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THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM- -A GOOD CIRCULATION IN THREE COUNTIES THE KING CITY CHRONICLE st Year No. 30 KING CITY, GENTRY COUNTY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1921 KING CITY K. OF P. ENTERTAIN DELEGATES Visitors Given: Banquet and Midnight Lunch. Dampness Did Not der Interest.

Several Lodges Represented. As mentioned in last week's Chronicle, the 2nd District of the Knights of Pythias held their District Convention here Thursday afternoon and night of last week. Weather and road conditions considered, the attendance was good. The local Knights gave the visitors a good time while here and an interesting and profitable meeting was held. After the regular business of the meeting, officers for the ensuing year were chosen.

The new officers are: President, Rufus Beeks, Bethany; Vice-President, W. F. Rowlett, New Hampton; Secretary-Treasurer, C. S. Burg, Bethany.

Grand Vive-Chancellor Reeves of St. Joseph, and District Deputy W. F. Sager of Stanberry attended the meeting. Delegates were in attendance as follows: Bethany--Herman Roleke, W.

R. Reed, A. P. Rupe, David Mack, C. E.

Poland. Stanberry-W. F. Sager. New Hampton--U.

G. Gibson and W. F. Rowlett. Darlington--Nick Anslyn, G.

W. Hornbuckle. Allendale -W. L. Combs.

King City--Charles Alldredge, W. L. Diehl, Lloyd Frank, S. A. Hobson The Pythian Sisters served a fine banquet at six o'clock and also a midnight luncheon in the Christian church basement dining room.

THE CHRONICLE, MARCH 6, 1892. This week Dr. Ringold brought to the office part of a copy of the Chronicle dated March 6, 1892. Mrs. Waite had tound this copy of the years ago and she and the doctor kindly left it for inspection.

We were glad to look it over, for that number of our files and all previous ones were destroyed in the fire of October 15, 1893. Glancing over the paper, we noticed the names of Charles Lane, hardware and machinery; Brown Bowman, clothing; Hasty Son, hardware; 1 T. E. Basket, groceries; Ihrig Burton, meats and groceries; W. J.

Weaver, livery; J. A. Ross Company, implements; DeMund Brothers, lumber and coal; and Millan Brothers; The King City Bank, now the First National Bank and W. H. Moran had pasture to rent.

Of the professions we noticed Dr. J. B. Woodside, dentist; H. E.

Beals, music; J. W. Sullinger, attorney; C. S. Lockwood, attorney; C.

H. McCaslin and G. F. Boone, physicians; Larmer Son, dentists; G. M.

Branaman and W. E. Spence, physicians; and J. T. Wagers, insurance.

That year the Republican delegates at large to the National convention were Wm. Warner, Chauncey I. Filley, R. C. Kernes and A.

C. Dawes; the candidate for presidential elector from this, the third district, was L. T. Moulton, 1892. As to the Democrats the paper said: On last Friday the democrats of this precinct elected delegates to attend the convention held in Albany on Monday, May 2, to select delegates to attend the Congressional convention which meets in Plattsburg, May 7, and also to elect delegates to the state convention which is to be held in Sedalia, May 11.

The following were delegates to the Albany convention: F. Robinson, James Spence, Ben Kessler, Chas Millen, G. P. Taylor, J. W.

Sullinger, John Deiter, G. M. Slemmons, and Sam B. Strock. Delegates selected to the state convention were: F.

A. Weimer, George Strock, N. M. Smith Fletch Robertson. Delegates to the congressional convention are C.

S. Millen, S. G. Weller, J. W.

Witten, John Grimsley, J. H. Mitchell, Wm. Pryor, James D. Polley, Wm.

Rhodes. DRAGGING STREETS The city employed W. W. Roberts to use his farm caterpillar as a motive power to drag the streets. He has been doing splendid work this week.

The caterpillar and drag seem to be doing good work in street thing. That caterpillar just right along with the drag. community has the big corn shuckers as well as the champion seed corn growers. The Chronicle has listed up and reported several of the speedy huskers, and this week it hears of more great stripping of the ears. This time it is Victor Holmes, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Holmes, and Orville Wilson that have slipped the shuck and cribbed the corn at the high mark for speed. These two fellows, last week, each shucked and unloaded 60 bushels of corn in four hours, and the work for that day was shucking and cribbing 120 bushels to the man. We call that some going and say. well done, for tne young men who are only about 17 or 18 years of age.

