Brown County World from Hiawatha, Kansas • Page 12

December 22, 1916. THE BROWN COUNTY WORLD. In an operation a blood clot was re moved from the brain. He is doing as well as could be expected. Mr Myers is everybodys friend and we hope to see him out again On account of the snow, Ward Nance, west of town, turned his car over Sun day.

Fortunately none of the family was hurt and Ward was running the car again the next day The meet lng at the Church of the Brethren is drawing large crowds. Rev. Mr. Aus tin is an able speaker. The bad wea ther has interfered somewhat with the country attendance J.

H. Eichel berger loaded a car of scrap iron on Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, of Sheldon, returned to their home on Tuesday after several days visit with Mrs. Bishop's sister, Mrs.

Clay Visitors." There were the usual holiday decorations with a tree and fireplace. At 2:45 the pupils of the Fourth grade in Miss Rosenberger's room gave a cantata, "The Christmas Wish." There were songs and recitations and a cantata by the pupils in Miss Dimmock's room at 3:30. Miss Nancy Hewitt gave a reading of the Christmas story, "The Mansion," by Van Dyke at the chapel exercises of the High school Monday morning. In spite of the cold day a number of visitors attended the school exercises. The following program was given at Central.

Song, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, School. Piano duet, Agnes Frazer and Hannah Davis. Songs, "Christmas -Bells" and "There's a Song in the Air," School. Piano solo, Audrey Willis. Pianologue, "A Little Bug Will Get You," Inez Archer (assisted by Mary Wellcome).

Hungarian Dance, Inez Archer, Audrey Willis, Zillah Smith, Irene Buehler, Etta Davenport, Harriet Waste, Katherine Hettler and Rachel Kinzie. Illustrated lecture, "Canada," F. R. Aldrich. Song, "Silent Night," School.

Distribution of presents. Miss Wilson drilled the girls for the Hungarian Dance. Miss Smith presided at the piano except when the special numbers were rendered. The presents were mostly of the kind that would have been more appropriate for the kindergarten, but they furnished plenty of amusement. A large number of visitors were ton Frye, and other relatives J.

Day shipped his household goods to Seneca Monday. Mr. Day will work in a barber shop there. Elmer to liquor. Even the Missourian said that it was water.

that did it." The Missouri senator was away off In his arguments. He is quoted as stating that every lawyer at the bar in Hiawatha 25 years ago was a common drunkard. Brown county folks know this is not so. There Is a probability that Senator Reed just happened to become associated with some old timers who were in the habit of taking on a little too much. If such was the case, he got only a one sided view.

His statements are unfair to the attorneys of Brown county. All the lawyers in Brown county are strongly In favor of temperance and most of them, If not all, are total abstainers. In their practice they see enuf of the evil caused by Missouri and Nebraska liquor to convince them that is not to be monkeyed with. The Brown county lawyers are all good citizens and they have been put in a bad light by the Missouri senator who is evidently afflicted with an inclination to make extravagant statements just to score a point. Brown county folks know the character of the attorneys in this county, of course, they know how untrue the statement of the Missouri senator is.

The thing that rubs is that report of his talk is given publicity all over the country and the libel on the Hiawatha lawyers will be given widest publicity by the liquor interests. Of the Brown county lawyers Judge W. I. Stuart, W. F.

Means, W. E. Archer, F. M. Pearl, T.

D. Smith, S. F. Newlon, G. H.

Newlon, A. G. Hobbs, A. J. Thompson, Paul B.

Bailey, Caleb F. Bowron, Frank Sterns and W. H. Crawford and that's all of the lawyers in the county stand for temperance and sobriety. All of them, as far as the writer knows, and he has known them all many years, are abstainers.

The writer knows that Blanchett made a trip to Sabetha on Monday Sheriff BIddle was in town Tuesday to sell an automobile at sheriff sale Geo. McLaugh lin, of Hiawatha, was calling on Morrill friends Tuesday Ira Farney is the latest to purchase a Chevrolet car of H. E. Bowers Floyd Yearout of Grand Island, is visiting home folks. A MISSOURI SENATOR LIBELS HIAWATHA MEN Tuesday the United States senate was considering a bill which will re suit in prohibition for the District of WHAT THEY SAY.

