The Monett times., January 22, 1909, Image 7

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$2,500 FOR A FOOT.
Boy Injured in Wreck Near
Walnut Grove Paid That
Sum by Frisco.
The hrst damage suit resulting
from the disastrous wreck on the
Frisco at Walnut Grove last week
when a passenger train crashed
into the rear of a freight train was
filed in circuit court yesterday in
behalf of Dwijjht Davis, ten years
old, whose right foot was cut off in
the wreck. 'Che boy's older broth
er was killed in the wreck.
The suit was filed yesterday by
the boy's father, John W, Davis, as
pext friend. He asked $5,000 dam
ages. The suit ws docketed by
agreement and a compromise of
52,500 agreed upon. The money
will be invested and will be turned
over to the boy when he is twenty
one years old.
Corpses of American Consul and
Wife Taken From Messina
K u ins
Washington, Jan. 16 A dispatch
was received at the Bureau of Nav
igation today announcing the re
covery of the bodies ot Consul Chen
ey and his wite from the ruins of
the legation at Messina. The dis
patch from .Admiral Sperry is a
iollows:
'The battleship Illinois found the
bodies of American Consul Cheney
and wite at Messina on the after
noon otthe 15th. The Culgoa brings
them to Naples today. Shipment
home being arranged. Illinois pro
ceeding to Malta."
Dispatches from the American
consular officers shortly after the
earthquake stated that the bodies
of the Consul and his wife were
buried under tons of debrn, neces
sitating the work ot many men to
recover them. The Illinois was
especially detailed f r this purpose.
Frisco Isues New Book For
Employes Guidance
The Frisco management has is
sued the book rules governing the
transportation department They
take effect February 1, 1909, super
seding all previous rules and in
structions inconsistent therewith.
At the beginning of the book is a
general notice stating that to enter
or remain in the service of the
of the company is an assurance of
willingness to obey the rules.
Obedience to the rules is essen
tial to the safety of passengers and
employes and to the protection of
property.
The service demands the faith
ful, inteligent and courteous dis
charge of duty.
To obtain promotion, capacity
must be shown for greater respon
sibility. Employes, in accepting employ
ment, assume its risks.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
J. N.Moad's Funeral.
The body of J. N. Moad, who
died at Dawson, New Mex., arrived
at Aurora Saturday evening. The
funeral was held from the Aurora
Baptist Church Sunday morning at
9:30, the sermon being preached by
Rev. A. T. Stone. Interment was
Mrs. Wm, Hock i us left Monday
night for Kansas City to visit rela
tives. &he will als; visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. John "1 ieruan, in Califor
nia before returning home. Peirce
Citv Journal.
John B. Heaton, the fireman who
lost his hand as a result of blood
poisoning, is reported getting along
very satisfactorily. He is still at
he home of Dr. McAllister. Sa.
pulpa Light.
C. C. Warren has let the contract
for the erection of some handsome,
two story, brick flats at the corner
of Lee and Poplar to Kmmett Biting
son. The work is expected to begin
at ouce and be pushed to an early
completion. Sa pulpa Light.
M. C. Shipley went to Oswego
Kan., to vi-.it his father, who is ill.
Mrs. Susan Moulton of Anderson
secured adivorce from N. B M mlon
in the circuit court here Wednsday
and within thirty minutes line she
became the bride of A. C. Castell,
Elder Zack Baker performed the
ceremony Pineville Democrat.
Kiefer was baptized by flames
S.inday night at the midnight hour.
A blaze which seems to have its
High School Entertainment
The Freshman Class of the high
school gave an entertainment on
Friday afternoon. The room was
crowded with visitors and they
were not disappointed in the pro
gram as it was excellent. Music
was furnished by the High Schcol
Orchestra cf nhich Prof. II. E.
Blain is the director. A spirited de
bate on'-Kesolved that foot-ball
should be abolished in the high
school," was given. The affirm a
tive side was taken by Edw n John
son and Edgar Bear, and the neg
ative by Roy Parker and Chas.
The musical part of the program
was splendid and as was said by a
visitor present showed a. great deal
of musical talent in the high school.