Arthur Gregory's son, Quincy, a boy of 14 years, is reported to have shucked 65 bushels of corn, Wednesday of this week. We call that splendid, yes, real big work for one of his age. Who has done his equal? If any, please report. FORD CAR DITCHED AND WRECKED MORE BIG CORN SHUCKING Sunday, a man and wife from Iowa were coming down the highway about a mile north of town and, AS we understand, the steering machinery broke or got out of fix and the car dashed into the ditch by the side of the road, and the man and woman were thrown through the wind shield and dumped at the' side of the road. The man was scratched and bruised and the lady was cut on the lip.

The car was wrecked and one wheel smashed. The parties stayed all night and went to St. Joseph by train, Monday. The car was brought to the Piper garage. BUNNELL-JAMESON Married at the Christian parsonage, Sunday evening, December 4, 1921, Theodore Bunnell and Miss Amelia Jameson, the Rev.

W. C. Whitehouse officiating. The groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.

Jobn Bunnell. He is a young man of energy and makes the farm work go. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Sam Jameson, who resides on a farm northeast of King City. She is an esteemed young woman with a host of friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Bunnell will 8000 go to housekeeping in the new bunsalow on the Bunnell farm about two miles west of town. The Chronicle joins with a large circle of friends in extending congratulations and good wishes to Mr. and Mrs.

Bun nell. A NOTABLE LECTURE William Jennings Bryan's great lecture, "Back to God," will be presented at the Presbyterian church, Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. This lecture is profusely illustrated by ninety stereopticon slides. For nearly two years a corps of tors and artists were engaged in se. lecting and arranging these pictures The lecture is said to be the greatest illustrated address ever produced.

DEKALB REPUBLICANS TO MEET W. Robert Bradford has called a meeting of the Republican Central committee to meet at Maysville at 1:30 p. Friday, today, for the purpose of electing three delegates to the First Senatorial District convention to be held at Maryville, Wednesday, December 14th, to seleet a candidate from this District to the Constitutional Convention. TAXPAYERS I will be at the Island City store, Thursday, Dec. 15th, for the purpose of collecting taxes.

-adv ROBERT L. HOLDEN, Col. MORE LETTERS TO SANTA. Several more letters to Santa are too late for this week. They will be in the paper next week.

That will be in time for Santa to get the most of the things asked for by the Chronicle's many little friends. CITY COUNCIL REVISES AND LOWERS TAX RATE First Rate Found Higher Than Needed Under Higher Assessed Valuations, Hence the Reduction Of 20 Per Cent Now On Real Estate and sonal Property. Because of higher assessed valuations, when the city Council fixed the rate for city taxes early in the season it made a lower rate for city purposes than in previous years. Recently the Council found that the new rate, because of increased assessed valuations, would bring more money than was anticipated, and decided to again lower the rate for city taxes, and did so at a recent meeting by making a reduction of 20 per cent on real estate and per. sonal property.

This change of rate for this year reduces the taxes one-fifth from what the taxes would have been under the first rate fixed for this year. CITY BUYS MORE FIRE HOSE The night of the big fire it was found that while the supply of hose was very good so far as length was concerned for that fire, yet the quality proved inferior and did not stand the 'strain for the distance worked some of the time. The hose sprang leaks at several places and thus weakened the force of the stream at times. The city Council has taken precaution for future emergencies so far as hose is cerned, by ordering six hundred feet of good hose that is guaranteed to stand for three years. Most of the hose heretofore purchased lasted but a little better than a year.

With this long hose, the fire department will be able to reach fire at a greater distance from the water supply than heretofore. The fire company is proud of being thus supplied with better fire-fighting equipment. MESDAMES COOK AND GOFORTH ENTERTAIN Last week, Mrs. Mary M. Cook and her daughter, Mrs.

Earl Goforth, entertained a company of lady friends and all enjoyed an oldtime comfort tacking party. The ladies talked and threaded needles and tacked and visited and enjoyed a big dinner served by the hostesses. Mrs. Lou Wyley, of Iowa, who is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Sam Noland, was the out oftown guest. METHODIST CHURCH The W. F. M. Society of the Methodist church will give a program next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.

At 6:30 Dr. W. F. Burris of St. Joseph will give an address especially to the young people.

Dr. Burris returned recently from Europe; he visited the battlefields and other places of interest. He will have much to tell that will be helpful and instructive. At 7:30, Dr. Burris will preach.

You are cordially invited to attend these H. C. FOSTER Died, at his home in St. Joseph, December 1, 1921, Henry Clay Foster, aged 56 years, 4 months, 25 days. A short funeral service was held at the home by the pastor of his church in St.

Joseph. The interment was in the Ebenezer cemetery, eleven miles southeast of St. Joseph. Henry Clay Foster was born in Buchanan county, July 6, 1865. He united with the Christian church at the age of 17; was married to Gertrude O1- ive LaFollette, July 16, 1887 To this union eight children were born, five girls and three boys -Mrs.

