The Lamar Republican from Lamar, Missouri • 1

THE LAMAR REPUBLICAN i Laman Missouri Thursday June 17 1920 Number 40 i no 8108 IB May Take Mrs Arnold for Has War Record Southern Missouri i The Barton County I () Barton County about 1200 curds for each case ex 1 4 ffl 81 Don Boss underwent an opera tion at the home of his parents on South Gulf Tuesday for the re moval of his tonsils 'flic operation was performed by Dr Mynatt? mill a month for ew people know the postal little idea can be Boy Gearhart who has a posi tion with a Carthage firm spent Sunday with his father who lives in the Bethany ucighboihood Miss Cora Wilson who taught school in Joplin the past year re turned to her home in this city Saturday evening A Successful Lawyer an Able Judge He is Well itted for Duties on the Court of Appeals Intention to Give Everyone Square Deal and Bene fit Not Only Coun try but Towns Changes Name to Lamar and Promts cs a Loyal Newsy In teresting Paper ere each liim AV Box bought thcjlepubli can Scnt inel and took possession Ho ame1o Barton Mr and Mrs Seroy jhave gone Io Paola Kansas to visit' Mr and Mrs Retihc'n Seroy and will isit their other son Mr Gregg Seroy at Garland Kansas Air and Mrs Carl Wclheiier who have (spent the past three years in llui'iiu Ayefs arrived this city Wednesday and will spend some time at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Aull Entire Country Including Mis souri is Boosting Saiz Ail postal employes after Sep tcinbcr will be retired 'at 65 on 4 pension The pension Mill bo paid chiefly the postal employe! themselves and the pension will depend upon the length of ser vice The Lamar post office Ims hut on employee who is old enough to retire and that Need ham vho carries the mail oti route one and has been carrying the same route for eighteen years home' Mr Box was in the railway mall scryce 13 years and has' handled enough mail to load several freiglu trains One van get some idea of the distance traveled by him as he averagid 3500 the 13 years anything about work and but given in this article but he is re quired to know about 7000 towns and is required to tfrnke an aver age jirade of PS per cent or better on each examination lie handles Judge II Skinker of Bolivar has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination fortho Springfield Court of Appeals Judge Skinker spent the greater part of Saturday in town mixing it'll the boys ami those who met him were very much impressed TAitli him ami say if lie is elected Io the office he to get that they could have gotten no one bet ter fitted for the place Judge Skinker graduated from the law department of Missouri University in 1885 Engaged in the active praetico of the law from 1885 to 1909 Appointed Circuit Judge by Governor Iadley July 31 1909 Ek cted Circuit fudge in f910 Re elected Circuit Judge in 1916 Endorsed by the bar of (he Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Judge Skinker is one of the best known and most popular circuit judges in this part of the state Tie graduated from the law depart ment of the State University in the class with the late Judge James Neville find immediately Harry Collins ajH Grand Mas ter in Charge of Buncli Association is planning for a big day in Lamar on Thu twlay July June 14th 22nd They expect to for County in 1893 and while much qf their guests on that day the Bovs the 27 years lie has been away old Band and the Giri' Quartette Barton has been his only home! era iit 1914 was $60 per month and one report a maximum of $200 per month for rural teachers next year In ordef to supply ample funds to the necessary advance in Jeachci's wages Volume 52 Evart Aken who has spciit'the last four ears on a claim in Colo radb has returned' to lie lias been at lngneit wijh his rot i 1 1 1 a oh a gh Al aiiglin nas a stm and paint shop at lagner and is doing well 4 Arnold who sold the Allepubliean Sentincl last ck to Mr Josh Box gave possession Monday Mr Arnold started in the newspaper work more than tvehty fixe years ago In 1891 lie started the Barton County Re publican in opposition to him Southwest AlisSoiirian which was owned by II Williams tn a shoit time be purchasid the South west Missourian and he consult dated the two papers and changed the name to the Lamar Rcpublt 1111 jiln 1898 lie sold the paper to Messrs A McAdow ami Chai Davis after which he remained out of the newspaper business un til in 1903 when he started the La mar Sentim I In 1906 lie purchas ed the Republican ami made the name of the paper Jlepublican Senlimjl which be lias run ever since Air Arnold has been wanting to get out of the paper Imsincss fur some time as he wants to lv able to go when and where ht pleases Mrs Arnold has been in rather poor health' the past eight ecu months and ns lie is free from the paper business they van visit among their many friends and relatives and go to some summer esurt when Mrs Arnold may get the benefit of a good long rest ami take life i nsy for a time rank DeWitt Arnold is a na tive of New York When dent Lincoln Issued the first call for volunteers during the civil war he' wits a lad of sixteen and the sight of the uniform and the first taps of the drum made him want to go to war He wept with grief because he was not permitted to enlist nt oner and would play war in the yard of his When liiu brother went to AHIwaukcc with his recipient he went with him hoping be able to enlist but he was too boyish in appear ance and was not accepted and was obliged to return home and go Io school ive months later he succeeded in