Cassville Republican, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1919

Personal And Local

Mrs. Aubrey Brown of Purdy is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Houston.

Mr. and Mrs. Rankin of Iowa are visiting Mrs. Rankin's father, C. W. Edens, and other relatives near Cassville.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Joslin and Mr. and Mrs. DeVere Joslin were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Aldridge of Mano.

Ross Henbest of Monett visited Sunday at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Stubblefield, southwest of this city.

Mr. and Mrs. Ethel Marbut of McDowell, John Snyder of Cato, S. O. Willard of Butterfield and others were transacting business in Cassville Monday.

Tom Setzer, Frisco Agent at Butterfield, has been granted a three month's vacation and will leave this week for California on a visit and to look at the country.  

Judge John R. Wallen will attend the State convention of the Probate judges of Missouri to be held at Springfield Monday and Tuesday of next week on account of the absence the Probate Office will be closed for those two days.

Roy Beeson and family are moving this week from Oak Ridge to Goodman, McDonald County, 11 miles south of Neosho. They held a public sale Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Beeson are splendid citizens and neighbors and the people of the Oak Ridge locality will miss them.

A large number of the relatives and friends of Uncle Sid Hadley gathered at his home north of Butterfield Sunday and assisted him and Mrs. Hadley in celebrating his 70th birthday. The feature of the day at the Hadley home was the fine dinner set at the noon hour. The occasion was a most pleasant one and will be long remembered by Mr. and Mrs. Hadley.

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Stubblefield southwest of Cassville gave a dinner Sunday at their home complimentary to Mr. Stubblefield's mother, Mrs. Eliza Stubblefield, of Claremore, Okla., who has been visiting the past few weeks at the homes of her sons, R. L., Grant and Arthur and with her brother, George Earle. A large number of relatives and friends and former neighbors of Mrs. Stubblefield were present and enjoyed the day together. At the noon hour a large table was arranged on the lawn and loaded with good things to eat. Everybody present did justice to the occasion. The REPUBLICAN was warned by George Weatherly and George Earle not to mention their names in connection with the dinner for that reason we will not do so, Mrs. Stubblefield will be 82 years old this month.

Wm. Henley and son, Frank, are visiting Bob Henley at Newton, Kan.

I. P. Bowman who has been sick for many weeks is able to be down town again.

N. L. Hailey will attend the Confederate Reunion this fall at Atlanta, GA.

Mrs. R. W. Whittington of Eagle Rock is visiting Mrs. Lavancha Williamson at Caney, Kan., this week leaving here Monday.

Mrs. John A. Bayless and daughter, Miss Orpha, have bought the residence property on North Main street known as the Truhitte property and will move to it.

W. A. Williams northwest of town returned the latter part of last week from Eureka, Kan., where he has been for three months operating a threshing rig. He says that Kansas will seed about one-half crop of wheat this fall.

Mrs. Norine Colley, wife of Mose Colley of Picher, Okla., formerly Miss Norine Crandall of Pierce City, committed suicide Sept. 24, by taking carbolic acid. She was on duty as a book-keeper for the Mineral Belt Mining Co., at the time she drank the acid.

Mrs. Lisle Wormington and baby daughter, Dean Hale, of Castle Rock, Colo., came Friday evening to spend several months with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wormington. Mr. Wormington expects to come later, when his work as county agricultural agent will permit. Monett Times

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McQueen of Wheaton were Cassville visitors Tuesday. Mr. McQueen said that Wheaton is to have an ice plant. A concrete building 80x100 feet is to be built and machinery installed ready for operating the plant early next spring.

Little Virginia Beaver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Beaver of Pierce City was run over by a Ford car Monday. One of her collar bones was broken and she was pretty badly bruised. She was doing very nicely Tuesday afternoon and it is thought that her injuries are not serious.

Arthur Dilbeck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dilbeck, and Miss Edith Writer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Writer, of Cross Hollows locality drove to the home of Esquire J. W. Phillips of Hailey Sunday, September 28 and were united in the Holy bonds of matrimony. These young people are of good families and we predict for them a happy future.

Lora, little 19 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Reynolds southwest of this city died Friday afternoon following an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held Saturday and interment made in the Corinth Cemetery.

George Earle northwest of Cassville received a letter last week from his son, Kyle, who is in the Navy. Kyle stated that he was in the Gulf storm two weeks ago near Key West, Fla., that the vessel on which he was at the time had a narrow escape, that they got it safely to New Orleans but that it was so disable it had to be  left there.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Funk and Miss Carrie Jones accompanied Rev. Orr to Washburn Sunday afternoon where services were held.

