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Hetotott The Weekly Kansan, established The Newton Journal, established 1886. VOL. LVIISNO. 47 NEWTON, HARVEY COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1930 COUNTY CORONER Harris Hardware Store Burglarized S- A HOLDS INQUEST An inauisition was held over the Swimming Pool Bath House Burglarized Boyd Tourtillott and Clifford Getz are short a swimming suit each, taken when someone burglarized the bath house at the Newton Swimming pool Sunday night and took the two suits. The building was locked but it is thought a small boy crawled thru a small opening near the edge of the roof and opened the door from the inside.

There are no clues as to who the guilty party or parties may be. WALTON CITIZENS body of Jose Martinez, alias Sylvester 1 The Harris Hardware and Lumber company of Burrton of which Harry Harris, representative to the state legislature is the owner, was burglarized Friday night. The knob was broken off the safe which the intruders had no luck in opening. They took three or four inexpensive watches, some razors and razor blades. Sheriff J.

M. Mclntire and Undersheriff R. L. Carter were called to investigate Saturday. The burglars left no trace of their identity.

Martinez, Mexican, who was shot at a vacant house at 810 East Fifth lr a 11 i- fc a OUR FRIENDLY CHAT pays to never lose sight of the fact that the party who brings you a mess of gossip will take away material for a new batch of stories if you are not very careful as to what you say and do while the gossip is present. Gossip is a habit, and far from a good habit at that. The party who talks about your neighbors will talk about you when your back is turned. And gossip is not confined to the women folks. There are plenty of men who are just as gossipy as any of the wdmen.

And they are all prepared to tune up at the slightest suspicion that anything is wrong, yet you never hear of them peddling the news of the good deeds of their fellows. In most cases you will find that the gossips have a past that will not bear investigation, and air the faults of others in the hope of attracting at-, tention away from their own misdeeds. Possibly they work on the theory that misery loves company. So be on your guard when the gossip is around. Listen as little as possible and say less.

Even tEen you may not be entirely safe. CAPTURE BURGLARS Tuesday night, before Dr. M. C. Martin, coroner, and the jurors decided that he had come to his death by being shot to death feloniously by a person or persons unknown to the members of the jury.

County Attorney J. Sidney Nye talked with Nativadad Garcia until 11 :00 Wednesday night but could get no further information from him. Garcia was held on suspicion when found working on his car at 12:00 Tuesday night after police had told him to go home and go to bed after having him identify the slain man. Whether Garcia will be held for a preliminary hearing will be decided immediately. LOUIS CANTY INSTANTLY KILLED if a 4 The jury spent all afternoon hear Very truly, MACK CRETCHER, Five citizens of Walton surrounded the Moorhead Hardware and Lumber company store and captured four burglars who were in the act of burglarizing the place of business at 1:00 Sunday morning.

Two shots were fired, one at two of rhe fleeing burglars which lodged in a post within a foot of the fellows trying to make a get-away and a shotgun was accidentally discharged. No one was injured. The captives were Drought to Newton and turned over to the sheriff at 3:00 Sunday morning and are now in the county jail. All of the alleged burglars are under 20 years of age and gave Wichita addresses. They gave the following names, ages and addresses: Darrel Collins, 17, 1247 Fannie; Albert Perry, 18, 1001 South-Emporia; Charles Smith, 19, 1001 South Emporia; Charles Raymond Perry, 18, 1135 South Hydraulic.

A. R. Moorhead, becoming aware that someone was in his store, called neighbors to his assistance. R. D.

Ames, grocer; A. L. Hicks, section foreman; S. R. McCord, road patrolman and C.

I. Will, clerk in the store, came to the scene armed with revolvers and shotguns. They surrounded the building and caught the men in the act. The men were ordered to surrender but two of them did not comply with a-- ROAD LETTING TO BE AT WINFIELD FINAL PLANS FOR WHEAT FESTIVAL Louis J. Canty, brakemen, met his death at the switch when stricken by a sudden fainting or heart attack at Offerle, Monday a.

m. at 3:05, according to the opinion of the coro-nor who conducted an inquiry shortly after the accident. i According to the story of C. H. Robinson, conductor on freight train No.

32, on which Mr. Canty and Harry Tudor were brakeing, the train left Dodge City at about 1:55 that morning enroute east. At Offerle the train was stopped on the main line to permit a brakeman to head in freight No. 45 that was following. Mr.

