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S3 SIP THE PAPER OP CLAY COUNTY. FOBTY-SLXTH YEAR. EIGHT PAGES. CLAY CENTER, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 9, 1922. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

NUMBER 6. THIRTY YEARS AGO. sons. Will of Canadian, George of of Onaga; and the following section DEATHS. I PURELY PERSONAL.

AEOU1ID THE COURT HOUSE. MARRIAGES. Hinshaw-Chaffee The Kansas City, papers of Monday, February 6, recorded a marriage license Issued to Miss Ada Hinshaw of Clay Center and Donald Chaffee of Lasita. Both of these young people are well known in Clay Center. Miss Hinshaw is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. T. D. Hinshaw and has spent most of her life here. Since completing her High school course, she has taken up millinery and spent some time with her aunt.

Miss Ida Lawrence, at Douglass, Wyo. The past season she was em fvi. luieuien were in attendance: W. w. Witt, Ed Forsberg.

O. J. Stendstrand of Clay Center, J. M. Robinson of Morganville, C.

C. Robinson of Vining. Chas. Rowley of Clyde, R. Mauk of Concordia, J.

Mauk of Talmo, W. W. Weese of Belleville, O. P. Mooney, B.

B. foreman of Concordia, T. Harrison of Junction City, J. D. Head of Milford, W.

C. Gaston of Wakefield, W. L. Johnson of Broughton. This was one of a series of meetings held at different points on the central division of the Union Pacific in the interest of safety first and prevention of accidents.

Many things were brought out and discussed that do not come to the notice of the average foreman. Sales Day February 15th. The regular monthly supper of the Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday evening at the Clay Center Candy Kitchen, attended by a good sized crowd. It was decided to have the next sales day next Wednesday, February 15th, and Hal Akers, Fred Schrader, Arthur Forsgren and L. U.

All in were appointed as the committee to solicit the ads for the bulletin and get the sheet out. It will be mailed to the territory Saturday of this week. L. L. Allin brought up the proposition of holding a cockerel exchange that day, which idea was adopted, the idea being that people who have cockerels for sale or exchange can bring them in and swap for cockerels raised by other people.

That looks like a good idea. There is a general selling and exchanging of cockerels at this time of year, all chicken raisers wishing to secure new blood. In this way they can find who has cockerels to sell and exchange and thus get new birds. It was also voted to send H. D.

Harner and County Commissioner Ed Broden to Topeka Wednesday, February 8th, to attend the roads meeting there. Arnold Buchmann, Albert Obenland, Ray Rankin, S. N. Dudley, Leo Barker and Perry Resler were appointed as a committee to endeavor to increase the subscriptions by merchants toward the support of the Clay Center band. R.

Curtis, county farm agent, appeared before the organization and asked for its support and encouragement when the Clay county purebred breeders' association hold their purebred sale the fore part of April. That was gladly voted by those present. No definite arrangements were made. It was also voted for as many members as can, to go along with the breeders when they make their county trip the 7th and 8th of March, inspecting farms where purebred stuff is raised. That is expected to be a great demonstration and many men will no doubt take advantage of the trip.

Outside speakers from the agricultural college and other places will be here. The object of the trip is to encourage raising better animals, and to see what Clay county now has. No Gas Plant Now? At a meeting of the city council on Tuesday night Judge Ryan reported that he had collected $15 in fines and costs the past month. A letter from J. J.

Donnlan, in reply to an inquiry as to whether his company would start on their proposed gas plant in Clay Center by March 1st as called for by their franchise, stated that owing to certain conditions their project would be delayed, and asked for extension of time. No action was taken. A report from the secretary of the library board was read and accepted. The appointment of W. S.

Robb and Mrs. W. Vincent as members of the library board was confirmed by the council. The city purchased $1,000 in government bonds out of the perpetual care fund of Greenwood cemetery. Fred W.

Schrader presented the matter of boosting the proposed new Kansas City-Denver airline highway which would pass through Clay Center. An' ordinance extending the fire limits of Clay Center passed the first reading. Township Officials To Meet. By order of the board of county commissioners of Clay county, Kansas, a call is hereby issued for all township officials and any one interested in the matter of road and bridge work, and the question of wages for the coming year of work, to meet at ten o'clock a. m.

in the court room of the Clay court house on the 20th day of February, 1922. Meeting to be held in conjunction with the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. Signed: Wallace Harner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners. 2t Notice. The shareholders of the Carlson-Trice Petroleum company who have subscribed additional stock for the completion of the well at Bancker, are requested to release their subscriptions to Theo.

