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iffnwtirtiiiHiw tto ffruAmm i VOL. XXII. No. 13 PIEDMONT, WAYNE COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914 ISlAHlI'Hll) JUNt 1 12 rt-tt WM. H.

BLAINE IS NO MORE 13th Dist. Rep. Cong. Committee Elects Oflicers Wayne Countian Member of State Democratic Com. JUDUE IJMS IIIES NEAR MILL SITIINC; CO.

COM. FILER OUT REPUOLICAN TICKET FOR WAYNE COUNTY He Was Identified With Piedmont Interests For Forty Years As Merchant and Capitalist i A 1 i 1 i r-' i i 4 i 4 Vs s) a jT 6 A ff' Judge Matthew NeuUrry Ijames, of near Mill 1 died August 22, 1911. alter vi tal months of call h. He was born January 13. Him age was 71 years, months and 9 days when he died.

Judge Ijames was a native of Davie county, North Carolina. He was on the Confederate side during the Civil war and engaged in many of the hardest fought battles of that conflict. In IstiG he came to Missouri, settling in Wayne county. On August 29, 1SG9, he and Lucinda Adahne Moss were married, and to the union were born seven children, four of whom are living. Mis.

Ijames died in 1NN3. On June 2(1, JSK3, Judge Ijames and Iiouvena J. Moss were married. The second Mrs. Ijames In tenure of membership Judge Ijames was one of the oldest Masons in Missouri, he having joined that order in ISG3.

He joined the Brushy creek Baptist church in 1879. and lived a devout member until the duv of his death. Judge Ijames was prominent in Wayne county, and had a member of the enmity court and filled other public josititns. He was a thoroughly good citizen whose sterling manhood caused him to la respected wherever known. lie was buried with Masonic honors at Carson Dili giavevard Sunday.

U. W. McGee, assisted by the Greenville Masonic lodge and Masons from various parts of the county, conducted the funeral, after a service at ('arson Hill church by Bcv. M. T.

Webb. Dr. E. C. Bet rv man, A.

Holies and W. T. Bowers were the Piedmont Masons present. To Teach Music At Flat River A Utter received from Miss Rue Lindsay of St. Lems states that she will give iessous music both piano mid vocal in Flat River during tire coming year, commencing Sept, mi 1.

Miss Lindsay is a giad.iate from an approved school ot music and hiis in addition taken from the liest teacher St Ixniis for more than two vars and has studied Buioi- for considerable time umU is She will give a iml ut September 1, time and pi. we to be noted later, so that al! si nl cuts, and lovers of inuw invited. She promises to make River her place of icMileim. ing the teaching i md at be listed as flat Ki.i i i nl hieh should meet ill, I i n-couragemeiit ami appro. i our citizens.

Parents wishm, a ip lie I lat I Will either clementarv or woiksh'uJd regard ties a oppot (unity nml apprerue c. Jead Ba lt News. I here ill Is a Ot A meeting of the Republican Congressional Committee of this, the 13th district, was held in this city Tuesday. A good delegation from all ou the district was present. The committee organized by looting Theodore Walt her of I)e Soto.

chairman; Joseph 'orshee of Ironton, secretary; Charles KietTner of Ferryville, treasurer. S. G. Nipjier of Potosi and Politte Elvins of Elvins were elected as members of the State Central Committee. The meeting was addressed by John II.

Reppy of Hillsboro, the nominee fur Congress. Bismarck Gazette. JOHN W. BREWER OF BEACH RIVER DIES; WAS ILL 9 John W. Brewer died at his home on Black river, late Monday afternoon, of appendicitis and complications, following nine weeks illness.

Mr. Brewer was horn January 25, 1S77. He was 37 years, months, and 29 days old when he died. His wife, who liefore her marrage was Miss Mamie Garren, daughter of Riley Garren, survives; also a little daughter. J.

W. Brewer of Ellington is his brother, and Mrs. Mary Dunnegan of Logan creek his sister. George Brewer and Rev. Alex Brewer of Piedmont are his uncles.

A large crowd attended the funeral Tuesday near his home. Several vehicles of people went from Piedmont, evidence of the esteem in which the deceased was held here. John Brewer was one of natures noblemen. He modestly and quietly did a mansduty toward his follow men so that when he died, many a tear wras shed and many a sigh uttered by those who had enjoyed his friendship. The funeral service was conducted by his uncle Rev.

J. A. Brewer. We heartily thank our friends who so kindiv and sympathetically assisted and comforted us during the sickness, death and burial of our dear wife and mother. May our God abundantly bless and reward you.

C. E. Burton and family. We thank our friends most gratetuiiy for their kindness during tlu' long illness of our husband and father. Will.

II. Blaine, and also the members of fraternities and others for their sympathetic mini'trations after hi death. The Family. I. Wherein, It I pleaHeil the han-cellor omiiiHiil- nf tie Cimerst call eur fruMi ami brother William Henry Maine from the human plane to ii.