Canty was sent back and it is known that he had already lined the switch and was awaiting the onccming train. According to C. C. Garr, 'engineer on 3227 which drew No. 45, he saw a man lying with his shoulders across the rails, a pace or two from the switch.

He was able to stop his train when the engine and four cars had passed the point. Mr. Robinson, noticing the train stop when only part of the cars were cleared, went immediately back to find out the trouble. He found his brakeman lying dead, killed instantly. He stated that Mr.

Canty had not been gone long enough to fall asleep, and as they had eaten a hearty meal in Dodge city, he is of the opinion that his friend and co-worker had been stricken. suddenly with a heart fainting attack or perhaps acute indigestion. His attitude as determined by Mr. Garr was that of complete unconsciousness. The death of Louis Canty cast a gloom in railroad and business circles this morning.

He was known to have been especially kind hearted and considerate of the sick. There are many among his, acquaintances who will remember his deeds during times of illness. When he came in off of his ran he had a habit of making the rounds of certain business houses Little Girl Injured Eyeball Seriously Eldena, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.

H. Hanson of Hills-boro, is in the Axtell Christian hospital for treatment for a serious wound in the eyeball. The little girl was attempting to cut a switch from a tree with a manicuring knife which slipped and struck her in the eye. The wound punctured the eyeball. KANSAS WHEAT MORE THAN ONE-HALF CUT INTERURBANCAR STRIKESFRE1GHT An eastbound passenger car of the.

Arkansas Valley Interurban crashed into the rear end of a freight on the Armstrong siding at Paxton at 10:00 Friday night, injuring seriously one man W. L. Swartzel motorman of the passenger car and only slightly bruising three passengers and the conductor. The accident was caused by the switch being left open after the freight took the siding to allow the passenger to pass. Three passengers were on the car when the accident occurred, one by the name of Charles Smith from Kansas City, Dan Ganciger from Tulsa and Matthews of Bums.

The injured men were taken to the Halstead hospital immediately by an ambulance called from Halstead. The x-ray showed that Swartzel had a fractured ankle and elbow and was critically in- jured. Matthews left the hospital im- mediately, Smith was dismissed this morning and Ganciger was expected to leave sometime today. Floyd Harrison was the conductor of the passenger car but he, like the passengers, was only cut and bruised slightly. Procious, Cummings and Tilton were the crew of the freight train.

The front end of the passenger car was damaged badly as it hit the back end of the freight at a rate of speed great enough to smash in the end. The freight was composed of a string of oil cars of the Derby Oil company. 'We want the public to know that we regret the accident very much and are making a thoro investigation," said R. B. Campbell, president of the company, this morning.

Mr. Campbell was conducting the investigation today and planned to go into every detail. He said that the light at the switch was not burning and that the switch had been left open. Third Dividend Soon to Harvey Bank Creditors J. O.

Wilson, assistant receiver of the Harvey County State bank, states that there is a likelihood that another dividend will be paid to creditors of the bank before long, and there is a possibility that it will be sufficient to pay all creditors in full. Of course no creditor who has not filed a claim will receive any payment whatever, and there are still about 200 small accounts for which no claim have been filed. These small accounts aggregate about $1,600, and the assistant receiver has the money with which to pay the first two dividends of the parties holding the credits will only file their claims. In this connection, it should be stated for the benefit of these creditors-that after the final dividend to creditors has been paid and the receivership is dissolved, those who have not filed claims will be forever barred from participating in the settlement of the affairs of the bank. It would appear a bit important, therefore, from the standpoint of those who had amounts from a dollar to as high as $50 in the bank when it closed, for them to step into the bank and file proof of their claims.

Otherwise the assistant re- ceiver is helpless in getting them their money. Prowler Had a Narrow Escape Only because she missed her mark, did Mrs. Jack-Houston fail to hit a prowler at whom she shot Friday night at 11 o'clock when she found him at her bedroom window making an attempt to get thru the screen. Mrs. Houston was alone with her thildren last night and was in her bedroom reading when she was attracted by a sound at the window.

She grabbed her gun and made towards the spot firing at a man who was barely three feet away when she opened fire. She took two shots at the man who made tracks out the back yard and into the alley. Mrs. Houston called the police who were out in a few minutes and they paroled the house until the return of Mr. Houston who was attending a box-, ing tournament in Wichita.

Tracks were found in the yard next morning. The Houston house and another" in the neighborhood not far antan nrara iKKaH KBVPrfll Wefk8 AITO. the demand. They jumped out thru a front window of the store, knocked Mr. Moorhead's gun from his hand and swung at his head but missed.