C. Rasmussen, treasurer, forthwith as the trustees must resume work at the well so that the life of our leases will not be endangered. This is the time for new subscribers to get in. For information, see Samuel Maxwell, Secretary. Good Things to Eat.

At Martin's market. Martin's pure pork sausage is extra fine. Get one of Martin's fancy rolled roasts for Sunday dinner. Fresh fish, oysters and fancy meats. Always the best.

Quality tells at Martin's market, north of the square. Court street. Clay Center. Stock of Merchandise. For sale or trade.

Close to Clay county; good, up-to-date stock; country community. Price $5,500 or will take in a piece of town property worth about $2,500 as part pay. Write to The Times, Clay Center, Kan. For Sale. 160 acres of land for $12,000.

Will carry half on the farm. About half broke land; 11 miles southwest of Clay Center. See Charley Schooley, Clav Center, Kansas, or phone Idana 68-16. Farm for Sale: Good creek farm, 160 acres; 90 acres In cultivation; 40 acres pasture; good cow barn for 20 head of cattle; stantions; new silo; 7-room house in eood renalr: St. Joseph, Orville of Wakefield.

and Alvin of California: and three daughter, Mrs. Mable Glantz, Mrs. Elsie Thomas and Mrs. Marie Brownell, all of California. A short funeral service was held at the Orville Hensley home, Thursday morning, conducted by Rev.

J. L. Mitchell of the Wakefield M. E. church, and the remains were taken to Manhattan for burial.

He was a kind husband and a loving father and passed away in the faith that God is love. Cummins: Lena Gepner, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Gepner, was born near Morganville, on October 4, 1888, on the old home place, and died at the Clay Ceqfer hospital February 5, 1922, of typhoid fever, aged 33 years, 4 months and 1 day. She was united in marriage to Grover Cummins of Clifton, in December of 1905, and to this union two children were born: Venita, aged 15 years, and Twila, aged 2 years.

Mrs. Cummins had been sick about a week when it was thought best to take her to the hospital as she was run down in her physical health, through caring for her sick baby, but her condition gradually became worse until her spirit took its flight Sunday night. Mrs. Cummins united with the Presbyterian church of Clifton several years ago. She was a faithful wife, a loving mother and a good neighbor.

She leaves -to mourn her departure, besides herHeloved husband and two daughters, an aged father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Gepner of Clifton; also one sister and four brothers as follows: Mrs. Louise Buckles of Clay Center, Theodore Gepner of Leonardville, Ed Gepner of Clyde and William and Julius Gepner of Geary, besides a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church of Clifton, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, by Rev.

Strain and the body was laid to rest in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Clifton.

Swenson: Merrill Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Swenson, died at their home in Casper, on Saturday, February 4th.

He was born at Edge-mont, S. June 12, 1912, and was 9 years, 6 months and 3 days old at the time of his death. His death brings sorrow to his parents, little sister, other relatives and many friends. Mr. a nd Mrs.

Swenson formerly lived in this community and their friends here truly sympathize with them in the loss of their only son. Mr. Swenson brought the body to Clay Center for burial. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Swedish Methodist church, con ducted by Rev. N.

G. B. Barton and burial was made in the Pleasint Hill emetery. Copeland: Mr. and Mrs.

Ambrose Copeland received word that their son Will's baby, Robert Ambrose, died on Thursday of last week at their home in Blanchard, la. The little one was a great joy to nis parents ana sister Alice, who will miss him more than any one who had not had such grief can imagine. Ambrose Copeland and son Beattie left Friday morning for Blanchard, to attend the funeral which was held Saturday. Back On The Job. Mrs.

Flo Blue Gilbert, who for something less than fifty years was hand and machine compositor on The Times, but who for the last year has been associating with the Pharisees, is back on the job at The Times office making the wheels go around again. And we hope she is here for something less than fifty years more. She succeeds Charley E. Warren, who has been operator for six months or more. Mr.

Warren will visit a short time with his folks in Oklahoma and then goes to Chicago to enter the Moody Bible Institute and expects to eventually become a minister, probably of the Baptist faith. It is believed that Mr. Warren is the first Clay Center printer to quit the printing business and go into the ministry, though printers from this town have entered every other business and gone into every other walk of life there is, we verily believe. The best wishes of all the printing fraternity of Clay Center "go with the Warrens and wish Charley success in his chosen work. And as far as The Times is concerned, send on your copy.

