From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican (MO)dated Friday, June 7, 1918 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Submitted by Kathi Travers *********************************************************************** Twenty Years Ago. _____________ [June 10, 1898] We can make the Fourth of July our Dewey and Hobson day. _____________ Frank Ostrander has let the contract for the building of a stone residence on Adams avenue. Contractor Rouse will do the wood work. _____________ Every London paper sounds the praise of Lieutenant Hobson’s exploit with the collier Merrimac at Santiago de Cuba, which they say was a gallant deed, ably planned and pluckily carried out. _____________ On the 6th it was reported from Port-au-Prince that Admiral Sampson forced the passage of Santiago bay and engaged the Spanish fleet, sinking two of Cervera’s ships. One American ship was injured. _____________ The American victory at Santiago de Cuba has cleared the way for the entrance of Admiral Sampson and the destruction of the Spanish fleet. As Santiago’s land defenses are reported very weak, it is likely that the city will yield to a vigorous attack. _____________ At Chickamauga Park. Following is an extract from a letter received from Rob Jones, now with Company G, Second Missouri, at Chickamauga Park: The Second Missouri, of Company G., of which I am a member, arrived here in camp on Friday, Mary 20. We had been in camp at Jefferson Barracks for about two weeks, leaving there Wednesday night, May 18, over the Big Four route. We made a quick trip, as the following will show. Wednesday night supper was taken in St. Louis; Thursday breakfast at Indianapolis, dinner at Cincinnati, supper at Somerset, Kentucky, breakfast Friday at Chattanooga and dinner at Chickamauga Park. The boys were already pretty well used to roughing it before they got here, and didn’t mind the hurried pitching of camp in the rocky part of the camp we were assigned to. In two or three hours after we arrived in camp everything was as snug as though we had been here for weeks. There are several old Lebanon boys here in camp now. Charlie Johnson and myself belong to Company G, Fred Manchester to Company A, Dee Noel to Company L, and George Hamel to Company F of the Second Missouri, and Arch Ellis, Tony Fisher and Harry Armstrong to the Fifth Missouri. We see very little of the Fifth, as they are camped a mile or two from us and only arrived here last Saturday evening. [NOTE--The foregoing news items from the heading, "Twenty Years Ago," to this point, were taken from the REPUBLICAN of twenty years ago. They are NOT current news.] [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] Christian Science. Christian Science services will be held in Science church, 216 Jefferson avenue, Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. All are welcome at these services. Lesson sermon for Sunday, June 9: God the Only Cause and Creator. ______________________________ Madison Ave. M. E. Church ___________ Rev. Walter E. Matthews, Pastor. ___________ Rev. W. E. Matthews attended district conference in Marshfield this week. ___________ Services at the usual hours Sunday. ______________________________ Congregational Church. ___________ James Hyslop, Ph. D., Pastor. ___________ Dr. Hyslop’s themes for Sunday are as follows: Morning, "Say Not I am A Child." Evening lecture topic, "German Theology and the War." This topic should be even more of an "eye opener" than that of last Sunday evening, which certainly did astonish some who heard it. It was on "German Philosophy and the War." Children’s Day, which will be generally observed in the country on next Sunday, will be held by our church and Sunday school on the 16th, one week later. On that occasion we will unveil, dedicate and sacredly use our new stationary baptismal font. ___________ Christian Endeavor topic for Sunday is another challenging subject, "Progressive Christians." There will also be a brief study of "Pilgrim Deeds and Duties." ___________ Let us have large attendances again Sunday at all services. ____________________ A Denominational Battle. ___________ A four-day public debate, between Baptists and Latter Day Saints (Mormons), will be held at Twelve Corners, six miles south of Brumley, and fifteen miles north of Richland, Mssouri, beginning July 9, 1918, at 10 a. m. The propositions follow: First--The church with which I, H. E. Holer, stand identified, known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, is