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Bruner, civil war veteran of Seneca, died last Saturday night at the of Mrs. Dorcas Thompson, for 50 years resident of near Seneca, Monday. The October term of Newton -County circuit court closed last Tuesday. large number of cases disposed of and several were given penitentiary sentences, by Judge Emory Smith. Rev. M. Brinkman, well known citizen of Hoberg, died at his home Saturday. and Mrs. W. W. Robertson of Grane, Mo., celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at their home Sunday. The celebration was tended by their children, grandchildren and many life-long friends. M. Dungy, for several months connected with the ThompFuneral Home in Neosho, has purchased the business of the White Undertaking Company at Fairview, and will continue to opthe business. Mr. White sold on account of ill health. The Bank of Branson and the Bank of Hollister consolidated Friby agreement of directors and merged institution will continue the building of the Branson bank. Officials of the Bank Branson will carry on. James Stowers, 27, farmer of Blanche, Douglas county, died at in Springfield Tuesday stab wounds he received duran alleged drunken brawl near home last Friday night. Dougcounty officers plan to arrest men on charge of participatin the fight. Frank Boyd of Berryville, was rested Monday five different charges: transporting liquor, disturbance, assault and battery, of the peace and wearing wespons. It is said the charges made by Essie Sneed and citof Coin where the disturboccurred. Whitaker, 49, wife of prominent lumber dealer and stockof Walnut Grove, died Sunday morning nthe Mayo hospital at Rechester, Minn., few hours after husband arrived there by airplane from Springfield. Chas. F. Boyd of Ozark, superintendent of schools of Christian county, was elected president of the Missouri Teachers' Associstion at the session held in Joplin Thursday and Friday of last week. succeeds Miles Eliff, superintendent of the Aurora public schools. David M. Shanholzer, 59, farmer near Bronaugh, Mo., died Tuesafternoon from injuries received ago when his team ran away threw him in front of corn cutting machine which passed body. He suffered fractures of the jaw, right arm and right leg severe cuts to his face, body and Ford sedan belonging to Bryant Wise, stolen from the workshop of the Williams Motor Co., Sunday is believed to have been takby thieves who abandoned Model Ford of ancient vintage, near the W. E. McCullah place on highway 13, and which was discovered Monday after it was found that the Wise car was Crane Chronicle. For the slaying of City Marshal Pease of Thayer, Mo., during liquor raid last April 13, Fielding Vogan, handsome young farmer, must spend 20 years of his life in the penitentiary. jury in the ter county circuit court at Van Buren convicted Vogan after three hours of deliberation late yesterday, and fixed his penalty at 20 years' He not expected appeal the verdict. There are few prairie chickens well as pheasants scattered over this state and prairie chickens just as well as pheasants are protected law all the year round. In the western part of this state some grairie chickens are found, while in the Ozarks there are some pheasants, the result of hatches from aggs secured from the State Game Department. Hunters who kill one these pheasants might just well steal horse or COW, the fense is just as great in this part the country. Harry Dooley, Ash Grove barber, who is said to have confessed robbing the Bank of Ash Grove on June was identified today as the bandit who staged $97 hold-up at the grocery at wick and Cherry on October 12. The identification was made in the county jail by three men, Hedgecock, manager, H. Andrews, meatcutter at the store, and Charles Digman, attendant at tion next door. Past due bills owing to Springfield physicians dentists total more than $785,000. John W. Byng, manager of the Springfield Credit Exchange, estimated today. With all these debts outstanding, and much more owing to the doctors and dentists in open accounts, Mr. Byng doubts that any physician here would resort to the action takthis week by Dr. Ola Putman of Marceline, Mo. Doctor Putman published list of 75 debtors whom he had decided to excuse and forgive, and promised to publish additional of 75 week for three weeks. Thayer, Mo.-Samuel Meek, 73, former Oregon county and attorney, was found dead in his office here Thursday morning. Heart disease is said to have caused death. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of daughter, Mrs. Alta Daof St. Louis, and son, W. of Lexington, Ky. Besides the children he is survived by his He is well known Ozarks, having practiced law for many years. Guy Reese of the Farmers Exchange submitted to goitre operation at Springfield Thursday of last week and is doing remarkably well, according to reports. Mrs. Reese is with him and hopes to be able to bring him home Saturday or Record. Fruit donated by Phelps county farmers has been canned by members of the home department of Rolla high school and Rolla women for charity. Sugar and cans have been donated and the food will be given to needy school childThe work was sponsored by Congressman Rowland Johnston. The Farmers Bank of Essex, in Stoddard county, closed its doors Friday, state finance commissioner Cantley was informed. Bank Examiner M. Duncan was sent to take charge of the bank. The stitution had resources of deposits of loans of $86,572, and capital stock of Eldridge Pickens, late assistant postmaster at Decatur, Ark., rested last week on charge of falsifying accounts and records of the Decatur postoffice and appropriating $42 of government funds. Pickens was taken to Fayetteville, where his preliminary hearing was held before U. S. Commissioner Atkison, Saturday. Following the hearing he was bound over the action of the federal grand jury at the next term of federal court at Fort Smith, in the sum of The rest of young came great surprise to Decatur people, where he was well thought of. He had been assistant postmaster at that place for several years. William Corlee, sentenced in the Stone county circuit court, last June, to two years in the state penitentiary for stealing an automo- to bile. is one of fifty-two applicants seeking paroles from their sentences, on November when the parole board is to review the applications. Ed Hill, former