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STANBERRY, GENTRY COUNTY. MlBSODRI. WEDNESDAY JUNE 14. 1905. No.

20. pay our taxes and build up our The local officers of the St, Honey to Build Road Coming 7 i r-. a t-n 1 i if r-'r i ni inn Stanberry Summer School. The summer Normal opened Monday with a cash enrollment nearly three times as large as the year just closed, the attendance being much larger, and promises to increase largely during the re-mainder of the week. It bas be THE WEEK'S EVENTS OF INTEREST BRIEFLY T0LD-PERS0NAL MENTION DOINGS IN AND AROUND TOWN.

is i churches in our cities. Ex. We have people in Gentry county who seem willing to buy a Range stove of a perfec stranger and give their note for $73 when a much better stove can be bought of your home mer chant in Stanberry for 155. There is eighteen dollars profit paid out that is absolutely lost to you. The smooth-tongued trick ster that is always hired by these companies reaps the benefit Some of these days that note will fall due when leastexpected Then what are you going to do about it? Mr.

Agent is gone and about the best thing for you to do is to dig up. It always pays to patronize your home merchant who is constantly on hands and ever ready to stand back of that which he sells you, Do not buy from a stranger. In Howard and Cooper counties, where men and women are as in telligent as anywhere in the state, several smooth spoken in. dividuals, claiming to represent a Chicago clothing house, swindled numerous farmers. The scheme was to show a piece of goods from which they offered to make a suit of clothes for a small sura.

When the suit actually arrivedif it came, as it did not in every case it was found that the extra cost for trimmings, buttons and pockets made the purchaser a most expensive one. Beware of the stranger Particularly beware of the man who offers something for nothing. They are either liars, fools or knaves, and the men who bite will be forced to admit the fact sooner or later. Columbia Herald. Presbyterian Church Notes-Services next Sabbath as follows: Morning worship at 11.

Christian Endeavor at 7 p. m. Instead of the regular evening preaching service there will be held the annual Children's Day exercises. An excellent program as been prepared. This service begins at 8.

All welcome. Baptist Church Notes. Ladies' Missionary Society will meet on Wednesday afternoon at the church. A large attendance is desired. Ladies' Aid Society meets Thursday afternoon.

Choir will meet on Friday night. Teachers' meeting will be held after prayer meeting Wednesday night Bones" will be the subject Sunday morning. At night a sermon to young people. Ail welcome. All invited.

The Children's Day exercises were a success and reflects great credit on Mrs. Hatbeway and those who labored with her as well upon those who took part." The Loafing Business. My son, follow not in the foot steps of the loafer and make no example of him who is born tired, for jerily I say unto you his busi. ness is overstocked, the seats on the corner are all taken, and the whittling places are all occupied. It is better to saw wood at two bits a cord than whittle at a whittling match and abuse the government.

My son, whilst thou bast in thy skull the sense of a jaybird, break away lrom the cigarette habit, for. lo, thy mind is less intelligent than a store 'dummy. Yes; thou art a cipher with the rim knocked off. Roller Mouthly. Notice.

There yet remains some streets and alleys, pig pens, and yards in the city of Stanberry, which are in such a condition as to place the parties responsible for the proper keeping thereof in violation of the city ordinances, and this is to notify all concerned that the penalty provided for such violations will be levied, unless said ordinances are ob served. By order of the Health Committee. JoDh. iianberry Northern concede that the foregoing is sub stantially correct as far as it goes and say that the plan now being worked out for financing their line is a practical and feasible one, and that only a short time in which to mature the same will be required. Commercial Club Net.

The Commercial Club met last evening and transacted some important business, among which was the selection of a new com mittee consisting of sixteen men who are to go in four's in eacn direction from Stanberry in the interest of the State Normal school. In the resignation of Mr. Prisbie as President of the Commercial Club, Michael English was chc sen to succeed him. Mr. Fri6bie has been an enthus iastic worker in the interest of club and will no doubt continue to do his duty in the future.