Flo is here to take care of it. Kopfer Won Wrestling Match. In the wrestling match between Joe Kopfer and Billy Romonoff, the Russian who is supposed to be champion wrestler of the Pacific coast, our local man came out winner. Romonoff took the first fall out of Kopfer in thirty-seven minutes, but Kopfer took the second fall in seventeen minutes and the third in nineteen minutes. There was a pretty good attendance of enthusiasts at Huntress park auditorium where the bout was held.

Shetland Pony For Sale. A child's Shetland pony, gentle and as pretty as can be, black and white, will be sold at public auction at the Hiegel public sale near Oak Hill, on Tuesday, February 21st. Will Observe Lincoln Day. A Lincoln day service will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday evening. There will be patriotic music and an address on Abraham Lincoln, by the pastor.

For Sale. Buff Leghorn cdckerels, $1 each. Mrs. R. E.

Noyes, P. O. Broughton, phone Bala. Owing to a 33 per cent Increase in consumption In the last ten years and a vast decrease of the amount of poultry In the country, a msot favorable market is afforded for all poultry products and at good and profitable market prices. Buy a Queen now, the incubator with a reputation.

Vincent Bros. I want to rent a 5 or 6 room modern house in Clay Center, to take possession March Notify The Times or write to O. B. Heath. Wakefield, Kans.

For Sale: Lot In block 42, cn Fifth street; next place south of Henry Wanted: A farm to rent. White Willis Haselwood, Barnard, Mo. i Wanted: 50 stockers. Bert Down- What The Times Contained This Week in 1892. Joe' Keener has secured a job in Kansas City with the Equitable Mortgage and has gone down there to live.

W. J. A. Montgomery is doing editorial work for the New Orleans Times-Democrat. A.

Benoit, who has worked for the Frishmans for many years, has -gone to Chicago to live. W. A. Walker, a Mexican living in Riverview, got Into an altercation with his wife and she stabbed him and fled to Manhattan, it is presumed. Sheriff Need went over to the Walker shack to serve attachment papers on goods he had there, to pay a debt, and Walker buckled two big knives around him and dared Need to take him.

Finally, however, he decided that Need was too big a man for him to tackle, so he went along with Need. The Laclede town hall company has been organized at Broughton, with the purpose of building a town hall there. Nat Heuson was elected president of the company, Jesse Dever secretary and Alfred Mall treasurer. Miss Mineola Griswold and Thomas L. Schultz were recently married at Phoenix, Ariz.

The Swedish people held a surprise party at the Jonas Swanberg home a few miles north of town last Saturday in honor of Mr. Swanberg's 40th birthday. The Wesleyan Methodists are holding revival meetings and dedicating their new church recently built on the Miller farm in Athelstane township, about 4 miles east and 3 miles south of Oak Hill. William Eustace expects to move up from Wakefield soon to help Ted Eustace in the register's office. The A.

O. W. had a big blow-out Thursday evening. r- Speeches were made by W. P.

L. J. Warren, G. W. Kendrick and F.

P. telling about the order. Dr. H. W.

Morgan brought up from Kansas City this week one of the new John Davis printing presses. A blank piece of paper is fed into the machine and a greenback of any denomination the user wishes is ground out. It's a great scheme. (This same plan is now being advocated by Henry Ford in all seriousness.) C. E.

Gear has purchased S. S. Mc-Intire's interest in the G. E. Priest Co.

drug store. Married John S. Reed and Delia Hunsinger of Green; F. E. Lafler and Emmogene Towner of Wakefield; Albert W.

Mall and Anna C. Verner of Broughton. Short Interviews. Claud Muck: They are raising oranges in Alabama and Mississippi, now, but those oranges do not get shipped up here. They rot too quickly.

Albert Elsasser: A man never knows what kind of a wheat crop he is going to get until he gets the wheat in the bin, and then he, don't know what he is going to get for it. James lams: My wife has been getting after me, too, for tracking coal dust up from the furnace onto her clean floors. I can sympathize with you. J. W.

