July 3, 1913, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO

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Wheaton News: Four prisoners from Newton County were taken to the penitentiary at Jefferson City and one to the reform school at Boonville, last week. In addition to these 17 person pleased guilty to various offenses during the June term, of court, and were fined or received jail sentences. Journal.

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Rev. P. St. Clair Dead: Rev. P. St. Clair, for many years an influential minister of the M .E. Church South, quietly passed away at his home in Exeter, at 9 o'clock on the morning of Friday, June 27, 1913, from old age.

Rev. P. St. Clair was 79 years, 22 months and 17 days old and was born in Sullivan County, Ind., July 14, 1833. There he spent his early boyhood days and was reared under the pioneer influences which were common in that day. Possessing from youth a love for study he attained the log school house during the months of winter and with diligent study and arduous perseverance he fitted himself to attend the Wesleyan university of Illinois from which institution he graduated in 1865. He professed faith in Christ in his early life and became identified with the M. E. Church. In 1865 he became a member of the Indiana conference which met at New Albany. During the Civil War he received a Chaplin commission from Governor Morton of Indiana as Chaplin of he 81st Indiana Volunteer Infantry. In 1867 he went to Iowa where a year later he became president of the Western Iowa College at Glenwood, Ia. Later on the resigned his position and became a missionary to the Indian reservations in the west. After engaging in this work for a number of years he retuned to Iowa. A few years later he moved to Arkansas City, Kan., where he resided until he moved to Lockwood, MO, and from there to Exeter. In the year 1907 -09 he had charge of the Exeter Circuit composed of the M. E. Church South at Exeter, Cassville, Washburn and Seligman.

In 1847, he was married to Louisa J. Trinkle of Washington County, Ind. To this union were born five children, four sons, and one daughter. Only a wife and one son survives him.

A short funeral service was conducted Saturday afternoon at the home of Rev. W. P. Wardell after which his body was shipped to Arkansas City for interment. 

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Wheaton News: Andy Boyd, nine years old, was accidentally killed Thursday by Homer Nelson near Southwest City, while they were crossing a ravine. Nelson was carrying a gun when he slipped and fell and the full load struck the other boy in the face.

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Washburn News: Mrs. T. J. Foster returned Friday night from Stanton, Ill., where she had been to attend the funeral of her brother, Carl Stark, which occurred Wednesday 25th. The many friends of Carl will be grieved to hear of his untimely death at which there was an account in last week's issue. Mrs. Foster was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Black of Cassville and G. M. Withers of Monett.

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Osa News: On Sunday, June 15, Mr. and Mrs. Harson Hemphill's children, grandchildren and Mrs. Hemphill's mother visited at their home. A nice dinner was spread and all enjoyed the good eatables to the fullest extent. In the afternoon the photographer came and took the pictures of the crowd. Four generation of Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill's family were present and were in the group of twenty-five present. The day was very pleasantly spent by all.   

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Orville Jr. and Misses Ida and Lela Abernathy are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Blackstone Abernathy, of Pierce City.

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John Kincannon, one of he early pioneer citizens of McDonald County, died recently at his home near Anderson. He was born in Tennessee in the early thirties and had lived in McDonald County since 1855.

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Mart Underwood, a rural mail carrier out Aurora, met instant death Tuesday morning when his buggy was struck by a Missouri Pacific Passenger train near Aurora. Underwood was crossing he railroad track on a curve of the road when he was caught by he train. He lived at Aurora and was about 33 years old. 

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Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Black, who left Tuesday night of last week for Stanton, Ill., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Black's brother, Carl Stark, did not go father than St. Louis where they learned their arrival at Stanton would be too late to attend the funeral service. Soon after their arrival at St. Louis, Mr. Black became very ill from ptomaine poisoning and they were forced to remain in St. Louis until Saturday night. Since his return he has been making a speedy recovery.

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Porter Smith and Miss Emma Brown were married Saturday evening, June 28, at Peirce [Pierce] City. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Bert Smith, pastor of the Baptist Church of Peirce [Pierce] City, who is a cousin of the groom. Attending the young couple were Misses Christine Otterman and Naomi Leake, Richard Brown and Chan Koontz. The bride is the beautiful young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Brown and a graduate of he Monett High School this year. Mr. Smith is in the employee of the post office department and is an efficient and honorable young man. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will make their home for the present with Mrs. W. S. Brown on Fourth Street. Monett Times