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M.C.I. RECORD.

Entered as second-class mail mat-
ter at Marionville, Mo.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY C. A. MITCHELL.

CIRCULATION THIS ISSUE. . . 4,500.

batting for the Home. Perhaps some
one will quilt them for you. We
wish to be remembered to former
friends."

In Ft. Worth, Texas. we read two
papers before the Purity Conference
of the National W. C. T. U. presented
our cause in open convention, lectured
twice in Ft. Worth University, once
for High school boys, twice in Colored
High school, before the young men
in the Draughon Business College,
and at night in a Baptist church. On
the way back we talked five times in
Denton, Texas, in the Oak St. M. E.
church, one of the best organized and
most spiritual churches we ever saw,
under Rev. R. L. Selle, as pastor.
They very readily raised $10 to name
a window in the Hall, being the first
one taken.

ALUMNI.

William Gillette orders the Record
to Austin, Tex., Brackenridge hall.

Rev. W. F. Turner, pastor of the
First Christian church at Joplin, Mo.,
has about completed a $20,000 church,
one of the handiest and neatest in Mis-
souri. The plans are his own. The
arrangement of the Sunday school
classrooms is exceedingly fine. They
have a baby a few weeks old.

Mary Baker-Wright, '86, of Kansas
City, has a girl named Ruth, nearly
three months old.

Fred Rogers preaches at Pittsfield,
Illinois.

We are sorry to report such a failure
in the health of Wash Wade that he
has been out of the bank of Forsyth
for months. He is improving though
now.

Can any one tell us where to find
the class song of '86?

We have told of the whereabouts of
each class down to '89, then we miss
Lou Bontner and M. O. Likens. In the
class of '91 Mildred F. Gardner, and of
'92 Emily E. Gardner.

Mrs. Fannie Walker-Hadcock, of
Conway, is visiting her mother in Ma-
rionville.

Historical.

W. T. Flournoy sold his apple crop
for $8000, while Linc and Ira Neff got
$2000 and Buck Logan $1750 for their
crops. About $20000 were paid for
apples near Marionville.

Dr. R. W. Smart and Miss Deck
Stafford were married recently at the
bride's home.

Dr. J. H. Cravens moved here
several months ago, and has an office
with Dr. J. P. Andrews.

Loren Grieb has moved to Sarcoxie.

Fred Bradshaw lives in Afton, I. T.

May Bradshaw-Combs lives in Afton,
I. T.

Josie Roach-Shubert lives at 3653
Shenadoah St. St. Louis.

B. B. Johnson has a very lucrative
positon with the Ver Steeg Grant Shoe
Co. St. Louis. He has placed his
church letter with Union M. E. church.

Monroe Wolfe is now manager of
the Bristow Mercantile Co. I. T.

Jennie Wilkes-Kennedy lives in
Aurora.

Flora Wasson spent a month with
her mother and brother, Dr. W. B.
Wasson, in Oklahoma.

Where is Nettie Fishburn?

We are pained to report the death
of Andrew Brown, of Taney County.

Mrs. Lulu Gibson-Fairburn, of Ever[et]t,
Wash. made quite a visit with relatives
here recently.

J. R. Burk lives in P[ie]rce City, but
works in the Wentworth mines.

Mrs. Emma Davenport-Ralston lives
in Carthage.

Leroy Massey is married and recent-
ly moved to Northport, Wash.

Rev. T. C. Newman has a charge at
Mammoth Springs, Ark.

The infant son of A. L. Reich and
wife, died recently.

Bertie France married, but died
over two years ago. Her father lives
in Sapulpa, I. T.

We met Rev. C. E. Heaton and wife
at Sapulpa, I. T. He was moving to
Watonga, I. T., to take charge of the
M. E. church there.

We were pleased meet Ben Seaman,
E. D. Parks, John Steele and Dick
Steel in Sapulpa. Chas. Seaman's
wife, Ida Melton, died in September,
but Charles still lives there.

C. B. Turrentine has been confined
to his room since the 6th of July, hav-
ing had an abscess operated on. He is
still quite low.

R. N. Kirby, of Aurora, has been elect-
ed school commissioner of Lawrence
county.

Money for furnishing rooms can be
donated now and the room named just
the same. In fact we would rather
have it now while inclosing the build-
ing, as this is our greatest time of
need.

Frank B. Schofield, is editor of the
Carrollton News, Texas.

Elijah Woods lives in Fairplay. Jno.
A. Woods is in Kansas City in the
Union Pacific freight depot.

Bertie Tillery works in a bank in
Humansville.

We spent a pleasant Sunday with
Rev. D. T. Simmons, at Fair Play.
This is his fifth year there.

The National Purity Convention.

The National Purity convention met
in the First Methodist church, Chi-
cago, October 8 to 10, 1901, and elected
the following officers:

Permanent chairman — Rev. B. S.
Steadwell, president N. W. Purity As-
sociation, of La Crosse, Wis.

Permane[n]t Secretary, Chas. A. Mitch-
ell, Marionville, Mo.

Assistant Secretary, Miss Belle H.
Mix, Danville, Ia.

Treasurer — Dr. O. Edward Janney,
president American Purity Alliance,
Baltimore, Md.

Delegates were there from all parts
of the United States and one from
England, Mr. Maurice Gregory, while a
number of papers were sent from sev-
eral foreign countries.

The sessions were packed full of hard
work and much good will doubtless re-
sult from the meetings. The Light, of
La Crosse, Wis., is publishing the pa-
pers each month. By sending a card
to them you can receive a sample copy.