W. T. Priest has accepted a position with the Owl Drug Co. and assumed his duties Monday. He has been at Fayetteville for the past few weeks.

Mrs. C. A. Webber and little son, Marvin, left Sunday evening for Illinois to visit Mr. Webber's mother who is sick.

Irl Cox who lately sold his farm east of McDowell on Flat Creek is now engaging in the grocery, flour and feed business at Purdy.

Officer New Cox of Miami, Okla., came to Cassville Friday for Lawrence Priest northwest of this city who was wanted at Miami upon a statutory crime. Priest had only lately finished serving a jail sentence here for assault and battery.

Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Blankenship spent the week-end with Dr. Blankenship's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Blankenship, at Eldorado Springs.

Mr. and Mrs. Mac McClannahan of Monett visited Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Brixey and Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Meador of near Exeter Sunday.

M. L. Gentry and Tom Preddy were at Wheaton Friday and Saturday nights with their moving picture show.

C. T. Perkins and wife and Mr. Perkins' mother, Mrs. Margaret Perkins, of Republic visited Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Perkins the last of last week.

Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Montgomery and Will Montgomery who left a few weeks ago on an overland trip West for the benefit of Mrs. Montgomery's health, are now at Las Vegas, New Mex., and will be there for awhile.

Uncle Tom Hale returned Friday from California where he has been for the past year with his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Muns, who lives north of San Francisco 65 miles in the fruit belt. Uncle Tom says California is blessed this year with excellent crops but cannot get enough help to properly care for them.

Prosecuting Attorney Emory E. Smith and Deputy Sheriff Burl Reed, of Cassville, conducted a raid on a gambling house and rooming house Wednesday evening, but were unsuccessful in getting evidence to convict anyone of running an unlawful business. Mr. Smith says he is confident that liquor is being sold there illegally and hopes to put a stop to it. Monett Times

Sheriff Houston received word Thursday from officers at Alma, Okla., stating that George Eagen who escaped jail here about a year ago has been arrested there upon a charge of carrying concealed weapons and burglar's tools. Eagen is wanted here upon a charge of carrying concealed weapons but will be tired in Arkansas before they will turn him over to the authorities here.

George Wireman of the Sparks locality who lately sold his farm will hold a public sale soon and move to the state of Washington.

Charles Bates who had been running a general store at Wayne has sold it to a Neosho man and has moved back to Exeter for the present.

The Keonig grocery and restaurant in Exeter was burglarized on Wednesday night of last week. Some property was stolen. The business had been sold the day before to a Mr. Caves north of Exeter.

Licenses To Wed

Gene Hancock, Washburn & Gladys Gebhart, Washburn

Frank Fogg, 24, Cassville & Clara Farwell, 20, Eagle Rock 

Arthur Dilbeck, 18, Cassville & Edith Writer, Cassville

Fred McPhail, 19, Purdy & Alice Bolin, 17, Purdy

Henry Day, 20, Washburn & Elma Mullins, Exeter

Cassville Republican, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1919

Williams - Brown

Married, Sept. 3, 1919, at Wagoner, Okla., Miss Alphia Brown and Maynard Williams, both of Barry County. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blonnie Brown and is a highly accomplished young lady and will make a kind and loving wife. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Williams of near McDowell. He was the A. E. F. in France and did his bit in the world war. Their many young friends will join in wishing them all the happiness there in married life. They are now at home to their many friends.

New Salem

Miss Effie Roller who is clerking in a store at Washburn visited Saturday night and Sunday with homefolks.

Crawford Brixey is working at the saw mill for Mr. Abbott this week. They are kept pretty busy sawing.

Jesse Payne of Monark Springs visited the first of last week with his sister, Mrs. May Brixey, and family.

Washburn Prairie

Mrs. J. A. Longley went to Monett Saturday night to visit her daughter, Mrs. Addah Matthews.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Smith and daughter, Ava, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fairchild motored to Joplin Friday evening.

Judge and Mrs. J. S. Varner and son, Dalton, Mrs. H. J. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Fulton and sons motored to Maple, Ark., Sunday and visited Eli Sooter and family. 

Lora, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Reynolds, died Friday afternoon of brain fever. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Corinth by Rev. Chas. Vanzandt. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of their many friends.

Eagle Rock

Miss Inez Bower who was sick last week has a relapse and is very sick at present.

Henry Stringer has bought the Tom Stapp place a quarter of a mile south of Eagle Rock.

Chas. Skelton is leaving for Blue Rapids, Kans., Monday to visit his sister, Mrs. Florence Stryker.

Claud Kisler and wife have moved to Chas. Curry's property a quarter of a mile northwest of Eagle Rock.

