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Surprise Party.
A delightful suprise party was
given Friday evening for Miss Susie
Corcoran at her home in the south
west part of town to celebrate her
birthday anniversary. The evening
was spent in , music and games
Those present were: Misses Virgie
Burditt, Frances Webster, Gladys
Gough, Agnes Begley, Gertrude Van
Marter, Myrtle Burditt, Easter
Graham, Margaret Begley. Nettie
Mudd. Rose Lanham and Susie Cor
coran, and Messrs. Russell Wilson,
Royal Young, Kendrick Lanham,
Marvin Quinn, Joe Mudd, Russell
Yowell, Robert Wilson, Emmett
"Robey. Ely Jett. Charley Ballard,
Charley Hicks, Rucker Lightbody,
Eugene Lanham and George
Mudd.
Read it in the Democrat.
Of course if you and your neigh
bors begin to talk about putting a
plan into execution by which you
may be independent of a fuel fam
ine next winter, somebody will bob
up with all kinds of argument to
discourage the plan. If you have a
plan to that end, go to it, because
the objector usually has an ax to
grind.
A brilliant meteor was observed
in the heaven early Tuesday even
ing by several parties in this city.
The meteor appeared to come from
the southwest and explode without
noise a little north of town.
This was probably the same meteor
observed at Topeka, Kansas, St.
Joseph and Kansas City.
Layson Tuley, R. F. D. carrier on
route 5, is confined to his bed with
a severe case of the mumps.
Those Austrian Strikes.
Whether the labor and other
troubles reported from Austria
Hungary are anything more than
sporadic outbursts will have to be
determined by future developments.
They may be suppressed by the iron
heel of despotism, as similar dis
orders within the Central Powers
have been. Just now the ruling
Powers in both Austria and Ger
many are doing everything possible
to improve the morale of their
people by promises of increased
I food supplies to flow from the Rus
sian peace, and a victorious peace
with the other Allies to follow the
big thrust on the West
Austria is very near Russia, how
ever, and the increased boldness of
the Socialists in the former country
would indicate that the Bolsheviki
doctrines were taking root across
the border. The discordant elements
within the Austrian Empire would
fly apart in a moment if they
thought the prospect for success
was good. What are the Entente
propagandists doing to bring about
result? If there is any field where
the Allies have made a sorrier
showing, considering their potential
superiority of resources, than in a
military way, it is in their failure to
use the forces of internal disorgani
zation as skillfully as the Germans
have
Death of Judge Drescher.
Judge W. a Drescher, aged 94
years and for many years a leading
citizen and business man o Marion
county died at the home of his son,
William F. Drescher in St. Louis
last Friday. Judge Drescher was a
Mexican war veteran and bad been
a Mason for 73 years. He served as
Judge of fhe county court of Marion
county for a uumber of years and
was engaged in the merchantile
busioess in Palmyra and Hannibal
for many years.
Previous to going to St Louis he
resided in this city several years.
He was born in Germany and came
to the United States at the age of
16 and Imost of bis active life was
spent in Marion county. Judge
Drescher was a man of more than
ordinary intellectual capacities and
prominent in business and social
circlea
Interment took place at Hannibal
with ceremonies peculiar to the
Masonic order.
We have no disposition to mini
mize the importance of the action
of the government in ordering the'
registration of all alien enemies.
This should have been done at the
time we entered the war. But we
greatly fear that even this move
will not put a stop to the machin
ations of the enemy in this country,
from the fact that his readiest tools
are not aliens, but citizens of this
country. The alien is an easy per
son to watch, but the traitorous
citizen sometimes baffles the best
efforts of the police. And, bumili
ating as it is to admit it, we have a
number of these. Some of them
would doubtless balk at actual se
dition, yet every day of their lives
they are aiding the cause of the Hun
They kick and knock and find fault
of every act of our government,
and if they were men of weight
their pessimistic influence would be
disastrous Happily for the country,
however, the great majority of our
people are loyal, and they soon
place these gentry where they right
fully belong outside the pale.
