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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
Women Are Registering.

Within the last week the majority
Of the female prohibition element of
the city have called at the city clerks
Office and registered for voting at the
April election. There seems to be a
concerted movement among the TEN.
perance leaders TO organize their
forces for battle. 1t Is hard to track
the movements of the leaders, but the
facts seem to bear out the theory that
straight cOld-water ticket is being
formulated at the present time. No
call has been issued for temperance
convention, but the probability is
that it will be held within a day or so
after the Republican convention.
Only a few short days will re.
main for them to act, The Republi-
cans set the 22d inst as the date of
their convention purpCsely to allow
as little time as possible for inspec.
tion of their ticket before the limit
for filing opposition nominations ex.
pired. From the day the partisan
convention was called the Republicans
have been exceedingly active 10 regis.
seriDg their men, and up till the first
day of the present week the anti.
liquor aud anti-Republican forces
seemed to be asleep. But they seem
10 be Weakening up now. The women
are training for a straight fight, while
the anti-partisan element is simply
hiding its time and watching the an.
preaching convention in the hopes Of
finding an opening to slipin a winning
ticket,-Journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
Fag0t Entertainment,

Misses Dora and Lulu Rem enter
tained a number of their friends
at the home of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Rem, corner of F and
Eighth streets, Thursday night with a
fagot game. The game was new and
original and provoked much mirth.
Miss Dora Rem hal provided herself
with a basketful of fagots, and as she
would toss bundle of them into an
op'n fire she would name one of her
guests, who was required to entertain
the party while the fagOts we're burn
ing. The guests were allowed to
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
A Pleasant Party.

Henry Epperson gave a pleasant
party to a number of his young friends
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. G. EpperSOn, living Oh North
A street, Saturday night. The even
ing was passed in the usual pastimes
INDUCED in by young folks, with the
ever pleasant feature of luncheon and
refreshments, aud all present voted
Henry a royal entainer. Those pres
ent were Misses: Lena Ellis, Ethel
Bowers, Maude Kier, Maud Hitch.
cock. Ida Atkins, Frankie HenGer.
500, Pearl Brown, Clara Lawrence,
Anna WiDger, Grace Sherman, Ella
Gelino; Masters Carl Brown, Harry
Rlthtrock, Major HARRISON, Clare
Driver, Abner Mclaughlin, Horace
Sadler Eugene Bowers, Bradley
GelinO, Henry Epperson, Oscar Ep.
DersOn,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25

choose their own method Of enter.
Timing, and some rendered vocal aud
instrumental selections while they
were thus being novelty timed, The
Misses Rem showed that they thor.
Oughly appreciated the talents OF
their friends by providing large
punches of fagOtS for each.
Another interesting feature of the
evening was provided with cards, on
side of which contained questions
concerning favorite authors, etc., the
answers to be written on the opposite
side. During the evening a dainty
supper was served, with the usual
light refreshments. The evening was
thoroughly enjoyed by those present,
who were the Misses Myrtle Pleas
ants, Laura Moore, Jennie Townsend.
Wayne and Ida Peck, Calista Mar
tin, Mayme and Dorothy Porter, Mag
gle Vineyard, Lulu and Dora Rem:
Messrs. W. M. Martin, F. S. Hand, C.
J. Humphrey, John Porter, Frank
Miexsell, Ed Hackney, T. W. Butcher,
Walter Rem; Messrs. and Mesdames
Sumner WhitsOn, W. A. Rem.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
A New School System.

The school system which has le-
Gently sprung up in Ohio, is being
strongly talked of in several counties
in Kansas. We have not heard OF its
agitation in this county, but believe
that its adoption would prove a good
thing for the farmers, who certainly
deserve all the school advantages that
can be given them:
The new plan is known as the
"Kingsville SYSTEM" deriving its
name from Kingsville, in Ashtabula
county, where it was first tried. The
Kingsville system gives to every pupil
in the township, no matter how re-
mote his home may be, a graded
school education. This is accomplish.
ed by means of coaches, which stop at
the door Of each house morning and
evening, carrying the children to and
from a graded school at the center OF
a township. The schools in each dis
trict of that township are thus aban-
doned. The coaches used for trans
pOrtatiOn are built according to Ger
tain instructions given by the board
of education. They are made so that
the sides, front and back can be
opened in warm weather and closed
in winter. The removable cover is
made Of rubber. The coaches vary in
size, but the average seating capacity
is twenty-five children. No coach
comes from a greater distance than
four miles. The driver must start in
time to reach the central school be-
fore the hour Of calling the morning
session and must be on hand when
school is out in the afternoon. They
must stop at the home Of each scholar
in the district, but if the child is not
ready the coach moves on and the
child is marked tardy.
At the beginning of each school
year bids for carrying the children
are received by the school board. Each
driver owns his own coach. The low.
est bidders get the contract over many
competitors. At al average cost not
exceeding sl.O5 day the coaches and
drivers have been engaged.
Five teachers are sufficient now,
whereas in separate districts seven
were employed. The cost of heating
and maintlning four school houses in
outlying districts is also avoided.
Thus the saving to tax payers is by no
means small item in considering the
plan. 10 three years it was found to
save KingSville township $1,000. The
expense DER capita was reduced from
S22.75 to SIPS.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25