The other two men were covered with a shotgun so did not run. The citizens fired a revolver at the two men who ran, missing them a matter of inches, the bullet lodging in a post. They stopped and demanded the release of the two men who were covered with ing evidence and visiting the scene of the shooting. Evidence showed that the shots were heard at 9:30 or 9:45 and Martinez died on the back steps of the Kenneth Brown home, a block and a half from where he was shot at 10:00. Before he died he gave a telephone number to A.

G. Nye, who was called to the scene by Mrs. Brown, which he understood to be 360-J. That of Garcia was 306-J. Thinking that the number was that of a friend who could identify the man Dr.

M. C. Martin, coroner, called him to the mortuary to identify the slain man. He told them the man's name was Sylvester and that he had been in and out of Newton for the past 10 or 14 years. He did not act suspicious, however, so was sent back home to go to bed.

When he was found to be still awake and working on his Ford Tudor model at 12:00 he was arrested. Mrs. Pauline Wilson, the Negress who was shot in the arm and who is thought to have been on the porch with Martinez when he was shot, claims to know nothing of what happened at the house but was just going by when the shooting occurred. She said she was not aware that she had been shot in the shoulder until some of the people to whom she fled informed her that her dress was bloody. She ran across three vacant lots which had been plowed when leaving the scene of the murder and lost both heels of her shoes in so doing.

The one from the right foot was found at the edge of the porch, yet she claims not to have been on the porch. It was also learned that she had been, at the house occupied by Garcia from time to time for months, cleaning and keeping house and doing washing and ironing. She admitted keeping company with him frenuently. She also knew that he kept a Colts .25 caliber automatic which she said she had placed behind a bench at the house. A search by officers revealed the gun with three cartridges missing from the clip but did not appear to have been fired recently.

Some of the jury were of the opinion that a larger caliber gun had been used to kill Martinez as the hole left in the door of the house by a stray bullet would indicate. No shells could be found where the killer is supposed to have stood indicating that the job was not done with an automatic. Mrs. C. H.

Robinson, 717 East Fifth was sitting on the front porch and saw the Ford Tudor drive to the intersection of Fifth and Duncan and park in the dark, north of a mulberry tree. While talking to a friend a short time the shotgun. "uTrn them loose or we'll shoot you," they are reported to have called to the man covering the two burglars IJi. j- with his shotgun. "Fire away," he retorted, "I'll get two of your men if you shoot at me." hyhere he was always welcome and Contracts will be let for work on three proposed state highway projects in Harvey county, July 11 at 9:00 a.

m. in the courthouse at Winfield, according to a letter received this morning by County Clerk C. A. Young from the Kansas State Highway Commission. Blueprints and plans for the work also accompanied the letter.

The three projects on which contracts will be let are as follows: Grade and culverts on the spur from the Halstead cemetery south to the Little Arkansas river bridge, grade and bridge work on highway U. S. 50-S from the Halstead cemetery corner east to within 600 feet of the Hupp corner, and sand, gravel or chat for 10.592 miles on the newly constructed highway U. S. 81 from Newton northwest to the county line.

The blueprints of the highway from the Halstead cemetery to the Little Arkansas river bridge, which will be known as state highway No. 59, show a curve whose arc joins the highway at points '200 feet either side of the. cemetery comer, the road to the corner a mile south following the same course as at present and a large curve from that point southwest to the bridge, cutting the Carl Warken-tin property. The curve starts a few feet north of the corner a mile south of the cemetery and makes a big sweep to a point at the north edge of the city limits of Halstead, the center of the road at the city limits being about 20 feet northwest of the sidewalk along the triangular tract of real estate just east of Riverside park, curving frdm there to make a direct route across the bridge. A row of trees along the above mentioned sidewalk will have to be removed and the hedge grubbed along the west side of the mile from the cemetery corner south.

The right-of-way will be 40 A shotgun was accidentally discharged into the groiiiid but it evidently hadi the desirtd effect as the men trying to make tneir get-away, surrendered. Final plans for the Wheat Festival Day meeting were laid here June 30 when an advance publicity party met with chairmen of the local committees. The date for the Wheat Festival Train to visit Newton has been set for July 21, 9 a. m. to 12 noon.

