The Neosho Daily News from Neosho, Missouri • Page 1

NEOSHO DAILY DEMOCRAT 24. NEOSHO, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 1928. NUMBER 284. CHRISTMAS DAY QUIETLY OBSERVED IN NEOSHO Christmas Day, 1928, was quietly observed in Ncosho.

Following a very busy week in which Neosho enjoyed a fine seasonal activity, the clay ended one of the most active ever experienced here. The buying public was very generous to Neosho's nearly all of them recording a good trade. Although may it be said here that the ones who moat consistently advertised, in some form or other, were the ones whose stores were constantly crowded. A spirit of good willand fellowship seemed to be instilled in all and we believe nearly everyone will close the records of the year with a' feeling of satisfaction. Most of the residents of the town spent the day at home although there of course some exodus to other to visit relatives and friends.

of the Christmas season here we are glad to note is the fact that more of our residents taking up the practice of decorating exterior of their homes and grounds. Many of our houses had electrically lighted trees in the yards and some had other decorations on the house fronts, and nearly all had some beautiful' decorations emlblem- of Christmas in their windows. This is a fine thing. For a good years, Joplin residents of many other pursued this practice, some of the being very elaborate, and one of the most beautiful sights of the season is to be viewed at night driving down the streets there when all the lights of the decorations are turned on. Somehow, it makes the whole city seem to be pervaded with the Christmas and we are glad to see that Neosho is taking it more and more each year.

JOYOUS CHRISTMAS TRIP IS TURNED TO TRAGEDY Wichita, Dec. A joyous trip to Wichita to spend Christmas with her grandmother was turned to tragedy today when 9-year-old Melba Louise Payne of Ponca City, choked to death as she was being placed in an ambulance to be rushed to a hospital. The little girl, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.

T. Payne, and. her two younger sisters, reached Wichita Friday. Saturday she was stricken with diphtheria and this afternoon had a choking spell and died before reaching a hospital. The Christmas program and tree were called off at Stella on account the flu epidemic.

Several already have it, and the p'hysicians advised against unnecessary gatherings germs may spread. Fancy Cranberries. Texas Tomatoes. Fancy Cauliflower. Solid Head Lettuce.

Bleached Celery. New Sweet. Potatoes New New Delicious Apples. Jonathan Apples. Golden Apples.

Kins; David 'Fancy Paper Shall Pecans. California Walnuts. Fancy Almonds. Brazil Nuts. Philberts.

Emporer Smith's Gro, 23 Phones 244 Delivery service to all of -tbe city. Early receive early delivery. ANDERSON MAN KILLED BY TRAIN William Stears of Anderson was struck by a local freight on the K. C. yesterday morning, and in a short time, as a result of injuries suffered.

Mr. Stears had seated himself on the end of a railroad tie, and failed to notice the approach of the local. He was rushed at once to the Sale in Neosho, but -death won in the race, and he died before reaching NeosTio. The body was taken to the Bigham Undertaking establishment, and was sent to Goodman, where an inquest will be held sometime today. Mr.

Stears' mother lives at Rogers, Ark. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. LOVELY GIFTS Among the very many acceptable Christmas gifts which were received by Mr. and Mrs. O.

V. Wager were new potatoes and green peas for their Christmas dinner from their daughter, Mrs. Earl Shull of Donna, Texas. They also received a basket of grapefruit and oranges from their grandson, Arthur Shull. These greapdfruit are of exceptionally large size, and are especially good.

WINS $25,000 PRIZE $25,000 has been awarded to Maj. Chester P. Mills of New York, former "federal prohibition administrator for the New York district, for "the Ibest and most practicable plan for making; the Eigtheenth amendment effective." The prize money was put up by W. C. Durant.

Mrs. Lucy Key left yesterday for Shawnee, where she expects to spend considerable time with her son, Wesley Caughron and family. Mrs. Key had her daughter, Mrs. Teddy Logus, Mr.

