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GIRARD PRESS. GIRARD, KANSAS, MAY 14, 1908 THEY ARE BRINGING THEM IN. Anyone who thinks our girls are not working has another guess coming, for they are going out and gathering in the subscriptions and bringing them in from all directions. The only way for a man to be safe in this county now is for him to get in line and come through with his subscription to the PRESS. The contestants are having success wherever they go, as they have a good proposition to present to the people, and there are very few but what have to accept Everyone knows the GIRARD PRESS and most people know the Kansas Farmer, and when a ant comes to a man and offers him these two well known papers at the price of one and then tells him of the fine piano she is working for, what is there to do but accept? Of course, the contestants cannot see every one personally, but they are making an effort to see every one they can, and before this contest is over we expect that every one in the county will be seen by one or more of these contestants and asked to subscribe for the papers.

Now, you don't want one of these young ladies to hold you up in a crowd you had better come to the office at once, or send in by mail, and have your name entered on our list, or if you are already on the list have your subscription marked up a year in advance. Then the contestants will not bother you. The contestants all have a way of knowing who is already taking the PRESS and where each one is paid to, so the only way to get even with them is to be sure your subscription is paid a year advance, then they will not bother you. The standing of the contestants is as follows: Maude M. Miller, Hepler, R.

R. 1.... Ethel Ritter, Girard, R. R. Sarah Cox, Girard, R.

R. 4... Gertrude Adams, Girard, R. R. 5.

Bessie Vessels, Girard, R. 1....... Jessie Murphy, Girard, R. R. 3.......

Pearl Karns, Englevale. Julia McCarty, Walnut, R. 5... THE following, taken from the Topeka Capital of May 8th, will prove of interest to at least a few citizens of Crawford county: The Pittsburg jointists whom Attorney General Jackson charges with being contempt of the supreme court have failed to ile their answers with the court and the attorney general will start attachment proceedings to bring them into court in person. The trouble with these thirteen jointists is that their attorney deserted them a critical time and they have failed to cure another.

Jackson says proceedings will be brought to compel the jointists appear in court in person. This will be departure in the Kansas supreme court. Common School Diplomas. The commencement exercises those who secured common school diplomas as a result of the April examinations took place in the Crawford County High School building in Cherokee last Friday, May 8th, the program consisting of music and readings, an address to the graduates by Rev. Rhale, of Cherokee, and a short talk by County Superintendent George Gemmell on presenting the diplomas.

The names of the graduates are given below: Joan Allan, Ruth Alexander, Lorsey Butler, Grace Bayne, Myrtle Berkey, Josie Boyd, Lenora Bailey, Ida Buxton, Leah Birdsell, Grace Burns, Rena Boaz, Orvile Davis, Alice Daxon, Mae Daly, Mark Dance, Martha Dalton, Percy Depuy, Leona Drayer, Julia Eva. Dana Evans, Elpha Enloe, Bess Endicott, Veronica Fecho, Mabel Fox, Hallie Freach, Minnie Gregg, Bessie Gates, Hattie Gemmell, Dorothy Gees, Wayne Guan, John Gunn, Verla Hail, Marian Helm, Leo Hecksher, Melvin Herlocker, Mattie Howell, Grace Houk, Kate Houk, Chloe Houstead, Lulu Jacobs, Maude Keith, Helen King, Ora Lamb, Schuyler Leman, Joan R. Limb, Esther Long, Ruth Lyness, Henry Mason, Lena Marnell, Grace Marion, Verna Meyer, Stella Mitchell, Eugene Michie, Lila Morrison, Dorothy Mossom, Myrtle Morgan, Marguerite Murray, Montie Murray, Rachel McFady en, Harry McGinnis, Lola McKianey, Sarah Mc Veigh, Sallie O' Reilly, Marie O' Brien, Ethel Obery, Ruth Oldbam, Jennie Perrin, W. C. Perry, Etbel Pearson, James Phillips, Neva Porter, May Prettyman, Elsie Purviance, Edward Ribbitt, Nellie Rankin, Elva Rankin, Amy Reynolds, Walter Reeves, Mabel Reinbart, Maude Richardson, Harriet Robinson, Minnie Roseboom, Hugo Sebramm, Margie Schooley, Nellie Schenck, Florence Shell, Mary Shanboltzer, Willie Slater, Nena Smith, James Stilwell, Bertha Smith, Etta Stilwell, Hazel Swain, Ruby Swearingin, Claude Swain, Mary Teter, Calvin Thonhoff, Eva Turkington, Ernest Vehlow, Ethel Wasem, Florence Watson, Myrtle Walker, Celia Williams, Edith Wiesner, Bertha Wood, Chelsea Wyant.

