The Columbus Daily Advocate from Columbus, Kansas • Page 3

Big Ben is coming, watch for him. Have for Rent! 5 roomed house, east end of Oak street, 1 block ground, sidewalk to square, for $7.00 per month. 5 roomed house, 2j blocks from square, gas, city water for $10.00 per month. 7 roomed house, gas, water, electricity, 2 blocks from square, for only $12.50 per month. 8 roomed house, 3 1-2 blocks from square, gas, electricity, city water, sewerage, bath, for only $15 per month.

-SEE US IMMEDIATELY The Aitchison Realty Co. Second floor over First Nat'l. Bank Bldg. LOCAL NEWS Who is Big Ben? at The Library Board is meeting this afternoon at the Library building. T.

B. Whitney of Independence was a business visitor in Columbus yesterday. F. A. Kessler went to Hallowell this morning to attend to business matters.

Gasoline 15c gal. Columbus Garage. R. V. Hays of Severy was among the business visitors in Columbus yesterday evening.

J. F. Matthews of Oswego was a business visito rin Columbus yesterday evening. E. W.

Wyatt of Independence was here yesterday afternoon and evening for a short business visit. B. F. Jacobs of Baxter Springs was here a short time yesterday evening attending to business matters. Big Ben will have a surprise for you.

Judge E. E. Sapp went to his home in Galena yesterday evening after his last day in the office of district judge. J. F.

Liston came from Fort Scott this morning and went to Galena today where he transacted business for the Frisco. Clyde Tyler left yesterday evening for Kansas City where he will attend the Implement Dealers Convention this week. J. S. McAuley, funeral director and embalmer; lady assistant.

Calls answered day' or night. Phone 121 Rural; Home phone 52. Free ambulance serive. Call Chauncey Bishoff of the Elite Studio went to Sherwin this morning and will take views of a school house near there today. Dale Leamon left yesterday evening for a short visit in Bartlesville, Okla.

A brother, Guy Leamon. is employed in Bartlesville. Dr. G. E.

Haynie of Scammon was here yesterday evening to attend the lecture on oral hygiene given at the county high school. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Timberlake of West Mineral were here yesterday evening as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Stanley Timberlake. What is Big Ben going to do? Where is Big Ben going to be? Miss Pearl Hutton came from Hallowell yesterday evening for attendance at high school after visiting through the week end with relatives. T. P. LaRue went to Miami yesterday evening to attend the meeting of the board of directors of the First National Bank of that city.

Joseph Hanley of Weir City was here yesterday afternoon and evening for the meeting of the new board of county high school trustees. George Hood left yesterday morning for Kansas City where he is attending the meeting of the Implement Dealers Association this week. J. S. McAuley with his wife as lady assistant, will attend all undertake ing calls day or night.

Phones: Rural 121: Home, 52. Free ambulance service. Call Jules Dupire of Turck left yesterday evening for Lehigh, where he has employment. He was accompanied to Columbus by several relatives. Mrs.

M. Robeson of Galena, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. L.

Robeson in Columbus for several days left for her home yesterday evening. Mrs. S. M. Cramer of Baxter Springs returned to her home yesterday evening after being the guest of Mr.

and Mrs. R. R. Cook of Vermont street. Mr.

and Mrs. J. A. Sparks returned yesterday evening from Joplin where they made a visit yesterday in the interests of the extractor which Mr. Sparks is marketing.

Jones Ruhland Undertaking. Mrs. Ruhland lady assistant. Ambulance free. Call us day or night.

Either Phone No. 82. Mrs. -C. W.

Hiller, who has been confined at the Baxter hospital since an operation for appendicitis performed there several days ago, is somewhat improved today. E. H. Hamlet came from Kansas City last night and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.

W. E. Hamlet this afternoon. He went to Crestline for a short business visit this afternoon. Mr.

and Mrs. S. B. Harrah from the north of Columbus were here vesterday evening and went to Baxter Springs to visit for a few days with Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Banning. Mrs. J. E. Tutton of Arkansas City, who has been here for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs.

Wesley Best and with Mrs. C. S. Huffman and Mrs. W.

R. Cowley returned to her home today. Mens and Boys LACE BOOTS 12, 14 and 15 inch Tops Clearance Sale Prices $7.00 Boots. $5.50 5.00 Boots 3.50 4.00 Boots. 2.98 3.00 Boots 2.48 The Quality Store Chas.

and Bob. H. W. Cooper, division for the Frisco, was here this morning i for a short business visit and went to Galena where he will attend to business matters for the Frisco today. Mrs.

Roy Harvey of Baxter Springs, newly elected member of the board of county high school trustees, returned to her home yesterday evening after attending the first meeting of the new board. Mr. and Mrs. T. N.