James Garrett is moving to Oswego, Kan., and Henry Maloney is moving to Garrett's farm near here.

Mrs. R. W. Whittington left Monday for Caney, Kan., to spend a few weeks with her sister, Lavancha Williamson.

Miss Clara Farwell and Frank Fogg were married Sunday afternoon at J. W. Reed's and were charivaried at the bride's home Sunday night. We extended to them congratulations.

James Garrett and R. W. Whittington shipped a load of stock to Kansas City last week and returned by the way of Oswego, Kan., James reports his son-in-law who lives there is in the hospital with malaria fever.

R. W. Whittington and daughter, Retta, Mrs. Edna Cullup, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Kisler, Elry Edwards, Earl Bradford, Miss Clara Farwell, Miss Lillian Shelton and Noel Curry motored to the Mt. Zion spelling contest Friday night. All reported they had an enjoyable time.

The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.  A. C. Whittington had a serious accident Friday the 26th. Its mother was preparing to wash and having set a can of lye up on a tree, it was turned over and spilt on the ground. The babe was playing around happened to get some of the lye in her mouth. Its mouth was seriously burned but Dr. Salyer was called immediately and the babe is doing nicely at this writing.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Skelton motored to Monett last Sunday to visit with relatives.

R. H. Elam and G. M. Brixey shipped a load of nice white face face cattle to Kansas city this week.

White Church

Mrs. Ellen Risdon has been quite sick. Her daughter, Mrs. Henbest has been with her.

Mr. and Mrs. Preston Matlock and Mr. and Mrs. Phillips attended church here Sunday.

Rev. Phillip Riddle preached at this place Sunday. He left an appointment for the 4th Sunday in October.

Union Valley

Received too late for last week.

Grant Eden has sold his farm to Mr. Simpson of Reed's, Mo.

Maude Eden, Mahala and Truman Cole are attending school at Exeter.

Mrs. J. F. Brattin and daughter, Hallie of Exeter spent from Friday until Monday at Will Cole's.

Art Hooten ate all he could Sunday at the dinner at Fred Cole's and then filled his pockets full of chicken bones.

Joe Eden and family from Colorado visited with his brother, Grant Eden and family from Friday until Sunday. Mr. Eden made the trip in his Ford car. They are visiting relatives near Purdy this week.

Over a hundred relatives and friends gathered at Fred Cole's Sunday and set a dinner for Guy Cole who lately returned home from the army. The table was loaded with everything that was good to eat and prepared by kind and loving hands. It is a day that will be long remembered by Mr. and Mrs. Cole for the kindness and esteem that was shown their son, Guy. Many more would have attended the dinner if it had not been for the rain. Music was furnished by different ones on the piano and violin.

Mineral Spring

Mrs. Dave Loftin is badly crippled up with rheumatism.

Mrs. Everett Baker visited homefolks Saturday and Sunday and took their grandmother home with her.

Carter

The Carter School will soon be playing basket ball.

The pie supper at Viney was well attended Friday night.

Maurice Skelton, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Frazer, Ruth Clark, and Mrs. Pearl Bartmess and children attended the baptizing at the mouth of Kings River Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Shade Johnson are moving to Oklahoma. We regret to lose them as they are nice people.

Linkins Gets 15 Years

Chas. Linkins was found guilty of murder in the Second degree and punishment assessed at 15 years in the penitentiary by a jury at Mt. Vernon Thursday. Linkins shot and killed Fred Snyder in July 1918.

Linkins did not deny shooting Snyder but they had been having trouble for sometime previous to the killing and Linkins says the shooting was done in self-defense. On the witness stand Linkins stated that when they met on July 2, 1918, the day of the killing Snyder placed his hand upon his hip as if he were drawing a gun and that seeing this motion on the part of Snyder, he Linkins, drew his gun and fired.

Linkins made his escape after the killing and was not captured for several months.

Monett Woman Gets Legacy

Mrs. Margaret Campbell of Monett is one of the beneficiaries of the will of Senator John Morton, of Richmond, who died recently. Mrs. Campbell is a cousin of the late Senator who left her $3,500.

The legacy came as a great surprise to Mrs. Campbell. He mother and Senator Morton's mother were sisters. When Mrs. Campbell's father died, Mrs. Campbell, who was then very young, went to live with Mrs. Morton and she and John Morton were raised together.

All of the Senator Morton's estate, except Mrs. Campbell's legacy, was willed to his finance, Miss Maude Milligan of Richmond. He and Miss Milligan had been friends for years and their marriage, which was to have taken place last spring, was postponed by Mr. Morton's ill health. He was 53 years old and died at Excelsior Springs, Aug. 19 from complications bought about by liver trouble. Monett Times