"From the enthusiasm that is being shown at 56 stops to be made by the Wheat Festival Trains, indications point toward one of the most successful educational tours," according to members of tiie advance party. "Members of this group wish to emphasize that the educational train sponsored by the Kansas State Agricultural College and co-operating agencies will carry to the Wheat Belt a program of interest to every farmer, homemaker, and boy and girl. Because of the wide scope of the program on improved farming practices we want to urge that all the people in HarVey county attend the train stop." It is understood from the advance party that the special train will pull into Newton at 9 a. the meeting to begin promptly. Arrangements call for a speaking program during the first hour of the stop in which outstanding agricultural leaders will address the gathering.

The remainder of the time will be devoted to an inspection of the five cars of exhibits. Arrangements have been made for a big day in Newton July 21. Military Park will be given over to the farmers and their families where they may eat their lunches and spend the day meeting with old friends from various parts of the county. Drinks will be furnished free by the Newton Chamber of Commerce. Representatives in the advance party who met with Ned Hamilton, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and R.

R. McFadden, county agent, were: Geo. Catts, agricultural commissioner, Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City, and E. G. Kelly, of the Kansas State Agricultural College.

Topeka, July 2. IP The United States weather bureau today reported that "from 50 tT 75 per cent of the wheat and oats has been cut in the eastern half of Kansas as far north as the Kansas river basin and a considerable amount of wheat has been threshed." Cutting was well under way in the northeastern counties, the report said. Warm weather, an abundance of sunshine and light rains over Kansas during the past week were favorable for the harvest but the state now is beginning to need more moisture, the weather bureau reported. "Very few localities, except the extreme eastern 1 counties had enough rain during the week to benefit soil conditions appreciably," the report said. Com was reported to be in good to excellent condition all over the state, except in the southwestern counties and a few locations in the north central Dortion where rain is needed.

1 The burglars were heavily armed, carrying a German Luger, .41, a Colt double action .38, a Colts automatic .25 and Dicked ud another Colts .25. where he will be greatly missed. He had made his home with the Glen Mc-Murray family for the past eight years and he will be especially missed here and -among his train crew and other railroad associates. Mr. Canty will be taken on No.

2 Thursday afternoon to Graceville, where burial will be made in the family lot. He will be accompanied bv an escort from among his railroad friends. Mr. Canty was about 38 years old. He was bom in Winnipeg, Canada, hut came to the United States when he was still a youth.

He served his country during the World war with the Minnesota division. He has lived in Newton for the past ten or twelve years. They did not fire a shot however. The intruders gained entrance thru a front window, cutting out part of the glass, pulling a stop and opening the window. They were driving a wievroiet touring car.

WHEAT TRUCK Grain sorghums were reported making AND CAR COLLIDE satisfactory growth. Cutting the second alfalfa crop has been started. Tom Savage Got Fine Yield of Wheat Tom Savatre threshed 812 bushels Bess Nickum of 209 Southeast Third, is suffering with injuries re AN OIL BURNER ENGINE EXPLOSION feet from the center to either edge, of wheat from a twenty acre field on Thursday, resulting in a HI tie more than forty bushels to the acre. making an 80-foot road. The D.

A. R. marker at the northwest corner of the Halstead cemetery will be moved by the city to a location on the new This is the best average yet report curve corresponding to the present one. ed to this office. Mr.

Savage sent for some -special seed for planting this" field which more than paid for the extra cost on the variety. Fifty-Four Democrats Back in the Fold The plans for the work on U. S. 50-S call for a grade and bridge work from the Halstead cemetery comer east to within 600 feet of the Hupp The seed was planted on alfalfa land, which undoubtedly had much to comer, no plans being made for the do with the splendid yield. It i of the hard Turkey red variety and was remainder of the distance to Newton.

The concrete bridere over East Emmet brought from Russia three years ago, this year making the third planting from the original from across the sea. The test resulted in 11.50 protein; 11.80 moisture and 61 Vz pounds per creek at the twin bridges will remain just as it is but not so with the Dun-kelberger bridge over West Emmett. ceived in an automobile accident which occurred on U. S. Highway 81 when the car in which she was riding with Ralph Coffee collided with a truck filled with wheat.

Miss Nickum, who is bookkeeper for the -Sutorius Bakery and Mr. Coffee who is sales manager for the company had been to Salina on company business and were returning home. As they neared the spot of the accident, a farmer came from private driveway onto the road. He hesitated and" Mr. Coffee supposed he would stop before coming on to the highway.

He did not, however, and crashed into the Coffee car. There were five small children on the truck load of wheat. The truck and its contents were thrown into a ditch, but it is said neither the children nor the driver was injured. Mr. Coffee's car was badly wrecked and he suffered bruises.

