, whom
James had killed in the battle at the
Singleton farm. They came up and
shook hands with him.
''One Of the questions We aslsed Frank
James was, After the war was over, why
didn't you 90 ZONE and quit!' His
answer was They wouldn't let us lie
pointed out to US the mammoth pine
under which the Confederate men were
buried and said he remembered the en-
counter as if it were yesterday. When
he left here, he went to St. Louis, where
he lived for scme time Lefore his death.
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CLOTH AND SILK BUTTONS
Make Best Trimmings for Dresses. They
are made or premises in all Styles and
Sizes same day you order.
/. WOLFSON, Ladies' Tailor.
Miller Building Phone 834
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Centralia Has mo Mans Land"
Small Strip Owned by No One

In the central part Of the city of Cen
tralia lies a strip of land that belongs
TO no one. This ground. about ten feet
in width, lies between the original icwn
and the later additions. and is referred
to by citizens as "No Mans Land"
In the making Of the lithographs, ell
of the blocks were laid out east and west.
in line with the park, but through some
error this alley was omitted. AT this
time a great number of lots were sold
and the deeds executed. By order Of
Judicial official in 1888. the proprietor
had the lithograph plat of the town cor
rec;ed and the deed TO it recorded in the
recorders cfilce of Boone County. BY
ihe amended plat, the ground eliminated
was thrown TO the southern boundary
Of the town near the city park.
The land on which the city is located
was patented by the United States gov
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
BENEFIT GIVEN
AT CENTRALIA
First Christian Church Mission
airy Society Has Program
Tonight.

The Missionary Society Of the First
Christian Church of Centralia will give
a benefit at the church tonight. The pro-
gram will consist of Il reading by Miss
Imogene Outright. a drill by some girls
and a play. THE Old Maids Club
The cast of characters in the play is:
Miss Luella Matilda Primrose, president
.............M Mrs. B. B. Outright
Susan Jane Hopewell, vice-president
............ Miss Mary Ridgway
Marie Jane Hopewell, treasurer
................... Mrs. Jim Hunt
Sallie Brown. secretary Mrs. T. Pat Penie
Dora Dooliitle E. Miss Arlene McCauslin
Faith Snowmore =. Miss Frances Palmer
Julia Jones .... Mrs. Charley Riley
Maude Hopeworth, Mrs. Emma Garrard
Mary Elizabeth Smith
............ Miss Katherine NaylOr
Viola LOngfeiiow 80. Mrs. Ariie Green
LuCretia de Witt =. Miss Maude Squires
Martha Weinhauber Mrs. David Hulen
Lucy Rosebud ...... Mrs. Harry Stone
Betsy Bobineet ...... Mrs. La Force
Young Lady, double of Luella
commitment. Miss Imogene Outright
Dora ............ Miss Helen Austene
Tommy Doolittle, assistant treasurer
Virgil Neele
Phillip Andrew James, newspaper re-
porter ........... Frank Denton
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10 them. Even bolts Of goods and baby
shoes were included in their plunder In
the station they found keg of whiskey
and a box Of rubber boots After drink
ing all the liquor they wanted, they car
Iied the rest in the boots to their CON-
rades in camp.
ROB STAGE PASSENGERS
Some Of the gaerillas then remember
ed the stage which ran between Colum-
bia and Cenlralia. They met it just as
it was coming into town. stopped il and
robbed the passengers. In the stage were
five Columbians: ]. s. Rollins, J. H.
Waugh, J. NJ. Samuel, Henry Keene and
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mainly Of recruits from Audrian County.
were in Ceniralia in the early fall of
1864, when they heard that some of the
Confederate forces were near by. We
begged johnson not to go out Of the
town and told him that the soldiers he
was going to meet were the redoubtable
Anderson men. but he was stubborn. He
didn't believe that it was this company
of course, or he wouldn't have gone. 1t
was said of the Anderson men that they
rode with a pistol in each hand, and that
firing from beneath their horses necks.
they could hit pint cup fastened on a
tree that was a block away. | never did
believe these tales though. However thai
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iralia had at the time two hotels, two
stores. school and depot. There were
four two-story buildings in the town, one
Of which was the predecessor Of the New
Globe Hotel. The depot was the only
other large building, and had been newly
built
First the troops entered the stores and
houses, taking everything that they could
find, whether or not it would be of use
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Beautiful Churches and Schools
Are the Pride of Centralia

