The Bronson Pilot from Bronson, Kansas • Page 1

VOL. XXXII BROISSON, BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914 NO. 47 I Preveii Hog Cholera THREE BARNS-AHD SIX HEA9-ST6P BDSfl- i The I). Lori; Livery Barn With- Five Head br Live Stock, Two Automobiles, Buggies, Harness and Feed, Lost hy Fire 17. IVHSGST'S BAniT Af3D GSSTESTS ALSO DESTROYED But Stock is Gotten Out-Hard Fighting Prevents Spread of Fire to Wright Home, Smith Barn and M.

F. Church, South 1 .1 Mllll I I EOViEh'3 EAlfJ EQRflED SATURBAY-STBSCK BY LIGBTSISG of the Burned Property and Much of It Our New 820,000.00 Sehool House rsiow complete A thing of ber.uty and a joy forever" Commod ious, convenient, beautiful in every line The very best to be had When do we hold the "House-warming?" Very Little Insurance on Any None at all on TMii onrl tft nf f. ll I most furious fires evar visiting Bronson consumed the L. D. Long and W.

W. Wright barns Wednesday evening. Three good horse baloning to M. Duncan and a $150 team of mules, one of the best in the country, belong ing to Ben McClean, perished irr4 tli3 lire. Mr.

Long's and Mr. Duncan's autoes both burned, as well as Duncan buggies, harness and other livery fixtures. Hay and feed belonging toM.i Duncan, George Broughton and 1 John Bowers were burned in the! i School Azotes The faculty held a short meet- ing Monday morning berore school took up and decided to lave the grades join the high phnnl in nhn pvovpJcoc nn Monday morning of each week to bring the scholars into closer friendship. On election day Mr. Reese gave all the high school pupils a change to vote.

There were 61 votes cast in this "strew ial- ballot." They elected Hodges, Taggart, Ro'ss and Curtis. It looks as if there were about equal number of Republicans and Democrats in H. S. The Physiology class studied the structure of the heart and ooseryea a drop ot blood under 1 Friday. They found that the MP mrnipnnp in t.mo hnrornrv red corpuscles look yellow in- stead ot red under the microscope.

Cleo Jennings was absent from school Monday. The noise of the hammer and saw has ceased for our school house is completed. The pupils are yery thankful that they have such trouu. Luoueiu uuiiuiijir. 1 uu I -J ..11 Claude Heaton was absent 1 from school Monday morning and Frank Lent Monday after- noon.

Edwin Michael stopped school Monday. iyxiss duuk luuui is prepar ing for a Thanksgiving pro gram. They are now making Hiawatha booklets which is in teresting tne children very much. The Normal Train ing class visited the first grade A rithme tic class Monday and the Reading class Tuesday. The primary rooms are enjoy ing the use of the gymnasium.

They have a perio4 afternoon for this work. ThePreshmen test in Algebra and Latin Friday. Dorothy Matthews was ab sent from school Monday. The H. literary program published last week will be given at the usual time on this Friday afternoon.

The faculty have postponed their visit to the Cha-nute schools fortme week. Walter Stafford was absent from school Monday. Anna Camp visited the eighth grade Thursday. Mr. Kayser was a visitor in the grammar room last week.

The grammar room will give the following program this 1 C. by i buildings belonging to Mr. Bow- Mr. Wright lost harness, hay'er and. the wind was in the and feed but his cattle, a hog and north, but the kept things one horse were gotten out.

damp and so it was little work to EASY H0LEMAF1 For Passirg Dogut Nickels Sentence 120 Days in Jail That Els worth Holeman of Bronson, who was Arrested a number of months ago on the charge of passing nickels, set to work last spring to raise a crop the aim of paying off a debt of $400 before being sent to the penitentiary, was the statement made this afternoon in federal court by Attorney Charles B. Griffith, of this city, acting in Holeman behalf. Mr. Griffith said at the time Holeman was engaged to marry a Bronson young girl of excellent reputation, but that upon his beiug arrested he broke tlie engagement, and took other steps in anticipation of a term in the penitentiary. Mr.

Griffith, after showing the young man's character up in this good light, said further that he had not made any Qf the ni(jk els, had had the molds in his possession, and that he had passed some of the coin. He entered a pleaof guilty for the young man, but asked for leniency. District Attorney Robertson concurred with Mr. Griffith in the opinion that leniency should be extended. The cholera prevention county by the county agent, the veteiinary department 01 tne ag i a 1 11 a 4.1 1 ricuicurai couege, una me uui legeextention division thru Dr.