Elva Schoen of St. Joseph, Mrs. Fay Trimble of Conception Junction; Waller Foster, Staples, Jerry, Amon, Mary, Alice and Ruth of St. Joseph. Besides his family, he leaves to mourn his loss a father, A.

T. Foster, of King City; four sisters and three brothers -Mrs. Etta Durbin, Gertrude, Ernie and Harry Foster of King City, Mrs. Lizzie Carpenter, Kansas City; Mrs. Verna Gilbert, Fairfax, and Homer Foster, Osborn, and other relatives and many kind and true friends.

-Reported. FOR SALE Timothy hay, cats and corn. Call E. D. Criswell.

-alv. FARMERS TRUST BANK BEGIN THE REBUILDING Contract For New Building to Schooley Bank Equipment Co. of Kansas City. Most of Help To be King City Men. Fine Front-Brick and Stone.

The Farmers Trust Company has settled its insurance and let the contract for the new building to the Schooley Bank Equipment Company of Kansas City. Work will begin right away. Most of the help will be King City men, The front of the new building will be of Bedford stone and any brick, with vestibule entrance to the business room and lobby. The interior will have some changes in its general plan and- will have what is called beam ceiling ficish. There will also be some changing of the office and interior equipment which will be both modern and convenient for the bank force and also the patrons.

Both the exterior and interior will present a very neat. and attractive appearance, The bank men say the work will be pushed as fast as possible. LILAC BUDDING This part of the country has been wonderfully favored with unusually fine weather this fall. Missouri are generally fine, but this one is especially so. But few days 80 far that have been cold and freezing.

While much of the country has been in the grip of snows and cold weather the past two weeks and in some parts earlier, this section has been enjoying a season that would make a Californian stand up and take notice. The first of this week, James Collow brought in a twig from a lilac bush and the buds on it were so swollen that some of them were ready to burst. Think of that for the 7th of December. Missouri is hard to beat after all, Come and see, or, if here, stay to enjoy. MRS.

MARTENA EIERDANZ Mrs. Marlena Eierdanz was born in Gentry county, October 4, 1856, She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maximilian Aniser who early came to this part of Missouri. She moved to DeKalb county in 1866.

She was united in marriage to David Eierdanz, October 31, 1876. To this union were horn three children -David, Rupert, and Nora Ellen. The daughter died two years ago. The husband and father died eleven years ago. Mrs.

Eierdanz departed this life after a lingering illness of several months at her home eight miles southeast of King City, Dec. 3, 1921. She was reared in the Catholic faith. She leaves to mourn her loss, two sons, one grandchild, Gordon Spiking, one brother and one sister, Rupert and Magdalena Aniser, of King City; other relatives besides in DeKalb and Buchanan counties and in Coffeyville, Kansas. As a wife and mother, she was kind and devoted to the interests of her family.

A good woman has left the scenes and conflicts of earth for the heavenly life. We will miss her in the old home, but will say, God's will be done. Life has its sad partings. Sooner or later the family circles are broken. No life is a failure that has impressed by kindness and love other lives.

In this faith and hope we can commit our loved ones to the keeping of a Heavenly Father. On Monday afternoon, funeral services were held at the home in the presence of a large audience of relatives and friends. The services were conducted by Rev. James Froman, who eleven years ago, preached the husband and father's funeral. The young people of Winslow sang two very beautiful songs.

"Does Jesus Care" and "The Unclouded Day." The people of the community sympathize with the bereaved family. J. F. We wish to express our sincere thanks to the people, friends and neighbors for the kindness, aid and sympathy extended to us in the bereavement that has come to us in the loss of our mother and sister. DAVID AND RUPERT EIERDANZ AND RUPERT AND MAGDALENA ANISER.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Millan are preparing to go to Chicago soon where they will spend some time in that city with their daughter, Mrs. Butters, and family.

TAG DAY Saturday, December 10th, will be observed in King City as "Tag Day" in behalf of the Near East Relief. Dr. John R. Mott said on Nov. 17th: "I saw more suffering on my recent visit to the Near East than I saw in all the hospitals during the war." The Near East is the birth place of civilization.

It has given to the world three great religions--Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan. The Armenians held a battle line for the allies in the war two hundred miles in length. They have been called the Belgians of the East. United States relief has saved one million I lives in the last few years. children are still homeless and penniless.

About thirty ladies and Misses will assist in Tag Day work, Saturday. Meet them with a generous response. They will solicit corn and cash. Alva Mann and the county farm agent have charge of the corn campaign for Gentry county. After the ladies have held Tag Day, Mr.