enlisting in (' 1 Third Wisconsin Volunteer caval ry at Juneau Wis The regiment participated in many engage ments around in this part of" the country At 'Baxter Springs Kan sas on October 6 3863 Quant rell at the head of 600 of inen dressed in federal uni form approached as friends the unsuspecting and waiting body guard of Gen Blunt who learned when it was too late the cowardly deception of the gueril las The first battle in whichUnpt Arnold was engaged in was at Cane Hill Ark Nov '28th 1862 He was in many battles amt after the battles at ayette ville Ark Prairie Grove ami Cabin Creek they made a tour of Jasper County which left Qarlli jtgc at his riuld and went directly to Baxter Springs At the beein uiug of tin engagement at Spiin'g'S Air horse wasshot from under him and four of the guerillas rode up to him and after using him ns 0 target loll him riddled with bullets After the battle there was found on thefield ninety eight dead bodies alltbe men were shot 1hrough the bead showing i that Miss Phaye to Become a Bride AlLs Phaye Berry gave a party for a number of her friends at her home on Pacific St Thursday evening at which time Mie 'an nounced the marriage ofhcrself'tdAir Gerald Arthur Adams of Pea body Kansas The ceremony will be performed at the home of her parents at high noon Wednesday June 23rd In connection 'with the' annoiuiccment paity Von itzhugh and Ctisen bury gave the bride 1o be a sliowrr at which time she received many useful ami pretty presents All Plead Guilty George and Clnrenee Koehler and Hiram Griffith went to Jop lin Tuesday and pleaded guilty io the charge of defrauding the Government Koehlers fined one thousand dollars and Gritfith was fined one dred dollars This winds up Hie much talkec of ease If half the rumors that wentdhe founds veie Hue the bbyi irould'heytkr' have been ablij out their time but there must have been some truth amt much idle talk and no doubt the idle talk nit) coni inue fuels as I understand them the boys would add a ton or so of hay to each car load They paid back the the fine and now it is to be hoped that the boysfv ill deiil square nnd'not try any more tunny business" either buying or sellin 1 i The repairs for the orest Grove steam shovel having beenji dried for ucaily three months arrived a few days ago and hy Saturday afternoon (hey were ad justed and the big dipper was ready to go bark to the nliovcl The shovel lias been idle since the yepairs'W ere practice of law at Bolivarum par nei under the firm name of No vilkvamjfstfinker They remained partners until Judge Neville' was elected prosecuting attorney pf Polk 'oil nty Judge Skinkcrris now serving bin second term as judge of thw 18th judicial circuit composed of the koiiuties of Polk Hickory Dallas Webster Wright and Cam den Besides attending to the work of his large circuit lie has fre quently presided as special in Springfield and is well known to the citizens of Greene County Jutlge Skinker him established a reputation as an able judge al ways courteous and' con side rate bill firm independent' and impar tial '4 Shower for Bride Airs Joe Beamer gave a shower riday afternoon in lumor of Mix? Marjorie Joqes whose approach ing marriage to Air Leon Jewell 011 June 22nd has already been announced Twenty four guesu were seated about six tables and Auelion biidgc was the game of the afternoon The prize a buneli of snap dragons went Io Afrx Walter Sluder The home was beautifully 'decorated the drap eries were all in jellow Yellow streamers ran from the eorners of the gift table to 1he chandelier abovedt The gifts vhieln were many wirl of lhe mi wellaiieoiM selection handsome and useful the cards vero laid aside guests wore served with light refreshments' Ulio color was car ried out in the refreshments a amination When war with Germany came Im was located in Chicago and im 1 The top gulairy paid rural leach mectiately ottered Jus serviced to Colonel Roosevelt but that was blocked through green eyed jeal ousy so he offered to go as a post office employee and on Alarch 4 1918 he bid adieu to the good old Goddess of Liberty and went to rance i after the armistice then he was sent to Germany and elec tion the proposition of voting finally to Berlin the first Amer a repair faiid furnishing tax and iv j'xi: i i iVUit I ll'sl llltlhluL 111 UH! ucipilOl LL the once proud nation While in Europe he saw hun dreds of miles of the old battle line and much of the ruined cojin try and after he gets dry behiiu the ears as an editor he will run a few articles on his trip Be is going to do his da rudest to editiu paper that will be read able and stand for the things that will make this a better community and there is only one thing that is si rictly forbidden and that in ar ticles on infidelity as nothing can be gained' and most people need all the faith they have The name was changed beeauw it was too long also it reminded us old timers of the useless fight in the party In politics it will be what the mime implies strictly Republican mid it would be highly appreciated ifhevery Republican Democrat and Socialist would get his name on the mailing list from the I Home at Liber ty and have a day picnic Arrange ments have been made for the Grand Al aster of ihe state Hon Garner of Springfield and Hurry Collins to leave Liberty on Sunday July 18lh in company of the boys and girls for a six visit In this part of the state They will be Hie guests of the Odd el lows and Rebekahii in AlcDonald County on Alonday the 19lli Newton County on Tuesday the 20t Jasper County on