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

t0e merchants who are receiving
goods have no place on the counters
to hold them and will be compelled to
build storerooms in order TO take
care of the new supply.
Miss Mace Schwinn and the child
ren o. Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Schwinn
left Monday morning for their future
home in Salt Lake City, Utah. They
will be joined by Mr.. and Mrs.
Schwinn at Mcfarland.
Scalds, burns, old sores, tumurs,
piles, all are relieved at once, and in
time effectually cured by the use OF
that perfect ointment, Beggs' German
Sdlve. Ask your druggist for sample.
For sale by H. F. Smith. TIA
]. Byron Cain, editor OF the Belle
PLANE News, and James Dull of that
city, were here Friday morning on
wheels enrOute to the reunion at Day
toms grove. They rode from Belle
PLANE to this place in two hours.
The Wellington band has been en-.
gagged to accompany the railroad boys
from this place to Topeka TO attend
Santa Fe celebration day, September
20. They will leave here Tuesday the
18th and return Thursday, the 3OtL.
Misses MOllie Davis and Noveline
Anderson and Arch ROup visited
friends 10 Oxford Sunday. They
consumed six hours that night in driv'
ing home through the mud. The
roads were almost impossible in some
places.
The first boy in Sumner county
named after Governor Click has run
away from home. His name is Click
Jones. He will regret some day that
he didn't remain at home and pattern
after his illustriOus nameSake.-K. c.
Times.
The case against ex-County Treas
urer J. .Sturm was dismissed Monday
upon the request Of W. R. Spicknall,
who swOre out the complaint charg-
ing him with selling mOrtgaged
wheat. The matter was settled out
OF court.
John Bngner came to the front
with half column interview 10 the
Kansas City Journal last week prais-
ing the Oklahoma wheat crops and
comparing the modern methods of
threshing with that in vogue down
east" when he was boy.
VIM. Freeman of Harmon town
ship, was in the city Monday taking it
easy since the rain. He was rather
unfortunate with his crops this year,
The hot winds killed 100 acres of corn
for him. His wheat acreage was not
large, but the yield was heavy.
Barney Sheridan has COmmunlca-
tiOn 10 his paper this week about
Sumner county's wheat crop that is
as long as James A. Rays manifesto
to his followers. 1t ends with verse
of poetry that proves Barney to be in
touch with the muses.-K. G. Times.
The Chicago pacing stallion, Star
Pointer, owned by j. A. Murphy,
wiped out the two minute mark at
Readville, Mass, Saturday, by pacing
a mile in 1881. Star Pointer was &C.
cOmpanied by a race horse on the
trip. This beats the worlds record.
The Wellington Military band went
to Arkansas City Tuesday to al a
three days engagement at the G. AR.
reunion. Ralph Folks of Milan, also
accompanied the band. Ralph is an
accomplished musician, having played
in the marine band Oh the Flagship
Charleston.
Rev. Thos. Penick preached to large
and appreciatiye audiences at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church both
Sunday morning and evening. Rev.
Penick has lost none Of his old time
eloquence and force Of speech and his
sermons produced much favorable
comment from those who heard them.
F. NJ, Chapman Of Great Bend, was
in the city Saturday. He is a member
of the faculty Of the Great Bend col.
lege, and will return there this week.
He is visiting his father, ex.PrObate
Judge Chapman, in Valverde town.
ship. Fred is a Sumner county boy
and is coming rapidly to the front as
an educator.
B. B. Bradley Of Sumner township,
was in Thursday, He says one OF
his neighbOrs, who farms the land Of
W. ]. NewbOld and W. H. Carnes,
raised 5000 bushels OF wheat this year.
He was in debt and did not own an
acre of land. The proceeds Of his
share of the crops put him out Of debt
and left him money enough TO buy a
farm OF his own.
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