It consisted of a piano duet by Or
lana Wagner and Mary llairis; a
vocal duct by Oliie Jac.ison and
Gladys Price; a vocal solo by Josie
Cassity ; a mandolin solo by Flor
ence Wagner, a violin solo oy Her
roii West bay, piano duet by Etta
made in Maple Park cemetery. Mr
and Mrs. Kettlin accompanied thejorigin at the W. II. Sloat feed store
remains from Joplin. Mr. Moad's 1 and livey barn nealy midnight de
son and daughter. JF. E. Moad and stroyed that property and six oth
Mrs. J. E. Harvey with their tampers immediately adjoining, the rav
ilies went to Aurora Saturday and
LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT
The editor of the Times has not
troubled himself about the light
ing of Broadway for the simple
reason that we have had sufficient
confidence in the city officials to oe
lieve that they would do, with the
means ai their command what they
consuleied bet for the city aa a
wLo e
It has been suggested that the
matter should be touched upon at
this tiiiic ami request that the mat
ter be ivcii earnest study by the
lax payers uf the town.
In the first place we are informed
that the council feel that the price
asked for street lighting is toohih
lanity into consioeration the ser
vice itceived. If that be true then
they should be commended and not
censured for not making a lighting
contract.
The lact -that the city has, for
once in a long time, a small balance
n the treasury, is no reason that
the ccui-cd should rush in and spend
Stevens and Hazel Pinnell and sei- (the same without due care and con
ections by the Orchestra. sidcratiou. A working balance
Tiie classes of the hih school j would be a good thing to have and
this year are giving entertainments a belter argument must be dug up.
ot which the patrons of the school j 'i -e ci y is going up for lights on
are proud. Each class tries to out-j Headway: but why there are i ot
do the others and every program is Ion Third, Fourth, Filth, Sixtbor for
excellent Our hVh school pupils 1 that matter, on any of the other of
Surprised
Mrs. John Clinton w as agreeably
surprised Monday by her children
and friends. They went into her
home at noon and spread a tempt
ing meal which they all enjoyed
with much men intent The occa
sion was Mis Clint-.n's birthday
and she was presented with a
handsome kitchen cabinet. Those
present were Mr. ana Mrs. J;i-.
Clinton, Eiwood Ash and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Z k.-Clinton,
and Mrs. V. 10. C
Mrs. R. C Farro
and family.
remained until alter the funeral.
The fuceral services were under
the auspices cf the Masonic and
Odd Fellow lodges.
Mr. Moad's death was caused by
the bursting of a bloodvessel. He
was stricken at 9 o'clock at niht
and died the next morning at 9:30.
Mr.
:i..n, Mr. and
Clias. Andre a s
Order of Publication.
State of Missouri
County of Barry S ' '
In the Circuit Court, February
Term, 1908.
M. J. Peters, Plaintiff
vs
D. D. Fields, Defendant
At this day comes the plaintiff
herein, bv her attorney, before the
undersigned Clerk of the Circuit
Court ot Barry County , Missouri, in
vacation, and tile her petition and
ffidavit. alleging among other
tbms tnat defendant is a ron-re-i-dent
of the state of Missouri, so that
the ordinary process oi law cannot
be served upon him in this state as
pr video by Chapter S, Article 4,
Revised Statutes ot Missouri. la')9.
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
clerk in vacation that s:i;d defend
ant be notified bv publication that
iifaiiitiff .has commenced a
against him in this court, the oh
iei-t and veiiera'i nature of which '
to det'-rmine tlti
ayes of destructive element being
not staved until it had 'reached the
cntral drug store which was saved
by tearing out the building next to
it. Sapulpa Light.
S. Williams, a Frisco switch
man, age thirty, was rendered un
conscious Thui sday alternoon while
switching cars in the Neodesha,
Ivan , yards. It seems that a Mis
souri Pacific cri'.v had roiled a
snowball weighingabout 125 pounds
ami left it on top of a car. While
coupling on to the car the h.ijfi
snowball rolled off and struck Wil
iam. Dr. J. L. Mo.irehead, the
company surgeon in charge
the injuries are not serious.
Spring held Republi can.
are mine interested in school work
this year than ever before and are
making corresponding progress.
The teachers and pupils are to be
commend"'! tor their good work.
Roosevelt H .-fuses to Allow Con
struction of Wall in
James River
Washington, Jan. IS. President
the principal streets of the city?
Most ot the business houses close
at 7 o'clock and after that hour
iiioadway is used but little, if Lny
more, than a number of other streets
that never have had public lights.