Scriptural in name, origin, faith and practice. H. E. Moler affirms; James H. Bandy denies. Second--The church with which I, James M. Bandy, stand identified, known as the Baptist Church is Scriptural in name, origin, faith and practice. James M. Bandy affirms; H. E. Moler denies. There will be two sessions, of two hours each, daily, with dinner on the ground and plenty of cold water; also plenty of food and cold drinks, at reasonable prices. The speakers are men of noted ability, and all have the chance of a lifetime to hear a great discussion of doctrinal differences. [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] Decoration Day Exercises. ______________________________ Decoration Day was observed in Lebanon with fitting exercises, the fact that Laclede county has so many men now in their Country’s service giving the day added significance. The day was a perfect one, and, though garden flowers were unusually scarce this year, both Lebanon cemetery and the Catholic cemetery were beautiful with the flowers left in loving remembrance of those who have passed into the after life. As usual, the exercises were held under the auspices of George G. Meade Post, No. 148, G. A. R. The members assembled on Commercial street at 2 p.m., and, accompanied by a drum corps, were taken to the cemetery in automobiles. The ritual service was conducted by W. V. Farris, acting commander, at the grave of George Alexander, the member of the post most recently called by death. The exercises were then held in the shade of a beautiful group of trees, where a platform had been erected. Patriotic selections were played by the Lebanon Band and a quartette, composed of F. J. Demuth, E. H. Barrows, S. H. Manchester and R. C. Demuth, sang "Ever Just Beyond" and "Sleep On, Brave Hearts." Addresses in keeping with the spirit of the occasion were made by Revs. J. Wesley Smith, James Hyslop, I. P. Langley and W. E. Matthews. Taps were sounded at the close of the program. About twenty veterans were in attendance, some of those who were never absent before being unable to be present because of physical disabilities. [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] Draft Notes. _____________ In the June draft Laclede county will furnish 26 white men and 2 colored men. _____________ Laclede County Registrants. _____________ On Tuesday, June 5, 122 men, who have attained the age of 21 years since June 5, 1917, registered in Lebanon. The lsit follows: Lebanon. Walter H. Cannon General M. Montgomery Harvey F. Moore Joseph R. Speaker James O. Lambeth John S. Medley George W. Sanders Charles E. Blue Haywood Birthright Chester F. Lollis Prentis McGinnis Fred Guthrie L. Palmer Cain William A. Glynn Raymond Adkins Ernest Hughes Wilbert B. Stroup William O. McKee Ellis Thompson Albert J. Sanders Walter W. Edwards Tony J. Walker John R. Caufield Leslie O. Welden Jess F. Snyder Ian J. Knight Bernard C. Foley Phillipsburg. Herbert F. Carr Albert Barnett Carl V. Heimaster Ira V. Dennis Ferrill Hayes Fay B. McFarland Orvil W. Neasby Elmer C. White Rolla S. Goans Lawrence H. Patton Alson H. Caffey George B. Stratton Thomas B. Prock Lee W. Calton Jesse L. Winfrey Hosea Reeves Conway. Clarence S. Snow Elmer Gann Orvel Dill Ollie L. Ousley Otto Phelps Herman A. Hicks Luther Carr Leonard E. Williams Hobert W. Manning Agnes. Floyd D. Franklin Clarence O. Burney Charles V. Beard Drew. John W. Monson Arthur E. Weaver Charles Bryan Prock James E. Coursey Adelbert L. Kincheloe Decaturville. Madison E. V. Hibbs John W. Davis Dry Knob. Claude Hamilton Charley F. Chambers Floyd E. Phillips Christopher C. Piercy Alva L. Lewis Eldridge. Silas R. Bradshaw J. David Cole Eber Walters Roy McCormick Ervin Mizer Falcon. Everett A. Murrell James Walters Meager A. Roberts Ulysses Weaver Archie V. Hemphill Grace. Jesse E. Cross James M. Clark Lyons. Frank Piercy William Owen Morgan. William Uriah Tice Floyd Earl Peters Silas H. Green Ray E. Cunningham Oakland. George G. Griffen George L. Strait Tom H. Pendergraft Orla. Lee Lowrance Floyd Jones Plato. Bert E. Tracy Ernest L. Fisher Sleeper. Frank Sherrer Ben Parrish Alonzo Vernon William C. Smith Stoutland. Oliver Cromer William O. Stubblefield Howark Beck Claude Young Winnipeg. Hugh P. Nelson Charles R. Jamison Abo--Ernest W. Brown. (? - paper is old and split at this point) Brice--William H. Coleman. Brush Creek--Lee M. Robinson. Celt--Louis C. Gennings. Competition--Roy E. Gourley. Dove--Orville