Kearny County Advocate from Lakin, Kansas • 1

ihih aiitori iur Advocate. County THE KEARNY COUNTY ADVOCATE LAKIN, KANSAS, MAY 9, 1924, VOLUME XXXIX NUMBER 22 1. PER YEAR. SIX MONTHS 650. LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

EOxelson, of Garden City, spent the week end here with Our Grocery Line is Complete. Let Us Fill Your Wants We Always Try to Please. THE CAMPBELL MERCANTILE COMPANY, LAKIN AND DEERFIELD. Mrs Carl Walker, of Ulysses spent Saturday here with friends. William Eastern Hutchison, of Garden City, was here Friday on legal business.

Mrs Charles Smith and Mrs James Winters spent Friday with Garden City friends. Mr and Mrs Foster Barker, of Syracuse, spent Sunday here with relatives and friends. Will Shortridge delivered sev Get Your Car In Condition; Now, with the event of Spring the mind of moit men are turned toward the car proposition. Will you make your car do another season Most of us will. Now is the ideal time to have this work done.

k. k. tires; gas, oils, greases; JACKSON'S GARAGE East Waterman Avenue, Lakin, Kans. his parents. Judge Vance was here Monday holding the May term of the district court.

Mr and Mrs Charles Bentrup, of Deei field, were here Monday on a business mission. Sheriff Hillyard was called to the east part of the county Sat urday, on official business. Choice Canna Bulbs, 10 cents each $1.00 per dozen. 0 Stewart, Lakin, Kans. If you are interested in growing vine seed crops under con tract write The J.

C. Robinson Seed Co Rocky Ford, Colorado For Rent 125 acres of ground eral tons of broom corn to a lo cal buyer here the past week. John Newport has been kept on the jump the past two months LOCAL ANT) OTHERWISE- frOOAX, AND OTHERWISE mise was almost unbelieveable. putting down soft water wells, and the end is not yet. Wanted To hire good work Frank Elvin, of Toronto, Kans In the passing of J.

H. Sherfy, Frank Thurman, of Deerfield, the family is bereft of a loving in good condition, ready for as, is here visiting his son Ross and family. spent Saturday here on business and pleasure. horse for the farm. Will pay 50 cents per day.

See Dick Se Dick Darling, of Syracuse was crop. Single man preferred. John Midler, Lakin. Kans. A nuinbei of our ball fans ac here Saturday mingling with the Odd Fellows.

well, Lakin, Kans, or this office. Hubbard, of The Hugoton companied the team to In galls, Sunday, to see them annex the Floyd Houser was in Topeka Hermes, was here Saturday attending the Wildey Association the first game of the season by a nine to three score. this week taking the examination for a telegrapher. and found time to make The Ad Mr and Mrs Calvin Logan Logan were down from Syracuse Saturday visiting relatives and friends. County Attorney Samuel Yag gy was here from Syracuse Mon day, on legal business in the district court.

Wanted -One hundred head of cattle to pasture during summer season. Wesley McVey, north vocate a pleasant call. J. H. SHERPT, PASSES AWAY.

While the Wildey Association delegates, as well as our people, were making merry Saturday, the death angel visited our town, and called J. H. Sherfy, who was busily engaged in waiting on his customers la his grocery bouse on Main street, to his home be yond. It'-ias indeed an unexpected as Mr. Sherfy appeared to Win usual health, and as jovial as was his custom, and the writer was talking with him just a few minutes before he was stricken.

Immediately the flags which lined Main Street in honor of the visiting delegates, were lowered to half and busi ness almost came to a stand still, aa the deceased had a wide ac qualntance, and the sudden de Mr and Mrs James Pinegar, Mr and Mrs George Garrett husband and father, and the city and county a most upright and courageous citizen. Mr. Sherfy held several offices of trust during his long residence here, among which was sheriff, which he filled with credit to himself and honor to the county. Funeral services was held at the home Monday after noon, conducted by Rev. Ralph Kemper, after which the remains were followed by a -large concourse of people to their last resting place in the Lakin cemetery.

The Advocate, in which a host of friends join, tender heart felt sympathy to the bereaved wife and children, in this, their great loss. spent Saturday with Lakin relatives and friends. son and daughter Jean arrived Milard Nuckles, an old time Kearny county man, but for several years a resident of Hamil ton county, spent Saturday here with the Wildey Association brethren. home Friday from an extended visit with relatives and friends Robert Beckett, of Garden City, spent Monday here calling in California. on friends of yesteryear.