TUESDAY Mr. and Mra. D. C. Williamson invited a large party to with them to the coal washer at shaft No.

19. The party took the 1:45 car, and consisted of business men and their wives and the officials of the read. The washer has just been completed, and 18 now ready for use, and was built by Mr. Williamson, who on this excursion took the visitors through the waeher and explained it to them, THE board of directors of the Girard Coal Belt Railroad have decided that everything in the new park is to be painted white. A CONSTABLE from Parsons came to Girard Tuesday and took back to that city with him a traveling painter, who was working in Girard, and who was wanted in Parsona as a witness in a whiskey case.

T. MARTIN, of Baldwin, Kansas, will lecture at the Methodiat Church tonight on "Some People We Meet." Mr. Martin is an eminent lecturer, and his talk will be worth hearing. Mrs. Call will render several selections on the piano, and the Vincent quartette will sing.

Revival Meeting, At the Eaglevale Church of God, Eaglevale, Kansas, beginning Saturday, May 16th. These services will be conducted by Rev. O. A. Newlin, president of the Collegiate Institute, Fort Scott, Kansas.

Preeident Newlin 1 is one of our great twentieth century geniuses He is 8 very fascinating pulpit orator, a poet, an educator, and entertainer. But the greatest praise we can give him, or any other man who is worthy of. it, is that he is 8 Godly man, an earnest Gospel preacher, and a great soul winner. Dr. Newlin will be assisted in these meetings by Chaa.

Berry, pastor of said church. There will be special music during these services, some of the musical talent of the school, of which Mr. Newlin is director, having been arranged for. We are expecting great things of the Lord, and invite you all to come and enjoy the olessings with us. thou with us, and we will do thee "What shall it profit a man it he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" Proceedings Board of County missioners.

Board of county commissioners met In regular session at 1 o'clock, p. Monday, May 11th, 1908. All the members were present. Application for letter Mutual Telephone line for permission to use the public highway for said line was presented to the board. Said line deacribed as follows: Commencing at the ne corner of wt of sec 10, town 30, range 24, thence mile, 14 miles, then beginning at a corner of sec 33, town 29, range 24, thence 1t miles, beginning at 8 corner of sec 33, town 29, range 24, 1 mile to Loomla school house, thence 14 miles to street car line, thence west to 'Girard, then commencing at corner of sec 33, town 29, range 24, thence et mile.

Application was granted, provided poles are set not to exceed three feet from and paralled with property line. Road petition of J. F. Sturgeon, et was presented to the board, praying for the establishment of a public road described as follows: Beginning 760 feet east of the corner of the of sec 18, town 31, range 24, thence running south about 1,200 feet and terminating at the city limits of the city of Cherokee at the north end of Vine street. Said road to be 80 feet wide.

The proposed road will be aa extension of Vine street directly north to section line. Also that the following described road be vacated: Beginning on the south line of the east and west road along the north side of section 18, town 31, range 24, at a point adjacent to the west line of the right of way of the K. F. S. M.

Railway, thence south along said right of way to the city limits of Cherokee. Upon due consideration, no legal objection baylag been offared against the establishment of said road and believing the same to be of public utility, it is ordered that said petition be granted and said road be opened to public travel. It is further ordered that the old road therein described 1 be vacated as prayed for. Road petition of B. E.