was located in a modest frame house
with fifteen or twenty members. A little
later a regular pastor was called. The
house served the purposes of the congre.
cation for twenty years when new brick
building was built. Ia 1890, the present
structure was put up, block from the
old building.
The Allen Street Methodist Church
was built in 1912 at a cost of $4,000.
i; is Of stone and of a picturesque de-
sign. The membership Of the church is
approximately go. Besides serving the
people Of the church as a place Of wOr-
ship the building is used for concerts.
Last Sunday a. concert was given there
by Giovanni Sperande, Italian lyric ten
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Centralia is located near the center Of
the richest states OF the Union; it has
two progressive manufacturing concerns,
an efficient cooperative elevator, first
class high school and grade school; tso
railroads 60 through the town; yet none
Of the things are mentioned with as great
pride as the fact that in no other town
Of the state can be found three as beau
tiful churches as in Centralia.
The property owned by these three or
CARNATIONS is estimated at approximately
Sl50,000.
The First Christian Church is a large
brick building. valued at $4,000. and
situated one block south of the city
square. The building contains i COM
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BATTLE IN "a
FOUGHT CLOSE
TOCENTRALIA
M. S. Bush Tells of Fight Be-
tween Johnson's Troops
and Anderson's Rebels
on Singleton Farm.
FEW UNIONISTS ESCAPED
The Famous Frank James Was
in Encounter-Retamed
to Visit Spot Many
Years Later.

When eighty men, dressed in blue, the
Federal color, approached Centralia
about ten o'clock on the morning of Sep
iember y, 1864, the citizens of the town
thought them Union soldiers, and dis
covered. only when they arrived in town,
that they were Southern guerillas. Even
then they did not realize for what pur-
pose the troops had come, until they saw
the train fired upon. men killed without
hesitation and stores and houses plumber
ed.
Although tie massacre at CentTalia
was one Of the most bloody parts of the
Civil war few people here understand its
Importance or know much about it, Cen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-12

Pearl White. who IL appearing AZ
the Colonial theatre In Know
Your Men," has an emotional part
OF a high type Ia this production.
II IL the story OF a girls awakening
TO the realities Of life and Us hard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-12

A Eunstcck hes bcen invented that
absorbs 10 per cent OF tho guns
recoil.
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LOIS WEBER DEFENDS
GIRLS WHO BOB HAIR

Lois Weber. n woman. woman and
the producer OF 'sThe Blot" being
shown nj the Liberty this week. re-.
sents the attitude recently taken by
70 weliknown business man with re.
gard TO hobbed hair. This man Is
quoted as saying: The girl who
hobs her hair il light headed. She
never has her mind on her work and
Ia usually Flip
Miss Weber. out 70 defend mem-
b~rs OF her sex who have bccn con.
vcried 10 the fad. says: women
should be congratulated for wearing
their hair bobbed. In any OF the
fashionable and smart places you will
see girls from the best families, per.
sons Of culture. with bobbcd hair.
In offices thousands Of intelligent
girls are answering the fad. Let this
man try having long hair and see
u he II light~headed because he cuts
II off. Norma and Constance Tai.
madge. Irene Castle. Naximova and
Ruth Roland are some actresses who
have fallen for the craze"
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Canxda's census this year cost
the government 4nore than $4,000.
GOO
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Extension Courses
of u About to Omen

Extension service work under the
auspices OF the University OF Wash.
ington will begin this year Sep.
TENDER Is. with class In Money
and Banking. conducted by Prof.
II. r. Smith. Other classes 10 fol.
low within the same week include
public speaking. history OF English
drama. accounting. economies. and
Latin American commercial laws.
Registration for the work is being
conducted Mt 1904 Henry Building.
in which building the classes will
be held during evenings OF the com,
ing winter.
A class In millinery viii be super.
vised by Mrs. V. Patty at the Home
Economies hall. University campus,
beginning September 81, on Tues.
days. from 10 10 IL A. m.
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After the show. wen so to Boldt's.
advertisement.
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night by Robert Bryant. seaman.
in quarrel.
Bryant field. and Is being hunted
by police.
Hall was taken 70 the city hos
pitaI. suffering from deep flesh
wounds on the head. shoulders and
back.
The fight started. II Is said. when
Bryant heard Hall tell a companion
that he was crazy.
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WINTER GARDEN
The fact that you can never tell
just shat II going 20 happen.
whether when you are down TO your
last sou and tho clouds hang over
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NOc1[pG.l6l