Carnahan: The fellow who wrote the Mirrors of Washington certainly had Ex-President Wilson sized up just Clarence Neill: Let's swat the state highway commission and save millions in taxes. Will Peckham: A farmer over in Riley county had a 300 pound hog buried in a straw stack from last August until this January and when he found the animal it was alive and well except that it weighed only 50 poutfds. Ernest Starkweather: The people who forget to bring their water and light bills to the office when they come to pay are our chief source of trouble and cause us most of our mistakes. Ottis Sewell: There was an awful big crowd at the Page Cleland sale and everything sold well. They had fine eats, too.

The ladies of the Four Mile church served the lunch. E. T. Pyle: Some day you'll come down here and find a new Rock Island depot, but we don't know anything abouOt yet. Revughes: The Methodists are sending a lady to conference this year.

Maybe she will pick out a good looking preacher for the Clay Center church. Leonard Martin: I'm always ready to go when it is to eat. Rev. Father Drees: The election of a new Pope is held about the same as any other election. The Cardinals meet in rooms and write down their choice, the slips being collected by tellers and counted.

The ballots are burned and the people outside can tell whpn fhor Viaa hoon art alwtinn o. cording to the smoke which comes out of the chimney. I learn of the choice first from the Associated Press. M. L.

Beckman: I think there is a great deal more wheat in the country than is generally supposed and if the price stays at a dollar or above there will be a lot of the grain sold. Pierce Randall: If Mrs. Valentine will place an old rug' at the bottom of the stairs for you to wipe your shoes on after tending the furnace, she will find less coal dust is tracked up on her rugs. (That's what she did and that's what made her so mad when she found footprints all over her clean floors). Earl Macy: I am going down to Oklahoma and farm Ernest Lindner's ranch.

I shipped down a new lister and the colored farm hands there had never seen a machine like it. I had to tell them all about how a lister works and they could hardly believe it would do the things I said. They were particularly Interested In the fact that it had a seat on it and that a man could sit down and ride while planting corn. Pretty soon, they said, a white man will start his machine working in the field and he will go over and sit in a rocking chair under a tree and watch it do the work. Prof.

Kratochvil: The best thing the city board of education has done In a long time is to put in the public school nurse. I consider that the good neaitn conditions the city schools Treas. Chestnut has issued 93 licenses for trucks this year. Last year he issued 152 truck licenses. He has issued 19 licenses to dealers while last year he issued 25 dealer licenses.

He has issued licenses ic only 4 motorcycles, while last year there were 11. It looks as though there was quite a falling off in dealers in the county, for they are among the first to get licenses. Probate Judge Anthony had a case of feeble mindedness before him last week in which the woman was found to be feeble minded. The people live in the northern part of the county. Franklin D.

Balliet vs. Board of County Commissioners is a case filed in the District court last Saturday. It has to do with some contemplated drainage and road work over in Chapman township. Mrs. Ernest Trautwein is helping County Clerk Nordstrom in getting the tax books ready for the assessors for the first of March.

Probate Judge Anthony issued only nine marriage licenses in the whole month of January- That is a small number for any month and especially for January, which is generally a ood month for marriages. Ben Williams and Ben Spiers, both of Union township, were visiting around the court house Saturday two Bens but neither one of them a Ben Davis. Both are Bens who know how to bring home the bacon. With so many men meeting the county commissioners Monday, the court house looked like a busy place. Probate Judge Anthony has appointed Flaura Avery as the administratrix of the estate of the late H.

H. Avery. Lately the proper officials drew the twelve men whose names are given below as jurors for the March term of the District court: H. H. Chapman, Gill township; G.

A. Davidson, Chapman; Charlie Hedlund, Hayes; Hugh Malcolm, Chapman; George J. Clark, Chapman; R. C. Harris, Clay Center township; Clayton Swenson, Hayes; Ed Mellies, Sherman; V.

W. Carson, Clay Center township; Edgar Green, Athelstane; Lee Anthony, Hayes; Henry-Weir, Republican. The board of county commissioners was regular monthly session Monday. The minutes were read and bills were Tallowed. It was determined that the.

damages in the Balliet road matter of Chapman township, should be $150. A delegation of Wakefield citizens and a delegation of farmers from the Wakefield rural High school district, outside of Wakefield, were present Monday afternoon, the Wakefield citizens seeking to have the board set Undent setting out certain far i land niatrn anil tTio JaloiKitinn nf farmord district; and the delegation of farmers seeking to have the board sustain the action of the county superintendent in setting, out the land. Lawyer Evans of Manhattan represented the Wakefield citizens and Lawyer Roche of Clay Center represented the farmers who did not wish their land to be in the rural High school district. County Attorney Beall was present as legal advisor of the board. By a vote of 2 to 1, the commissioners decided to uphold the decision of the county superintendent in setting out the land and sustained her action.

