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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1915
Page
1
Fragmentary wartime era rant decries liquor traffic as a destroyer of homes and social order. The speaker, Chameleon Nutty Walker, rails against saloons and urges moral reform while referencing a journey toward a “saloonsless county of New Madrid.”
An affidavit from I W P Meatte alleges C N Walker editor of the Hayti Critic bought a quart of barrel whiskey in Portageville to take to New Madrid County and give away, while the writer mocks the dry movement and accuses Walker of hypocrisy and political betrayal. The piece calls for prosecutors to act, notes Walker’s movement across counties, and questions his motives and finances.
A retrospective column recalls the April 23 1800 marriage of D. D. Harbert and Miss Kate Keiser and updates on land deals in Pemiscot county. It notes J B Franklin's land arrangements, drainage fund funds, and a new Bank of Caruthersville venture by Franklin and Talley.
On Saturday May 1 the City Bakery opened with Elbert Hopkins as proprietor. The facility featured glass counters and cases, with the oven tested the day before by baking cakes and pies. the bread produced the next day was noted as exceptional. Hopkins hails from Jonesboro Arkansas where his family has long run bakeries and he arrives with strong recommendations.
Fair weather and rising temperatures are indicated for several days with a chance of showers in the extreme northwest toward the end of the period. EB Gillen, Caruthersville booster, stopped in the city on Monday night while en route to St. Louis.
Saturday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Chas Finnegan in this city Chas Trainor and Miss Kula Mitchell were united in marriage. Esq W E Gotcher officiated. The groom is the only son of Mr and Mrs J S Trainor and the bride is the daughter of Mrs M G Mitchell proprietor of the Mitchell Hotel. The couple belong to respected families and are popular young people with many friends wishing them well. Dr J M Phipps has returned to resume practice after weeks away in Indianapolis Chicago and other places. His partly paralyzed hand shows great improvement. John Streit the baker of Caruthersville was here Monday.
D L Sorrell, Foust postmaster, reports the death of Bascom Sorrell in Texas on April 26 when struck by a passenger train engine on a siding. A trainman for Frisco, he died instantly near the engine front. Brotherhood of Trainmen handled the body and burial at Old Zion cemetery in Sparta Tennessee on April 29.
Mrs KE Adams and her children, who had been visiting relatives and friends in Malden and Dexter, returned Monday night.
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