LIBERTY
Claire Windsor. former Seattle
Girl. Is cast In the leading role OF
Tho Blot" The Lois Weber produc.
ton being shown at the Liberty this
week. Miss Windsor recently Great.
ed nationwide interest last month
when she failed to return from a
horseback ride. Charlie Chaplin.
famous film comedian. was among
the searchers for the former Seattle
girl. She was found later by the
roadside. where she had been thrown
from her horse.
blue MOUSE
REX Ingram. director OF The
Four Horsemen OF the Apocalypse. /"
the film play being shown at the
Hue Mouse this week. Is one Of the
screens youngest directors. fngram's
youth IL said 10 he largely re.
sponsibie for the success OF the great
production OF Vicente Blnsco
Ibanex's great story. Rudolph Val
rntion and Alice Terry play In the
leading roles OF the production.
STRAND
THE Old Nest" the biz Gold
wyn production which Is showing
at the Strand this week. II one Of
the best mother pictures ever
filmed. according TO many OF the
people who viewed the film yes.
teriay and Saturday. ''Thc Old
Nest" In mingled with nathos ard
iumor and II strong in It's dramatic
situations. Mary Alden. well known
screen mother character. plays the
mother in Tho Old Nest"
CIEMMER
Director Philip r.. Rosen. who
held the megaphone in May All.
sons latest starring picture for
Metro. 'Extravagance." which IL be.
Ing shown at the ciemmer theatre
this week. got quick action from his
company IN the scene that called
for q midnight plunge In the Pa.
cific. In explaining TO the some.
what reluctant gathering II would
not be 80 disawreeahle. Rosen as.
sured them tina, he had prepared
hot drinks for them In the dressing
room. Fun OF anticipation they
took the dive and then hurried 10
the dressing tent where they found
hot coffee. There was much dis
appointment.
COLISEUM
Movie fans are taking advantage
of the double bill being shown At
tho Coliseum theatre this week.
Nobody" First National pro
ductlon. and "Moongold." rscrralse
and pierrot story. arc both being
shown on this weeks bin. Jewell
Carmen plays the leading role ia
Nobody" with the support OF
Kenneth Harlan. Lois Bartlett and
Dudley Hawisy play the leads in
.MoonEold."
WINTER GARDEN
The fact that you can never tell
just shat Il going 20 happen.
whether when you are down 10 your
last sou and tho clouds hang over
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Tax Commission of
State Starts Tour

with tour of the Southwestern
Washington communities the Wash.
ington state taxation commission
VIII begin investigation this week.
The first meeting was 10 be held In
Tacoma Monday morning. the sec.
ond in Aberdeen Monday afternoon.
The third will be held Tuesday
morning in Chehaiis. Among taxa.
ton problems TO be investigated
are personal income tax. business
tax. a property tax on land. and a
personal citizenship tar.
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THE VERY LATEST
WORN BY FILM STAR

Have you seen the latest nesIigees
in the filmsg A very nifty one worn
by Jewel Carmen in Nobody" was
inspired by the native male costume
OF China The material Is soft old
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blue China silk. designed with Z chok.
er collar and Chinese sleeves ana
trousers. The only Trimming con.
sists Of orange tassels and old blue
pajama frogs.
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your head. your luck may change.
or vice versa. whether calamity may
not be around the corner AT the
hcydey OF prosperity. was used as
the foundation OF "A fascinating pic
ture. "IAfe'a Darn Funny" starring
Viola Dana. which Is now showing
at the Winter Garden theatre. The
story il from Christine SHADES Sat.
urday Evening Post story. Care
takers within"
REX
Mel BRADY was shrcwd and ~
sourrefui eiri. living in New york'a
lower East Side. with her iovabie old
uncle. 'Sunc" Brady. who made his
living by cracking safes. Mel was
q member Of the gang and was one
OF the eleverest fhoplifters In the
side" How she IL caught becomes
adopted by wealthy woman and
plays with the peculiar twists Of for.
tune IL told In The Great Profit.
the picture featuring Edith Storey.
being shown at the Hex theatre this
week.
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