A. McCall, employed by the United States department of ag riculture, co operating, is bear ing large results. A district was organized around LaCygne four miles wide and some fourteen miles long. Dr. Hobbs, of the veterinary de partment, has' made ten trips to this county to vaccinate hogs for the farmers in order to keep cholera out of the district.

He has vaccinat6a i 400 1iol-s. His is beinjv highly commended the peopI of Linncounty and tue dlstrict is growing 111 size each day. it ia bslieved that it will take in the whole county within a few weeks. Similar- districts will be started in other counties when there is sufficient local demand. 20 1 i i i's Miss Flossie Brown and Mr.

Dean Rogers surprised their friends Monday by slipping down to h't. NRntr. and hp.imr rm married. They are two of the very highly esteemed young peo- pie-of the community south of. Bronson.

The bride was still in hieh school until her wedding aay- i The best wishes of a host of friends are extended to them. 10111 liroinson? This (Monday) morning a young woman and a young man, each appeal ant ly about eighteen years of age, and accompanied by'the girl's mother, came into the office of County Clerk Fred Schwartz. They entered with a gingerly air, and looked about the room in a bewildered man ner. Mr. Schwartz wTas out, and it wras up to Deputy Jim Gish to attend to their wants, "Was there something you folks wanted?" asked Mr.

Gish. "Yes," replied the woman in a timid tone, "but we would like to get a licence first." Mr. Gist thot, and thot rapidly. Then he-came to the conclusion that the only kind of a licence he could offer them would be a hunter's licence, and he doubted whether or not it would be acceptable, so he directed the inquirers to the office of Probate Judge Russell, from which the young woman ind young man emerged a few moments later bride and groom. -Ft.

Scott Tribune. -r cr frtrlr rt.rr SB Personal Notes born, who" is nov, recovering from a very5- serious attack of the electric stoam and burned. A moment after a vivid Hash of lightning and a terrific crash of thunder, Mrs. Bowers looked from the window and saw that their barn was on fire. Mr.

Bowers ran to the barn but found the fire had gained too much headway to be extinguished and buisied himself in get ting out the livestock. One cow was killed instantly by the stroke A fine Jersey cowT near her and a horse were unhurt and were taken, out of the burning building. The mow of the barn was full of bailed hsy which seems to ive caught first. The i 1 i wa on ly, a a 11 barn, but Mr. Bowers carried no insuraDC0 Qn ifc- was only a few yards north of other smaller prevent the fire spreading.

39CiAirFOSCTI0HS Gatherings at McFarland's and Steele's Colvin's A number of the intimate friends and neighbors of J. vui 1 11 auu iie ttaiueiu iu their Home a mile nortn west 01 town on last Friday night and very pleasantly surprised them and their daughter, Mrs. Nora Wolf oik of Warrensburg, who is here for a week's visit with her parents. The evening was very pleasantly spent enjoy ing music and social intercourse and light refreshments. Tuesday evening a number of invited guests gathered at the home of Mrs.L.

C. Steele north town to celebrate Mrs. Steele's birthday in a happy way. Oysters were served and the evening very pleasantly spent. Those present were Oscar Wright, J.

B. Colvin and S. E. Russell and wivesand Min. N.

J. Williamson. The Broiheihcod of the Methodist church, and their wives, were invited to the McParland country home Wednesday even- ng where a very enjoyable time was spent. The guests went in autos and rigs and the fine night lent not a little to the enjoyment of the evening. The event was a very complete surprise to Mr.

McParland, planned by his wife. Several hours w9re spent in informal enjoyment after which refresh ments were served. Oie CnsG of Diphthem Will Pritchett's eight-year-old daughter, little Edna, was taken with a throat trouble last week I that proved when Dr. Cummings submitted a swab from, her throat to experts in Topeka, to be diphtheria. The case, however, was very light and no others have developed.

