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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30
Whitlock- Barge -McGrath Recital at
Union Church.

Mrs. S. r. Towns in importuning
The Leader to "say something" a.
bout the recital at Union Church CIV
en- by Brookhaven's two gifted
young artists assisted by Weldon
Whitlock, of Chicago, has so beau
tifully and sincerely done 1t herself
that without asking her permission
we are publishing just what Mrs.
Towns has said in a private letter.
"It was perfectly splendid from
beginning to end Union Church has
long been known as a religious cen
ter through DR.. Grafton, but we feel
like now the coming of this delight
full trio to our humble little village
has put Union Church on the map. I
think the very fact Of Weldon Whit
locks being so young makes him all
the more wonderful. I loved all his
selections but believe the ones that
took best with the audience was the
''Elegy" by Massanet and the negro
melody Nobody Knows de Trouble
I've Seem His singing together with
his attractive personality, won his
way into the hearts Of the audience
and held them from his first number
to the last. think his enunciation
was so good, understood perfectly
every word he sang. He truly has
brilliant future before him.
And Elsie-she. is wonder---a
marvel-isn't she2 have been In
terested in her ever since / heard her
as child eleven years ago, during
the South Mississippi Field Meet,
when she won in the piano contest.
1t seems to me she has been winning
honors ever since, and she more than
deserves them. My piano pupils can
talk Of nothing but Miss Barge, and
wonder if she ever made mistake.
They don't believe she could. Altho
LISTS Hungarian Rhapsodie, No.
IL. was her masterpiece she FIRST cap
tivated her audience in LaGazelle, by
Kullak.
And Jay McGrath, words fail me
when l try to describe the effect his
music has upon me. He Is truly q
Master Of the Violin" His manly
poise, the graceful carriage. the al
most angelic look upon his counte-
nance when he is playing makes you
feel that surely this is akin to Hea-
ven. With what ease and grace his
fingers touch the bow and what won-
derful, tender, substituting tones
issue forth when that bow touches
the strings. l have heard many vio-
linists, but there Is something about
Jay McGrath's playing that touches
the heart strings and sets them uuiv-
ering with an ecstasy that is almost
akin to pain. From the first note Of
the Spanish symphony to the closing
strains Of Ave Maria he kept his hold
upon the audience and many we're
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30
Baseball Diamond Being Improved
Meeting Tomorrow Night.

Work under the direction Of an ex-
perienced base ball diamond expert is
going on at the city park and play
ground. All Of the old diamond has
been plowed UP and relaid and it will
be rolled and leveled before finished,
which win Of course make an already
L. H. Bowen, G. 3. Powe, enrolled.
The directors Of the base ball as
sociation are also busy corresponding
with prospective players to flI out
the team, which will be one Of the
best Brookhaven has had in many
years. A meeting of both stock
holders and directors will be held to-
morrow night at the City Hall at
1880. all interested in baseball be-
ing expected to attend.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30

wishing it was just the beginning of
the program instead of the close.
The Violin Obligato added much
to the Elegy sung by Mr.. Whitlock.
The burst of applause brought them
back to the stage, and as all good
things must come to close they
gave as final encore a beautiful
Indian melody, the strains of which
followed music-lovers as they wended
their way homeward."
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Darling
woodmsn Of the World Insurance at
Cost Society.

Special features; Definite amount
paid up insurance; cash surrender; (;
total disability; double payment for
specific accidental death. Edgar
Green. District Manager, Woodmen
Hall. Office Hours 8 to 10 a. m.
4 to s p. m. All day Saturdays.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30
Dairy Meeting.

The Lincoln County Dairymen's
Association will hold meeting at the
Court House at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning, April End. Important bus
iness will come before the meeting.
All members should be present.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30

tion has sent out over three hundred
requests to wholesalers and manu-
facturers to take advertising space
in their Lincoln County Fair Cata-
logue. They are having wonderful
success in liberal responses.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30

There was class Of eight CONFIRM
ed at st. Francis Church Sunday. The
music furnished by the gifted choir
was distinguishing feature Of the
Easter service.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30
Card of Thanks.

To our Baptist brethren who so
kindly and generously remembered
us with the handsome purse received
we wish to express our unbounded
gratitude and Thanksgiving for the
love and appreciation shown and for
the helpfulness that accompanied the
gift. May God bless each one of
our good friends.
Sincerely,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30

The Senior Play at Whitworth
College will begin promptly at 500
o'eloek Friday evening.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30

After the dust Of the Easter time
the Sunday night rain was welcomed.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30

L. RUSSELL ELLZEY.
County Supt. Of Education.
Brookhaven. Miss, Mar. 20, 1921. :
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-03-30
ColOred Teachers examinations.