Balke, et was presented to the board praying for the establishment of a public road described as followa: Beginning at the corner of section 20, town 28, range 22, thence running south on the section line two miles to the a corner of sec tion 29, in said town 28, range 22, said road to be 40 feet wide. Upon due consideration, the board being satisfied that the law has been substantially complied with, it is ordered that D. B. Gregory, J. P.

Wood worth, and Art Everett be appointed viewers on said proposed road and that they meet at the north end of the proposed road on the 17th day of June, 1908, at 10 o'clock, a. and with the county surveyor proceed to view and lay out said road according to law, and make report of their proceedings to this board on or before their next regular meeting. Board adjourned. W. H.

MAY, FRED A. GERKEN, Chairman, County Clerk, The board of county commissioners met in regular session at 8 o'clock, a. Tuesday, May 12th, 1903. All membera were present. No business coming before the board they adjourned.

W. H. MAY, FRED A. GERKEN, Chairman. County Clarks.

A CROWD of Girard young people formed themselves Into a trolley party last Friday night and visited the cities of Radley and Dunkirk. E. I. RUNK has received the contract to build the new Knights of Pythias ball, having made the lowest bid for the work. Work will be commenced 88 8000 88 the papers are executed.

The contract provides for the COmpletion of the building ready for occupancy. THE ladies who are soliciting funde to build the sidewalk to the cemetery are progressing nicely, and about $500 has already been subscribed. People have given liberally, and among other donors the Masonic lodge gave $50. This la a good move on the part of the women, and we are glad to see the citizena of our city respond 80 genously. Letter List.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the in Girard, Crawford county, for week ending MAy 14th, 1908: Anderson, Arthur F. Ecleburger, Henry Goader, Charlie Gilden Sisters Wilson, Chas. F. Walker, Leonard One cent due on all advertised letters. Persons calling for the above will ease say advertised.

T. JONES, P. M. Personals Mrs. George L.

Peterson and daughter Keitha went to Cherokee Sunday to visit for a few days. Mrs. W. C. Ferg, Mrs.

Elizabeth Magie, and Mrs. D. C. Noel are attending the state meeting of the Eastern Star at Topeka this week. J.

W. Magie and W. C. Ferg went ty Parsons Tuesday to attend a state conclave of Knights Templar. C.

F. Millington left Sunday for Chicago, Ill. Miss Clara Millington arrived at home last Saturday morning from Valparaiso, where she had been for some months attending school. Dr. H.

M. Dillman left Sunday night for Topeka, where he will attend the meeting of the State Dental Association. A. M. Gould was a Pittsburg visitor Monday.

Miss Margaret Billingsley went to Kansas City Sunday to visit for a few days. Mrs. Flo Leonard, of Parsons, arrived in Girard Monday, to visit her father and sister for two or three weeks. Miss Agatha Decker, who directed the play, "The County Fair," at the opera house Monday night, has gone to Nowata, Oklahoma, where she will produce the same play in that city. Miss Alice Leonard went to Chanute last Friday to visit friends for a few days.

Miss Henrietta Lemler, who is teaching school in Frontenac, spent Sunday in Girard. Robert Thorp, of Mulberry, visited the county seat Sunday and shook hands with his many acquaintances. Dr. J. F.

Callen, editor of the Pittsburg Kansan, was in Girard on business Monday, and made the PREss a social visit. Dr. R. H. McKay and wife and daughter Hazel returned home from New Mexico last week, and Bert also came down from Kansas City Saturday night.

Mrs. Julia Majors and Miss Ina Johnson spent Saturday with relatives in Pittsburg. Miss Myrtle Shafer came up from Pittsburg last Thursday and spent the day with some of her Girard friends. Mrs. A.

T. Havely left Saturday for Topeka and Kansas City, where she will spend a week visiting with relatives and friends. Dr. Omar Griffin left Monday night for Topeka to attend the meeting of the State Dental Association. T.

T. Perry went to Ohio last week on business. Dr. C. R.

Tinder and family have moved to our city from Eaglevale, and have taken up their abode in the best town in Southeast Kansas. The Doctor will begin the practice of medicine here at once. F. D. Warren made a business trip to Kansas City last Thursday.