Old Gates and New
' I FJE old toll-gate, at a time whei the facilities
f- of communication were limited, opened on
the turnpikes which afforded the most direct
routes for travel.
The new toll-gate is your Bell Telephone. It
swings open on the far-reaching highways of the
Bell system.
These highways connect the varied interests
of city, town and country.
Lift your receiver and you've passed the mod
ern toll-gate. You're on the highways leading to
greater business opportunities.
Every BM Telephone is a Long Distance Station
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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The prcvost marshal general's
office has announced the order for
appeals did not indicate any general
policy to deny exemption to men
who married after the draft law was
enacted, but was to insure uniform
decisions, considering each case on
its merits. Obviously where it is
shown that a man married to ac
quire a claim of dependency his
claim will be denied.
E. 0. Hallock, postoffice inspector
with headquarters at Topeka, Kan
sas spent part of the week in this
city with relatives.
Boys In France.
The die la cast; the boys are now
on foreign soil; they have been sent
to defend the nation's honor in the
greatest hour of peril; they have-
beea sent to defend democracy
against autocracy.
"Hope springs eternal in the hu
man breast." yet many a home will
be called upon to make the great
est sacrifice of their earthly career
the placing of some loved one or,
the altar of liberty. The mothers
darling, the sweet heart's ideal may
be sacrificed on the field of Fland
ers, but be will not have lived in
vain. The modern Attilla, second"
scourge of Europe, has unsheathed
bis sword that Prussianisra might
dominate the world.
The army, which is composed of
the flower of our manhood, realize
their grave responsibility, yet they
shirk not the call to duty. They
are imbued with the same spirit
that permeated the victorious
legions of Washington. They pos
sess tbat Spartan courage and'
tenacity that caused the defeat of
the Persian hosts on the Plains of
Marathon. The spirit of Ceasar's
famous message, "Veni, Vidi, Vici
will be cabled back to America,,
when the Sammies meet the
Bochea
The modern Hun will find when,
he confronts America's host, anv
army of youthful bouancy, irrepres
sible in spirit and to whom defeat
is unknown.
America little realizes the stu
pendous task that confronts her.
The sons of France have bled and
died upon the battlefield in defense
of their country's honor; England1
has poured out her blood and
treasure, now this country comes ta
ttle rescue of her brothers in'
arms.
We must be prepared for great
sacrifices; we must not let reverses
dampen our ardor. The utter anni
hilation of Kaiserism is the ulti
mate outcome and desire but we
must not belittle our antagonist, for
he is a worthy foe.
Old Glory has been unfurled on
the battle-scarred plains of France,,
and the defenders, will never return
until they can repeat with Peary,
"We have met the enemy, and they
are ours."
It is reported that wolves have
committed considerable depredation
in the neighborhood immediately
north of Goss and the citizens of
that locality are taking steps to
capture the beasts.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tuley, of
Rock Island. III., have returned to
make their home on a farm near
Ely.
Did Thriving Business.
A tramp with a bright idea ar
rived at Glasgow recently, says the
Corder Journal He bad no money
and followed the railroad ties from
Slater. Just before reaching Glas
gow he espied a big patch of jimson
weeds, and here his originality
cropped out. He discovered that
the jimson weed seeds resembled
onion seeds and he gathered a good
supply. Arriving in town, he ob
tained a couple of fine white onions
and proceeded at once to sell his
ttfd in tmall packages, exhibiting
tbe inicne as txemples. He did a
thriving business and left town at
iiifbt ty rail, well supplied with
rr.rrif y. The men told his story be-
fcre leaving but no one bos yet ad
ruitttd tbat he was a purchaser.
Customers
THE man who lets us make his clothing
once is sure to come back to us the
next time he needs .anything in our
line. Our long experience in cutting and fit
ting enables us to turn out every job abso
lutely correct In every detail. We know how
to build ciothos on correct lines so as to in
sure perfect fit and hold their shape.
Cleaning, Pressing and
Repairing.
L. L. LAN E
TAILOR