That means that the land, whose owners did not wir-h to be in the Wakefield rural High school district, now have their land set out of the district and back into the county High school district. But the matter is not fully settled as yet, it is thought. It is believed that Wakefield will now start quo warranto proceedings questioning by what authority the county superintendent set out the land. That will take thecase into the District court and will probably open up a new line of argument. The county commissioners adjourned Monday evening to meet again Monday, February 20th.

County Engineer Stevens and County Attorney Beall were over in Chapman township Tuesday morning looking at the drainage and road matter there, over which the county is having something of a controversy. U. S. Grain Growers, Attention. The meeting of the U.

S. Grain Growers held on February 7th, to elect a delegate to attend the congressional district convention, to be held at Clay Center February 21st, adjourned to meet at the court house in Clay Center at 1:30 p. m. February 15th. All IT.

S. Grain Growers who haul grain to Clay Center are urged to at tend. The business committee wilt be ready to report progress in the mat-j ter of providing a means of handling grain at Clay Center. Ray Hanna, Secretary." For Rent. Iron clad safety deposit boxes located in our steel lined fire and burglar proof vault.

Boxes controlled by your key under protection of our guard key. Less than two cents a week pays the rental charge. Inspection without obligation invited. The Peoples National bank, Clay Center, Kans. Duckwall's Saturday Fine assortment of fresh, clean toilet soap on special sale Saturday only for 5c per cake.

Bros. For Sale. R. C. R.

I. Red eggs for hatching, 75 cents per setting; $4.00 per 100. Mrs. Paul Borland, United phone 1111. Auto Radiator Repairing.

E. S. Kennedy at Call's novelty repair shop. Radiator supplies. Prompt service; prices reasonable.

Young men, over 17, desiring government positions, $130 month ly, write for free list of positions now open. R. Terry, (former civil service examiner), 961 Continental Bldg Washington. D. C.

If you have any sausage to be ground, we will grind it for you. Brenner Cash Meat Market. Seed: Mrs. Fannie O. Reed passed away Saturday, February 4, 1922, at her home in Clay Center, after a lingering illness.

Her maiden name was Fannie Olive Whitlock and she was born in 1863 at Plainville, 111. On July IS, 1883, she was united in marriage with Andrew J. Reed, and in the same year they came to Kansas to their home. To them were born three daughters and five sons. One daughter, Delia, died at the ago of 5 years.

The surviving children are Mrs. C. C. Amnions of Arkansas City, Mrs. V.

B. Keener, Lester Reed and John G. Reed of Clay Center, Edward Reed of Courtland, Ralph Reed of Hebron, and Otto Jessie Reed of Benedict, Neb. If rs. Reed was a quiet, home-loving woman and her life was given serving others.

She was especially devoted to her family. Ill health prevented her from meeting many people but those who knew her loved her Her mission on earth was completed in 59 years, 10 months and 12 days. Her daughter, Mrs. C. C.

Amnions of Arkansas City, cared for her during her last illness and her children were all very thoughtful of her, and they were all present at her funeral excepting one son, Ralph, who was unable to come. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.

Keener Sunday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. S. A. Siewert. Mrs.

Wilber Neill and Mrs. James Hanna sang two sacred duets. Burial was made in Greenwood cemetery. Wilder: Old time friends of A. S.

Wilder were grieved to learn of his death, which occurred at Beloit Tues day morning, January 31, at the home of his niece, Mrs. F. M. Heath. Mr.

Wilder was injured the week before by a fall into the basement and his death came as a result of injuries sustained in the fall. Alfred Sylvester Wilder was born in Canada, November 19, 1849, and grew to manhood there. In 1872 he came to the states and about that time located on a homestead in the eastern part of Clay county, Kans. In 1885 he moved to Clay Center and was associated with his brother M. E.

Wild er, in the milling and elevator busl ness. In 1896 they went to Colorado and engaged in business. Mr. Wilder returned to Kansas and has since made his home with Mr. and Mrs.

Heath at Beloit. He had never mar ried and has always been very much admired by his nieces, Mrs. F. M. Heath and Miss Janet Wilder of Beloit Mrs.