F. S. Curtis and wife, of Cherokee, spent Sunday in Girard with relatives and friends. Mrs. Ben Warren and son Richard and Mrs.

Fred Warren and two youngest children returned Monday from Rich where they had been visiting. Fred Scholfeld and wife arrived in Girard last week from Bourbon county, and will spend a few days visiting with relatives and friends in our city. George Weisbrod and wife, of Pittsburg, were Girard visitors last Friday. C. R.

Hunt visited in Pittsburg Saturday. Last Thursday quite a number of Girard people went to Pittsburg either on business or to spend the day visiting. Those going were: J. W. Magie, L.

FI. Lashley, W. C. Lemler, Jake Redion and wife, Harry Magie, George Harming, Jay Emery and sister, I. H.

Shannon, W. D. Bogan, Isabel Eddy, Mrs. H. E.

Hertner, Mrs. G. H. Barker, Mrs. J.

M. Higgie, L. C. Dunlap, George Gemmell, and Fay Hitz. Bart Ross, of Atchison, is visiting his wife and children in Girard.

Miss Nell Hilliker, of Kansas City, was a Girard visitor last Thursday. ART KILLOUGE la on the limp these days, having run a nail la his foot, which laid him up for several days. FRED GRUND was little indisposed last Friday, and unable to attend to his duties at the store. DR. C.

R. TINDER will have very neat and commodious offices at his reaidence. The same are now under construction. Probate Oourt. On the 8th of May Sarah J.

Beck we: appointed administratrix of the estate of G. Fred Beck, dec'd, On the 11th W. E. Peel was pointed administrator of the eatate of Serena E. Peel, dec'd.

District Court Cases. The following cases have been filed in district court since last report: SITTING AT GIRARD. Joseph Rhomberg va A. W. Coagrove.

Appeal by defendant from Justice Felix R. Smith's court, who had rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff for $30 and costa. The Symphony Club. The Symphony Club will meet with Miss Arla McFarland Thursday evening, May 14th. The following is the program: Roll call.

Anecdotes of Mendelssohn. Instrumental solo, Mendelesohn's composition, Miss Hazel Richards. Paper, Musical Education of Mendelasoha, Miss Anna Bell. Leason, "Mendelssohn," Miss Edith Phillips. Vocal solo, Misa Juanita Barker.

Social hour. The club was delightfully entertained last week by Mra. Call, who illustrated Neving with his "'Gondolier," "Venetian Love and "Narcisses." MR. HENRY LAURENS CALL, inventor of the new air-ship, gave an instructive lecture Tuesday afternoon to quite an audience of invited guests at his pavillion. His subject was aerial navigation, dating from the first efforts of inventors along this line.

He traced the progress of machines which have been prominently mentioned 10 the magazines of the day, and explained them from charts prepared for the occasion. The point of advantage which the Girard machine la claimed to over all former attempts is possess that it has solved the question of equilibrium in the air mechanically, Waile all former machines require the balancing and shifting of the operator to maintain equilibrium, the same as a bicycle rider, thus making it impossible to utilize them for passenger and traffic purposes. This machine, as it is now being constructed, has a capacity of from six to ten passengers, with ample provision for motive power and supplies. Mr. Call informed his friends that he expects to have this machine complete ready for trial within a month.

It has progressed sufficiently to give the onlookere quite a comprehensive idea of its practicability, and it is but fair to state that the enterprise is being taken much more seriously by our people than it has been in the past. No photographs are permitted to be taken, and the general public la excluded from the yard while the work is progressing. Observations Along The Line. The platform at Raymond Park is to be enlarged this week, and will be feet in length. The work will be completed by next Sunday, so that the large crowd that visits the park on Sunday will have better and larger place to alight from the cars A platform has also been ordered built at Ringo Junction.

