Mornin' Mail

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Friday, September 22, 2000 Volume IX, Number 68

Did Ya Know?. . .The Eminence Chapter #93 Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26th at the Masonic Temple, 7th & Maple St.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Business & Professional Women will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 25th at the Carthage Pizza Hut. Janice Brummett, of Nations Bank, will present the program on "Establishing Credit - Credit Management."

Did Ya Know?. . .The Union Methodist Church, North of H.P. Corp Office, will have a pot luck dinner at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24th with special guests, "No Apparent Reason" performing. For more information call 358-7841.

Did Ya Know?. . .On this date in 1954 a riot occured at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.

today's laugh

This woman and her son are in a nice restaurant. There’s quite a bit of food left over, so the woman tells the waiter, "Please put the meat in a bag for the dog."

The son jumps up. "Wow, Ma, are we getting a dog?"

A movie-theater owner died, and he was buried at 2:15, 4:40, 6:30, and 8:40.

My cuckoo clock is broken—all it does is come out and shrug.

1900
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

CLEARED OF A MURDER CHARGE.

B.E. Wilbur, of East of Town, Defended at Winfield, Kan., by David Roper.

David Roper returned last night from Winfield, Kansas, where he has been for a week defending an old friend, B.E. Wilbur, at a preliminary hearing on the charge of murder. The defendant was cleared.

Wilbur formerly lived eight miles east of Carthage in the Roper neighborhood. He is said to have a good reputation. His brother, J.H. Wilbur, now lives in this city on Case street, and was with his brother and Attorney Roper all through the trial, helping them all he could. He also returned to Carthage last night and says that Mr. Roper made one of the finest speeches he ever heard and handled the case admirably.

The story which led up to Wilbur’s arrest is an interesting one. He and his wife have not been married long. They went to Kansas to take a ranch. That did not pan out to be what he expected and he left it to go on the road for a patent stained window glass concern. He was working with a man named Zerfoose in selling these goods on the road. They went to Winfield the first part of April to see what business they could do there, and arriving in the evening put up at a hotel.

It so happened that that night, after midnight, the Santa Fe night operator was murdered while alone on duty in his office. The railroad and others offered rewards aggregating $1,700 for the apprehension of the murderer. The prospective reward led to a diligent search, and certain parties charged Wilbur and his partner, Zerfoose, with the crime.

Wilbur’s hearing came first. After his attorney had sifted the evidence carefully and hunted up vindicating evidence of his own, the case against Wilbur was found to amount to nothing. It was so slight that the justice before whom he was tried refused even to bind him over to the grand jury. Zerfoose’s preliminary hearing is yet to come, but is almost certain to follow the same course.

Today's Feature

Architectural Bill Questioned.

The Public Safety Committee voted 3-1 to recommend that a bill from Allgeier, Martin & Associates, Inc. for engineering and architectural services be paid. The work was done as initial stages of the proposed south fire substation that was considered in the south water tower.

There was some discussion concerning the payment of the $29,897.97 bill because there had never been a written contract for the work. The Council had requested an estimate on the cost of construction of the substation and that estimate required detailed plans of the proposed structure. When the plans were completed, the estimate for construction was approximately double that of rough estimates. The Council recently voted to eliminate the water tower as a possible site for the substation.

Committee member Lujen Clark noted that the Council should always have a written contract before architectural work was begun to avoid the confusion.

The plans for a new Park Department building are currently waiting architectural drawings. The full Council has not been ask to approve a contract for those services.

Pastel Show Coming in Early October.

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

Since we have had Pat here helping us a few days each week we now have two new scrapbooks about art-Central.

The first one covers our time at the Geranium House starting with Sam Butcher presenting his stained glass window for the building to all of the art and artists we had through there in the year and a half we were there as well as the Grand Art Show we hosted at Shangri - La.

The second one begins with the rennovations to the Hyde House prior to us moving in up to this years artCamp 2000 !!

We are very pleased with these two new additions and hope interested parties will enjoy looking through them.

The drawing and sculpture sessions are still going on. They have changed the time due to conflicts of school starting. So they now meet from 4 to 6. Still on Thursdays. Rumor has it that may have to be changed also. But for now..4-6...Thursdays!!

The upcoming pastel show "Views From The Back of A Horse" features artist Linda Dian Stair from Wister, OK.

She has been an artCentral member for many years and we are pleased to have her showing with us this fall.

Most of our 2001 calendar has been booked with a great array of art and artists !! We still have 2 spots open so if you know of anyone or thing you’d like to see just let us know and we’ll see what we can do about it!!

In November we will have a group exhibit by the Big Spring Artists. They are Glenda George, LaRussel, Pat Clem, Carthage, Dale Williams and Donna Gilbreth, Joplin and Billy Stewart form Neosho. These ladies will have watercolors, oil, acrylic, and pastel paintings and some Holiday items, as well.

More................next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www. ozarkartistscolony.com under organizations. Our hours are Tues. - Sat. 9am - 3pm.

School District Offers Gold Passes.

news release

The Carthage R-9 School District appreciates the support area residents give our students by attending various school activities.

To encourage this support, the district offers complimentary Gold Passes to persons age 60 or over and provides athletic schedules throughout the school year. The pass is effective continuously for the life of the holder and authorizes free admittance to all home athletic events and other district-sponsored activities, with the exception of tournaments. To obtain your Gold Pass, contact the District Administrative Office at 710 Lyon, Carthage, Missouri (417-359-7000). Proof of age should be available upon request.

Current Gold Pass holders should notify the office if your address has changed, or if your card has been lost or destroyed.

Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin',

The County Elected Officials met yesterday at the Commissioners office and were told that the budget for next year is lookin’ lean. Presidin’ Commissioner Danny Hensley recommends that all elected officials wave any wage increases and says he doesn’t see how the County can give the traditional $50 per month increase to employees.

County Clerk Jim Lobbey expressed the opinion that personnel should be the last thing to be looked at as far as savin’ money is concerned. County Assessor Jim Willis told the group that he had lost four employees last year, mainly because of wages.

Hensley said that wages also are a major concern for area law enforcement. Hensley is supporting a half-cent law enforcement sales tax, but says he open to other ideas to keep services at the current level.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.