Wouid it not be better to wait un
til satisfactory arrangements cm
be made tor the extension of the
I sstcm than to drain the treasury
pectai mes
! for that which wili benefit but a
hi-
veto o!
Roosevelt today sent a
. . . i . . .. . ... ; , i-
sagetomenousc - u maH pa rt ou r neo)ic V This we
the bill provid.nj for the construe-1 has jn
mind a the present time. It is
tion of a dam across the James r v
er in Stone county, Missouri, ttiei
ei in vsauue vo j j sometime good business sense to
make haste slowly."
Would it not be well just at this
An attempt w as made on the night j
of Jan. 5th to blow up with d ynsuii- ,
tc and burn the :ni!l ot the Racine ;
Tripoli Co., at Racine. The tire j
w.is sei ami one suc oi ii.c luiii
burned out beloie it was dicover-.-d
andextinguished. Dvnam;te was
U ! t ' i OU ill 1
under one corner of the bttiid-
j ing. but it had not
! set t r expl ion
to
I i.g ! .
: Lotir-
t he t j 'Y nrr
o ;. D. 1!.
f the tr-poii
purpose ot the dam beirg to get
water to create electric po.ver. He
declared that tht movement to se
cuie control ot the water power of
the country is still in its infancy.
says j but that '-unless it is con' roiled the
history ol the oil ltiOUsuy mii e
wiil be repeated in the hydro-elec
tric power industt
f ir more oppressive a d
- - - i i.
tor the people.
It is true." "tie added, "-that the
great bulk of our protential water
power is as vet undeveloped, but
the sites which are now controlled
t)i combinations are those which
offer the greatest advantages and
thet eiore hold a si rategic position. "
witn results
ciis it.i ou
tline to take into consideration the
question of rates paid for electric
lighting in this city in comparison
with what is being .paid in cities
where the plants are owned by the
municipality?
How would a l eduction of from
epe half to two-thirds strike ;o i?
Byron Short, of Peirce City w
in Monett Sunday evening.
' i,i i
Cheap electricity, and municip.
ownership go hand in hand, j-et
the municipal liait.
)
Conductor AfC. Miller an ! v
of Okmulgee, Okla , 'i re visit u m i
St. Louis. Conductor Tom Mil.- s
taking Mr. Miller's run
In a fire drill attheCentrnl school
Monday morning the building as
emptie l of all occupants in min
utes. New t Barr, of Corsicana, visited
Sunday with bis daughter. Mrs.
Jas. McNaUy.
Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Hagle- vent
to Carthage M mdav.
Conductor Kirk who is working
near F rt Smith, visited ovc Sun
day with his w'fe at Monett
Miss Frances Gibbs has returned
from a visit at Hamilton and Kan
sas City.
Mrs. A. S. Kirk and daughter
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J A.
Livingston at Cassville.
Frank Gleason of the Ozark Fruit,
Co., of Fayetteville, Ark., was in
Monett on business Monday.
Miiton Newman, of Peirce Cit-,
was in Monett on business Mon
day. J J.Charles, of Sapulpa, Okla..
visited his mother. Mrs. O. Barker
M m day.
John Lough and sister Miss H t
zel, of Purdy, spent Sunday with
Miss Grace Wait.
M. M. Strother, field salesman of
the Boucher & Strother Real Es
tate firm of Purdy, w as in the city
on business Monday.
Fayette Fly, of Newtonia, will
open a dry goods and clothing stoie
in the II iffey building about Feb
ruary 15.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wightman
have returned from Jefferson City,
w here they went to see Gov. Hadley
inaugurated.
A. L. Jenks has gone to Columbia
to attend an executive meeting of
the State Photographers Associa
tion. Mr. Jenks is president ot the
a-r-oci3lion.
I Miss Hattii Stevens, who attends
! school at Marionvilie, visited over
crlv
, . .i- .- e s.i !.)..' ;
lvalue I I a oi a oie, muu - o - .,
... , , ,-4- Sunday with her parents. Rev. and ,
Now to business. W e have .suth- uau-1 t v
cient power at the wster works
plant to run an electric light plai t
mill, I
Wicck
;-r. C' lo
Fatal
Glen woo l Sprrig-
Twt-nfv-one pers
and thirty inj.ired.
erious'iv. in a heai
..,n . --t hound oa.-enirer trair.