The Pritchetts live between Bronson and Xenia about three miles west of the latter. of $100 and costs, to be collected on execution. A laugh passed around the courtroom when Mr. Robertson having asked the court to explain more fully what he meant in this case by "collect ing on execution," Judge Van Valkenberg replied: Well, to be plain about it, I meant that it should not be collected at all." Mr. Griffith, in his statement to the court, said that the only offenses Holeman had commit ted, consisted in having in his possession the molds with which the counterfeit could be made, and of having passed three or four of the nickels.

He said that a man by- the name of Bockover made the molds, and that Hole man was. present when they were ade. Bocko ve sai Griffith, made all the nickels which were made in the molds. Bockover and Holeman worked on the same farm together, said the attorney, and when Bockover left he gave the molds and several of the coins to Holeman. He called attention to the fact that Holeman is an orphan, and during the years he has lived in the neighborhood of Bronson he had borne an excellent reputation.

As an illustration of the high esteem in which the young man is held by Bronson people, Mr. Griffith called attention to the jgfo 4k -W' to 4 1 1 4, 1 i Judge Van Valkenberg sen- fact that' when Holeman was ar-tenced the young man to serve 60 rested, and his bond fixed at days in the Bourbon county jail $10,000, the business men of on each of the counts with which Bronson and the farmers of the he was charged and to pay a fine nearby country, put up for him -Hz sr: i -V. r7 4 mi Long carried a small amount nf insnmnnfi on his barn but barn none on his auto; Duncan had a small amount on his harness and rigs but none on his had $150 on his barn, about a third or fourth of the loss; McClean carried $250 on his mules. mystery. A freight train stood for some time preceding the fire, on the track a Uundred yards south of the barn, and some who saw the fire early said a hola was burned in the roof first.

There no hav in the south end of was the mow where the fire seemed start. Ti3 entire south part was a mass of flames before any one knew it. Mr. Duncan left the barn a-bout t-3 1 minutas before the fire was discovered. He had left his car in tli south part of the barn and started to the dpot.

Remembering that he had left his liv-erymgn's badge in his car, he felt hiaf way back in the dark and trot it. He cannot see how there 1 could have been any fire about the barn then. He seldom smokes and. never about the barn. The rapidity of the spread of the fire is almost incredible.

The crowd had gathered for the entertainment at the Baptist 'church when the fire bell rang. Very soon the house was empty and the crowd was fighting to save the Wright home, the M. E. Church, South and W. R.

Smith's barn on the property occupied by Chuff Stevenson. The latter was saved with great difficulty, the roof being in flames at times and the heat scorching the faces and hands of those doing the work. A formal expression of the gratitude of the losers and near lose rs to the people who worked so valiently to prevent worse disaster, is unnecessary everyone knows how grateful they are: John Bowers' barn was struck by li ghtuin Satu rd ay du ri ng Solo OpalHunnell 4it.cefc.Ae.eMJ Reading Ted die Moore Essay OpalTownsley Mrs. H. V.

Adams and child-Essay Esther Oliver ren of the vicinity of Moran were Reading Herbert Camp business visitors in Bronson Solo Bernice Berry Essay Floyd Forbes Reading HazelHarris Mrs. Laura Wjaght, Uncle Jon-Question for debate: Re- athan Wilson and Mrs. S. E. solved, that one can learn more Wright spent Sunday with rela-bv travel and observation than tives in LaHarpe.

I do not own an inch of land, But all I see is mine The orchard and the mowing fields, The lawns and gardens fine. The winds my tax-collectors are, They bring me tithes divine-Wild scents and subtle essences, A tribute rare and free; And, more magnificant than all, My window keeps for me A glimpse of immensity A little strip of sea. Lucy La com. by reading and meditation. It seemed very much at press Aff.

Neg. time last evening that the fine Eulate Anderson Floyd Wilson fall weather we have been enjdy-Roy Dickinson Sheldon Steele ing for several weeks is at an end. a bond of $27,000, altho that M. Bowers and daughter left was entirely unnecessary to re- last Friday for Ottumwa, Iowa lease him from iiil. for a month's visit with their 1ZL -j JC-1 L.

M. Tate, the government son and brother, Robert Bowers agent, who arrested Holeman, and family. stated to the court that the facts Mrs. McLaughlin returned were substantially as Mr. Giif- yesterday morning from Still-fith had said.

Mr. Tate exhibit- water, where she has been ed, to the court the molds with for five weeks at the bedside of which, the bosrus nickels were her dauehter. Mrs. Leona San- made. He recommended len- iencv in the case.

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