Wednes day vne iust lluirsdoy the 22nd Vernon Coun ty riday the 23rd and Bates Uniinty Saturday the 2 1th Tim children are all children wlm have been raised at the home at Liberty and vviH entertain the citizens at each ami every county with some good music and and we are of the opinion that those who fail to avail themselves of the op portunity to meet and hear these children will miss a treat Mr and Airs Everett Zinn who havj'bccifavvaymi a wedding tour since their marriage returned lb this city Saturday evening ami hqve taken rooniii at the home or Air and Airs 'C across the Pacific track unexpected bal ance the im ideutal fund there by pclemjng the larger part of the ivgulnr levy purposes to the fund The increase in revenue for wages is: general throughout the state as shown by thodact that all counties pre vol ing'tlie maximum levy in from fifty to ninety five per cent of the districts entirely in the hands'of the bush whackers and the work of shoot ing prisoners after they had sur rendered hail ceased Quant cell went over the fiehb robbing the dead ami massacring the wound ed All this time Air Arnold lay conscious of transpiring events though unable to get away He lay silent and motionless listening to the wails and groans of his wounded and dying comrade He remained for four hours on the battlefield in the cold embrace ot Death but he did not obey the mandate of the guerillas Aft er the guerillas hud left the a burying party started out to gath er up the dead and to give the bodies a soldier's interment Dig ging a square hole in the ground large enough to hold them all they commenced to deposit the dhid in their final resting place with shield between their bodies and mother earth save covering of the flag they had died to Saw When the body of Air Arnold was about to be placed dn this ghastly tomb someone covered that his limbs were not so rigid us the others hud been and Hint blood was still ozziim from Ids wounds the body to the 'hobilal tept for the time being one had any hope that life could be restored in him and he wan left linen red for all night Tn the morning there were signs of life and his wounds were dressed The young soldier revived and to 1 ho astonishment of all recovered dhey had been murdered after they and served ouHthc remainder After the field was hin eiilistment I The arm Club movement ha! been one of ey rapid grow th since its beginning In Alarch there was a fetv clubs in the countyeach struggling for existence by itself On March 20 a movement was begun which re Jelubs yf the county to 42? with a total membership of 770 and the organizing uf the County lion Al ay 1 which wufi a great day for tlie farmers of Barton County At the morning session the officers were elected ami many plans for the work wore laid State Secretary Wm Hirth spoke to one of the largest audiences of farmers ever assembled here Air Hirth spoke the feeling of the crowd when he mado it plain tha the farmer want a man whose only qualifications were a hand some sala'ry'and a head full of theories telling them how to nianage'thcir farms He explain ed the purpose of organizing the farmers under this plan was not to drive the small merchant out of business nor to run' the upci inlcndent but simnlvio look after their own where he remained until Baker recently 'ad vised all school interest in a husinesi as does was Hiwnerl hOlirtls to snlnnit in Inn finnna prv nt hfr mass nt titan nn'tlia JV world I The A is in no way con nected with poliiicsr Neither is ii for them to lake 'part yi town spuabbles but rather stand for the upbuilding of the home life of the riiru) people The church the school and the community By bettering rural conditions it will also be a benefit to the towns At the people of Lninnr thought the clubs would ruin the town but as they have come tnknow the true aim of the organi zation all of thixfcar has passed away and in its place has come feeling of helpfulness Secretary Humphrey rcpoKs that three ear loails of twine were handled by the clubs 85000 pounds One carload of salt has been un loaded at Minden and a car is ex pected to rcncli Lamar thi week The lantha elevator has been bought ami possession taken June 15th Alr Keithley is the manager of lhe lam ha elevator Joe Oomby President Ale Ulanrihan vice president Ale Uren secretary and treasurer The farmers have bought the Ke noma elevator and will take pos session as soon ns Air Harris can dispose of the grain he has on hand Several other places are being considered as points to place ex clianges or elevator The (junto for Barion Uoniity in the Uolll Storage Assembly plain at Springfield was 80 shares Aloro than' 100 shares were subscribed in the comity At the pi ChOtif time there are 46 clubs in'rhe coun ty with a membership of 925 Looks Brighter Oh ye scl tool niariiui gct rid i of that careworn look and buy some glad lags Never beforey have so many school districts voted the prescrib I'dlimil for school purposes and in 11 rcimii i and fiirnishintr fund hiyh in ninny cases equal (suited in raisiig the number of I he iu mat ion ma mi enauce according to State Superiidendeiit Sam A 4 hiker who has compiled ome in teresting figures relating to school conditions in this state Accord ing to informal ion received in re port from county and city sup erintendents from all sections of the state ns a result of the recent Annual School Election teachers' wages for next year will be very materially increased over that of last year and in ninny cases 80 to 120 per cent above that received in 1914 i.