Columbia. Senator W. H. Thompson, of Kansas, expoused the cause of pro hibition and stated that prohibition had resulted to the betterment of Kansas. This we all know.

Senator Reed, of Kansas City, took exceptions and claimed that lots of. liquor was shipped into Kansas. Senator Thomp son Baid it comes from Missouri and some of the number are what might that the law should prohibit the ship be termed "temperance cranks." ping of liquor into "dry" states. The two senators had a lively argument 12 Sunday In Atchison John Brandt and mother spent Sunday afternoon at Ott Rush's. Mrs.

John Ulsh and Flossie Hunstberger called on Mrs. Charles Teague Wednesday afternoon. Worth Hiskey and mother drove to Hiawatha Saturday, bringing Will Hiskey and daughter home with them. They returned home Monday. Prairie View.

The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Bert Rouse Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. F. B.

Gregg will go to Texas to spend Christmas. The H. O. A. club met with Mrs.

J. H. West Thursday afternoon Allen Smith butchered Tuesday. John Meredith helped. J.

H. West also butchered a hog Friday Mrs. Spurrier and Mrs. Tor-kelson went to St. Joseph Friday to visit relatives until Sunday Emma Torkelson visited at the Spurrier home John Johannes and fami.ly spent Sunday with his parents near Leona Mrs.

O. I. Denton went Monday afternoon to see Mrs. Roy Bech-told, who is quite ill. Raker.

Henry Engleman and three daughters, of Topeka, are visiting his mother and brothers Dave Tidwell, who recently had the ligaments torn loose in his ankle, is getting around nicely on crutches Mrs. L. M. Walters and baby are ill The teachers and scholars are preparing a Christmas program to be given this Friday evening in the Baker school. R.

E. Harrington was a Kansas City visitor during the week-end The Cole family is moving into the Scho- ber property A Jew was making rounds to the houses one day. J. Lenniger, of Weston, was a recent Baker visitor. Bellcvuc.

John and Herman Ukena and wives were St. Joseph shoppers Saturday. They went by the Ford route The union Sunday school is preparing a Christmas program Several of the W. G. Sechler family were shopping and visiting in St.

Joseph Tuesday We believe that the south wedding bells will be ringing for a double couple in the near future One day recently Wm. Foust, of Robinson, trailed a new carriage behind an auto past here. The next day another party took a wagon by the same way, but he beat Foust in that he made more noise. Several thought it a runaway team Andrew Sechler, who has been working near Woodbine, has arrived home We understand that Jacob Streib has purchased the east eighty of the Harper estate Gladys McCauley has been staying out of school for some time on account of threatened throat trouble Mrs. Wm.

McCauley and two small girls were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McCauley in Hiawatha Miss Carrie Daub has been on the sick list, but Is better Several from here have been shopping In Hiawatha.

Morrill. Thomas Barton has rented the eighty one mile north of Morrill known as the Robinson eighty for the coming year Frank Robinson's Bale drew a large crowd and the bidding was good. Mr. Robinson was well pleased J. D.

Jones is baling hay for J. R. Gaston east of town. Mrs. Clarinda McGuire has purchased the house in the north part of town known as the W.

M. Myers property and will move in soon Mrs. I. D. Mease held a sale of her personal property on Dec.

14. She will move to town soon where the children will attend school L. B. Lux made a business trip to St. Joseph Friday On Sunday evening about 6 o'clock Loyd Myers, who lives east of town, was riding a horse with a halter on.

The horse threw Mr. Myers, his head striking on some rock. Dr. Ruskin, of Morrill, was called. He at once called Dr.

Mur-dock, of Sabetha. Mr. Myers was rushed to the hospital at Sabetha and remanied, unconscious several hours. The argument was reported in the Kansas City Star as partially follows: "Senator Thompson concluded by say ing 90 of 105 Kansas counties were without drunkards, and that the few drunkards the state had were along the Missouri and Nebraska lines. Sen ator Reed construed the statement as an aspersion upon Missouri, and he needs must answer it sternly.

He never had known a state with so COMMITTEE HEADS OF COMMUNITY CLUB The regular meeting of the Hiawatha Community Commercial club on Tuesday evening was not largely attended because of the storm. Only allowance of bills and necessary business was transacted. J. B. Meisen-heimer, of the banquet committee, reported that there were 275 served at the annual banquet.

