Morgan County Republican from Versailles, Missouri • Page 1

County A organ Republican. CENTRAL MISSOURI FARMING, MINING, REAL ESTATE, RAILROAD AND GENERAL NEWS. wisLFTH Year. Versailles, Thursday Morning, February 23, 1910 No. 8.

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Enclosed find $1.00 for which send me your paper for one year, The Farmer and Stockman for one year, an5 your six roses as advertised in your paper. My name Address Address all orders to The Morgan County Republican, Versailles, Missouri. Scattered Items. Luther Wood and family, of Enid, lj)eft last week for county, l'vticre Mr. wooa tus .1 posiuon ior hc summer.

George Brown and wife are expected home from the south this week, and as Tom is alone doing everything, he will be greatly pleased to see them come home. Web Lingle, wh. farmed the Shank Varmlast year, near Enid, has moved to Glensted and Joe Gingerich will run the farm this year. Mr. and Mrs.

Fluke, of Cooper county, after a pleasant visit with Mrs. Buell, thoir daughter, led lor home last week. Tom and Hose Brown last week bought 60 cattle otf the road and put them in their feed lots. Markus Madole shipped a load of 1 fipckfrom Marvin to at. uouis luts Mrs.

Vincent, of Enid, left last week for Chicago, where she will nuke her home with her daughter. Estes Ratcliff and wife went to Bar nett Saturday to visit Mr. moth' cr, who has been quite sick. The blizzard that came Saturday and Sunday, put a stop to the oat sowing fever and what was sown will Mrs. Boyce and son, Ernest, spent the past week in Miller county visiting' Rev.

E. N. Allee, a pioneer Bap tist minister, died at Clarksburg, Feb. 16. He was 68 y'eifrs old and was ordained in 1878.

George Devine in company with several others will leave soon for Motana where they will endeavor to make the fortune they failed to get together in Missouri. Jake Ramer and Miss Cora Robcr were married last week. One morning recently Wilhite, Bose Brown, Leslie Snorgrass and Judge Kidwell noticed Ed Krieling cutting up a lot of queer capers, by rnnning around jumping fences, yelling and waving his arras and doing other unseemly things, so upon closer examination they could hear him shouting, "It's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy, by gee it's a boy." So after getting him quiet, the mother and baby are doing well, and they think in a weeic or two tAi win oe nimseit again. Married, Feb. 22nd, 1911, at high noon, at the bride's residence, near Tipton, Mr.

Horace Hunter and Miss Ethel Miller. Mr. Hunter is the son of T. M. Hunter, and is a fine busi- ness man and a gentleman in all that the word means.

Miss Miller is the beautiful and cultured daughter of Mr. Chas. Miller, of near Tipton. We wish the happy couple as much happiness and prosperity and as little trouble as is compatible with the plans of human destiny laid out by the Creator of all things. Mr.

and Mrs. Lon Sears, of Boon- ville, attended the Hunter-Mil- ftller wedding on the 32nd, and visited home folks for a few days. Loyd Brown, son of Bose Brown, and wife, of Enid, who is attending school at Lincoln, is quite sick in the hospital at that place. No. 4 News.

Quite a blizzard prevailed Saturday and Sunday. A few persons have planted potatoes and some gtirden. No. 5 school, taught by Miss Elliott, and Salmons school, taught by Miss Myrtle Ivy, closed last week. Sherman Fredericks, of the Monarch mines, visited his fuinily Saturday and Sunday.

No. 4 school will close this week. Frank Napier made a business trip to Syracuse last week. Mrs. Geo.

Stultz is visiting her moth. er, Mrs. John Huffman, who is very sick. Born, to Rob Spurlock and wife, Sun day, a Hue boy. Rev.

Ossuian will preach at Antioch Sunday. ANNOUNCEMENT. The M. Joachimi Dry Goods Store is again open and ready tor business. We are too busy to give prices nbSfr, but come in and see the wonderful bargains we have for you.

SELLING AT COST. Mrs. T. Joachimi. man, Versailles.

Matilda Picket with Miss Sarah Burns, Versailles. Leonard Wilton, with Grant Win- gett, Versailles. Robert Hays, with Shores Hunter, Versailles. Earl Curran and twin sister, Edith, with Herman Krushen, Excelsior. Ralph Curran with R.

Whelan, Excelsior. Annual Entertainment. Miss Annie Lewis Sims announces her annual entertainment to be given in a three act comedy entitled 'Brother Josiah," at Krauss Opera. House, Friday night, March the 3rd, and cordially invites you to be pres ent. Masonic Versailles Lodge, No.

117, A. F. Morton Stafford with C. M. Moore, A.

had a very interesting meet- Fortuna. ing and a good attendance Fridav Marcus Orncs with J. B. Parker, night, Feb. 17th.

R. E. Bradford Stover. was raised to the Sublime Degree Conrad Ornes with Ollie Parker, a Master Mason in due and ancient Cole Camp. form.