The surfacing of the road is progreasing in fine abape, yet it will take at least ten days to complete that part of the work to Franklin. At the directors' meeting Monday the matter of buying another car was brought up, and no doubt in a few weeks the road will be equipped with another large car. The new trucks arrived Monday for car No. 46, and it will be put Into use at once. The track to the new car barn has been completed, and bids are being received by the company for the building of the barn.

Last week was the largest for business in the history of the road, and the receipts are looking up. Sunday afternoon the road did a good business to the park. The cars were run every twenty minutes, and the three first trips immediately after the noon hour took 330 persona to the park. The company is receiving bids for construction of a depot at Franklin. It is the intention of the directors of the road to build stat one at all the camps and important stopping, places along the line.

Moderate Price Baking Powder 81,000.00 will be given for say substance injurious to health found in Calumet JESS BIETT has purchased the bustness of the late G. Fred Beck, and will launch out in the real estate business in Girard. District Court in Pitteburg. The May term of district court convened in Pittsburg Monday, but not much business has yet been transacted, there being no sessions of the court Tuesday. Time Table Girard Coal Belt Electric Railroad.

FRANKLIN CAR LEAVES GIRARD. FRANKLIN. 6:00 a. m. 6:35 a.

7:15 8:00 9:00 9:45 10:30 11:15 12:00 m. 12:35 p. m. 1:15 p. m.

1:50 2:30 3:15 4:00 4:45 5:30 6:15 7:00 7:45 8:30 9:15 10:00 10:45 DUNKIRK CAR LEAVES GIRARD. DUNKIRK. 6:30 a. 7:15 a. m.

8:00 8.30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 12:00 m. 12:30 p. 01. 1:00 p. m.

1:45 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:45 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 LEFT IN WRAPPER. Girard, has a newspaper which is to be commended as a safe and desirable family journal, if the wrapper is not removed. There's a -Leavenworth Post. GRANT TOWNSHIP. Circle Meeting-Personal-Other Notes.

May 11th, 1908. The Circle met Friday evening, May Sth, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.

Hess. The evening was farorable, and a large crowd was present and enjoyed the following program: Opening song, "Walking in the Light." Welcome address, Mr. Hess. Recitations, Fletah Hess and Leona Shaw. Instrumental duett, Alice and Elsie Cuthbertson.

Recitations, Harry Wylie and Blanche Nairn. Song. Arch Winger. Recitation, Charlie Broadhurst. Violin, guitar, and piano music.

by Mr. Dufour, Edwin and Alice Cuthbertson, and Ila Gemmell. Vocal duett, Edwin and Elsie Cuthbertson. Recitations, Ollie Allison and Ellen Carey. The remainder of the evening was spent in social conversation and music of various kinds, and at a late hour all departed for their homes, having spent a pleasant time.

Quite a number from this vicinity attended the entertainment at Cherokee Friday evening. Elda Nairn bought a horse of A. Dunlop last week. Myrtle Fox, of Beulah, is visiting at J. W.

Allison's. Mr. and Mrs. A. H.

Nairn came down from Kansas City Thursday to visit his parents. His sister Ella accompanied them for a short vacation. Robert and Edwin Cuthbertson spent Monday at Loran Green's. Hugh McConachie and Elwood Dunlop spent Tuesday evening at the Nairn home, ONE FIFTH of the money of the entire world belongs to the United States. This is even better than to own the biggest Louis Globe Democrat.

J. E. SMITH has bought the lot 00 the corner of Forest Avenue and Osage street, and will erect a building there on. SCOTT and Cordray got into an altercation last Saturday, which resulted in the punch bag opera tion. Since the fight was not advertised, and as there were no duly qualtfied referees, we will have to call the mill a draw.

No blood was spilled, and there were no foot races. BORN. PHELP3-In Girard, May 5th, 1908. to Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Phelps, a son. MARRIED. the 6th of May, 1908, Rev. Mc Bee, Mr. Joseph Plan and Miss James, Jackson, both of Pittsburg.

TOELLER- the 9th of May, 1908, by Joseph Keys, probate judge, Mr. John Toeller and Miss Hattie Risdon, both of Pittsburg. BROOKSBANK-KLIER--On the 9th of May, 190S, by Joseph Keys, probate judge. Mr. Andrew Brooksbank and Miss Mary Klier, both of Franklin.