The new president, Air. ingiisn should have the individual support of all the business men and the citizens ou all questions per taining to the city's interests and we hope that the club will have regular meeting nights in which to attend to business of this nature. Petty-Stirewalt. Sunday night at the Christian parsonage at six clock Mr. Jesse Petty and Miss Stella Stirewalt were united iu marriage by J.

E. Davis, the Christian minister at this place. The bridal party was accompanied to the parsonage by Mr. Chas. B.

Petty and Miss Ida Ross. After the wedding and a friendly chat with the Christian minister and his wife the youn people attended services at the Christian church. Mr. Jesse Petty is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

J. Petty living northwest of town. The family is, well known in the neighbor hood where they reside. Miss Stella Stirewalt is the daughter of parents who are farmers and are well known to the entire community. The young couple we under stand will live with the groom's parents a short time.

Their friends congratulate. Methodist Church Notes- Services at the Methodist church next Sunday as follows: The pastor will preach at 11 a. m. and Rev. Alfred S.

Warriner, B. A. is. will preach in the eyening at 8 o'clock. Rev.

Warriner preached last Sunday morning at the Methodist to a large and appreciative audience. A sermon of great beauty and power. The people were highly pleased. This young divine has a bright future before him. The Children's Day program was rendered at the evening service, and a liberal contribution made to the cause of Christian education.

There were three accessions and four baptisms at the Methodist church last Sunday morning. A Surprise. The members of the Epworth League of the M. E. church planned and very successfully carried out a surprise on Miss Belle Ream at the home of her aunt, Mrs.

E. McCormick, Saturday evening, June 10th. As a token of remembrance and appreciation of her faithful work in the League Mr. W. P.

Warriner on behalf of the League presented her a beautiful gold watch; also a fine chain which was given by her sister, Miss Agnes. Ice cream and cake were served and a good time enjoyed by all. Miss Belle expects to leave for St. Joseph, Mo in a few days to take the three years course for trained nurses at Ensworth hospital. The best wishes of ber many friends go with ber.

Mrs. Alice butler, general manager of the proposed St. Jo seph, Stanberry Northern electric line, has signed a con tract with a St. Louis trust com pany to advance tSOO.OOO, two thirds of the estimated cost of constructing the line. The re maiuine third, she says, will be advanced by persons and inter ests in St.

Joseph, Stanberry, Des Moines, and other points where she is known. The esti mated cost of building the line is 1850,000. Mrs. Butler.who returned from St. this moraing.says that in successfully negotiating this loan she has surmounted the chief difficulty in the way of building the road.

She says she sees no reason why the work of construction should not begin within ninety days. "This assures the building of the road betweeu St. Joseph and Stanberry," she said this morn ing. "The company advancing the loan is a good, reliable firm, and ranks Al, but there are rea sons why I prefer not to mention its name at present. The com pany has allowed us sixty days in which to get ready fpr the work of construction.

p. 'This money is ylvacced as loan, not as the result of a sale of bonds, and all property of the road, including the bonds, will be put up as collateral to secure the loan. The trust company has an option to place these bonds as soon as the earning capacity of the road has been de ter mined. It is necessary to know the earning capacity of the road before it can be known how much the bonds are worth. The contract with the trust company was signed on Thursday of this week." Mrs.

Butler was asked what remained to be done before the work of construction could begin. She replied: "Trere is some right of way to be secured yet. Then, we will have to form here an underwriters' syndicate to supply the other third of the cost of construction. The survey will have to be re-staked, and we will have to advertise for the bids of contractors. That will be all.

"The preliminary arrangements for the organization of an underwriters' syndicate have al ready been made, and about all that remains to be done in this connection is to draw up and sign the required legal forms. It will be made up principally of men who know me, and with whom I have transacted business before. About 8288,000 is to be raised by this syndicate." "Why didn't the St. Louis Trust Company advance the entire sum necessary to build the road?" Mrs. Butler was asked.