Logus and their daughter from Little Rock, her sons, Frank, of Seminole, and Wesley, of Shawnee, as her the first part of the week. Fifty-six years ago Liven Terrace, Glengyle Terrace and Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, were paved with concrete. Though constructed in 1872 these streets are still carrying traffic today. Built without much scientific knowledge concerning concrete paving these three streets today withstand modern traffic. Briggs Hardware Co, 27 We Deliver $1000 GIFT GIVEN LOCAL MAN BY COMMUNITY 'MILK RECEIVED IN NEOSHO YESTERDAY Milk receipts at the Pet Milk Condensery and the Quality Ice Cream of this city, yesterday, were as follows: Pet 72,524 Kbs.

Quality At per 100 pounds, the approximate average price paid, the value of yesterday's receipts and the amount which will be paid to farmers of this vicinity for yesterday's milk is: Pet $1,885.00 Quality 486.20 These figures bring the total receipts for Dec. up to: Pet 1,322,854 Ibs. Quality 368,788 Ibs. Value of milk so far in December: Pet $24,395.40 Quality 9,588.80 Total $33,984.20 DEATH OF MRS, KILGORE Betty Elizabeth Kilgore, aged 77 years, died at her home one mile south of Stark City, at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, having been ill since last Friday. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs.

Nannie Hounschell of Stark City, and Mrs. W. L. Fly of San Diego, Calif. Funeral 'arrangements are incomplete, awaiting a message from Mrs.

Fly. The funeral will be in charge of Corley Thompson of the Neosho Funeral Home. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS DETERMINE COST OF MAINTAINING PAVEMENTS With the thought in mind of determining economical paving methods, many state highway departments have 'been keeping exact highway-cost records for the test several years. Maintenance records enable highway departments to eliminate expensive types of pavements. The State Board of Public Roads of Rhode Island has kept close account of the maintenance cos.ts for the last seven years.

During this time it cost the state $77.08 per mile per year to keep up portland cement concrete; bituminous macadam through the same period averaged $185.85 per mile per year; bituminous concrete built of coarse aggregate cost $721.25, and bituminous concrete built of graded aggregate $132. Pavement upkeep for the three major types of 'highways in New York state during a ten-year period from 1916 to 1925 was as follows; Bituminous macadam, $656 average per mile. Waterbound macadam, $864 average per mile. First class concrete, $227 average per mile. During this same period gravel roads cost on an average $914 per mile to.

These compiled' by David Noonan, deputy commissioner of highways, include cost of maintaining roadsides as well as pavement surfaces. Illinois, which has more miles of concrete pavement than any other state in the Union, reports the following average cost for maintaining roads for the years 1922 to 1926 inclusive: Average upkeep costs on concrete, ner mile, brick, bituminous macadam, waterbound macadam, $393.87. The -maintenance costs reported by the Illinois Division of Highways are for the wearing surface only and do not include the keeping up of roadsides. Figures compiled by the Minnesota Commission show the yearly cost of maintaining state trunk highway No. 1, formerly a gravel road was twice that of state trunk highway No.

3, a concrete highway. Both are heavy I traffic roads. Depreciation, interest on investment and upkeep of the concrete highway No. 3 amounted to $1,678 per mile per year while on the gravel road the annual cost per mile was $3,101. What was indeed a royal Christmas gift, and one which we know was gratefully received and deeply appreciated was presented Mr.

A. J. Miller yesterday in the form of a check for $1,057. Everyone in this section knows of Mr. Miller's serious loss by fire last week, when he lost his herd of fine dairy cows.

The was raised by popular subscription, and was not given in a spirit of charity, but was a spontaneous desire on the part of the community to show its appreciation of the much good work Mr. Miller has done in the past for his home town and county, and at the same time assist him financially in his hour of need. We believe everyone contributed who had a chance. Those who circulated the list set $1,000 as their goal and it did not take long to pass that amount. A committee composed of Messrs.

W. M. Jackson, A. C. McGinty, A.

W. Culkin, C. S. Davis, Chas. Haas, and L.

P. Kelly, drove out to Mr. Mliller's home yesterday, land Jackson who is manager of the Pet Milk plant here, made the presentation talk, in well chosen words telling Mr. Miller what his friends had done for him and why. Mr.