Odell and daughter, Miss Ora Odell left yesterday evening for Butler, where they will make their home. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odell resides at present in Butler. Earl Odell also went with his parents.

Watch, wait and look for Big Ben. You will hear from him soon. A. I. Lucky, who was operated upon for appendicitis several days ago, was able to leave the Baxter Hospital last night and return home on the street car.

His condition is very much improved. R. O. Thomas of Baxter Springs was here yesterday to attend the meeting of the board of trustees at the county high school: He is a member of the old board and holds over till the next election. Miller Lane and Chauncey Bishoff will go to Star Valley tomorrow to attend the wolf drive that is set for that date.

The drive was to have been last Saturday but was postponed until Wednesday. Keep your eyes open and you will see Big Ben. Misses Esther and Beulah Wilson and Mrs. Sue Sprague of Denver went to Webb City yesterday evening and will visit there with Mr. and Mrs.

F. S. Smart and Miss Pansy Smart the end of the week. The company which gave "That Printer of Udell's" at the McGhie opera house last night left this morning over the Frisco for Oswego where they play tonight. They were in Scammon Sunday night.

Cough Medicine For Children. Never give a child a cough medicine that contains opium in any form. When opium is given other and more serious diseases may follow. Long experience has demonstrated that there is no better or safer medicine for coughs, colds and croup in children than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is equally valuable for adul.s.

Try it. It contains no opium or other harmful drug. For sale by all dealers. Adv. Mrs.

C. C. Eisenhart of Scammon came to Columbus this morning and went to Joplin where she will visit with a sister, Mrs. G. C.

Bernerd Wiles and L. unn of the Filby Garage went to Joplin this morning for a short business visit. Mrs. A. Drak and little daughter left this morning for Piedmont after ing for a week with relatives in the neighborhood of Mineral.

They came to Columbus this morning and were the guests of Miss Hazel Hudson for a short time. Biliousness and Constipation Cured. If you are ever troubled with biliousness or constipation you will be interested in the statement of R. F. Erwin, Peru, Ind.

"A year ago last winter I had an attack of indigestion followed by biliousness and tion. Seeing Chamberlain's Tablets so highly recommended, I bought a bottle of them and they helped me right away." For sale by all dealers. -Adv. The Rev. R.

H. Seabough, of la, who is conducting meetings each night at the Baptist church this week, is making a very favorable impression upon the local Baptists. The Sunday service and the evening services this week are well attended. Many of the members of the church are expressing the hope that the church may be able to employ Mr. Seabough permanently as pastor.

Don't place your order for calendars and advertising novelties until you have seen what the Advocate has to offer you. They will save you money, besides giving you a chance to spend your money at home. Columbus friends of the R. A. Longs will be interested in the following from the society columns of the Kansas City Star: "Mrs.

R. A. Long and Miss Loula Long will leave next Sunday for Denver, where Miss Long will be an exhibitor at the horse show the week of January 18. Miss Long is taking fourteen of her horses, her Russian wolt hounds, which she will exhibit at the dog show and her Boston bull terriers." Catarrh Cannot Be Cured. With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease.

Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucus surface. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces.

The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY CO.

Props. Toledo, Ohio. Take Hall's Family Pills for Black Silk Stove Polish Liquid or Does Paste Not Rub BLACK SILK Off, Lasts 4 Times as Long as Others, STOVE POLISH Saves Work. Get a Can Today GOOD INSURANCE SHOWING. Annual Meeting of Mutual Company Held Here Today.

The eighth annual meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association was held today at the City Hall. The work of the meeting is being devoted to receiving the report of the president and of the secretary, treasurer, of the auditing committee and the adjusters. The officers report shows over two and a half millions of insurance on the books, 1146 members, 1411 pollcles in force: cash on hand total assets of $21,399.39. This makes a financial condition the best in the history of the organization. It has met its losses promptly an din full, an dis rapidly recuring the confidence of the farmers of Southeast Kansas, the society doing business in Crawford, Neosho and LaBette Counties as well as in Cherokee.

The meeting late today will also elect five members to the board of directors. Mr. J. N. Dunbar who was elected to the bench in this county and who has been the president for the past two years, has resigned as president and director, necessitating the election of a new president.

This will devolve on the meeting of the board of directors tomorrow. Those present today, from away from Columbus are: R. J. Piper and O. L.

Houswart of McCune, C. J. Reed, H. H. Jansen and J.

H. Andrew of Girard; August Carnoll of Farlington; Richard Johnson of Pittsburg; F. P. Satterthwaite of Galena, James Forbes of Hallowell. The board of directors will meet tomorrow to organize for the year 1915.

