People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

fore. What havoc would nave 0een
wrought if that cyclone had struck
those circus tents.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Hall Of Car.
thage, No, Mrs. Clara Arnold and D.
A. Six of Wichita, are expected in the
city today to attend the funeral
Of the child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Six.
T. E Purdy has given the name
"The Employees Santa Fe Day AsSO-
citation" to the organization formed
for the purpose OF representing the
Panhandle division at the Topeka
festival.
Steve Speer Of South Haven, put in
his leisure tine last fall sowing sixty
five acres of land TO wheat. He
threshed 2,4l7 bushels from it this
summer and sold it on the s. cent
market.
1t is merely cOincident, but it is a
striking fact nevertheless, that Sum-
ner county donated more to the fam
inc sufferers of India this year than
any other county and raised the ban
ner wheat crop of the state.-K. c.
Times.
Rev. H. Acker OF Whitewater, Kan,
will preach in the Lutheran church
in Wellington on next Sunday, Sep
tember 5th, in the absence Of Rev. b.
f. Pugh at Buffalo. A large attend
ance is desired, as this is the first
meeting for some time. All are cor
daily invited.
The department of agriculture at
Washington, after submitting tU d
careful analysis half a dozen samples
Of Kansas creamery butter, announces
officially that the Kansas product is
superior 10 that produced anywhere
else in the United States or in Eng
land or Ireland.
w. B. Davis, who is charged with
attempting to forge a check On the
firm Of Miller & Son of South Haven,
was in the city Wednesday with bis
brOther-in-lew, Q. Fowler, making
arrangements for his defense. Davis
trial comes up in district court
next Wednesday.
A Belle Plaine farmer paid out SAG
for photographs the other day, and IN
order that he might look pleasant the
artist made him fix his mind on his
wheat stacks. Another year like this
and the Sumner county farmers will
insist on having oil paintings OF their
horses and dogs and heHs.-K. G.
Times.
The county high school is going to
prove the life Of Wellington the CON-
ing winter. The attendance is going
to be very large. There is not a
vacant building in the Fourth ward
which has not been engaged for occu-
pancy this winter by country people
who will attend the school.
The city was supplied with an extra
policeman Saturday night to help
take care of the drunkS. Nowadays
in Wellington man is not arrested
for drunkenness unless he refuses to
90 home. The police prevail upon
them to 60 to bed and keep quiet and
if they refuse to do this they are
jugged.
While in Wichita Thursday j. C..
Peniwell met ]. Z. MeLane, travelling
representative of the Davidson Bros
Marble Co. of Chicago, and gave him
an order for a carload OF granite, one
half Of which will be unloadtd at
Wichita and the balance will be ship
ped TO Wellington. Mr.. Peniwtll H..
forms US that this is the finest lot Oi
granite That he has ever ordered fol
Wellington.
The best COuIse for the Sumner
county merchants to pursue in order
to compete with fake pedders IS tt
buy space enough in the newspaper:
to advertise their prices. Tell the
housewives to compare the prices
when the fakir calls. The merchant,
always sell goods the cheapest, but
the fakir'S CAB is what makes his sale
Cab is advertising. The merchant:
should !gab more through the news
papers.
The editor OF the VOICE in biz
rambles over the county the last few
days has been told that unless Welline
ton closed its joints a boycott woulC
be instituted by the country peOpl,
against its commercial interests. Tht
county feels that If they must pay
taxes to maintain high school here
the city should at least, furnish q
decent condition Of morals with which
to surround their sODs and daughter,
in attendance at the school.
The Peniwell Monumental Works o
Wichita are still doing rushing bus
mess. Last Thursday they shipped tC
Benton, Kan, a fine granite monu
ment Of the sarcophagus style, the
price OF which ran up into the hun
dreds, to BE erected TO the memory OF
the late Hon. Charles Maxwell. Mr.
Maxwell will be remembered by some
as the man who was elected to the
legislature last fall from Grant cOun
ty, but on account of his sickness wa:
unable to attend to his duties, al
though his salary was allowed him
regularly.
The new style o. photos being
turned out by Balding's gallery art
creating no little comment. A certain
Wellington young lady one day thi.
week showed one of her photos to a
friend, who exclaimed, before she wat
able to read the imprint on the card
"0h, / know where you had thai
photo taken-at BAlding's." Sucl
comments as this one are hearC
almost daily in reference to the artis