pioring the assistance of the Sedg-
wick county authorities in making an
effort to stop the petty thievlng going
on in his vicinity. The thieves were
tracked some distance from Mr..
Hayes residence in the direction of
Mayfeld. There is good cause to be.
lieve that the same gang committed
the thefts at Mayfeld that night.
The authorities are making diligent
efforts to break up the gang, but it
will be hard task to do it. People
Lere should take precautiOn and keep
theil harness safely under lock and
key, for there is no telling when this
gang will take a notion to increase
their ill gotten gains by a midnight
raid on Wellington.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
The Silent Ten and the Green.

Mis- W. NJ. Cowen entertained the
Silent Ten club at her home on North
Washington avenue last night in a
manner beftting the memory of st.
Patrick, the saint of "Auld Ireland"
Mrs. Cowen showed her originality in
decoration by arranging the house
and supper table in elaborate colors
of green with novelties in the way of
st. Patrick legends.
The most beautiful and effective
feature of the decorations was the
banquet table which was loaded with
choice and tempting edlbleS. A large
mirror had been laid upon the table,
representing a pond. Around the
mirror was arranged green grass and
flowers and shrubbery. Green snakes,
green frogs and other animals were
represented, the whole giving very
pleasing effect, as well as one apprO-
pirate to the occasion. Green garden
truck held prominent place on the
banquet table and green decorations
adorned the cake and other delicious
things that went to make up the
sumptuOus supper,
The ladies were handsomely dressed
10 decorations of green, and the scene
amid the wealth of St. Patrick
legends and colors, was a beautiful
one. Mrs. Cowen had secured some
of the very latest ideas in green, and
many were the original and apprOpri.
ate things that adorned her elegant
home. The evening was one of the
most novel, as we'll as interesting, in
the history of the Silent Ten.
Those present were the Mesdames
II. W. Andrews, George T. Pitts, A.
D. Speed, S. A. Mcdonald, J. R. Davis,
F. A. Amsden, o. j. Hackney, J. D.
Share, ]. T. Showalter, W. NJ. Cowen,
Frank T.OwenS. nal. Thursday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25


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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
BY LYMAN NAUGLE.
A Bad Practice,

Our attention has been called time
and time again to practice that i:
10 vogue among some of the bushes:
men of this city as well as among
other classes, that speaks very little
for the city, much less for the people
who indulge in it. 1t is the habit OF
sending away to Kansas City, WlCh.
tia and other towns for clothing, dry
goods, groceries, etc. 1t has been
said so often that nothing Gao be
saved by trading with out of town
merchants that the remark will
hardly bear repetition. Yet it seems
to be the habit of certain people to
continue this perniciOuS practice in
spite of the damage that is being
gradually wrought to the commercial
interests Of the city. 1t should be
the rule of business mau above all
others TO do his trading at home.
What can a merchant who depends
upon the trade of his fellow merchants
expect of them when he takes the
money they pay him and PAGES off to
Kansas City to buy his groceries, dry
goods or hardware? The city has
just lost one business man who de.
pended upon home consumption for a
livelihood and purchased his home
necessities in Kansas City and other
metropolitan places.
The great majority of his customers
were men who saw the necessity of
patrOnizing one another. They saw
the damage he was surely doing to the
city by his methods and he soon found
himself without customers. Still the
lesson has not been needed altogether
and it is a painful truth that several
present merchants are following in
his footsteps to a certain extent.
There is no argument in favor of
such practice, even if money could
be saved by trading with foreign
houses. Suppose the practice were to
become general? What would be the
result? Every dollar that is sent out
OF the city is a step toward making
this very practice universal. Every
person in the city of Wellington de
ponds to certain extent upon his
neighbOr. Why not patrOnize him?
The quality of goods kept in the stores
here are fully up to anything found in
Kansas City or Wichita, if not better.
The cheap prices quoted in petropOl-
itan papers certainly ale for cheap
goods, and it must be supposed that
people who send to the cities fer dry
goods, groceries, hardware, etc., are
looking for cheap stuff and nothing
else.
AS rule the home merchants make
the very lowest prices that can be
made on the quality Of goods they
handle. They are at least entitled to
the patronage of the people who live
here, and it should be given them.
There are no people here who make
their living in Kansas City, and when
they throw their customs to a Kan
sas City house and expect their living
from Wellington people, very foolish
and unjust notions indeed are enter
tained,-Journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
City Attorney is Appointiye.