Examinations for colored teachers
Of Lincoln County will be held at the
Court House on Thursday, April Z,
Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April
8.
All interested will take due notice
and be on hand promptly on the dates
set.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-21
SEA DIVER FIGHTS
 FOR LIFE IN WELL

VENTURA, Cal, Dec. 21. - Amelia Musser Behrens. a sea-diver, estab- lIshed an endurance record at a ranch near here when she remained 162 feet below the ground in twen- ty-four-inch pipe, with forty-five feet of water over her head, for period of three hours.
 Captain Henry Behrens, father of the young woman. was called to the ranch to recover some valuable tools that had fallen into a partially com pleted oil we'll Behrens was too large to descend into the well. and his daughter volunteered to make the descent.
 Wearing a suit weighing t46 pounds. she made the trip to the bot tom five times. On the final trir she stuck fast. and it was with Era9t difficulty she extricated herself. Her diving suit was torn. and she slf- fered a severe cut on one of her hands But she got the lost tools.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-21
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT KEMP
 HAS ACQUIRED MANY DEGREES
Undergraduate" Now in His Sixties, Must Con- tinue as Student to Get Annuity, According to Story on Campus Where He First Cavorted Away Back in the Early Eighties

liam would beat it away from his studies at the college But he hasn't tried to beat it yet, and he has plugged along for forty-one years as an enrolled student He is still en- rolled in the registrars office as a student.
 FORBIDDEN TO MARRY
 The rumors of the campus go on to say that another clause in this strange will forbids Kemp to marry It also says he must make the col lege, or part of the college, his dormitory. For he has never mar ried. He has been living for a num- Der of years in Livingston Hall, off South Field. where his lamp burns brightly every night
 Other students may worry for fear they will funk and fail to get honorable mention, but Kemp con stantly fears that he will pass and be turned out into the cold, cruel world without his annuity. And, as everyone knows, there are few things in this old world more helpless or more dependent upon public char ity and beneficience than a college Loy sent out into the well-known world without an annuity
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-21

NEW YORK, Dec. 2l. William Cullen Bryant Kemp, now in his for ty-first undergraduate year at Colum- bia University, will be a rah-rah boy for the rest of his life. He cavort- ed on the Columbia campus with Nicholas Murray Butler back in 1880 pr. Butler is now President of Co., lumbia and has achieved various kinds of fame, while Kemp is still a student, a man in the sixties. with iron-gray hair, rather portly and with very snappy eyes. Also, he wears a cane.
 Kemp's real reason for sticking to Columbia is a dark and deep secret that has never ben penetrated by his most intimate acQuaintances and friends at the college All sorts of stories have developed among his classmates as to what keeps him grinding out at his studies all these years. with no hope of relief. Most boys at college go through their four years acquiring learning with always the same aim in view-to get it over with.
 HAS ALL THE DEGREES
 But it is different with Kemp. He doesn't look upon his college course as a matter of drudgery. He will not be interviewed or photographed, but his unusual academic career is fla miliar to the students of Columbia. Kemp with his poetic name, has ac- quired all the degrees that can be conferred-A. B, A. NJ, LIB, Ph.D., n. D.. LID, NJ. F., C. F., Nj. D., D. D. s. and a few others. His great est degree, however, was conferred by his fellow students-that Of P. S, meaning Perpetual Student
 Kemp has not yet tackled such sub iects as archaeology, paleontology, ornithology, anthropology and few other "ologies." But give him time.
 Among the many stories circulat- ed about Kemp is that he was sen tenced for life to be a student of Columbia The students say this sen tence was imposed upon him in his freshman year because he did not study hard enough. He was q fresh man at the college in 1880. College gossip says that this man had relative who was worried over his lack of application to his studies and devised a unique method for making him learn. To this end he left an annuity of $2.5OO to William. provid- ing he could only draw this sum by remaining registered and charted student of the university. If ever he left the classic seat of learning he could wave goodbye to the annuity.
 Another version of the will left by this fond relative is that he left the money to Kemp through fear Will
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-21

Professional kodak finishing. Scar borough. Agency at Cordova drug store.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-21
TRAPPERs ATTENTION

Highest cash prices paid for raw furs.
 FINKELSTEIN & SAPIRO. Inc.
The Republican journal., 1921-11-24
The News of Belfast
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

