People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
WELLINGTON SUMNER COUNTY, KANSAS THURSDAY 1907

A. Irltle, spent Sunday as guests OF |
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Menoel, near
Zyba.
Rev. S. Price has received a pass
from his son, who is editor Of the |
Electric Review, published in New
York City, and will leave in a week |
or two for his old home in Barnesville, |
Ohio.
Engineer Herring and Fireman |
Hentzel pulled the first division Of !
Walter L. Mains circus from Winfield |
to Caldwell Saturday night. Engineer |
Rakestrow and Fireman Blue took |
the second section over.
A representative of the Walter L.
Main circus was here Tuesday and |
closed a lease with representative Of |
the Mcmahon circus for the use of the
menagerie Of the latter during the re-
mainder Of the present season.
The officers have found acoat which |
was lost by one of the burglars who |
robbed FOltz Bros store in Belle |
Plaine last week. They think they !
have the r0bber located in the person |
of fOrmerly.Of-Belle Plaine citizen, !
Captain Corbett and daughter,
FloTita, drove over to Winfield Friday |
last and visited a couple of days with !
the family Of Editor COrbett OF the
Courier. They returned home Sun.
day, accompanied by Miss Eta Coats
of Winfield.
At meeting held in Major Fergus
On's law office Saturday, the date of
the ChikaSkia Veterans Association
Reunion was fixed for August 24-2S,
inclusive. The reunion will be held
in DaytOn's grove, near COrbin, on the
banks Of the Chlkaskia.
Mrs. Agnes VanHorn left Tues
day morning for Wichita to at
tend the Grand Temple session of
RathbOne Sisters to be held May Is
and 10. Mrs. VanHOrn goes as a rep
resentative of the RathbOne Sisters
of Good Hope Temple No. 81, of We'll
lingtOn.
A. c. Lambe of this county has ieen
appointed steward OF the deaf ann
dumb asylum at Olathe. The posi-
tiOn pays about 500 a year. Mr..
Lambe is deserving of 4 better posi-
tiOn than this one. He would dill this
one, however, with credit 10 himself
and the state, and may accept.
N. Short of Haskell county, has
bought through the rel eSGate agency
Of W. A. Rem, the Porter farm three
and one half miles northwest of the
city, and will take possession August,
lSt Mr.. Short is brother of Ira n.
Short of Rome. He has a family
and we are glad to welcome him to
Sumner county.
The state convention of Sunday
school associations will be held at
Newton May %, 26 and 27. The rail-
roads have made an open rate of one
fare for the round trip. This county
is entitled to as many delegates as it |
has schools. For further information
apply to Rev. A. S. Henderson, coun-
ty secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Weddle re-
turned Saturday night from EmpOria,
where they had been in attendance at |
the Grand Chapter 0.E.S. Mr.. Wed.
die attended the Masonic "doings" at |
Junction City and stopped over at |
EmpOria on his return. Mrs. Weddle |
was a delegate to the Eastern Star
grand lodge at Emporia.
The Choral union decided Monday |
to accept the invitation to furnish the
music for the baccalaureate exercises
to be held in the High school audi
torium next Sunday. Forty or fifty
voices will be in the choir. The |
Choral union will meet again Thurs.
day night for rehearsal, and a full at
tendance is earnestly desired.
VIM. Wycoff told the editor OF the
Conway Springs Star that he saw
wheat fields between that place and
Winfield where it would be impossible |
to make an estimate of the amount of
yield. Many farmers say they will |
have from 40 to so bushels to the
acre. Corn is not doing so we'll in the
eastern part Of the county as it is
up there.
Andy ]. Osborn and Ida Runion
were married by Justice of the Peace
l.. D. ChaddOn Saturday night. Both |
OF the contracting parties are resi-
dents of this city and quite favora-
bly, known, Mr.. Osborn formerly |
worked for L. z. Newton. Miss
RuniOn is the daughter of A. J. |
Runion and has many accomplish
ments. The VOICE extends its
congratulations.
An application for charter for a
state bank in Wellington, with a CAP
italization of s25, 900 has been sent TO
Secretary Of State VIM. E. Bush.
The new institution will be located
in the old Sumner National bank
building, which is being cleaned up
and made ready for business. A great
many OF the best business men and
most substantial people in the citv
have subscribed to the stock. The
work of organizing this bank has been
going on since last February.
The following Knights of Pythias
and RathbOne Sisters left over the
Rock Island Tuesday for Wichita
to attend their respective grand
lodges. which convene there TODAY:
J. NJ. Ready, Ed S. Christianson. ]. S.
FORSYTH, Emil Roser, 0. DeTurk, T.
B. Marshal, Fred L. Naugle, J. NJ.
Grifice; Mesdames A. Graf, ]. NJ.
Ready, ]. n. McCarty, D. S. McCurdy,
Agnes VanHorn. Mrs. VanHorn is |
representative from the Rathbone
Sisters Of this place to the Grand
Temple lodge. Mr.. E. S. Christian