Miss Nick urn's left shoulder and knee were painfully injured and she has a deep cut beneath her chin and other minor injuries. Coffee carried insurance with public liability, property damage and colli-son clauses and all thiee were applied in the adjustment of the insurance which is in the hands of Hawley and Stone company. A 43-foot soan will be added to eacn bushel. end of the bridge making a completed The land belongs to the Savage brothers west of town and was pre structure 215 feet long. Tne iioor oi the bridge will be raised seven feet and additional work will be done on Arthur Ratzlaff of West Ninth is in the Axtell Christian hospital in a critical condition as a result of burns received this noon when a Santa Fe oil burner engine exploded as he and J.

F. Scott, both round house mechanics, were at work on it on a switch track near the Broadway crossing. According to the meager information that could be gleaned the two were working in the cab when- they turned on the valve which sent oil into a very hot pipe. The fluid boiled and seethed as it came thru and shot across the cab to the fire box and exploded. Ratzlaff was nearest the pipe and he was badly burned about the face," hands and on the back.

He had the presence of mind, however, to run towards the hospital, as he did so tearing his burning clothing from his body. His condition is critical. He has a wife and baby. Mr. Scott also tore his burning clothing from his body and suffered first degree bums about the hands and face.

He was taken to the Axtell Christian hospital in 'an ambulance where his wounds were dressed, after which he was able to go to his home at 511 Southeast Fourth. The ex-mayor and the police are cer- 1 i. 4.1. The Republican in Harvey county will be rushed at the last minute to even the tables with the Democrats if they wish to have as many Democrats turn Republican as Republicans who have changed their party affiliation to the Democratic party. Fifty-four voters have changed: to the Democratic party and only five have switched to the Republican.

Saturday, July 5, is the last day for making the change. A record is kept at the county clerk's office of the voters of the county classified according to parties. If someone who voted a certain party ticket at the last primary election wishes to vote a different ticket at the primary this year, he must register nii change of party affiliation with the county clerk before the books close. the piers. The floor is being raised to allow for the maximum high water mark.

This will necessitate a 111! from the Gsove farm as far west as the Spore farm. Between 10 and 11 miles oi nignway U. S. 81; from Newton to the edge of Harvev county, will be given an appli cation of sand gravel or chat. Speci later ishe heard the shots, saw an object come to the car and get in, the car starting almost before the object was inside, indicating that another person was in the automobile.

Another lady also- said she saw two men with a flashlight climb in the, car and leave immediately. Evidently two men were connec'ed with the slaying. Mrs. Robinson took particular notice of the car when it passed the first time as it rattled in a peculiar fashion. When asked if the car sounded like it had a tire off, she replied that it did not.

However she believed she heard the car return twice later in the evening, both of the last times on one rim. The evidence coincided exactly with information gained by Dr. M. C. Martin and police when they tracked the automobile owned by Garcia from his home and back three times once with all four tires inflated and twice with the right front tire missing.

Garcia claims that after he was at the mortuary and learned that Mrs. Wilson was injured he made two trips to her home at 1013 East Fifth to leam how seriously she was hurt. La Rue Duff who lives at 426 Duncan, directly across from the ill-fated house, heard the first shot and saw the flashes of fire of the last two reports. He topje it to be some boys celebrating July 4 ahead of time and did not know anyone had been shot until the next morning. After hearing the shots he turned on his garage light which illuminates the porch across the street but no one was there.

Mrs. Wilson admitted that she knew Martinez but denied keeping company with hirrt altho she admitted that he had been at her house at 10,13 East Fifth just an evening or two before. At noon today no definite announcements as to the course of action had been made but County Attorney J. Sidney Nye is working on the case. Coroner M.

C. Martin and members of the policrforce were on the grounds a few minutes after "the shooting occurred and worked on the case until morning in conjunction with Sheriff J. M. Mclntire, Undersheriff R. L.

Carter and other members of the county force. E. S. McLain of Chicago stopped in Newton triday to look after business interests in connection with the Rail ways Ice company and to visit old time friends, fications call for yards to be Dlaced on the newlv constructed grade pared and planted by Tom Savage. J.

B. Topham Has Banner Oats Yield Twelve acres of oats yielding 92 bushels to the acre were found on the J. B. Topham farm near Peabody Monday by W. J.

Rich who went to sell the family a Maytag Washing machine. The oats tests 44 lbs, Mr. Topham was busy threshing and was about ready to thresh wheat which looked equally fine. Mr. Rich helped unload one load into the bins and said it was as heavy as wheat.