W. S. Heusner of Salina; Mrs, E. A. Baxter and Miss Mary Stubbs of Clay Center, all of whom were here for the funeral.

Mr. Wilder was a scholarly gentleman and is kindly remembered by his friends here. The body was brought to Clay Center for burial in the family lot in Greenwood cemetery. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church Thursday morning, February 2, at 11:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. George If ead Hughes.

A quartet composed of Mesdames E. W. Merrifield, Wilber Neill, F. W. Parrott and Fred Hood, sang.

McFadden: Mrs. Mary McFadden was born in Canton, -March 27, 1842, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Arnold, at Saragosa, January 26, 1922, aged Tt years and 10 months. She was married to N. Z.

McFadden in 1866. He preceded her in death in the spring of 1921 at the home of his niece, in Walla Walla, Idaho. She leaves two sons, Mellies and John, both of Kingfisher, and a daughter, Mrs. Ray Arnold, to mourn her loss, besides a host of friends in Kansas. She was one of the old pioneers of this part and bravely went through the many hardships of those times and was "beloved by all who knew her.

Most of her life was spent in Kansas in the Oak Hill neighborhood, and the last few years she had been totally She went from Kansas to Oklahoma to keep house for her son Herbert, and at his death three years ago went to Texas and made her home with her daughter, where she died after two weeks' illness. She was buried in Kingfisher, by the side of her son Herbert. The sympathy of all is with the bereaved ones. Steppe: Nicholas Steppe, 78 years of age; a pioneer resident of Kansas, passed away at his home in Junction City about 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, following a long illness of pneumonia. For many years he was a resident of the Wakefield neighborhood, moving to Junction City something over a year ago, when he retired from his farm.

The funeral was held Thursday at 10 o'clock from St. Francis Xavler church, conducted by Rev. Father and burial was made in St. Mary's cemetery at Junction City. -He is survived by nine children: Agnes at home, Alice Fasse of Mil-ford, Fronie Allen of Ogden, Francis Brosseau of Broughton, George of Alida, Lew, Henry, Frank and Andy all of Wakefield.

Mr. Steppe's host of friends at his former home and the many he has made since going to Junction City will greatly miss him from their midst. Pitts: Marion Pitts, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pitts, died at the home of her parents, on Saturday afternoon, February 4, in Burlington, after a very brief illness, with pneumonia.

She was agranddaughter of Mr, and Mrs. George Dittmar of this city and with her parents and little brother had often visited their Clay county relatives. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Pitts sincerely sympathize, with them in the loss of their little daughter, who was eight years old.

Funeral' services were held Monday afternoon, February 6th, and burial was made at Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Addison Woodside, Mrs. Jesse Rankin and Will Dittmar went to Bur- lington to be present at the funeral.

Hensley: John W. Hensley was born in Wayne county. West Virginia, October 4. 1848. He moved "to Audry county, 'Missouri, In 1856, where he grew to manhood.

He was united in marriage to Martha J. Brown in 1870. Tzr- came to Wakefield, from rars field, CaL. about a month ago aXattbe time of his last sickness "i wre visiting their son Orville. on the 4r 7Cery farm near Wakefield.

.3 leaves to mourn tneir loss, iour J. L. Cultra was in town Tuesday. Aubrey Cody came up from Salina to spend Sunday with home folks. W.

L. Glidden was in Texas the first of the week looking after oil interests. Miss Elizabeth Timper went to Manhattan Tuesday to spend a few days with friends. Mr. and Mrs.

J. G. Kramer spent Sunday in Hanover with Dr. and Mrs. Leon Kramer and son.

Fred Freeman of New York City has been a guest of Mrs. W. H. Fletcher and Miss Fannie this week. Mrs.

Fred came down from Clyde Tuejc'ay tc visit her parents, Mr. and Mrj V.rm. Skinner. Ed Cody returned Tuesday night from Brookville, where he visited his father and other relatives. Rev.

and Mrs. Wm. Whittle are receiving a visit from the latter's brother, R. C. Giberson, of Kansas City.

Mrs. C. C. Naive arrived Tuesday from Denver to visit her sister, Mrs. W.

and family near Gieen. Mrs. Chas. Beck went to Ogden on Tuesday to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs.

Ray McChesney and children. Miss Suzanne Henry of Topeka spent the week-end in Clay Center with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Henry. Mrs.

R. L. Stewart returned Tuesday to F. visas CKv, after a visit hnie with her sister, Mrs. Otis Swenson, and family.

Mr. turned where in-law, Carl Chas. Home and Mrs. C. C.