II. H. Coombs & Co. offer dry and fam
,y GOODS for the fall and holiday shop
pers,
The Direct Importing Co. offers
THANKSGIVING specials.
Lewis A. Cannon & Co. advertises
winter storage for batteries.
Central Maine Power Co. suggests dec
5rstive lampsfor Christmas.
The homestead of the late Thomas w.
Pitcher is offered for sale.
Bert L. Davis advertises a wonderful
eo.Iection of pants to all interested.
Coleman Sheldon offers sleigh for sale.
II. J. Locke & Son calls attention to
.uer line of iewelry, watches, Nutting
pictures, etc, to the Christmas shopper.
Mrs. Flora Littlefield publishes a card
Of thanks.
The Waldo Trust Co. ad1ertises the
gdyantages of checking account.
Pullman Pants Factories wants stitch
sEs.
Fred D. Jones quotes special prices on
Speedway sleds,
See adv. of furnished apartment want
si
T. E. Littlefield, Waldo Station, offers
Ford roadster and other things for sale.
Mrs Isaac S. Hills advertises Spencer
2ejuveno corsets and supports.
Ihe City National Bank advertises their
Christmas Savings Club.
The Republican journal., 1921-11-24

Mrs. C. I. Whitmore has been spending
The past year in Northport, but after
Thanksgiving will be prepared to resume
1er work of nursing.
Capt. Basil r. Allen returned to his
aome on Congress street last eFrlday after
successful operation for appendicitis at
,he Tapley Hospital.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs had
pleasant dance in their hall Tuesday
svening under the direction of Fred G.
Spinney and A. j. Clary with music by
McKeen's orchestra. There was good
attendance.
Robert C. Ward has sold his bowling
alley in the Coliseum building to Mahlon
Boynton of Madison, who will conduct it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward will leave soon for
Brockton, Mass, the latter's home, where
.hey will spend the winter.
Albert L. Gunner was called to North
Easton, Mass, Monday by the death of
hs brother, Frank H. Gunner, formerly
Of St. Albans, Eng, and well known
here. He was thirty-five years old and
one of the best of young men. His wife
snd two small children survive him.
Owing to the bad weather the steamer
Belfast was held at RockIand last Thurs
day night on her way to Boston. She
returned here Saturday about noon and
left again for Boston Sunday about $50
., N. She is still having an unusual
amount of freight both to and from Bos-
ton
A large number of worthy families were
made happy Wednesday by the receipt of
baskets of supplies for their Thanksgiving
dinner through the thoughtfulness of he
Universalist League. The response to
the Leagues appeal was very gratifying
and included money as we'll as vegetables,
fruits, etc.
BASKET BALL. The High school is
enthusiastic over a series of inter class
basket ball with both boys and girls
teams. The lineup and schedule are not
yet ready. The first game will take place
IN the Armory this, Thursday, afternoon,
when the Seniors and Juniors play. In
the evening the Belfast High will play
the Brooks High and the Hszeltine Post
will play Company X.
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23
PYTHIANS TO HOLD
DOUBLE CELEBRATION

The knights of Pythias will hold a
combined celebration of the Tooth an
niversary-of Missouri and of the fif-
tieth anniversary Of the institution of
the Grand Lodge of the Grand Do
main of Missouri, in six districts of
the state, beginning October 8 ami
ending October 8.
The districts will meet according to
the following schedule: October 8 ir
Boonville, October in Cameron, 0c-
tober 5 in Nevada, October 6 in
Springfield, October Z in Campbell
and October in St. Charles.
The program will be divided into
two sections allowing the afternoons
for the comforting of the Page rank
upon candidates, and devoting the
Evenings to functions that will be
open to the public. The iniatory
work will be done by the best teams
of the order, some of which include
celebrated dramatists.
One thousand candidates are ex-
pected to receive the rank of Page at
St. Charles October 8.
John Garnett is in Kansas City
this week.
H. B. Richardson was in Salisbury
Wednesday on court business.
Miss Thelma Mitchell spent satur-
day and Sunday at home.
J. A .Haskin and wife of Dalton
were here Wednesday.
Mrs. Edgar Wilks and two children
are visiting Mrs. Dinsmore in Kansas
City this week.
Mrs. Elbert Fidler and Mrs. Eva
Dunn visited Mrs. Chas. Hayes last
Friday afternoon.
Glen Jeter and family are now liv-
ing in their property which they pu-S
chased from Mrs. Edgar Tisdale.
Arthur knight and family Of
Brunswick spent Sunday with the lat
tiers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.yE.
Mitchell. 9
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23

