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HALF PRICE ....ON ALL.... Straw "Don't that Sound GOOD!" RIGHT in the midst of this hot weather, when your old hat is soiled and discolored, we offer you a new one to finish the sea son with AT Price No reserve, any dress hat in the straw family will suffer the "gouge. We must make room for fall goods now arriving. Hanly & Green Negro Killed George McCroskey, a Clarence negro, aged 28 years, was stabbed Sunday afternoon by Grace Alexan der, a negress. He died early Mon day morning. Four negro men, McCroskey among them, were playing cards in the home of one of them, when the Alexander woman appeared and called McCroskey out They went to her place and talked a while, when she stabbed him, with fatal results. She claims he struck her with a broom handle. McCroskey returned about six weeks from Bervice in France. Sheriff Neff and Prosecuting At torney Dale went to Clarence Sun day evening and took the woman to Shelbyville where they placed h er in jail. Sheriff Neff took her to Clarence Tuesday morning where the preliminary examination was held. The Sheriff said she refused to talk about the killing. Nor would she discuss the report that she stabbed her husband during a quar rel in Brookfield some time ago. She was bound over to the cir cuit court and in default of $5,000 bond, was taken back to jail at Shelbyville Lose to Shelbina Shelbina was here Sunday, and they won the ball game by a score of 7 to 3 There was some con solation, however, in the fact that it was our game until the eighth inning, giving the Monroe fans time to place their money which they kissed goodbye in a few minutes. We never like to bear a team make excuses for losing a game, and the home team is not doing so in this case, but we cannot help but 6ay here that they seemed to be up against a "jinx" in this case. The score stood 2 to 1 against the visitors until Monroe's pitcher was hit hard on the arm while at bat in the last ha If of the sixih frame, after which time he did not have complete con trol of the ball. Anyway, it was a good game,- the attendance was the largest of the season, and ex cept for the fact that a bunch from Paris came down to laugh at us in our humiliation it would not be so bad. Does it Pay? ; In the last week's edition of the Democrat appeared a 25c "lost" ad inserted by J. D. Miller, of Winches ter, Ind., in which he advertised I . . . . . I ior two auto tires, tubes and rims j lost from the rear of his car Tues day of last week They were large i tires, 37x5. and with the inner tubes and rims cost in the neighborhood of two hundred dollars. Mr. Miller did not include his name in the ad vertislng but asktd that the finder return to this office. On the day of publication the notice was read by the finder, a farmer near Lakenan. The first of the week be loaded up his "find," brought them to Monroe City and they were shipped by ex press to the owner. This circum stance proves two things that there are honest people in this part of the country and that it pays to advertise in the Democrat. Married, Miss Clara Hornback, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hornback of this city, was married to Mr. John Alexander Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Craig of Minneapolis, Min nesota, Friday August 1st 1919. the ceremony being performed by Rev Joseph Weiss at South Bend, Wash ington. Mr. Craig is a graduate of Yale University, while Miss Horn back was educated at Howard Payne College, Fayette, Mo., and the Mis souri University. They will reside at Raymond, Wash. To Patrons I desire to announce to the many friends and patrons of the Gem that I have bought the interest of my partner and in the future will con duct the picture business at the same stand. I thank you for your liberal . patronage in the past aud will endeavor in the future to so conduct the business as to warrant a continuance of your patrouage Fred Angus. Mrs. Richard Asbury and little son returned to their home in Mem phis, Tenn , Friday after a months visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Yates of near this city and other re latives. Notice for Bids Notice is hereby given that bids will be received until 7:30 p. m. on the 18th day of Aug. 1919 for the work and labor necessary to be per formed in digging, laying and con structing water main on Main Street, extending from Lawn Street South to the city limits. City to furnish material. All according to plans and specifications on file with City Clerk. The City reserves right to reject any or all bids. J. G. Wade. Mayor. Mrs. Bert Lange and two children Arthur and Mildred after a weeks visit at the home of Mrs. Lange's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ensor have returned to their home in Kid der, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Maddox of Hannibal came Friday for a two weeks visit with horaefolks. Mr. Maddox who in machinists at the Burlington shops is taking his vaca tion. Mi68 Ethel Dorset, of Augusta, III., who has been spending several days with her sister, Mrs. E. J. Walker, has gone to Shelbina for a v isit with relatives. Mrs. S. A. White and Miss Vir ginia Allen of