The next regular communi- Gus Ornes with G. G. Parker, cation will be Friday night, March Stover. Edith Picket, with 3rd. The Colonial Supper, given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening, was, as usual, a slcndid success, notwithstanding the roughness of the sidewalks and no electric lights.

The crowd was a large one, and the ladies kept up their reputation of pleasantly enter taining their guests. The Ladies Band made its first public appear ance, and furnished a goodly supply of music during the evening. The solo by Miss Voung, the trio by the Misses Moore, Morrow and I-ong, the Indian song by Miss Helen Snod-dy, and the duet by Fannie Kidwell and Eunice Mason, were liberally applauded. The receipts were some thing over $50.00. Knights ol Pythias Versailles Lodge, No.

102,, K. ol at convention of Thursday night, Feby. 16th, conferred the -rank of Page on two candidates. One candidate for the rank of Page, and two for the rank of Esquire tonight, so you should be there and help make a crowd. This puts 102 up to the 100 mark, now for 150.

I. 0. 0. F. Versailles Lodge, No.

231, I. 0-. O. at meeting Tuesday night. Feb.

7th, installed the following of ficers: J. S. Berkstresser, N. Leslie Snorgrass, V. G.

Frank Clif ton, R. A. Popper, F. S. The 1st degree was also conferred on Bto.

Raupp, of Stover. On Tuesday night, Feb. 14th, W. L. Stephen and the had Accused of Murder.

Annie Weaver, of Little Morgan, was arrested ana orougnt to town Sunday by Constable Moreland, likely have the chills and "yaller charged with the murder of her child. janaers. Lrer Dreijminiarv examination is set Bose Brown and Joe Riddlcr Tues- 'or Tuesday, March 7th, before day shipped 2 loads of cattle and Squire Clifton. Bond was set in the one of hogs to St. Louis.

sum of 82,500.00, which was given, Mrs. Shores Hunter has received with Joc E' Wcavcr' brother, I ri a 1 a ti her incubator and has it rower anu n. 1 -B u. 1. cu ities, and Miss Weaver returned to 11, 111,1 nine uuy aim ouuica sue I will have her hands fll home Wednesday.

Mrs. Kauffman last week marketed The Orphan about 100 hens at one time and has As advertised Rev about aoo yet in her flock. ton, state Children. Swan, of Clin'' agent for the Chil- Tom and Joe Marriott, recently dreu's Aid Society of New York, with from Texas, but raised in South Mor- Misses Hill and lewett of New gan, bought Herman Crushen's farm York, and fourteen orphan children of 135 acres, one mile south of Ex- arrived here Friday, Feby celsior, and have been moving to it. 17th.

There were nine boys and Wheat and the young clover crop five girls, ranging in age from four of last year have been showing up years to fifteen, and all but two, at fine, and with this snow and the mois- the present time, were placed in good ture in the ground prospects jeem to Morgan County homes, as follows: I be goodi Samuel Picket with J. Kauff' Clark Epigrams Unless all signs fail, Champ Clark's was installed as Treasurer, term as Speaker of the House of Re- initiatiory degree conferred on Ch.v- prescntatives will bring forth the finest Pontius, of btover. No. 2J1 is an- lot of eniorams which have eone narentlv taking on new life, and I 1 across the speaker's desk in many a should make 1911 the most prospm moon, says the Washington Post. As ous year in its history.

tttVi Missourian will be compelled to cross "ra words with some mighty clever states- "And thereby hangs a tale men, who will attempt to tie him into night after hearing that Jim a narliamentarv knot. When Chamn butchered a fine hog, which he was 1 is hard pressed in the heat of debate enabled to do by that nickel raiie, he is almost certain to deliver himself fastened onto the face of its patrol. of language which, although always by the barber trust, the editor had expressive and to the point, is not dream. We though we visited Jiiii considered elegant. Sereno E.

Payne and sure enough he proudly showcl of New York, one of the men who will us that hog (we didn't ask him bo be In a bothersome minority next he got it, or where he got it). V. year, never fails to drag an epigram expatited some on his good luck, and out of Clark. During the considera- the good results of getting togctbe. tion of the tariff commission bill Mr.

anii deplored the fact that newspaper I 1 flnl.0 I'nnKllitU I rayuc wu iuh at men. as a rule, foueht each other to deliver a solid Democratic vote. I 'A little more 'o that kind of gab and I'll beat your bill. was the choice pelled to pay cash couldn't buy. morsel of parliamentary talk Clark pig's squeal.

This sad story seemed flung across the aisle. It was Mr. to touch Jim's sympathy, and he sak raync aiso wnu wis "'r ake a ham." Of course we cnlage in Mri, whldl fd. thinking that was too much was never heard before on the noor -v'- of the House. Mr.

Pavne was en- at saving his ham, gave us anotlici gaged in his usual occupation of sh0W) by sayjng, "Have a taunting Democrats. "Don't give and bad ceis t0 thc luck weawok" ll.t liifk-iqill 01 1 before we could decide whether to SIIUUICU Vlitlh. 1 If some of those jays from the effete uke or not" Rnst should visit Missouri what fun it would be string 'em. Subscribe For The RcpubUcai,.