Hufft. Hawkins--George B. Dye. Ira--George P. Slavens. Lynchburg--Clarence W. Barton. Monarch--Clinton B. Parham. Nebo--Willie J. Doublin. Origanna--Floyd W. Brown. Prosperine--Charles Bluttell. Pease--Moses A. Rubles. Ruse--Earl G. Davis. Swedeborg--James O. Davis. Urbana--Lester Lowry. Quay, Oklahoma--Isaac Rhodes. Hominy, Oklahoma--Lester M. Hogg. Tahlequah, Oklahoma--John M. Stratton [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] FOR THEIR COUNTRY. ___________ The Lebanon and Laclede County Boys on the Firing Line. ___________ F. F. Bevier, brother of Mrs. A. E. Steinberg, has arrived safely overseas. He is with Company G, 110th Ammunition Train. ___________ James E. Addison, son of R. W. Addison, of Orla, is in Battery H, Howitzer Regiment of Artillery, and is now stationed in New York. ___________ Charles Luther, well known in the Bear Thicket neighborhood, is in the aviation service and is now at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. ___________ William Matthews, who has been in the United States navy for the last seven years, is home on a furlough this week and is visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Matthews. He came from Old Point Comfort, Virginia. ___________ First Lieutenant Lon S. Haymes, of Headquarters Company, Fourth Division of the United States Army, has arrived overseas. Lieutenant Haymes was formerly Congressman T. L. Rubey’s private secretary. He went into training last December at Camp Green, Charlotte, North Carolina. [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] Miss Ivy Webb arrived Wednesday from Des Moines, Iowa, to visit her father, Thomas Webb, and family. ______________________________ Mrs. Joe McMillen suffered painful injuries last week, when she tripped and fell down the back porch steps at her home. ______________________________ Mrs. Ada Collier and son, Harry, expect to leave Saturday night for Willow Island, Nebraska, to visit Mr. and Mrs. John Collier. ______________________________ Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Clark, of Richland, were called to Lebanon this week by the serious illness of Mrs. Clark’s father, William Crow, Sr. ______________________________ Mrs. Harry Davis and daughter, of Aurora, returned home Wednesday evening, after a visit with Mrs. Davis’ father, Bringle Bringleson. ______________________________ Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Schriner have issued invitations for an informal reception in their home, on Bland avenue, on Tuesday afternoon, June 18 , in honor of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. ______________________________ Mrs. Robert Mount returned home Wednesday from Camp Funston, Kansas, where she has been visiting Mr. Mount, who is in the United States Army and was in training at that point. He is now on his way to France. ______________________________ Charles Watson, owner of the Brownie drug store, came out from St. Louis last week to take charge of his store. Mrs. Watson accompanied him and they have gone to housekeeping in the E. E. Elliott cottage, on Adams avenue. ______________________________ Dr. J. M. Billings returned home last week from a trip to St. Louis, where he attended a meeting of the Frisco physicians. Mrs. Billings accompanied him and remained for a two weeks’ visit with Mrs. Mamie Billings and family. ______________________________ The Priscilla Club enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. J. A. Vernon last Friday afternoon. The usual social afternoon with needlework was enjoyed, the hostess serving strawberry ice cream and cake. The club will go to Springfield next week, to be entertained by Miss Ada Steinberg. ______________________________ Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Fulbright, of Springfield, were guests last Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barnett, of the Dove neighborhood. Dr. Fulbright was called to Linn Creek on business and Mrs. Fulbright remained with her sister, Mrs. Barnett, while he made the trip. ______________________________ Judge and Mrs. W. I. Wallace left Thursday for Chicago, Illinois, where Judge Wallace will take treatment from a specialist for the facial trouble from which he has suffered for several years. He has been confined to his home for several months and has suffered intensely at times. ______________________________ David Cole, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cole, of the Bidwell neighborhood, was