No. 5 and an east-bound freight
train on the Denver A: Rio Grande
railroad bet ween D itsero
Soruce crei-k.
from Glenwood Springs, at 9:3b o'
clock last night
des-.i ibed r-.-al fs ate to wn: i.ni ;
No. 21 in block No. 11 Monett 'I own has offered a reward of $;0 an the
Company 's Tow rsite, Momtr, Bar- p. .. ,.ourt an uJ jitl,:3(1i $5,, for
rv County, Missouri. j
, ,. . i ,i , !) r 1 the arrest and conviction o.' th.- in-
and tnat unless, t tie s.ro. 1'. !. ,
Fields be and appear at this couit, ; cendiaries --Miner t VIechmic.
at the l-xt ter-il tl.ercoi, to in; oe-
Jan. lb.
;i - w ere killed
i mv of them
; "utl (li'U i"i,i. io- "
on collision be-1 in the C'ty ol Cassvillr. in saut signed by many cituensoi tliis city
iCoiiiitv. on the h ctjy ot heoruary
i irUn and l,.iJ.-n at th.e court house, i
A sl.ort tune since a -petition w as
and
t.w entv two miles
i next, and on and before the first
day of said te:m, unless turtner
tune be given by the Court, answer
to the petition in said cause, the
same will be. taken as confessed
and judgement will be rendered
accordingly.
And it is further ordered, that a
copv hereof be published accord-in-'to
law. In the Monett Times, a
Iwetkiv and daily newspaper pub-
Frisco Files A Large Mortgage lished'in Barry County. Missouri.
' Jamks Maxninv,, Circuit Clerk.
Here j i. H. Kkmp, Attorney tor plaintiff
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and
the sealof theCircuit Court
seal of Barry County, this 11th
day of December, 1903.
James Manning. Circuit Clerk.
One of the U'g-st mortgages
ever tiled in the office of the record
er of deeds of Greene county is that
ol the Frisco Railroad Co. to the
Bankers' Trust Co. of New Yrk;
N. A. McMillan and holders of the
general lien 15-20 year gold bonds
of the railroad company and now
outstanding under the general lien
- mortgage of the railroad company,
dated August 27. 1907, of the third
part. The amount mvoWed in the
mortgaga is $115,000,000, The mort
gage is required to be recorded in
. very county in Missouri in which
the Frisco touches. The fee here
for recording is $6, as the instru
ment is very voluminous.
asking for the pardon oi Brack Mc
Jan, who came here a few years
;.go and opened an assay offi :e af
ter marrying Mias Ethel TooKer of
this ciiy. Later they moved to Car
thage and Joplin ami it developed
he had previously been in the reg
ular, army aad deserted. He tvas
arrested by Marshal Conner. Mrs.
Mrs. Bulger is in receipt of a letter
from Mrs. Towker that he has just
beeu pardoned by the President.
Aurora Argr.s.
J. H. McGuffin, ot CassTille, was
the city Monday on a Tisit to his
daughter, Mrs. M. C. Hauler. He
m as on his way to J9ouste, Brwis
ill and other poiU in Texas.
There is no Quiaine, nothing
whatever harsh or sickening in
Preventics. These Little Candy
Cold Cure Tablets act as y magic.
A few hours and your threatening
Cold is broken. Candylike in taste,
Preventics please the children
and they break the feverishness,
always. And least of all is the
economy. A large box 43 Prevent
ica 25 cents. Ask your druggist.
He knows! Sold by all dealera.
Mrs. O. II. Lane returned Mon
day morniag frm several days wa
it at Joplin.
Machinist Wbitia kit, joae to
Sariagield t riait.
Among thoae who atten ded the
Basket Ball game at Peirce City
Friday evening were Howatd
Sraithmier, Ernest Brown, Paul
Breece, Euwtn Johnson, Misses
Macie Lyons, Mamie' Johnston,
May and Estella Brawn, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Beckham.
The board ot Aldermen of Cass
Tille, by unauiwous vote requisted
the mayor to issue a proclamation
prohibiting charivaris, discbarg
ing of fire arais and turning in false
fire alarms.
As Mr. Folk is said to have Chau
tauquabaokinf s for this year which
will net hiaa $17,500, it looks as if
the plaia people aad the other peo
ple would caatiaue t hear kim
gladly.