IIN x Il
Faye johnson started TO Salisbury
thigh school last Monday.
Sunday is brother Clayburg's APP
pointment at Eccles.
L Mrs. Henry Davis spent Sunday
with Mrs. Rutledge.
Mrs. Waller Mccurry is visiting at
Clarence McCurray's this week.
Will Kincaid and family visited at
/. N. Jaco's home one day last week.
Rev. Smith failed to fill his APP
pointment here Sunday on account OF
sickness.
Alex Grindstaff left Monday for
the hospital at st. Joseph for an
operation.
Win l'incaid and family returned
to their home near Marceline last
week.
~ AIS. WcSicy UHitS aiiu UaDy 'isi1,t
ed her mother, Mrs. Rutledge last
Sunday. s
Several of John @. Perkins neigh
bors and friends visited at his home
last Sunday.
Mart Shoemaker who has been SER
iously i'll is able to be UP. We hope
he continues to improve.
Misses Zelta Mae Farthling and
Roxie Jones attended the pie supper
at the Parks school house last Fri
day.
Mrs. l. N. Jaco and. daughter, Mrs.
Walter johnson spent last Friday
with Mrs. Chas. Epperly and Grand
ma Embree.
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23
1MussELFoRK
John Maghley is On the sick list.

John Mashley is on the sick list.
Mrs. Jim Evans.is on the sick list.
Norma Drew spent Sunday with
Florence Price.
Virginia Price spent the week end
with home folks.
Minnie viers spent last week with
Mrs. Albert Waller.
George Lewis and wife we're shopp-
ing in Marceline Saturday.
Mrs. ]. A. washam spent Wednes-
day with Mrs. A. j. Price.
Beulah Evans and friend visited
friends at Marceline Sunday.
The funeral of Roscoe Mott, son Of
]. w. Mott was held at Pee Dee Sun
day.
Claude Johnson is visiting his sis
ter Mrs. Albert Evans at this writ
ing. H
Mason Long was able to start to
school again after an absence Of
several days.
Several from this community are
attending the tabnacle meeting at
Bynumville.
H. l.. Hands and family of Mar
celine spent Sunday at the home of
j. A. Washam.
William Drew and family, Mrs.
Lawrence Hammond and Mrs. Nc
Cart spent Sunday at Will Drews.
George Dowell and family moved
to the Dell Brown place south of
Echo. Their former home was in
Marceline.
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23
B. B. SCHEDULE FOR
CHARLTON COUNTY, 1921

First Week, Sept. %
Sumner at Salisbury.
Prairie Hill at Triplett.
Mendon at Brunswick.
Second week, Sept. 80
Keytesville at Sumner.
Brunswick at Prairie Hill.
TripIett at Mendon.
Third week, Oct. 7
Prairie Hill at Keytesville.
Salisbury at Triplett.
Sumner at Brunswick.
Fourth week, Oct. IA
Salisbury at Brunswick.
Keytesville at Mendon.
Triplett at Sumner.
Fifth week, Oct. 26
Salisbury at Prairie Hill.
Mendon at Sumner.
Triplett at Keytesville.
Sixth week, Nov. IL
Prairie Hill at Mendon.
Keytesville at Salisbury.
Brunswick at Triplett.
Seventh week, Nov. IS
Mendon at Salisbury.
Brunswick at Keytesville.
Sumner at Prairie Hill.
The girls schedule will be arrange'
" the coaches of the several schools
\ cup will be given for both girls an
'oys basket ball champions on a pc"
entage basis.
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23
SCHOOL NOTES

Miss McCann has taken charge Of
the orchestra, and under her compe-
tent direction the orchestra is in Z
fair way to regain what il, lost during
the summer. Miss Hutchinson, the
former director, is training the girls
basketball team, and the chances are
good that she will turn out another
winning team as last year.
Two more seniors enrolled in our
high school last Monday, making a
total Of 10. The fact that there are
more boys than girls in the class is
very unusual.
Wednesday morning DR.. J, B.
Stokes came over to the Keytesville
high school and helped the sanitation
class by showing them the way to
examine the heart.
The senior class finds their work
in physics to be interesting as well as
hard. They have been dwelling up
on the art of changing an electro
scope for several days.
A basket ball game with Hunts
,,;lla was scheduled for Friday. not
a conference game, but good practice
for the boys.
Buck White of the firm of Mackie
G. Harlon and Ola Gordon, head clerk
for the Richardson Drug Co.. are tax
ing their mental capacity trying 20
decide whether or not X. H.. S. woull
add one or more molecules to their
brains.
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23
FROM THE SUMNER STAR