RYAN-MILLER-On the 6th of May, 1908 by Rev. T. A. McKernan, Francis L. Ryan and Miss Blanche Miller, both of Brazilton.

The bridegroom is a son of Mayor W. H. Ryan. of Girard. DUcOBU-BUSETT-On the 12th of May, 1908, by Joseph Keys, probate judge, Me.

Clement Ducobu and Miss Mary Busett, both of Fuller. TOMSIC-KociaN-On the 11th of May, 1908, by Rev. Geo. Reinschmidt, Mr. Anton Tomsic and Miss Josie Kocjan, both of Pittsburg.

the 3d of May, 1908, by Joseph Keys, probate judge, Mc. Ruggero Nestore Chittolini, of Pittsburg, Sarah Pucci, of Frontenac. the 22d of April, 190S, by Joseph Keys, probate judge. Me. Elmer A.

Albin and Miss Lavanche Driscoll, both of Columbus. the 3d of May, 1905, in Erie, by J. A. Alleman, probate judge, Mr. Clayton H.

Underhill, of Stark, and Miss Maymie Smith, Walnut. RICE the 2d of May, 1908, by Rev. B. F. Thomas, Mr.

Edgar S. Rice and Miss Ruth F. Mortimer, both of Pittsburg. WILEY-REID-On the 6th of May, 1908, by Joseph Keys, probate judge. Mr.

G. W. Wiley and Miss Zula Reed, both of Pittaburg. JONES the 6th of May, 1908, by Joseph Keys, probate judge, Mr. Lewis O.

Jones and Miss Gussie Webb, both of Chicopee. the 7th of May, 1908, by Joseph Keys, probate judge, Mr. Frank Masajernik and Mrs. Rosa Karwat, both of Turk. DIED.

BAKER-Near Arma, May 7th, 1908. of. heart trouble, Albert Baker, aged 66 years. PIERCE Girard, May 11th, 1908, of lung trouble, Elizabeth. wife of T.

E. Pierce, aged 42 years, 5 months, and 20 days. -In Crawford township, May 10th, 1905, of dropsy, Mrs. Mary Houghtoa, aged 82 years. OFFARD At the home of John Hay, residing between Walnut and Hepler, 6th, 1908, of consumption, Edward Offard, of Missouri, aged about 22 years.

-Advance. GAMBER-At Mulberry, May 5th, 1908, of blood poison, Mrs. Mary Gamber, aged 27 vears, months, and 17 days -Mulberry News. She was 8 daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles B. Redion, and resided Girard for a number of years. CLARK -In Pittsburg, May 5th, 1903. tho infant. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. C. R. Clark. -Headlight.

SHULER-In Pittsburg, May 5th, 1908, of tuberculosis of the bowels, Jerry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Shuler, aged 3 years.Headlight. -In Grant township, May 10th, 1908, of old age, Mrs. Mary Padelford, aged 90 years.

MILBURN- -In Girard, May 10th, 1908, of pneumonia, Polly A. Milbura, aged 83 years. She was the mother of Mrs. Frank Doty. MILLER-At a hospital in Kansas City, May, 11th.

1903, of pneumonia, Bart Miller, of Pittsburg. -Headlight. CONKLIN- the Mt. Carmel hospital, May 11th, 1908, of bowel trouble, Chas. F.

Conklin, of Arcadia, aged 27 years. -Headlight. New Wall Papers! Pretty stripes with floral uppers, for bedrooms; two-tone designs for parlors, diningrooms, libraries, and dens. These designs are new and up to date. J.

H. McCoy. For Your Summer Ease WE HAVE THE NICEST LINE OF Hammocks ranging in price from $1 to $4 For your Recreation, we have that fascinating new game Diabolo! priced from IOC up to $1.50 For Coolness in Summer Cooking, Gasoline Stoves We have them for $2.65 up to $20. Both Phones 88. I.

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