1 i mngno ---j confer, Ho it Ro.oh o.l, 'I hat wo how In (he Supremo will in liiimhloiiesH ami lriit, believing th.ii wluit a In ro. i really die pm motion of our In ilmr to a In in i lilo limn tins, mill I il finllior Kosolveil, 'I (ml wo expr lo ot In 1 1 sympathy I nee lo tin- family mul 0011,1101111 to them inn, 10 upon tlio In i 1 of immortality witli who Ii Immunity )m i I'' omlowict I1', do Creator an I 1.0 all. KrieinPmii I i No. knight of Hytlna Hy the Con in I loo W. Won Dr.

to man, 11. Klein I The Democratic Congressional Committee of the 13th district ruet Tuesday in De Soto. Dr. F. M.

VesselU, of Ferryville, guc-Cieds himself as chairman of the ommittee; Dr. Frank Ilinch, oi St. Genevieve, treasurer. Townsend, of Festus, and Geo. W.

Stivers, of Greenville, were chosen as members of the Democratic State Committee. Resolutions were passed endorsing the administrations of President Wilson and Governor Major and the congressional record of W. L. Hensley. Greenville Journal.

imroMMS CAMP MEETING AT DES ARC SEPT. 3-13 This annual salvation campaign, under the auspices ofv the Pentecostal Church of the Naz-r arene, will be held at the tabernacle, on the campus of the Missouri Holiness College, Des Arc. September 3rd to 13th, 1914. Rev. J.

B. McBride will be the Evangelist in charge. He will be assisted by Rev. H. S.

Hester, President of the College, together with other resident and visiting ministers. Leaders in Song: Clarence Davis and Charles Davis, Des Arc, Mo. Good rooms and good table board will be provided on the grounds. Meals will be served at 25c. Beds, 25c per night.

Furnished room for entire camp, $2.50. For futher information and arrangements, write to G. W. Wallis, Des Arc, or J. J.

Farris, Des Arc. Imitation typewriter letters printed at this office. You can hardly distinguish them from real typewriting. Prices reasonable. Reaction From Present Establishment of DITOR BANNER: The war cloud which has gathered over the entire world, brings with it sadness, doom, devastation and deaths without number.

This awful catastrophe has been thrust upon the world without, having first acquainted the average citizen of the causes under which they seek to justify the acts; but the ruling powers have demanded of the citizens the last tension of national fidelity, their lives upon the fields of battle, where physical suffering and certain bo onmNfA1 rvVv UUVU VOMIIWU AVt tlUUg.ll the face and flush of a burning war spirit. Our boasted Christian civilization fnllpr) far short, of its supposed strength in its battle for the right and humaniiy. It may be that some are sufficiently advanced in ihe line of international learning to know who hath his quarrel just but he has failed to give out the information to the common people that we may know; but we are permitted, asked and forced to look ujon the awful tragedies of war with blanched face and bated breath, but can give nu relief. While the injuries resulting 05 ILLIAM HENRY BLAINE, who for forty years was identified with the commercial interests of Pied- mont, died at his home here at 9 oclock, Saturday morning, August 22, after a long period of failing health from a malady involving his stomach, kidneys and heart. He was G7 years, 11 months and 15 days old.

Mr. Blaine was one of the few remaining citizens of Piedmont who played a part in the early history of the city. He came here in 1874 and has been constantly active in mercantile lines and other business concerns since that time. He prospered in business and was known as one of the towns most substantial citizens. He had a store -here and was also vice-president of the Bank of Piedmont and a director of the Peoples Banking Company.

Prior to coming here Mr. Blaine resided, in Washington county, which was his birthplace. He was a son of Albert and Mary Blaine. His father was'a prominent merchant before the war. When Mr.

Blaine came to Piedmont he bought out Jas. Hattens interest in the firm of Hatten McSpaden, the firm becoming McSpaden Blaine. At the death of Hr.1 McSpaden he sold his interest to Mrs!" McSpaden and started in business alone. Mr. Blaine belonged to that solid type of men wrho made a former generation glorious.

He was strong in his convictions and yielded nothing to the compromising ways of a newer generation. Critics of the new order say that men nowadays are not individual, that they have no distinctive personalities, but are colorless units composing society. He chose his friends without regard to wealth or station, and in every contingency imposing a test upon his fidelity he proved himself unswervingly loyal. His intimate friends recall with great tenderness instances of his kindness and fidelity. His family is among the most prominent of the city.

His wife, who survives him. was Miss Annie L. Old before her marriage, being a daughter of the late Capt. Old of Thomasville, Mo. One of their daughters is Mrs.

W. T. Newman, living in San Diego, Cal. W. H.

Blaine, the only son, is a member of the faculty of the West Texas State Normal School at Canyon, Texas. Misses Atta and Helen Blaine, two daughters who live here, are exceptionally talented girls. Judge Albert Blaine of Piedmont is a brother of the deceased. The relatives from a distancp here at the end were W.fL Blaine, wife and childretrof Canyon, Texas; Lee Wallace, a nephew of Mr. Blaine, who is trainmaster on the Memphis division of the Iron Mountain; Ed Old of Koshkonong, a brother of Mrs.