"They never do that," she replied: "They never take that chance. They think that local people people who know the conditions should have faith enough in the enterprise to advance at least one-third of the sum, and that if that faith is lacking, then their theory is that they bad better stay out." Mrs. Butler says that the deal negotiated at St. Louis last Thursday has reference only to the forty-two miles of road between St. Joseph and Stanberry.

It has nothing to do, she says, with the proposed Mound City, Lake Audry and Western, a stub line between Mound City and what was formerly Big Lake, though she says this road will be built very soon, probably before fall. Another interurban line, projected by Mrs. Butler which is by this loan is what is called the Tarkio line. She says she will not be able to resume woikon the Tarkio proposition until more headway has been made on the St. Joseph, tan ber-yr Northern enterprise.

She sa it will take about six months to build the Stanberry line after work is once begun. Bt. Joseph Ntws and Press, May 10. come second nature to many of the old students and teachers living within a radius of 100 miles of Stanberry to come bere to school because they are ac quainted with the merits of the school and know them to rank among the very best in its line anywhere in the west It will be like coming home to hundreds of students, teachers and visitors to return to our city after the State Normal school is located here. They are acquainted with its surroundings and will be pre pared to grasp their work with greater vigor than if the school were located elsewhere, where everything would be new and tbey would be compelled to adapt themselves to new surroundings.

Valuable Building Purchased. Lorenzo E. Anderson, vice pres ident of the Mercantile Trust Com pany of St. Louis, who represent ed sixteen other gentlemen, most ly of whom are directors of said Trust Company, last week pur chased No. 1 Wall street proper ty, under the noses of the Eastern Realty dealers who have desired this property for many years.

Mr. Anderson secured the corner at the Broadway entrance to Wall street New York City, the World's greatest financial thoroughfare, for John I. Blair, a well known Eastern banker and other well known real estate experts de clare that the corner is worth at least $1,000,000. The price paid is on a basis of $600 a square foot. An acre of such property would be worth $26,000.000.

St. Louis Republic. Obituary. The Reaper, Death, has agaia visited us and borne into the great beyond another of our loved ones, leaving our hearts sad and home lonely. Levi Long was bom in Virginia March 29, 1812, diel at Maryville, May 27, 1905, aged 93 years, 1 month and 29 days.

He was married to Polly Cooper April 7, 1831. She died Nov. 16,1885. To this union six chi-dren were born Nancy J. Cogdill, J.

Oliver Long, Martha A. Foster and Albert W. Long. Two died in infancy and Martha died May 29, 1903, The other three live to mourn the loss of father. Father Long was a generous man and beloved by all.

He united with the Baptist church when eighteen years of age. He came to Gentry county in the spring of 1855 and liyed two miles south of Stanberry until October 1886, when be married the second time to Mrs. Mary Rhi- nearsoo, of Maryville, and bad since resided there. His aged wife survives hie. The family have the sympathy of a host of friends.

He bas only gone before and may tbey find consolation in Baying, bleep on dearest, take thy rest, God called tbee home, He thought it best. 'Twas hard indeed to part with tbee, But Christ's strong arm supported me." A Friend. Home Comfort Men Arrested. The par'ies who bave been un loading Home Comfort Ranges bere and in the vicinity of Stan berry were arrested by Sheriff Jennings in this city Tuesday anu taken to Albany before Justice Williams, who placed their fine at 119.68 each. Tbey took out a state and county license to the amount of $40 apiece.

Rev. Warriner to Men. Rev. A. S.

Warriner will speak to men at the Y. C. next Sunday afternoon, at 3:30, on the subject, "Atmosphere and Life." Rev. Warriner is a recent graduate of Northwestern University and is a very interesting speaker. Every man ought to bear him.