Dangers of a Cold. Do you know that of all the minor ailments colds are by far the most dangerous? It is not the colds themselves that you need to fear, but the serious diseases that they SO often lead to. For that reason every cold should gotten rid of with the least possible delay. To accomplish this you will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy of great help to you. It loosens a cold, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration and enables the to throw off the cold.

For sale by all CAPTURED AT GALENA. Man Wanted In Connection With De. pot Robberies is Arrested. Frank Serrahs, suspected as a robber, was arrested on a car in Galena Sunday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock by Officer C. E.

Hess and Chi of Police M. M. Hallam. The Galena oflicers received a description of a man several days ago who was wanted in Oklahoma for holding up three depots. The bandit wanted held up the depot at Afton and obtained more than $60.

Then he robbed the Chelsa depot and later made an attempt at robbing the depot at Vinita, but the operator at that place was too alert for him and fired several shots, forcing him to flee. Galena officers received word that a man answering the description of the outlaw wanted in Oklahoma would come on a street car to Galena Sunday afternoon, and they discovered Frank Serrahs, who answered the description, at 5:30 o'clock. He was placed in the city jail. Sheriff Gibson of Miami was notified of the arrest and he arrived Sunday night to take charge of the prisoner. He identified Serrahs as the man wanted and he returned to Miami with him yesterday morning.

Excellent for Stomach Trouble. "Chamberlain's Tablets are just fine for stomach trouble," writes Mrs. G. C. Dunn, Arnold, Pa.

'I was bothered with this complaint for some time and frequently had bilious attacks. Chamberlain's Tabelts afforded me great relief from the first, and since taking one bottle of them I feel like a different person." For sale by all dealers. -Adv. Caldwell- Begando. Probate Judge J.

H. Ellis married at his office yesterday afternoon Mr. Robert V. Begando and Miss Grace Caldwell, both of Carona. The young people are well known in Carona and returned to that place following the marriage, to make their home there.

Elza and W. R. McDonald went to Hallowell thi smorning for carpenter work on the bank addition. Miss Nora Wilkins of Quaker left yesterday for Kansas City to visit with Mr. and Mrs.

Chris Schobert. Ray Jones came down from Pittsburg and visited with friends and relatives Sunday and Monday. William Wallke left this morning for Independence where he will visit with a son till the end of the week. Mrs. J.

W. Whittington and little daughter, Nadine returned home Sunday from Pittsburg, where they have been visiting for the past month. There is such a thing as being 80 conservative you can't get anything Sight. JOIN OUR McDOUGAL CLUB AD $1.00 Down and $1 a Week Puts one of these great labor saving Kitchen cabinets in your home. Come and see our demonstratian.

Jones Ruhland Co. Furniture and Undertaking When in doubt call 49! We will offer a few suggestions that will enable you to have a big variety of etables for each meal. Phone We Deliver the Goods! Phone 49 49 ERE Campbell Hatton BIG WEST SIDE GROCERY, N. R. Sanford of Joplin Was business visitor in Columbus Saturday afternoon of last week.

'The Ideal Fumigator This fumigator Board of Health and State Bacterologist FORMA-GERMKILL FUMIGATOR PATENT AP'LID FOR Thoroughly reliable and effective, convenient and I economical. Three Sizes Size 1-For small rooms, 1000 cubic feet 35c Size 2--- For medium rooms 2000 cubic Size 4-For large rooms, churches and schools, 4000 cubic LET US ASKThat you have us shoe your horses this time and securing the very best work at the closest possible prices. Our horse shoeing is the work of expert mechanics done with exacting care and you wish your horses. to be shod so as to give lasting, genuine satisfaction, it. will pay you to have the animals shoed here.

We solicit but a trial. Filby Carriage Auto Co. BOTTOM'S TOGGERY Royal Suits Carnation Shoes We clean, press, repair or dye your clothes. We clean white furs. BOTTOM'S TOGGERY AUTO OWNERS The storage battery on your car if not charged will freeze this weather and next spring the garage man and electrician will get the blame it when it gives trouble, they tell you they to make the starter and lights work properly due to defective battery.

If your battery is not in use it should be charged one a month. Your battery will freeze up when at 20 degrees above zero when discharged. Electrolyte 1.120 at zero-3-4 discharged. Electrolyte 1.160. In passing we might add a new battery costs from $20 to $50.

NO! Gray and Davis in their hand-book on starting systems say: "Remember that if battery plates are exposed (not covered by liquid) they become hardened and battery capacity greatly reduced. "Never let the battery become entirely discharged." "The battery should receive a refreshing charge once a month. "A discharged battery will freeze very readily, but a charged battery will withstand low temperature. "In order to avoid freezing of the battery, it should always be kept in a fully charged condition." EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC CO..