The recent legislature passed a bill
making the office Of city clerk, city
marshal and street commissioner
elective. 1t was no doubt intended
to include the Office Of city attorney
in the bill, but in the hurry and rush
to get the work of the legislature fn.
ished up before adjournment it was
LETT out. The Topeka papers stated
at the time the bill was passed that
the city attorney was included, but
this was a mistake. Representative
Hackney informed us today that this
office was not inClued in the bill and
that the office of city attorney under
the new law remains appointive. The
fight in the city election will there
fore center on the mayor, and not on
the city attorney and marshal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
Relief in Six Hours

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the
New Great South American Kidney
Cure" This new remedy is great
surprise on account of its exceeding
promptness in relieving pain In the
bladder, kidneys, back and every part
of the urinary passages in male or fe-
male. 1t relieves retention Of water
and pain in passing it almost immedi-
ately. II you want quick relief and
cure this is your remedy.
Sold by II. F. Smith, Druggist,
Wellington, Kansas.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
a certain good housewife in We

a certain good housewife in Wei
lington was cleaning house Friday;
At noon she exclaimed to her hus-
band wonder where T THE dog
is today?" The husband had just
carried in the wrong mattress and was
speeding away from the echoes, ~
after the second, and he replied,
Don't fret about the dog, he'll come
home this evening; he knows thing
or tWu.n
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
OVER THE COUNTY.
Oxford has a gun club.

Oxford has gun club.
Rev. ParkhurSt recently delivered a
lecture at Mayaeld.
A creamery is to be put in at Bluff
City, west Of Caldwell.
The blackleg disease is killing Of
the Gales in the vicinity of Milan.
Arrangements are being made to
put in skimming station at Mul.
vane.
L. T. Franks Of Conway Springs,
has traded for drug store in Kansas
City.
The Caldwell high school will turn
out six graduates this year, four girls
and two boys.
The Star demands more sidewalks
in Conway Springs in order to keep
out Of the mud.
Conway Springs is jubilant over the
prospects Of Prof. Crane re-opening
his college there.
After an intermission OF only two
years, the brass band is going to infict
repetition of "Uncle Josh" on Belle
Plaine people.
The Belle PLANE News wants to
know why the hen doesn't cawk in.
stead of cackle when she lays an egg
that is worth only two.thirds of a
cent.
A Conway Springs pater-familias
who failed to raise his boys right,
finds it necessary to roast the COM
munity on account of Juvenile de-
pravity.
The mayor OF Belle PLANE got huffy
and resigned last week; but the dis.
ease is not contagious, and no one
fears that Mayor Savage of Yelling
ton will follow suit.-SOuth Haven
New Era.
At the c. E. Wells sale Monday the
cattle went out of sight, ordinary
cows bringing from $50 to 1874. The
horses and machinery brought much
more moderate prices.-SOuth Haven
New Era.
The Caldwell school board has un-
dertaken the task of roofing out the
evil Of flirting, which has gained so
much Roadway among the school girls
of that city, and threatens to expel
any young lady who is caught indulg-
ing in the practice during school
hours.
VIM. VanCuren brought to this
office last Thursday, a freak in the
way of an animal but recently born,
which reSembled pup, It's mother
was a Scotch terrier, but the poor
thing had never breathed. lthad no
eyes, ears nor mouth. 1t fact its
neck was developed but it had no
head. Under the neck was place
which reSembled mouth but was not
an opening, on each side Of which
were ear flaps but no opening. 1t
attracted considerable attention and
was indeed a curiOsity.-Belle PLANE
News.
Belle Plaine NV has the latest
thing out. 1t is in the shape Of liv-
ing hat rack for ladies only. j. Byron
Cain is the victim and the young
ladies of that city had a great deal
of fun at his expense. J. Byron has
long been trying to get the young
ladies to remove their hats during the
performances when he was present.
At an entertainment last Monday
evening, each young lady removed
her'hat and not knowing what to do
with it, placed it very gently upon j.
ByrOn's lap. He soon found himself
loaded down with hats and had the
pleasure of holding them until the
performance was over.-0xford Regis.
ter.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
County Officers
Secret Societies.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
A NCHOR LODGE No. Q meets at K. OF P.
"A nall on Tuesday OF each week. Visiting
brethren made welcome.
HARRY CLArToR, &C.
W. NJ. READY, X. OF X. and S.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
EVERYBODY Saws So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
OF Q. c. G. to-day; 10, q, 50 cents. Sold and
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
The harmony Of
/ wonSn'S life
la-o.J. - a