Stotts City banker, who was sentenced this year to two years in the penitentiary for ceiving deposits when he knew his bank, the Bank of Stotts City, to be in a failing condition, perhaps the best known man in this section to make application for release from the prison. Because 100 of the 1918 issue of stamps were printed with the picture of an airplane upside down, these misprints, bought by William Robey, of Washington, D. for $24, now have market value quoted at After having pruchased the sheet of 100 stamps for $24, news of the mistake became public; and Mr. Robey sold them to Col. H. R. Green, son of the late Hetty Green, $20,000. He kept 20 of the stamps, the remaining going for various collections, and one the stamps, sold recently for $2,360, new high record. Van Buren. nude body of Glen Little, Van Buren confectionery manager, who had been missing since Saturday night, was found today in the Arkansas River here by Colclasure, one of group of searchers. The body was head down, held that way by large rock, tied around the neck with wire. Little was last seen early Saturday night, when he told his wife he was going to the river to run trot line which he had set near the highway bridge. When he failed to return searching parties were formed. The home of Farris Nahon, Springfield clothing manufacturer, 730 West Walnut street, has been heavily but secretly guarded since last Tuesday, when Nahon received on extortion letter demanding $5000 under threat of bombing the residence and killing the clothing manufacturer, his wife and was learned night. Former Chief of Detectives Al Sampey has been conducting an intensive investigation, Nahon has answered the extortionist through an advertisement in newspaper here and was expected for while last night that the writer of the threatening letter might be heard from again, but not the slightest trace had been found of the extortionist late Sunday night. Nahon said last night that he has no intention of paying the money demanded. but added he this thing through to finish." The overall manufacture has been going about his daily duties unaccompanied. Atkison, former clerk of the county court of Cherokee county, Kansas, was found guilty of misconduct in office jury in the district court at Columbus, of last week. The specific charge against him was padding the sus report of last county year. The offense punishable by fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for of one or both fine and imyear. prisonment. Wiliiam Earl. Republican county commissioner. will tried this week on charges of forgery, bribery and perjury in tion with the census padding. Mrs. Emma Herring. deputy clerk under Atkison, is also charged with forgery in connection with the census report. Rogers, Attorney Paul Anderson is from four suffering painful knife wounds inflicted duran alleged encounter with MaurSweeten. whose home is east of Rogers, at the camp of the Benton County Fox Hunters' Association, Tuesday night. Anderson suffered two wounds across his abdomen, each about 12 inches long, one on his left shoulder and another on his chin, and left The chin wound considered the most serious, the knife starting at his mouth, cut his chin, along the jaw and into the neck near the juglar vein. Anderson and Sweeten were alleged to have engaged in fight about and after several blows had been exchanged, they were separated. Witnesses said Sweeten's friends held him until he could open his knife and then pushed he and Anderson together again and Sweeten alleged to have inflicted the knife wounds. Jack Roe, in state of coma at hospital in Carthage, where he was taken Wednesday morning in an ambulance from the Leiman garage at Avilla. Roe was picked up three miles east of Avilla late Tuesday night by resident of that community and was dropped at the Leiman garage where he spent the remainder of the night. He sufferer several attacks of what was apparently epilepsy. He was in semiconscious condition throughout the day rousing only once when he told the hospital authorities his name and said he was from Texas. Marion, trailer in tow of truck which left small north Missouri community long before dawn today loaded with approximately half the population of Marietta and tiny farming plunged from the highway near here today ending the dream of its occupants who anticipated work in picking cotton in the rich delta land in Arkansas. Five persons, none older than 23 and the youngest baby in arms, were killed and others suffered bruises that may lay them up for several days. Fifteen other persons riding in the big open trailer were 80 shocked by accident they doubted whether they would continue to the plantation where they were hired to pick cotton. The affairs of the Farmers' State bank, which suspended business Friday, are in very good condition, and there no reason why it should not eventually pay off its creditors in full, is the opinion of H. Daugherty, state bank examiner, who late Monday completed his inventory and audit. The inventory was to be filed some time Tuesday. It was disclosed that only small loans had been made officers and directors of the bank, all of which were covered by ample security and considered good. It was also shown that other loans have been strengthened with additional collateral, reducing the amount of paper considered doubtful to small percentage of the total amount of loans. Salem, Richtor, 16 years old, and his brother, Roy. 12, who fatally shot their father, William Richtor, farmer, near here Sunday night, will not be prosecuted since they apparently acted in of their lives and that of their mother, it was learned today from Prosecuting Attorney Geo. Addison. A verdict of justifiable homicide was returned by coroners jury. Richtor, who was intoxicated. according to the story of Mrs. Richtor and her two sons, drove his wife and Charles to corner of one room and threatened to kill them with knife after telling Roy to get caliber from his trunk so he could "kill the whole family and pile em up like cordwood.' Roy cocked the revolver. shot his father through the chest when he rushed at him, according to testimony. and to the kitchen with his father following. He had fired two more shots, both wild, when Charles, who had picked up shotgun, shot his father through the left arm, reloaded and shot him through the head. They surrendered to Constable W. R. Walker.