Needless to say, he sold the Maytag. This wonder yield is in Harvey, county, a mil west of the Marion county line. Was Paroled and Then Got Drunk along the Missouri Pacific tracks. All the contracts will be awarded July 11 at Sublette, Kas. Rural Carriers to Ask for State Meet tain they have tne laenuiy oi me prowler and if there is a second attempt to enter the home, Mr.

Houston says he will shoot to kill. Cigarette Licenses Expired June 30 A number of merchants in Harvey county are selling cigarettes without the necessary license according to the records of the county clerk, C. A. Young. The state law provides that the fiscal year for cigarette licenses expires June 30 and to date all of the dealers in the commodity, 'who had licenses during the past year, haveJwt applied for a new one.

Allowing a reasonable number for those who will not continue in the there is still a shortage. The license, fee for Newton is $50 while for third-class cities and other places the feen is $25. Youth Arrested for Fighting Verl Pruitt, 19, was arrested Thursday by Sheriff J. M. Mclntire between Halstead and Hesston where he is working on the roads, on a charge or fighting and disturbing the peace.

The complaining wilness was E. Cavanah, his employer. He was brought to Newton and released on bond for appearance in justice court June 28 at 6:00. Pruitt claims that ha acted only in self-defense. He drives a tractor for Cavanah, a contractor.

Ford Racer Saved by Fire Department The fire truck No. 2 was called to the first block on We3t Seventh Monday afternoon to save a Ford which was threatened by fire. The Ford was one which had been built into a racer. Three gallons of chemicals were applied and the fire extinguished with little damage. Firemen said the car belonged to two boys but their names were not known.

Every Precaution Against Casualties According to bulletins received by the local salesmen for fire, every effort has been made by the state fire marshal to make it as nearly as possible a "safe and sane" Fourth. All spit devils and'snakes that formerly contained mercury compound, have been replaced by those without this dangerous ingredient. All fireworks with white or yellow phos--phorus have been outlawed as are torpedoes containing more than five grains of explosives or having a diameter of more than one inch or that contain more than two grains of potassium chlorate: Hot air balloons carrying a flame are tabooed as are devils on the walk or spit devils containing poisonous substances. Nothing in the way of fireworks are to be put in the window where the sun can make a magnifying glass of the plate glass and set fire to them. Rural carriers attending the "get together" at Halstead on Saturday evening voted one hundred percent to get the state convention of rural carriers to Newton in 1931.

They also made plans for the next meeting to be held Sept. 25 with W. S. Utz, carrier out of Sedgwick, who is celebrating his birthday anniversary on that day and wishes his co-workers to help in the event. There were ten rural carriers of the county and their families present at the meeting on Saturday evening who enjoyed a picnic supper and general social evening.

Pete Breitenstein suffered a fractured arm this morning when that member was accidentally caught in the binder head where he was at work in the harvest field on the Breitenstein farm south ease of town. He was brought to the Axtell Christian hospital where the fracture was reduced. Found Uninvited Guests in the Home Finding one man sitting in an automobile and another ransacking their farm home when they returned from church, Mr. andMrs. Will Hunter, who live six miles northeast of Newton, called Sheriff J.

M. Mclntire and the men were arrested and brought to the county jail here, Sunday. The men claim to oe from Wiscon-son and gave names of Perry Carter, 22 and Albert Cullen, 19. They were driving a model Ford Tudor. The men were on their way from western Kansas to St.

Louis, ancTsay they stopped to inquire about work in the harvest Mr. and Mrs. Hunter found that the man in the house had the silverware in. a box and had taken what change Mrs. Hunter hadi in i purse.

Sam Crippen, who was paroled from the county jail June 16, was returned to the county custody today after being arrested Wednesday in what officers described as a drunken condition. He was first placed in jail on a charge of drunkenness 10 and a half months age, to serve a sentence of 21 days. He escaped from- the county road gang, served six months in Sedgwick county on bad check charges and was brought back here to serve time for breaking jail but was paroled June 16 as practically all of his term was up and he had waited 30 days for trial. He will be kept in jail until the expiration of his sentence, it was stated by county authorities, i Rev. and Mrs.

J. W. Bays were called to Bonne Terre, last week by the illness of a brother-in-law of Mrs. Bays, who died before their arrival witfi what was determined to be cerebral meningitis. Rev.

Bays will jeisit his father who has been ill before reluming home and for that reason the Baptist pulpit will be supplied by a visitor next Sunday for both morn ing and evening worsnip. 1 1 4.