Anc hdHlOny VI
a womsn's life
depends upon the
perfect accordance
with her physical
being. All the
emotions of love
and marriage and
motherhood have
CORE spending
physical attributes
in the delicate
special organism
OF her sex. If
these intricate
functions are de
turbed by weak
ness and disease
her whole nature
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25

A Belle Plaine girl is said to have
expressed desire to see a Kentucky
tobacco field, especially when it was
just plugging out"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25
BROTHERHOOD OIL.

DIG FLINT LODGE, No. $50, meets at the
ID B.ofL.F.Hall on first and third Tuesdays
at !. m. and second and fourth Tuesdays
at 8p. IN. JIG. Busch, Master,
5 J. Cotton, Sec'y
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-23
County Board of 1sduoation.

The county board Of education met
at the county superintendent Office
last Wednesday evening and trans
acted the following business:
Roll can-Pr:sent Patterson and
Booher.
Minutes Of last meeting read and
approved.
The following bills we're presented
and allowed:
Miss A. L. Adams, salary -. 80 90
A. E. Kaye, -. 100 90
@. F. Nesse, salary less rent. =. Is 90
Miss M. E. Hough, janitress. II so
Chas. Lang, repainting sign... 8 so
Henderson Banking Co Inter
est on salaries advadced. :. l 7G
Elko Water Co., labor, material
and water. ...... JIG 43
Fl. Chase, broom and brush 80. l IS
International Society, Library
of Worlds Best Litera-
lure ...... lao w
M. Remnant, supplies. 800. 3 rs
Caesar Alexander, ink. -. 1 so
G. Fl. Sproule, supplies. ....... 7 Is
Jas. Cowling, labor. ........... 200
No further business appearing the
board adjourned until the next regu-
lar meeting.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-23
Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,

Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense Of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing through the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
Can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo O., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. In buy
ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure You
get the genuine. It is taken inter-
nally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Solo by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-23
Reserved for
ElkO-TuscarOra
Mercantile Go.
ABOUT BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

"Quo Vadis" is going into an edition
de luxe" to celebrate the completion of
its first year in translation.
The London World is authority for
the statement that Mr.. Rudyard Kip
ling has been cycling in Dorsetshire
with Mr.. Thomas Hardy and is nego-
tiating for the purchase of house and
grounds at Rodwell, near Dorchester.
Mr.. KipliRg has recently broken his
own record. It is stated that for the
poem "White Horses" which was writ
ten for the first number of Literature,
he was paid one dollar word.
Mime. Schumann left behind her when
she died so volumes CT her diary. This
is now being edited by her daughter
Marie, who is living in Vienna. It will
be of great interest, especially to the
musical world, for Nine. Schumann was
a wonderfully strong and interesting
character and had lived a life full of
incident and color. In her diary each
one of her numerous pupils is men,
toned by name.
Although Louis Becke's South sea
stories give to his readers so much en-
joyment, the author himself is said to
take small pleasure in their compost
ton, requiring constant urging on the
part of Mr.. j. f. Archibald, editor of
the Australian Bulletin, TO keep up
his contributions to that paper. in which
most of his writings first appear. Mr..
Becke was a sailor and trader before
he was an author, and is now going to
drop literature, at least temporarily,
and after his English sojourn go back
to his beloved islands in his old occu-
patton Of a supercargo.