Cassville News.
Firm Tlu- Iiriiiuvrt.
Ross Siucky, of Monett, deliber
ately spent Sunday in Cassvilie.
Prosecuting Attorney Talbert oc
cupies the old office oi ex-Sheriff
O'D w er.
George Pettigrew, the drug fiend
who served it time in tke county
jail here ior stealing drugs at Mo-
nctt, was luageu in mc jai; i. jop
lin, Monday. He was wild and la
bored under the impression tbat
five men were trying to kill him.
He is well connected at Fayett
visle, Ark.
Collector Davidsoa has made an
extra good collection for December
1908, that will probably run up in
to $40,000, and it beats December
1907, very bad, because the people
bad drawn their money out of the
banks ta November on account of
the panic, and paid more taxes in
that month.
oi our own. Whv not use it?
The reason is the council has ni.it j
sidiiciiin funds to meet the first;
u-avy outlay. j
The people have the money; whyj
not loan it to the city? Issue :stock j
in sums of 25.00. Letevery pcrs c j
financially able to take ore or more
iiai es. Nne cou.u iave a utvcii
or ! ,m ami never feel it. The coun
cil could u .-e the money to install j muddle such as the lieutenant gov
Mrs. S F. Stevens.
G.P. Gammon has been quite ill
at his home on Marshall Hill the
pa-t ten days. He hopes to be aide
; come to f n in a few days
Mis Caroline Kennedy, who is a
student at Drury College, visit-d
Sunday and Monday with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kennedy.
There is something wrong- with
an election law that will permit a
th system and then pay the ir.
debtness in electric lighting or in
cah as they were abie.
Think this matter over perhaps
you will be able to evolve something
that will be ol benefit to the entire
city and not to small part of the
same.
Wightiuan Chairman
At the last meeting af the state
board of railroad and warehouse
commissioner Frank Wightman,
the republican memberof tke board
was elected caairisan. Tke rule of
seniority governed in this selection
as has always been the custom.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Peele enter
tained the Five Hundred Club Fri
day evening-. M r. Chas. Anderson
wan the prize. Tbe guests beside
the club nemnera were Mrs. Gea.
Edgar and Mr. and Mrs. J. Wirt
Patterjaa.
'Men drunk from liquor andui en
aruuk from overeating and most
susceptible to pneumonia and die
ot it," said Dr. Evens, Chicago's
health commissioner, in an address
a day or two ago. "The majority
f cases of pneumonia are of pati
ents who contracted the disease af
ter a drnken debauch or who were
drunk fron over feed," Dr. Evans
continue. "People drunk from over
feeding, I think, are almost as im
moral as those who stupefy them
selves with liquors. The effect of
pneumonia in such patients are
much lhe same."
Basket Ball
A double header basket ball
game was played at Peirce City
Friday night. The Webb City and
Peirce City boys played a fast game
the latter team winning by a score
of 25 to 32.
Tke Peirce City high school and
town girls played the high school
rnnJiirg r? urore of T' to 3.
ernorship controversy. The legis
lature could well devote some of
'heir leisure time to this subject.
Theprimary election law alsoneeds
overhauling.
The people inrarested are mak
ing a big kick because the Presi
dent vetoed the White river power
bill. It is a valuable franchise and
private parties desired to get hold
ot it in order to make money fcr
themselyes. If it is a gaod thing
why does not the government pro
mote it for the benefit ot the public?
Too many governmental and mun
icipal franchises are given away.
Miss Wilma Saxe entertained the
JCntre Nous Cub Friday evening at
ker home on Frisco Avenue. The
avening was spent in music and
dancing. Those present were:
Misses Gladys Price. Maude Gib
bons, Sadie Bayes, Ruth McBride,
Margaret Edgar, Carrie and Beul-
ah Watson, Mane Weaver, Paul
iae Thompson, Fern Kingery, Edna
Green, Lizzie Amber, Mary Harris
Gladys Jolly and Bernice Patton,
f Fanning, Mo, Messrs. Jas. Day,
Jas Dirickaon, Glen Buckley, Em
mett Luby, Carl aad Ralph Saxe
Karl Callaway, LaneGuinney, Las
lie Jackson, Leta Wainright I ecn.
aid Parker.