Miller was deeply affected and his sincere appreciation of the gift and the manner in which it was secured is deep and lasting. During the past years, Jerry Miller has given his community much. He has worked tirelessly and faithfully on the Harvest Show, the Sales Day, the dairy industry, in fact has always been ready -to do his best in ajnything he believed was for the public good. His help and encouragement has done much to make these institutions a success, and when he was visited by adversity it is indeed fitting and proper that he has been shown in this manner that his friends do not intend for him to stand alone. The incident is one of the most pleasing of the Christmas season and should warm the hearts of every citizen and awaken a spirit of pride in a community which so well knows how to do the right thing at the right time.

100 BASKETS DISTRIBUTED MONDAY The City Hall in Neosho was the scene last Monday morning of activities which would 'have interested anyone. Frank H. Reed, through his kindly understanding of the need of the human heart of being remembered on Christmas time, made it possible for one hundred families of this to be remembered in a way which added much to their comfort. The Associated Charities, through their wide acquaintance, have proven good agents for the distribution of the baskets which were prepared under the direction of Chas. Haas, and a corps of enthusiastic helpers.

The baskets totaled a value of at least five dollars each, and contained food both substantial and delicate. They were accompanied by a dressed chicken, and everything was pervaded with the kindly Christmas spirit which should every gift of every kind. The baskets were packed at the City Hall, and the appearance of the large room afforded a real thrill of delight. THE WEATHER The weather report aft received at the U. S.

Fish Hatchery today is as follows: Probably fair tonight and Thursday. Somewhat cloudy tonight. Slightly colder Thursday. BELLEFONTAINE, PAVEMENT BUILT IN 1892 During 1892 the first concrete pavement was lajid in the United States at Beliefontaine, Ohio. This was a narrow strip along the hitching rack on one side of the court house square.

In 1893 rest of the street was paved with concrete as well as the three other streets around the square. All of this pavement is giving excellent service today, although, more than 35 years old. This pavement was constructed much as concrete sidewalks of today. The paving was marked off in squares and built to a depth much, less than the modern street. With all its structural handicaps the court house square pavement in Bellefontaine is serving the needs of automobiles as it did the horse drawn vehicle of the nineteenth century.

Among the gifts received yesterday by Mrs. S. W. Carver, was an outstanding one which was a cablegram from her son, John, who is in South America. The cable was sent from Maracaibo, and contained Christmas greetings from John to his mother.

Miss Eunice Newman, teacher of Home Economics in Webb City Junior High school, la spending the holidays in Stella with sisters, Mrs. W.j C. Lentz and Mrs, Ted Williams and families. NOTICE A. F.

ft A. M. A special meeting of Neosho No. 247, A. F.

A. will je held Thursday night for installation of officers. Supper at 6:80. Installation at 7:30. Ail members urged to be present.

84-2t Committee. RED CROSS IN ALL TIMES The following article tells one of the instances in which Red Cross work has proven of assistance when the occasion was neither fire nor flood, war pestilence. Home Hygiene has its lighter side, too, which heightens appreciation of the soundness of its Jnstruc- tin. One of the students in the course for instructors at the Colorado Agricultural College last summer declares that the interesting part of the work was the practice teaching with class groups of adults, of college, of high school and of junior high school students. She tells of a high school junior girl, 11 years old, who literally absorbed every bit of the class work.and then lived over again all that she had learned.

She had fitted up a nursery for her dolls at her home, and everything was complete as to equipment. She even had little hot water bottles, and they were hot. Later she wrote to the Home Hygiene instructor a most delightful letter, in which she said: "Grandmother had her foot operated on while in Denver, so that gave me a chance to make a bed for a sick person. I get the meals and take care of while mother works. I have found it a good deal easier to take care of a plav sick patient than healing sick ones.

