Cassville Democrat, Saturday, Jan. 17, 1920

Mrs. John Bridges Dead

Mrs. Mary E. Bridges of Springfield, wife of John Bridges, died Jan. 9, 1920, of pneumonia, age 68 years. This family formerly resided in Cassville and moved to Springfield many years ago. Mr. Bridges was a brother of the late Senator S.R. Bridges. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges visited Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Mitchell and their many acquaintances in this city last year.

Ferguson - Ryan

Married at Landis & Landis Office in court house, Dec. 29, 1919, by Squire Sons, Wm. C. Ferguson and Mrs. S. G. Ryan of near Exeter. We wish for these two good citizens in our county, a safe and happy journey on the sea of matrimony.

Case Tried At Lamar

The case of James Wilson and Wm. Hilburn vs. Frisco Railroad for damages, was tried at Lamar, Tuesday, and the jury gave the plaintiffs judgment for $800 damages. This case grew out of the shipment of cows to Arkansas, and the train was wrecked 13 miles west of Springfield, sometime ago.

James Levi Carter Dead

James Levi Carter, youngest son of James and Mrs. Artie? Carter was born Oct. 14, 1915, near Eagle Rock, and passed away at the home near Roaring River Spring, Jan. 10, 1920, at 3:30 o'clock, aged 4 years, 2 months and 27 days. He was a bright little fellow and loved by all who knew him. He left his father, mother, brothers and sisters to mourn his death.

Oh not in revelry?, not in wrath,

The reapers came that day

Tws' an angle visiting the earth,

That took the flowers away.

John Fox Dead

Another old time citizen has gone from earth to his reward for the life he lived on earth. He was a good, quiet, unassuming citizen and enjoyed the respect of all his acquaintances.

John Fox was born in Monroe Co., Ky., in 1828, and was a son of late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fox who resided in this section for many years. He died at his home southeast of this city, Wednesday. He was as 82 years old and had never married.

He has been living alone since his father and mother died and his neighbors have cared for him during his sickness. The remains were interred in Horner Cemetery, Thursday.

Flat Creek News

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Doty, a 14 lb. girl.

Miss Amy Hudson closed a successful term of school in Center district last week.

Sunnyside

Grandma Still, who has been sick for sometime with heart trouble, is no better. She is 84 years old.

Hiram and Bob Edens visited Granma Still Sunday. 

Mrs. Mary Gann and Mrs. Cynthia Sheffield of Bakersfield, Cal., was visiting relatives and friend in these parts. Mrs. Sheffield is a daughter of Daniel Still and has been in California abut 4 or 5 years and says they are paying $9.00 per hundred for picking cotton.

Washburn - Greasy

Jim Pendergraft and sons have moved their saw mill to Cothran's land, between Trent and Greasy Creek.

This snow has pushed the wolves out of the Roaring River hills to the Prairie. Get the wolf or lose your stock.

A. S. Westmoreland has traded his car to Elbert Surrett for stock and feed. Mr. Surrett has a job in the oilfields and will drive the car thru.

Bill Young is living on the John Boman land, owed by Harve Surrett.

The families of E. B. Babb and Frank Porter are rejoicing over the arrival of babies at their homes.

Mr. and Mrs. Lark Main have the sympathy of her friends, over the birth of an infant, stillborn.

J. A. Scott, son of James Scott, near town came home Tuesday.

Miss Della Stockton, teacher at Maple Grove, is sick, and her sister, Ola, came from Purdy to relive her Tuesday.

Earle Shipley is working with the Frisco plant gang at Van Buren, Ark.

We are under obligations to Charles Bacon for news this week. 

George Shade's son came home from Texas Monday.

Ed Kemp has sold his suburban farm to W. L. Black.

Washburn Prairie

Left over from last week

Mrs. Sarah Longley spent Sunday with Mrs. Wear Lee at Vanzandt.

Miss Naomi Banks has returned to her school, after a two weeks vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. Mat Sparkman have returned home from Tar River, Okla., and Matt has gone to Springfield.

Married Sunday, Jan. 4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Varner, their youngest daughter, Miss Pauline and Wm. Ball of near Eagle Rock. We wish the young couple a long and happy life. They will make their home on a farm the groom had purchased near Eagle Rock.

Joe Hefley of Cassville, is visiting his son, Charles and family this week.

Pasley

Mr. and Mrs. Brownlow Hopkins can boast of having the largest family in the district. They have six boys and six girls.

Miss Eliza Farwell of Eagle Rock visited her daughter, Mrs. Frank Fogg last week.

Butterfield

Mrs. Joe Jestus is very poorly, with stomach and liver trouble. Dr. Kelly of Purdy, is attending her and several others of this place.