McClurkin re-Tuesday from Burchard, they went to see their brother-W. M. Johnson. Johnson, George Obenland and Freeman attended the "Better Building Exhibit" at Convention hall in Kansas City this week. Mrs C.

Rickel and son William returned to Kansas City Tuesday after a short visit with their relatives, the Esslinger and Wernette families. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reed and children returned to Courtland Tuesday, having been called here by the death of Mr. Reed's mother, Mrs.

Fannie Reed. Mrs. A. J. Hedberg and little daughter of Wakeeney, who came here to visit Mr.

and Mrs. August Hedberg, went to Clyde Tuesday to visit relatives. Mrs. C. J.

Anderson and daughters. Misses Rose and Inez Anderson, went to Topeka Sunday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. S.

Simnitt and children. Miss Gertrude Johnson of Concordia and Miss Karina Johnson of Manhattan were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Carl O. Johnson and Dr.

and Mrs. X. Olsen. Mrs. R.

C. Harner came up from Howard Tuesday to see her son Olin, who is quite ill at the home of his uncle, Dr. R. G. Morton.

Mrs. Harner is Mrs. Morton's sister. Mrs. V.

Bishoff came over from Linn Sunday to visit her father, J. M. Smart and her sister, Miss Lena Smart. On Tuesday she went to Clifton to see Mr. and Mrs.

George Bradley. Mr. Montgomery, who travels for the Doling Merc. Co. of Atchison, has moved his family here from Topeka and they are occupying the Mike Schiltz residence on Court street.

Miss Elizabeth Amcoats returned Sunday from a visit in Oklahoma with the A. B. Cusac and Wm. Sharpe families. She also visited Mrs.

H. W. Kennedy and Miss Beth in Kansas City. Mrs. S.

T. Fisher returned to her home in Dwight Tuesday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. C.

Hammerle and their new son, Donald Charles, who arrived Saturday. Mrs. Hani-merle is Mrs. Fisher's daughter. J.

S. Wilson, who was called to Clifton two weeks ago to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. John Morris, and had been visiting here with his daughter, Mrs. E. W.

Henry, and Mr. Henry, left Sunday for his home in Medford, Ok. Rev. Carpenter's Last Sunday. The Sunday services at the First Baptist church were a very fitting climax to the work of Rev.

Wallace Carpenter in Clay Center. Both in the morning and evening he was greeted with capacity houses. In the morning the ordinance of the Lord's supper was observed, and at the evening service the rites of baptism were administered to a number of people desiring admission to the church, and four men came forward. An inspiring sight was the presence on the platform ofr a large number of men who had been converted during the three years ministry of Rev. Carpenter in Clay Center.

Sunday Rev. Carpenter formally closed his pastorate of the Baptist church, but he conducted services on Tuesday evening and will also speak on Friday In his farewell address Sunday he expressed his sincere appreciation of the fellowship he had enjoyed with his church people and with all Clay Center, and especially the friendship of the children and young people. Rev. and Mrs. Carpenter came to Clay Center in January, 1919, very soon after Rev.

Carpenter was discharged from the army, and in the three years they have resided here they have won the love and respect of all who have crossed their pathway. Mere words cannot express the good they have done in this community, but their influence will live on after they are gone. It is a matter of regret that they are leaving Clay Center and they do not find it easy to go. Beginning on Sunday Rev. Carpenter will conduct revival services In the Broughton church, which will last two weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter will call Clay Center home until they are definitely located, so this community still has a claim on them. U. P.

Railroad Men Here. Tuesday a division meeting of the officials and section foremen of the Belleville branch of the Union Pacific railroad was held in Clay Center. It was in the way of a safety first meeting. Road Master Carroll of Manhattan, Roadmaster Ratcliff of Onaga, General Roadmaster Moon, Supt. C.

E. Hendrix and Division Enrtneer W. A. Parker, all of Marysville; Roy Friend, water service man, and J. R.

Manning, car repair man, of Clay Cen-jter; L. J. Harris, water service man ployed in the Starr millinery ard recently went to Kansas City to spend several weeks at the wholesale houses preparatory to takine a oosition for the coming season. She is a very pretty and caoable cirl and has ni. ways been- popular with all her associates.