Henry Ficklin will occupy the pulpit at the Christian church next Sabbath morning, C. E. Temple left Monday evenicg for Columbia, where be will attend school the coming summer. Dell and Miss Flossie Lightle returned Friday evening from a few days visit over Mound City. at Miss Minnie McGinnis, who had been visiting in Trenton for several days, returned home Sun day evening.

Harry Hawthorne and Harry Trowbridge went to Green well Ford Saturday on a fishing ex pedition. The Rebekahs of the Alan thus lodge win serve, ice cream at their I. O. O. F.

hall in Alan thus, Wednesday, June 21st. Owen L.Smith and wife.who had been visiting in Maryville for a few days, returned home the first of the week. Lost, a pair of gold rimmed spectacles, last Mrs Martha C. Summers. Finder will please leave at this office.

-Ellis S. Cook returned to Clearmont Monday evening after a short visit with general friends and with a special friend. Dan Berry called at our sanctum yesterday and bad the Headlight sent to Jno.W. Burgess at Hibbs, Okla. -Miss Carriu Foxworthy, of La Junta, is visiting at the homes of Drs.llinkley and Miller and other relatives and friends J.

J. Enyart ha3, recently had one of the finest concrete walks laid in his yard that has yet been put down in Stanberry. Prof. Mark Burrows, of Ridgeway, came ever Sunday evening where he will be engaged in the summer Normal wcrk for several weeks. O.

A. Olipbant and family, of Grant, came in last Thurs day in response to a telegram stating his mother, Mrs. R. A Olipbant, was quite poorly. C.

Kyger andC. D. Allen returned from Savannah Friday evening where they had been in vestigating the dry closet and heating system of their public school. John Downey came up from Kansas City Saturday and was shaking hands with his many friends. He will visit his brother near uiyae Deiore returning home.

Bert Olipbant and family and Mr. and Mrs. Soura Heftin, of near came in the latter part of last week to attend the bedside of Mrs. R. A.

Oliphant, who lives northwest of town. A. F. Graves and wife, of near King City, were in the city ast Thursday. They were on their return from Maryville, where tbey bad been looking over FranK isenows' nera oi cattle.

O. A. Olipbant, of Grant, called at our sanctum last Saturday and planted 13 to hit. subscription on the Headlight Mr. Oliphant says the Headlight is just like a letter to him every week and don't see bow be could get along without it Harden Demoss have tak en space in this issue of the Headlight.

Tbey have bargains offer and are prepared to stand back of what they sell. Buy your goods of your home merchants and give the traveling faker the cold shoulder. We bave a great many peo ple ou our list who are in arrears from two to five years. We hopt tbey will look at this from a business standpoint and call and settle without delay. We seed the money.

Our help must get their pay every Saturday night, hence we need your assistance. C. L. Ficklin, of the DeKalb County Herald, accompanied by Misses Kate Crenshaw and Bern-ice Gilbert, of Maysville, visited at the home of Thos. L.

Ficklin, northeast of town, the first of the week, returning home Tuesday morning. Rev. Linville of the Christian church will occupy the pulpit out at Island City the 4th Sunday in this month, both morning and evening. After the morning service a basket dinner will be had. Everybody requested to come and bring their baskets well filled.

Geo. Temple, who has had on bands 27 head of mules for seyeral months, concluded to un load last Wednesday by selling 16 head to a commission firm in Kansas City, keeping 11 bead of the best. The 16 head netted Mr. Temple $1760, which makes a handsome profit on bis invest ment. D.

T. Gray, of Champaign, formerly of this city and a brother of our fellow townsman Geo. has recently accepted a position at Auburn, Alabama, as assistant Teacher of Animal Hus bandry of the Agricultural Col lege of that city, at a salary of 11,100 per year. We are glad to note Dan's rapid advancement. It is quite amusing some times to learn of men hatching up a story (to suit their fancy) about resigning their positions, because of having so much busi ness to look after, when the facts in tne case are tney simpiy re signed by request.

Can you call to mind anyone of this nature. Prof. Ellis S. Cook, formerly of the Commercial department of the Normal school, but until re cent date of the Davenport, Business College, came in Thurs day to visit old friends a few days. Mr.