Not enough attendtion is paid to
street traffic rules in Sumner, and it
is only matter of time until some
one is killed or seriously injured if
the jay driving practices are not dis
continued. Most any night you can
see motorists headed down the left
side of the street, some with one
light and others with no light at all.
1t is extremely dangerous for the
man driving team to be on the
left side after dark, as he carries
no lights, and in case of head-on-
collision with an automobile the mo-
torist would be held blameless. We
believe the authorities should put up.
"Keep to Right signs at the intersec-
ton of principal streets, and to see
that the regulation is observed. Don't
wait until reckless driving is the
cause of funeral.
Mrs. Frank Linscott was called TO-
Kansas City Thursday by the illness
of her daughter, Miss Lent,
who was injured by a street car in
that city some months ago, and from
which she has never fully recovered.
The Sumner base ball team tasted
its first defeat of the season last Sun
day when they We're defeated by the
Forker team, IL to 8. 1t is said,
however, that Forker won only be-
cause they were assisted by Sum
ner talent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Bloss of Rem
ick, Mo-, arrived in Sumner Tuesday
afternoon with the body of their little
girl, Hazel Irene, who died at their
home Sunday evening, Sept II. De-
ceased was three years, one month
and 13 days old. The funeral was
conducted by Rev. Siegel at the home
of Mr.. Bloss' mother, Mrs. Foster, iii
this place on Wednesday morning.
Burial was made at Lakeside.
Laclede will have a one-day fair
on Saturday, Sept "a. They have
offered many premiums, and there
will be speaking, music and a ball
game between the Sumner and La
clede teams.
Six inches of rain fell over the
central portion of Carroll county in a
short period of time Monday after
noon. Creek bottoms were inundat-
ed and a number of bridges wash
ed out. A bridge on the
K. C. near Tina was swept away and
train service on that line was derang-
ed for day.
]. NJ. Mitchell was at st. Joseph
the latter part of last week visiting
his son, George, who is taking treat
ment in the State Hospital there.
He found George somewhat improved
in general health, but not satisfied
with his surroundings.
Louis Ingenhousz mashed two of
his fingers pretty badly while he
was working on hurry-up job at the
garage on Tuesday afternoon. He
will have very sore hand for a few
weeks.
The lower floor of the opera house
building is being replastered, repa+
pered and repainted and viii be occu-
pied about Oct. 1st by Johns restaur-
ant.
Howard Watterson, an old Summer
boy, las accepted position as travel
ing salesman. for Rice-Six Dry Goods
Co, and was in town Wednesday e
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23

freless cookers. There are also 81
steam furnaces, 6S hot water furna-
ces, 137 hot air furnaces and 239 is
the total of furnaces of all sorts. Al-
so, the folks are rather up to date as
the following will prove: Kitchen
sinks number 2O5; bath rooms 1877;
barns with water, "a. And all this
ir the original "you show me- state.
Three distinguished war leaders
will return to their Missouri homes as
a result of the American national le-
gion convention in Kansas City this
fall. A home coming celebration will
be held by Gen. John ]. Pershing,
Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder and
Rear Admiral R. E. Coontz, chief of
naval operations, all native Missouri
ians. General Pershing was born
in Leclede, Mo-, General Crowder in
Edinburgh and Rear Admiral Coontz
in Hannibal.
Shop in the Courier FIRST.
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23

Did you know that Charlton coun-
ty burns 2,261 gasoline and oil stoves
the figures are supposed to be cor
rect and come from E. A. Logan and
Jewell Mayes of the Missouri Co
operative Crop Reporting service. In
cluded in this report the information
is CLEANED that there are also "a
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23

Warner White is repairing the
building just west of Dameron's old
garage and will have an up-to-date
large store room when finished in
which he will keep his Ford cars, for
which he has the agency. Last week
Mr.. White received carload of Ford
cars and had them sold almost befC
they were unloaded. Those who
purchased cars were Rev. w. W..
Richardson, Tom Guilford, Earl Samp-
son, Judge Donnell, of the US. Grain
Growers, a truck to Jos Stiles, and a
car to Miss Myrtle Chapman. We'd
nesday Mr.. White received carload
of Fordson tractors.
Chariton courier., 1921-09-23

Shop in the Courier FIRST.