I did not even forget the draw sheet. Grandmother will oe in bed for three weeks, so I will get to make a bed with a patient in Here is a -little girl who delights in the practical side of Home Hygiene, promising to become an ex- perf in later years when she will have reached the age that will admit her to a Home Hygiene class. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Williams, Mr.

and Mrs. Sanford Osbourn, and John Hutchison, all of St. Louii, Mrs. Jas. Hutchison of Pittsubrg, Kansas, and Miss Virginia Osbourn of Joplin, are guests for the remainder of the week of Mr.

and Mrs. J. E. Osbourn of 408 North Wood St. Mr.

Williams is manager, and Sanford Osbourn is assistant manager, of a creamery in St. Louis. NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING Notice is hereby given that the annual stockholders' meeting of the Bank of Ne9sho will be held at its banking house in the City of Neosho, Missouri, on 8th day of January, 1029, for the purpose of electing five directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction-of any other business which may properly come before the meeting. J. F.

Johnston, President. Attest: E. L. Mahan, Secretary, 84-td. NOTICE M.

W. A. Regular meeting of Neosho Camp No. 4200 M. W.

A. will be held at the Woodmen Hall, K. P. Hall, Wednesday night At 7 o'clock, All member.8 urged to be present; visitors cordially invited. E.

S. Miller, C. Austin Snead, Clerk, SIX LIVES LOST IN FIRE A fire in a hotel at Akron, Ohio, early Christmas morning took six lives and injured seven others. The fire reached learge proportions before being discovered and, there being no outside fire escapes on the building, the victims were trapped in rooms and corridors. Many others who escaped were forced to the windows and were injured when forced to leap from second and third stories.

SWALLOWS TOY; CONDITION CRITICAL Frank Brooks, 18 months old, about ten days ago swallowed a miniature motorcycle, the toy lodging in his throat. He passed Christmas day in a critical condition in a hospital in Cincinnati, and surgeons say it is impossible to operate until he improves. In his hospital bed he was surrounded by toys sent him by persons who had read of his plight. Mr. and Mrs.

C. E. Williams near Newtonia had as their dinner guests on Christmas Day, Mrr and Mrs. Ted Williams anci small daughter, Phyllis, of Wanda. THREE KILLED IN COLLISION A Capitol stage line bus and a switch engine on a Missouri state fair grounds collided yesterday afternoon at Sedalia, killing three persons and injuring a number of others.

Thirty passengers were on the bus. The spur line is seldom used and it is believed that this was the reason for the driver of the bus failing to see the engine, although his condition did not allow authorities to question him. G. E. SLOAN, PRESIDENT OF FRATERNITY, IS DEAD Bloomington, Edward Sloan, national president of the Sigma Delta Kappa fraternity a.nd son of Dr.

E. P. Sloan, died at 8:30 a. m. Saturday Joseph's hospital.

He had been a semi-invalid for five years, but refused to enter the hospital until two months ago. Born March 10, he spent his early years in Bloomington, was graduated from the high school here, and from the University of Michigan law school. He was admitted to the bar in 1924 and since that period, has been practicing law in Hammond, Indiana. For six years he was editor of the Sigma Delta Kappa, the national organ of that legal fraternity. He also a contributor to various legal journals and had been coln- nected with the New York Times, the Brooklyn Eagle and the San Diego Sun-.

Mr. Sloan was a member of Alpha Delta a literary fraternity and of Bloomington lodge 43, A. F. A. of the Elks Club of Hammond and of the Hamilton Club of Chicago.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Doris S. Sloan, infaint daughter Marilyn Jane; his fattier, and two brothers, Howard P. and Ralph E. Sloan.

The immediate members of his family were at his side when he died. BUSINESS ACTIVITY NORMAL The year 1928 showed a normal increase in the annual expansion of general business activity. With the automobile and building industries and the stock exchange; the leading factories the year show- ed'a slight increase, over 1927. Wages to the labor class remained about the same with employment conditions improved. Charles and "Bud" Knotts of Seminole, spent Christmas in Neos'ho with their parents, Mr.

and Mrs, H. H. Knotts. CLEAN COAL All coal forked. Try a load.

North Transfer Storage Co. Phone 171 316 East St. i i i.