Cook is now located in Chicago. He seemingly pos sesses the knack of forging right to the front. We are informed that certain parties who claim to be experts at the business of locating oil wells bave been in the vicinity of Stanberry the past few days and feel so oonfident tbey can find oil that they are debating the ques tion of leasing 10,000 acres and paying a royalty of 10 per cent if oil is found. The C. E.

of the Christian church will give an ice cream fes tival in the Park next Saturday night, beginning to serve ice cream at 5 o'clock in the evening. They are arranging to serve Omaha cream and solicit your patronage. They are contribut ing their labors and are using the remuneration to apply to their pledge on church building. Make it convenient to patronize them. The Young Men's Christian Association will give a social to its members and friends on the lawn at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. E. Maple, Third and Park streets, Thursday evening, June 15, at eight o'clock. A good so ciable time is the object of the gathering and there will be no charge to guests. If it should rain that evening the social will be held on Friday evening.

Wanted By mail order houses, your cold cash, (no produce taken,) for which we send you goods unseen, freight paid by you at the depot, or we will pay the postage if stamps are sent with the order; we do not give you advice in your troubles, sympathy in your sorrow or misfortune. We need your money to belp bvild up our business, Band concert in the park to night. John Wilson, of Brook field is in our city. Roy Carpenter went to Mays ville Thursday. Wm.

Greer went to Union Star Thursday. Roy Shattuck, of Albany, is visiting in our city. Cleve Punk, of Maryville was in our city Sunday. Miss Kate rudder visited in Elmo over Sunday. Miss Bertha Alexander spent Sunday evening in Maryville John E.

Fesler was in the city last week on business. Chas. Butler was in St. Jo seph Thursday on business. Ben Orth was transacting business in Albany Monday.

Pete Thomas, of Oentry.was in town last Saturday. Mrs. W. P. Stuckle.of Clyde, was in our city Thursday.

Frank Luebecke, of Clyde, was in Stanberry yesterday. Miss Bessie Smothers is vis iting this week in Kansas City. Dr. Edward Lewis had busi ness in Kansas City last week. D.

H. Holloway went to Un ion Star Thursday on business. Chas. Buholtzs, of near Island City, was in town Satur day. John Wonderly, of near Conception, was in the city Mon day, Pref.

J. Hamilton Lawrence returned to Park ville, Mon day. Harry Eckard and wife, of Brunswick, were in our city Sun day. Miss Jessie Pringle, of Tren ton. is the euest of Miss Bess Kentner.

Miss Jessie Karns returned to her home in St. Joseph Thurs day. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Jas Ireland, a girl, last Wednesday Dr.

Crockett. Miss Mary Ketterer, of Con ceotion. spent Monday in this citv. Mrs. Gorsche and daughter, of Clyde, were Stanberry visitors Tuesday.

Bert Redmond spent the lat ter part of last week at his home uear Gentry. John Newman, of Andrew county, came in Thursday to visit friends a few days. A. Haas Co. have a change of ad.

in this issue. Read it. It is brim full of bargains. O.E. Maple and wife return ed from Niagara Falls, N.

Saturday morning. Miss Fraukie Norman left the first of the week for Columbia to attend the Summer school. Jas. Slagle, of Alanthus, was in town tne latter pari oi last week. Patrick Kirk called yester day and renewed for the Headlight another year.

R. B. Coffey and Joe Butter baugh went to Brook field. yesterday on business. J.

A. Moore and N. J. Dem- aree were in St. Joseph Monday on business.

The band boys will render a concert of popular music in the park to-night. Everybody invited to the band concert at the park this evening at 6 o'clock. Wm Wareheim, of Raven-wood, was in town one day last week on business. Rev. A.

S. Warriner, of Win. amac. came in last Wednesday to visit bis parenU, Mr. and Mrs.

J. J. Warriner few dy.