There had been 300 plates guaranteed but the cold evening interferred with the crowd. The Presbyterian ladies received 60 cents a plate for the feed. President Guild announced the appointment of the following committee chairmen: J. S. Meek, good roads; C.

A. Harpster, auction sales; B. V. Sloan, commercial enterprises; Dr. Geo.

C. McKnight, city Improvement; Supt. F. R. Aid-rich, educational; Dave Hixson, membership; R.

V. Brokaw many drunkards to the acre as Kan sas had some years ago under prohi bitlon. He once had tried a case in Hiawatha, and every lawyer at the bar there that was some 15 years ago- was a common drunkard, as far as he was able to ascertain. Kansans were coming to the Missouri saloons in ever decreasing numbers for drinks. There A Visitor: That home-made candy in Harnack's window is as good as shown in the city candy stores.

I was surprised that such an assortment of fine candles is made in a town the size of Hiawatha. i S. Bierer: I thirik it would be a splendid thing if the stores of Hiawatha w'ould not open until 8:30 or 9 o'clock during January and February. These are the slow, cold months and half an hour or an hour extra for the clerks on cold mornings would be a great help. a An Auto Dealer: I am of the opin-' ion that the closed auto will be the car of the future.

The autos that can be open for summer use and enclosed with glass for disagreeable weather are the ones that will prove the most serviceable and, therefore, the most popular. J. S. Meek: As chairman of the good roads committee of the Hiawatha Community Commercial club I expect to have the best roads in Brown county extending a couple of miles out of Hiawatha the coming summer. We will have some good roads.

Roy Jacques: The anti-hog cholera meetings in the various school districts have been drawing crowds of from 20 to 60 men. The farmers are all greatly interested. Dr. O'Connor, the government man in charge, has been at every1 meeting. He made a long drive thru the cold of Tuesday night to attend a meeting in Washington township.

R. V. Brokaw: The county commissioners of Kansas did not approve the movement to have a law which would give deputy assessors right to look into individual bank accounts. At our meeting in Topeka some man got up and proposed such a law and he was ignored. Ralph Love: The light company-was ready to furnish community-Christmas tree and decorate the same with bright colored lights.

There would not have been much additional work. It was not deemed practical to have the tree this year, but we will make early plans for community Christmas observance in 1917. were as many drunkards in Kansas towns as in towns of same size in the wet states. There was as much, if not more, drunkenness in Kansas as in Missouri. Kansas was not ahead of Missouri in many respects it was C.

F. Bowron, legislative; Dr. B. J. Alexander, sanitation; R.

V. Brokaw, censorship; D. N. Graham, advertising. The names the additional committee members will be announced later.

CHRISTMAS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Christmas exercises were held in the different schools Tuesday after noon. In Miss Zimmerman's and Miss Johnson's rooms at the Washington school the children gave a program of Christmas songs and recitations and played games. The de not comparable. Its morals were not so good; its credits were not so sound; its courts did not stand so high, which, he believed, would answer any aspersions on Missouri. Kansas was prosperous, of course.

All knew that. But wasn't the Kansas statesman robbing God Almighty of his dues? It was the rains that made Kansas blossom and yield. Prohibition had not sent them, had it? He believed not. In conclusion, the senator believed Missouri had the right idea local option. He believed the people of each community should decide.

He favored a referendum for the district bill. Maybe local option wouldn't do in Kansas. He was inclined to favor absolute prohibition there, because he had never seen a Kansar who knew enuf to take a drink and stop. The worst combination in the world was a Kansan and a quart ol whiskey. The thirst of the state warlike the thirst of an arid field.

It could not be slaked. Senator Thompson rejoined that in any event, the Kansas prosperity could not be traced corations, which were suggestive of the holiday season, were made by the children paper chains, bright balls ind Christmas trees. The sand table the primary room gave a repre sentation of Santa Claus with rein-leer. The First and Second grades it the Lincoln building gave a dia-ogue. There were also Christmas Kings and recitations, and a Christ mas tree, which delighted the chil- iren.

In Miss McAtee's room at the Academy the program opened at 2 Lloyd Hillyer is. visiting friends In Auburn, Nebr, o'clock with a cantata, "Christmas.