Mrs. John Parmley left last Saturday to visit her step-son, John Parmley in Texas for a few months.

Asberry Sooter is still on his crutches, after taking his high dive off a load of oats, he was hauling home.

Brush Creek

Born to Abe Snook and wife on the 4th, a son.

We have had the first snow of the season.

Frank Coffey moved to Ridgley on the 14th.

Rock Springs

Mrs. B. A. Gowen is in poor health this winter.

Lon Patterson, west of Seligman, found two overcoats in the corner of a rail fence, badly burned, where the Washburn bank robbers stayed the first night after the robbery.

The rabbit family of this section has decreased quite a lot since the snowfall. We hear of several catching 25 to 40 in two days.

Jenkins

Doctor Perryman has been seriously sick for sometime, but is better. We hope for his speedy recovery, as there is getting to be some sickness in the county and there is no doctor handy.

Elbert Thomas, the mail carrier between Jenkins and Aurora, had hard luck with his Ford, Friday. He had to take the mail in a buggy. This snow is hard on cars.

Curtis Long's children who were so sick with whooping cough and fever are reported better.

Oscar Davis writes from Oklahoma, that snow where he is drifted in places, 20 feet deep.

J. M. Zinn has gone to Iowa, and has a job there, blacksmith. He is a good smith and generally finds the place, where the good jobs are.

Monday morning, Jesse Perriman and Tom Ross started east with a Ford and soon came back a foot and procured a team of mules of E. E. Hilton and went back and soon came in with the mules in front of the Ford. Such is luck, this snowy weather.

Wheaton

Geo. Proctor and Miss Anna Lambert were married Dec. 31.

J. E. Lemaster and Mrs. Cora Talbert were married Dec. 24, at Neosho. The bride formerly resided at Exeter and Butterfield.

Mrs. Wm. Daniels was given a surprise birthday dinner at her home, Dec. 29, 1919, by a host of relatives and friends, in honor of her 58th birthday.

Mrs. W. A. Davidson spent last week at home of her sister Mrs. T. C. Nichols at Southwest City. A little daughter arrived at the Nichols home.

Ralph Dabbs of Rocky Comfort has returned to Marshall, were he is attending Missouri College preparing himself for the ministry.

Water Johnson and son Robert have returned to their home at Clayton, N. M.

Lone Walnut

George Brannam entertained at his home Sunday, John Lenox, Albert Mayhan and families, Fran and Roy Beal.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stevenson and family visited her father Jim Pippin, Sunday. Warren has purchased a car. It is a new make, we don't know the name, but think he calls it "over-snow."

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Banks, were visiting at Mel Fletcher's Sunday.

We have only one more week of school. We have had a fine school and good attendance, with Miss Mary Fogg as teacher. We are all sorry to see the Fogg leave the hills, hope it will settle to the ground

Log Church

Wm. Wright and family of Whiten, Ark., have moved back to their farm near Travers. We wish them great success.

We are pained to note the death of of a daughter of Charlie Priest. We sympathize with them in their great bereavement.

Mano

Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Cooper and son Charles will return to their old home near Shell Knob, after a two months visit with their daughter, Mrs. G. E. Smith. We regret their departure.

Little William Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holman is fast improving after an operation for an abscess in his side.

Cassville Democrat, Saturday, Jan. 17, 1920

Local And Personals

Mrs. W. O. Black has been indisposed this week.

Lewis Edmondson and Amos Baker were at Purdy, Thursday.

John Moore's son living southeast of this city has recovered from sickness.

Miss Ruth Townsend returned on Joplin Thursday, after a visit with relatives.

Frank Stockton and wife of Washburn are proud parents of a daughter. 

Miss Nadine Robbins' school at Pleasant Ridge closed on the 6th. The district ran short of funds.

Mrs. Stewart of Mitchell addition is reported very sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lillie Mills.

Chas. Witt will soon go to house keeping in the late Mrs. Amanda Horine residence on Main Street.

By card from Thad Aikman, we learn he is at Rich Hill, for at time. Success to him, wherever he may go.

Wm. Sharpe of the Forest Grove neighborhood, has bought 20 acres of the T. J. Lasher farm, from Jas. Chapman for $800.

About 8 inches of snow fell last week, that has been a stayer.

Mrs. Webber and daughter of St. Louis, who were visiting her niece Mrs. Chas. Willis and husband of this city returned home Sunday night.

Claud Cope of Crane Creek township was a visitor to Cassville, Tuesday. He is a prominent Herford breeder and has about 50 head of these cattle on his farm of registered stuff.

James Smalley and family who have been visiting relatives in this section left for their home at Morrill, Neb. Rolla Hefley went home with them.

Dr. Pharis Thomas was called to Verona Sunday to attend his mother who is very sick. She is 77 years of age.