Mann will take the matter up with farmers who have not been seen. Gentry county's quota is three car loads. The elevators receive this corn free, the railroads haul it free to the sea coast. Tag Day starts off in King City with a generous gift from one lady of $60.00. This will feed, clothe and school one orphan for a year.

BAKERY OVEN ARCH FELL IN Last week, the arch top of the bakery oven fell in and this stopped the bread and pastry baking for the time being. Messrs. Reuillard Moss will install a new oven and be ready for business as soon as a room for their business can be secured. These men seem to understand their business and have been making good products. The bakery people have leased the Kessler building for three years and are arranging and equipping with new modern oven and expect to begin baking again 1 next week.

MISS MARY HOUK ON DEBATING TEAM Miss Mary Houk of St. Joseph has won a place on the debating team of Missouri university this year. The final tryouts for the team were held Friday at the university, Columbia, Mo. Miss Houk is the second girl who has won the honor of being On the debating team of the university in its entire history. Missouri university will debate teams from Wisconsin university and Washington university, and may also debate Harvard this year.

Miss Houk was on the winning debating team of Central high school during her senior year. She won a medal for extemporaneous speaking at Central and won the northwest Missouri contest in extemporaneous. She is president of the Women's Student Government Association, and is considered one of the best public speakers at Missouri university. -St. Joseph Gazette.

CASEOF SMALLPOX FIVE MILES IN COUNTRY A severe case of smallpox is reported to be at the Ira Buchanan home, five miles southwest of King City. Mr. Buchanan is said to have a severe case of this disease. He is reported to be very sick. All hope that he may soon recover and that the disease will not spread to other homes.

This is the only case in this part of the country SO far as we have beard. Hope there may not be others. EDITORS TO MEET DEC. 9-10 The Northwest Missouri Press As sociation will meet in St. Joseph, today and tomorrow, December 9 and 10, according to announcement by Fred M.

Harrison, president of the Association. Programs have been prepared and sent to members and editors. A large attendance is hoped for. Several matters of interest to the publishers will be diseussed at this meeting. SOME TAX REDUCTION ON COUNTY TAX LEVY Township Board Visited the County Clerk Waived Five Percent on County Levy, Thus Reducing That Tax Item Twenty PerCent For This Year The taxes this year seem to be so very unusually high because of increased assessments and the rates fixed for taxation, that some of our citizens went to Albany to see if anything could be done to reduce the amount of tax this year.

It seemed that it was too late to make alterations now. The increase in assessed valuations and the rates for levy should have been looked into at an earlier date Wednesday of this week, the Township Boards went to Albany and waived five cents on the hundred dollars valuation. A waiving of five cents on this would be a low. ering of 20 per cent on the amount of tax on this one item. That, seemingly, was all that could be done now.

However, this will help quite a little. Orin Simmons, Township Trustee-Treasurer, advises us that this waiver will cut the amount in this Jackson Township about 000.00 to $3,200.00, quite a saving for this year. Therefore, the item of "County Tax" on your tax receipt as made out will be reduced 20 per cent in this Jackson Township when you go to pay your taxes. We understand the same reduction will be made in each township in Gentry county. STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS Mrs.

S. Comstock, who had been spending some time with her son, Orville, and family in Kansas, returned home last week, and Monday morning, as she was getting up and dressing, she was stricken with paralysis and lost the use of her left side save that she could talk some. She was given care by Mrs. Rufus Shepherd, her daughter, and word sent to her children. Rev.

Clark Comstock came in the first of the week to be with his mother. All hope that the aged lady may soon be better and fully recover. CISTERN NEEDED AT SCHOOL HOUSES Seemingly there is no money that the school board could spend that is more needed as a fire precaution than that of making at the school premises a big cistern for fire fighting should such an emergency come. The roofings of those buildings would afford ample water for a large cistern, and a large cistern is certainly much needed because of fire possibilities. Many will remember the fire that started in the coal bin a couple of years ago, and several then suggested the idea of a big cistern for fire water supply if needed, but so far no action to provide such has been taken.

At that time the fire was extinguished by the heroic work of men who shoveled coal at almost the risk of life by suffocation. A good, big cistern on the school premises would be not only a good precaution as to water supply for the school premises, but might be of much good should fire start in some of the residences near the school houses. Had such a supply been available at the time of the burning of the Wm. Morris home, perhaps that might have been saved from total loss by fire at that time: EMPIRE MEETINGS Last Sunday, the Empire Presbyterian church began a series of meetings, conducted by Rev. Chester Birch.

The meetings have been well attended, a number of King City people went out the first evenings of this week and heard the evangelist. Some years ago, Mr. Birch held revival services in King City and his many friends here are glad of the opportunity to again meet and hear this earnest, christian minister..