Mr. Chaffee attended th Clav county High school and has since Deen employed in Clay Center. He is now working for the Jones Dry Goods Co. in Kansas Citv. and hp and hr bride will make their home in that city.

ineir mends here wish them success and happiness. Keith-Sterling: The marriaere of Miss Alice R. Keith of Rilev and Ralph Sterling of Clay Center occurred in Manhattan, Saturday, February-4th. Judge G. E.

Morris performed the ceremony. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Keith of Riley and is a granddaughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Geo. Basham of Clay Center and often visits them here. Ralnh Sterling has made his home in Clav Center with his grandparents, Mr. and airs.

wm. sterling, since he was a small child. He took nn th Rtudv of telegraphy in the Western Union of- a a nee ana later worked for Gone Carkener, and is now attending the school of telegraphy in Chilicothe. Mo. Mr.

and Mrs. Sterling came home Monday from a wedding trip to Topeka. On Tuesdav Mr. Sterlinir r- turned to Chilicothe to complete his course and while he is away his bride will stay at home with her parents. Their friends extend congratulations and best wishes.

Jensen-Kimbronch Miaa nvplvnn Jensen and Charles Kimbrouerh were quietly married Wednesday evening, reDruary 8th, at the Baptist parsonage. Rev. Wallace W. Carpenter read the marriaee service and the narentn of the bride and groom witnessed the ceremony. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Jensen of this city and is a youne ladv of nleasiner ner- sonality and accomplished in the arts requirea or a nome-maker. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kim-brough and is a fine, reliable vounsr fellow who is most generally respect ed.

He is employed by the Muck Produce Co. Mr. and Mrs. Klmbrough have taken rooms over the Branger shoe store and will go to housekeeping at once. Walker-Harbour: Miss Maude, the youngest daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Bedford Walker, and Glenn Harbour, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harbour, were married at Clay Center on Saturday afternoon.

A reception was given at the bride's home Saturday evening. The bride has been employed at the Green Telephone company the past three years and Mr. Harbour is working at Lincoln, at the present Mrs. Harbour will continue as central girl, while Mr. Harbour returned to his work at Lincoln Sunday evening.

Both of them are fine young people and are generally admired in the community wliere they have spent their entire lives. Conferred Degrees. Custer lodge of the Knights of Pythias was honored Friday night with a visit from F. Beneflel, grand organizer and past grand chancellor of that lodge. A number of delegates" from the Salina lodge were also present boosting for the district meeting which will be held in Salina February 21st and the vice supreme grand chan- cellor will give an address at that time.

Friday night the rank of knight was conferred on four candidates -and talks were made by Mr. Beneflel and other visitors. Late In the evening the party adjourned to the Candy Kitchen for refreshments. Offering For Devastated France. A committee of ladies representing the clubs of Clay county received offerings Saturday for the relief of devastated France.

Mrs. Cora G. Lewis of Kinsley, etate chairman of the Women's clubs, has charge )f the movement in Kansas and asks a contribution from each county. Something over a hundred dollars has been con- tributed in Clay county. Those who have not yet had an opportunity to help this cause, may leave their offering at the Farmers State Bank.

Farmers' Union Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Clay County Farmers' Union at the court bouse, Saturday, February 11th, at. 1 o'clock p. m. County Commissioner J.

L. Dunham and County Engineer II. L. Si even have been invited to be with us and tell of the recently held in Manhattan. This will be an open meeting.

Let us have a large attendance. By order of pi cedent Jake Slingsby; Thoa. Larson, Secretary. For Sale. 160 acres; fine pasture: well fenced; land lies fine.

Price, $35.00 per acre; a bargain. Fine 320 acres; on creek; well Improved; close to market; wants smaller farm for equity. Write Oliver Marty, Longford, Kan. I Notice. The party who removed the hand corn sheller sold to Eldon Mall at the Harris sale Is known.

If he will return same at once, no questions will be asked. E. E. Mall. Soap Special.

Fresh, clean toilet soap made by Palm Olive Co. on special sale Saturday for only 5c per cake. Duckwall Bros. I will appreciate your votes In the Swenson Bros. contest-Olga Johnson.

Think it over. upwn an account with the Fanners Bute bank. '9H 'other outbuildings; 7 miles west of i Mtltbnvale. See Mrs. Mary L.

Kemp-ton. Miltonvale. Sunshine Krispy crackers per pound 14 cents. Help Yourself Grocery Co. Sunshine graham crackers, per, are largely due to her efficient ser-pound, 14c Help Yourself Gro.

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