Mrs. Della Wilks and son Buford sold the late Wilson Day residence in Mitchell addition to M. M. Brown Saturday.

Mrs. Olive J. Blodgett of Hazelton, Kan., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rachel Thompson and Mrs W. W. Witt and families.

Allen Hale of Viola, Richard Whittington of Eagle Rock and John Moore of Purdy, were petit jurors in U. S. Court at Joplin, this week.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Powers of Monett, Jan. 12, a son. Granddaddy Galloway of near this city goes on three hops and a step in honor of the arrival.

O. P. and Loyd Keith of Joplin visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Keith near this city Tuesday, and looked after the interests of the Joplin Daily Globe and did well.

Mrs. Ida Brown of Howe, Okla., who spent the holidays with her sister, Mrs. C. W. Williams and family, returned home Monday.

Mrs. Sterling Hailey of Mineral township is reported very sick with pneumonia. We hope she may soon recover.

John Herbert, youngest son of Judge J. R. Wallen was very sick last week, but is improving and about well.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Montgomery of St. Louis, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Montgomery, relatives and friends here from Friday to Monday. They went to Tar River, Okla., to visit relatives.

Tom Arnold and family of near Golden, have been visiting relatives here this week.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hinds of Redfield, S. D., Dec. 26? 1919, a daughter.

Ora Hudson of Monett, orders the Democrat for another year.

Lewis Edmondson and Amos Baker were at Purdy, Thursday.

Geo. Callaway shipped a car of mules from Exeter, Thursday.

Card of Thanks

We desire to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our neighbors who were so kind to us during he illness and death of my dear husband and father.

May God bless all you. Mrs. Bert Pickel and daughter.

Neighboring News

Mrs. Margaret Baze of Webb City, is sick. She is the widow of the later Peter Baze of this city.

Ben. F. Edmondson of Springfield has purchased 150 acres of government land in Barry County, at $1.25 per acre. He had originally homestead the land and relinquished same.

County Court Proceedings

Road Warrants were drawn as follows:

Dist. 8 G. W. Westhaven, $67.00

7 H. C. Bryant, 84.00

7 14.00

Willis Meader, Sam M. McQueen and N. M. Whittington were appointed commissioners for Purdy special road district.

Ordered that State Auditor be authorized to draw warrant in favor of W. F. Wardlaw, co treas. for $100 as salary of county school commissioner to Dec. 1919.

Annual report of Recorder of Deeds of Barry County for year 1919, filed and approved.

Official find warrants draw: Chas. W. Haddock for assessing Co. $500, same, $272.02, W. E. Hankins salary as comm. to Dec. 1919, $162.00 Judges, A. J. Clevenger, per diem $16.50, J. S. Varner per diem $16.70, A. F. Ryder, same, $17.30, Wm. Houston, sheriff, $9.00.

The rooms in court house occupied by J. H. Thomas rented for two years at $75.00 year and the room accompanied by C. M. Landis at $75. per year the contracts here offers made were ordered revoked and that rooms be vacated.

Geo. Montgomery, Anton Frane and John H. Banks were appointed road commissioner of Capps Creek township appeal road district.

Warrants drawn on pauper fund: Evan Shore groceries for co farm $55.85, Mrs. Mary Swift poor person, $10, Jesse Tow, same, $15.00 Barry Co. Creamery supplies for county farm, $89.30, W. N. Marbut, treas. Mo., Santorum $139.78, J. N. Guthrie supplies for co. farm, $47.50, Joe Perkins supplies $2.00.

$6,431.10 of Railroad and Telegraph tax was appointed to the school districts of county.

Monthly statement of S. M. Trolinger circuit clerk, for a month of Dec. 1919, and approved.

Duplicate election warrant for $2. was issued to O. W. Stever.

Chas. W. Haddock, co. assessor filed following account for assessing county for 1919.

3000 lists at __ each, $750.90

5540 list as 20 cents each $1,108.00

3055 lists at 4 cents each $122.20

15928 current numbers at 3 cents each $77.84?

Total $2,458.84

Account allowed; one half payable by state account certificated to sate Auditor for payment.

Warrants draw on contingent fund: Chas. W. Haddock, co. assessor for stamp $10.20, W. E. Hankins co. com. expense $50.12, H. S. Montgomery supplies for Co. jail $19.71, Cassville Mill & Power Co., lights for Dec. 1919, $19., Cassville Telephone Co., rent $1.70, White Jewelry Co., Supplies for co., $4.46, Monett Times printing $1.65, W.F. Carter inquest of Young Moore, $6.80, Wm. Hanks? Telephone rent and calls $12.65?, same, wood for jail $30, E. A. Shore groceries for co. jail $4.00.