Kansas City, and Mrs. Sarah Gentry of Pond Creek, Okla., are visiting with relatives in and near this city. Miss Grace Morthland and Ramsey Crook were in Hannibal Wednesday for the purpose of having their adenoids removed. They were ac compained by Mrs. Agnes Gupton Miss Julia Keithly returned to her borne in Blanding, 111., Saturday after a two weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs W. P. Brooks of near this city. Miss Dorothy Bixler returned home Saturday after a several weeks viajt with her sister Mrs. Wesley Preacher and family in Quincy. Mrs. Ed Thomas and children returned home Tuesday from' a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wood, of Shelbina. Mrs. E. J. Carter and daughter Janet left Friday for Cedar Rapids, Mich., for a several weeks visit with the former's mother. Miss Opal Powell returned to Quincy Tuesday after a weeks visit here with Miss Cassie Tooley and other friends Mrs. Ella Hume returned home Friday after a months visit with her son and family at Whitehall, 111.. ' Death at Stoutsville Mrs. C. P. Kincaid, a well known Stoutsville woman, died at her home Friday, death was due to cancer of the stomach. Deceased) was born near Stoutsville, Septem ber. 22, 1848 and would have bees seventy-one years old next month. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Stoutsville,.' Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock con ducted by Rev. R. T. Colborn of Paris. Burial was in the cemetery at that place. She leaves besides her husband one daughter, Mrs. V. C. Spalding, of Chillicothe. two brothers, Jeff and Henry Reynolds, of Strong h urst, 111., and three sisters, Mrs I. N. Carman, of Stoutsville, Mrs. Delia Grimes of St. Louis and Mrs. J. N. Melvin, of Lahart, III. Congress has about decided to turn the . railroads back to their owners January 1, 1920. The road will be given such financial assist ance as may a appear necessary to enable them to meet their obliga tions and operate as they did before they were taken over by the Govern ment. It is expected that the roads,, when once again doing business without Government' harassment, will be able to meet the require ments of the people. Last Thursday night a straw stack on the Jacobs farm near Woodland caught fire from a threshing ma chine engine, and was enirely con sumed, and it was only by bard work that the residence and some other buildings were saved. The fire lighted up the entire neighbor hood, and people east of towa thought Palmyra was burning and) here in town it was thought that it was Woodland. Spectator. John and Will Maddox were call ed to Hydesburg Tuesday by the serious illness of their brother Howard Maddox. Mr. Maddox is? seriously ill with death expected at most any time. Mrs Geo. Patrie returned to her home in Palmyra Saturday after at weeks visit here with her father. Geo. Mudd. Prosecuting Attorney Browning: and Frank Kirby, of Paris were here on business Wednesday. C. L Carpenter, of Quincy has been visiting with friends here for several days. Miss Anna E. Nolen, editor of the Semi-Weekly News accompained by her e is ter, Mrs. Harold Davenport left Saturday for Denver, Colorado Springs, Estes Park and other points in Colorado. Miss Nolen who has been in poor health for sometime will spend several weeks in the in te rest of ber health. Her sister Mrs. Davenport will only spend a week or ten days. Later. Miss Anna Nolen under went an operation for appendicitis in Denver, Colorado, Tuesday ac cording to a telegram received in city this Wednesday. There are openings now for four young men and two young women to work their way through a busi ness, telegraphy or civil service course at the Chillicothe Business College. Those interested write the college at once Monroe City added another game to her long string of victories Wed- j nesday when the Shelbina team was j defeated on their home grounds by a score of 7 to 1. This was the sec ' ond game of the series, Monroe los-! ing the first by a score of 7 to 3. as 1 noted elsewhere in this issue. We1 did not see this game, but the fans , say our boys played an airtight game from start to finish and that Shelbina at no time had a chance to win. As stated elsewhere, we are confident Monroe bad the first game won until Bishop, the pitcher, was hit on the arm. However, such accidents cannot be avoided and therefore must be endured. Miss Gladys Lear after a five weeks vacation spent with her parents north of this city will leave Friday for Detroit, Mich., where she holds a position with the Ford Manufacturing Co., at that place ' Mrs. S. C. Reynolds and little daughter, Etbelynda of Carruthers ville, Mo, are spending several weeks here visiting friends. Mrs. Reynolds was formerly Miss Ger trude Robertshaw of this city. OUR NEW LOCATION! w E arc now permanently located in our new room on North Main Street, known as the J. B. Anderson building, and ready to re ceive our patrons and friends and serve them quickly and efficiently. We employ only the best of skilled labor in in our garage and all our work is guaranteed to be first-class in every particular. Pennant and Standard Gasoline at the Same Price Gra ham iiflCciiu Monroe City, Missouri