graduated this week from the Missouri State University. He arrived home Tuesday from Columbia and remained until Wednesday, when he left for Fort Lee, Virginia, to enter the officers’ training camp at that place. David is a fine young fellow, with a splendid record behind him. He will undoubtedly win a commission. ______________________________ Uncle Abner Guthrie, who is an old soldier and is 86 years old, has set an example that younger men might do well to follow. Being too old to volunteer to fight for his country, he is doing all that he can to help in other ways. He has bought two liberty bonds, has cleared two acres of ground for planting and has a fine turnip patch of his own planting. Mr. Guthrie is Bringle Bringleson’s father-in-law. ______________________________ The Rebekahs initiated six candidates last Friday evening, the new members being: Mrs. Anna Martly, Miss Mary Jones, Miss Maggie Gates, Miss Louise Windsor, A. F. Lingsweiler and Phil M. Donnelly. The Rebekahs have bought six War Savings certificates and have made contributions to the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross. They expect to consider at the meeting this week the taking up of some additional war work. ______________________________ After spending the Winter with her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Wilkinson, Mrs. M. W. Burrell left on last Friday for a visit with relatives in Canton and other points in Illinois. Mr. Wilkinson accompanied her as far as St. Louis, returning home Saturday. About July 1, Mrs. Burrell will go to Chicago and will be met there by her son, W. C. Burrell, of the Masonic History Company, of New York City, and will accompany him to his summer home, at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, where she will remain until September. [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] Puckitt--Bramers. ___________ Dr. J. R. Klippelt received on Wednesday a message stating that Dr. J. U. Puckitt was married Wednesday morning to Mrs. Hazel Bramers, of Tulsa, the wedding taking place in that city. Dr. Puckitt was located in Lebanon for some time and has many friends here who wish him and his bride much happiness. ______________________________ Woolrych--Moneymaker. ___________ Lebanon friends learned recently of the marriage of Miss Mary Sue Moneymaker to Mr. Edmond H. Woolrych, in Houston, Texas, on April 17. They are at home at Matagorda, Texas, where Mr. Woolrych is in the Government employ as an electrical engineer. The bride is a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Moneymaker, formerly of this city, and is well known here. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Woolrych, of St. Louis, and is a graduate of the Missouri School of Mines, at Rolla. ______________________________ Her 87th Birthday. ___________ Aunt Jane Atchley, of the Candock neighborhood, celebrated her 87th birthday on May 17. In honor of the occasion, a number of friends and relatives were her guests for the day, taking dinner with her and enjoying a pleasant social time. Those present included: Aunt Belle Huff, Mrs. Anne Moore and children; Mrs. T. J. Mizer, Miss Nina Tennison, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Stidham, Ernest Stidham, Nando Atchley, Ted Atchley and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mizer, of Kansas City. Mrs. Atchley is remarkably active and vigorous for her years and has hosts of friends who wish her added years of happiness and usefulness. ______________________________ Railroad Rates Increased. ___________ Beginning June 10, railroad fares will cost 3 cents a mile, under the new regulations issued by the railroad administration. In the event Pullman service is required, a charge of 1/2c a mile will be added. Round trip tickets, good for a date later than June 10, will be canceled and owners will be refunded the amount paid for the return. The proposed increased freight rates become effective June 25, unless a suspension order is issued. Passenger excursions under the new ruling are practically prohibited, the only exception being for patriotic gatherings. Homeseekers’ rates are abolished. ______________________________ Dead Letter List. ___________ List of letters remaining uncalled for in the Lebanon post office for week ending Wednesday, June 5, 1989: J. B. Guise Mrs. Tick Hicks Rev. C. H. Jones Mr. Paul O’Bryian Mr. Elmer Reid Rev. A. S. Scott Mr. Lewis Slack Mrs. Elsie Wilson [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] Red Cross Auction. ______________________________ The following donations for the Red Cross auction, on Saturday, June 29, have been reported: Full blood 3-months-old Jersey heifer, of Golden Lad stock--Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morrison. Full blood Ohio Improved Chester White weanling pig--E. B. Kellerman. Full blood Jersey Doric pig--Mrs. M. A. Hoover. Oak rocking chair--Mrs. Kate Erickson. ______________________________ Red Cross Notes. ____________________ The Domestic Science Club met for work at Red Cross headquarters Tuesday afternoon. The afternoon was spent making surgical dressings. ____________________ The Richland Red Cross auction, held on May 25, netted $3,750. About 1,200 people attended. The largest sale was $435, brought by a 3-year-old steer. ____________________ The returns from the Red Cross war fund campaign are not yet all in and the report is not ready for publication this week. It is hoped that all school districts will report at once, so that a statement can be published next week. Everybody is anxious to know the amount of Laclede county’s contribution ____________________ Pic suppers were held all over Missouri in the raising of funds for the Red Cross, which fact goes far toward explaining how it happened that Missouri went over the top in greater fashion than any other State in the Union. What a Missourian won’t do for pie isn’t worth mentioning. This is true of both kinds of pie, pastry and political. --Springfield Republican. ____________________ Beginning June 3, the American Red Cross Society started a nation-wide campaign to enroll nurses for assignment to military and other public service. This drive will continue for ten days and an effort will be made to secure 15,000 additional graduate nurses for army and navy service. Graduates of women’s colleges and high schools are urged to enroll at once in hospitals, and especially in the Army school of nursing, recently established in connection with military hospitals. For additional information call at Red Cross headquarters, Lebanon. ____________________ Drynob Branch. The Drynob Branch of the Laclede County Red Cross Society met on last Friday afternoon in the beautiful home of Mrs. Werner Weber. G. E. Read took a party of Lebanon ladies, including Mesdames M. A. Hoover, F. J. Johnson, B. F. Harris and Sarah Whitley, to the Weber home in his car and the trip was one very much enjoyed by all. The visiting ladies gave instructions in Red Cross knitting, as this is the special work that the Drynob ladies wish to do at present. Following the meeting, a social half hour was enjoyed, the hostess serving cake and tea. The Drynob branch has a membership of thirty-five and has displayed much interest and activity since its organization. [From the Supplement to The Laclede County Republican dated Friday, June 7, 1918.] Two New Richmonds. ______________________________ King Richard, in the heat of the battle on Bosworth field, exclaimed, "Methinks there be ten Richmonds in the field," and the casual observer would be constrained to exclaim thus of the aspiring candidates for recorder, this year of grace and Hun ambition. However, of the new Richmonds referred to in this item, one only is a candidate for recorder, and this is R. A. Logan, of Auglaize township. The other Richmond is J. Nathan Barber, a well-known citizen of Spring hollow township, announced as a candidate for the office of county judge in the Western district. Both of these citizens and life-long Republicans are new to the game, pastime, business, or calling of office-seeking, neither having ever held an office during a busy and eventful life of fifty years or more. They are asking for nomination at the hands of the Republican voters, agreeing to abide by the result in the August primary. In the campaign this year, coming on after the August primary, the Republicans want a Republican ticket, and they are looking for and expecting only Republicans to be nominated on their ticket. If there are any seekers of nomination who are of doubtful political probity, the Republican voters will likely find it out, and return their verdict in August. The Republicans owe no allegiance to trimmers, turncoats, nor weaklings, neither in the primary nor the election. If they want to vote for Democrats, they can always find them on the Democratic ticket, and they are not solicitous of having Democrats nor nondescripts on the Republican ticket.