Blaine, and two of her sisters, Mrs. Empo Shad-burne of St. Louis, and Mrs, M. B. Clarke of West Plains, Eli Klotz of St Louis, a devoted friend of Mr.

Blaine, was among those who attended the funeral. Mr. Blaine was buried in the Masonic cemetery Sunday after-, noon. Rev. M.

A. Myers conducted a brief prayer service at the home, after which the Masonic lodge committed the body to the grave. The Masonic funeral service was conducted by John A. Hammond. Many visiting Masons, as well as the local lodge, were in the line of march.

The Knights of Pythias lodge also turned out a strong delegation, including its Uniform Rank. W. C. T. U.

The W. 0. T. U. met with Mrs.

Minnie Lee unger Tuesday afternoon. The program was in charge of the Department "Co-operation with Missionary Societies, Mrs. Minnie Farris presiding. Reports were given from each church society, Mrs. Hackworth for the Fresbyterian, Mrs.

Haggerty for the Christian, Mrs. Nettie Gilmer for the Baptist, Mrs. Munger for the Methodist, followed by a talk on co-operation in church work by Mrs. J. E.

Gilmer. The entire program was much enjoyed but perhaps the most so were the vocal duet by Mrs. Thompson and Miss Octa Krimminger. and a talk by our President, Mrs. Melton on the all-absorbing topic, "The war in Europe.

To listen to her one could almost imagine you had been on the firing line. heart and sympathy are with the German nation for there was I born and reared, she said, and spoke reminiscently of the old Emperor Frederick William, the war of 71 when France lost Alsace adverting to the fact that Alsace had orginally been German territory untiltheNapoleonic wars, when it was seized by France. Mrs. Mayme Lindsay gave us an idea of what co-operation can do when she told of the things done by the Sunday school class of the First Baptist Church of St. Louis and of which she is a member.

Each year they support a child in school in China, clothe and furnish bedding for a baby in the Bethesda Home, furnish twenty Christmas dinners for poor families, and do other fine things for the good of humanity. At the close of the meeting Mrs. Thompson added her name to the list of women actively engaged in working for the temperance cause, and in transferring her membership she will find it a most excellent way to make friends among representative women. Member. HEAVY RAINS HELP OUT FALL FARMING rw aval i uni ijamaui mm Heavy rains fell over a wide area in this section Monday and Tuesday.

Two and a half inches fell here Monday. Roads were in some instances badly damaged. The new Patterson road suffered in this respect, as the long dry spell had resulted in the surface becoming pulverized so that the water eroded the road bed in a few places. The rains had a very beneficial effect in preparing the soil for fall farming operations. 1 The Wayne County Republican Committee met at Greenville Friday and filled out the vacancies on the county ticket.

Thre was only one Republican candidate in the late primary, Geo. Schlater, who was nominated for judge from the Eastern district. The ticket as completed by the committee is: Representative John T. Collins of Piedmont. Circuit Clerk Abner Barrow of Greenville.

Collector Tom Harris of Pied- 4 mont. County Clerk Glenn Harrison of Leeper. Presiding Judge J. A. Estes of Taskee.

Probate Judge M. L. Clubb of Gravelton. Judge Western District T. J.

Markham of Williamsville. Judge Eastern District Geo. Schlater of Patterson. Prosecuting Attorney W. A.

Settle of Greenville. John Schiek, committeeman from this township attended the meeting. Poultry Field Meet Called Off Judge A. G. Templeton informs ys that the.

poultry field meet, which was to have been held at Greenville on September 5, has been cal lad off. Owing to the severe drought in this section of the state a number of places which had intended to hold field meets have canceled their dates, and this, Judge Templeton tells us, would make the expense of getting state poultry men here very great. For this reason the meet here has been called off. Greenville Sun. Goods called for and delivered.

Carter the Cleaner. Phone 2G. Ice cold bottled soda, all flavors, at the Pool Room. War Apt to Result in Great International Court from the war now in progress are of such magnitude that reparation cannot be made, yet there will follow in the wake of this mad spirit a movement which will protect coming generations and governments. Instead of arbitrations and loosely constructed compacts between nations, there will be a great court constructed amongst the different nations and it will be given power to indict, try and determine the different matters of import arising between great and small K)wers, and tViis will be done under the great rules of justice and love for humanity, and lay aside forever the boastful war spirit and the death dealing guns; but this is much like the man who iockeo the barn door after his horse was stolen.

Our nation is wisely remaining neutral, not for sordid commercial purposes, but because as a nation we can exert a great influence for the greater good of humanity and can lend aid in the final adjustment of the differences of the warring powers when they shall have come to themselves sufficiently to consider. U. L. McmiKR. remittance Are, Mo Blionc 2fi, Carter.