Mr and Mrs Manley McNellis veerehere from Deerfield Mon of Lakin, Kansas. Miss Minnie Coerber was up from Deerfield Saturday, assisting in the postoffice, owing to the absence of a regular clerk. day for the Sherfy funeral Follow the Arrow To the Greatest Sale Ever Held In This Section of Country. -IX I Electric Theatre FOLLOW THE ARROW Buy the articles which we offer in the Red JACK HOXIE IN Arrow sales with the new money we are put -PROSPERITY DEPEM.OLYOUR SAVINGS Your luture is as large as you make it, or not you will achieve the end toward which strive, depends oo you. Systematic saving has paved the way to prosperity lor many a successlul man and woman.

Start saving and forge ahead. The Kearny County Bank, Lakin, Ks ting into circulation. This money is called MEN IN THE RAW." Red Arrow money, which is cash purchase re ceipts and is given you absolutely free with every cashjpurchase made at the Red Arrow SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 10th; SIX REEL FEATURE. TWO REEL COMEDY. places.

E. Menn, Druggist, Lakin, Kas TRY THE DRUG STORE FIRST. LOO AX AND OTHERWISE Until you have found out that people don't want to be reform ed, you have not found out mnch. Why is it that a 1 1 a is worth its face valve in every cor ner of the world except at home. Mr and Mrs Roy Dearth, of Wanted Milk cow, feed and pasture, soft water.

Sam Jones NINE TO THREE. Captain "Red" Hicks and his Lakin athletes, motored to In-galls Sunday to open the ball season with the ball tossers of that place, and they opened It wide, as far as the score was concerned, by winning the fracas by a nine to three count. Symth was in the center for Lakin, with "Red" taking care of his ins and outs. Every man on the team made a good showing. Lakin, Kansas, or this office.

It was a most pleasant day Saturday for the 105tn Anniver Holcomb. were Sunday guests MAKING A BIG. WISH. Old-timers say we are over the frost-line, so anything in the way of crop reports, and especially fruit crops, is bound to be of interest. Residents of Lakin will be glad to learn that government surveys, made by farm bureau agents and special crop reporters in every state in the union, indicate bountiful crops of cherries, peaches and berries.

In eastern and northern apple-growing states it is too early to make definite forecasts. The same surveys show another large acreage planted to gardens, with early stuff already moving in some sections of the country. It isn't going to change things, either way we wish old Mother Nature is going to have her way anyhow but while we're on the subject why not wish that this will be the big gest fruit and garden truck year in the history of the world. Might as well wish for a whole lot while we're wishing, hadn't we? HAIL! HAIL! All ready been one hail. Better see me for Hail Insurance before the hail comes to your place.

J. L- Hillyard, Agent, Lakin, Kansas. Tankage is the cheasest protein and mineral hog feed you can buy. sary of the Wildey Association, of his brother Earl and family. and the visitors enjoyed them selves to the utmost.

Every man believes that the i sign, This means you, was Sudan grass makes splendid Wanted Fifty head or horses to pasture. John Miller, Lakin, Kas. Hoskinson and Field, of Garden City, Were here Monda. looking after clients interests in the district court. "If you haven't the 'guts' to milk we have the nerve to make loans on milk cows," advertises the Emporia State Bank.

Red Hicks says it isn't a good idea to stand too 1 to a church deacon when be is putting storm curtains 6n his Ford. Abe Biessel was down from the Florence neighborhood Saturday for a short time, and re pasture for all classes of live put up for the other fellow. Jean Norris, Lakin's artistic stock during the hot weather of July and August. It remains Don't open your pasture gate too early. A club boy is a farm boy plus ambition, grit and energy.

sign painter and decorator, is in Syracuse this week doing painting and decorating. palatable and sudculent and its heavy growth enables one to pas ture more livestock per acre on it than any other pasture crop ibfit can be grown in Kansas. While disking last Thursday, the team Mrs Will Neff was driv gretted that time would not per ing, ran away, throwing her (TO IB1CE THEY ARE GOOD ONES One Dodge Coupe: One Maxwell Truck. One 1923 Ford Coupe. Two Ford Touring Cars.

One Overland Touring Car. One 1923 Ford Touring Car. mit him to remain to mingle with the three linn visitors. Judge Vance convened the May term of court Monday, the session being of short duration. An adjourned term will be held from the seat in front of the disc, inflicting a number of cuts and bruises.

She was brought here to the home of her brother, Winland. Dr Hastings was sum moned and rendered the neces sary medical attention, and the patient is getting along nicely. on May 23rd, when several cases Old Line Companies. will be taken up and disposed of. We are trading for new and used cars atall times, and can furnish you with most any kind of an automobile or truck that you desire, at your own price and terms.

Come in and talk to us and we will save you money. No Interest on Notes. AT TATES' New Voiles. New Laces. New Brassieres and Corsets.

Hemstitching. T. C. Thorpe, Lakin, Kans. THORPES' GARAGE, LA KIN, KANSAS..