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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28
THE DITCH TROUBLE.

ILL Ox4Oh 4hVOOo6s
Unfortunately for all concern
ed number of people along the
line of the irrigation ditch are
having more or less trouble with
the ditch company. Particularlyis
this the case. in Buffalo township
Where the water is running in
the ditch it is impossible to cross
it except where there are bridges.
Some time back the road over
seers in some districts filled in
crossings, which the ditch COM
pany scraped out again.
The farmers complain that
where bridges are put in they
are but temporary affairs and
not substantial enough for gen.
eral travel.
They also claim that such
bridges, instead of being put on
the public highways are to one
side OF same, and that to cross
on the bridges the public has to
drive onto the ditch right Of way.
They say that this is done by
the ditch company to avoid any
liability for damages, as the
claim would be made that the
public had no right on private
property.
In addition to this, public feel
ing has been wrought to a high
pitch by the ditch company
entering suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the township for
filing crossings in the ditch.
We have talked with several
farmers who express themselves
as of the belief that the ditch
company is attempting to force
matters through without regard
to the peoples rights in the case.
This, as we say, is unfortunate
for the ditch company as well as
the people along the line of the
ditch. i
1t would seem that the thing
to do would be to settle all diff
ferences amicably. We doubt if
this could be done with MIR. Gone
in charge of the matter, as he
seems to be sort Of red rag in
the faces Of the public inciting
men to opposition instead of
gaining their good will.
We want to see the Grand
Lake created, and irrigation es-
tablished in this locality. But
we do not want to see an injus-
tice done to a single individual.
There is no necessity for it. If
we did not believe the irrigation
ditch and the great inland lake
would prove a benefit to all our
people we wonld not favor their
construction for a day. Neither
will we. sanction any method
or movement that would tend
to the overriding Of individual
rights by a corporation. Too
many corporations we know exist
in defiance of law: but we know
that the people of Kansas, and
more especially OF Barton county,
will never lend aid to furthering
corporate interests at the expense
of individual rights.
We Earnestly hope that the
matter of public and private
rights, SO far as the ditch and the
lake are concerned, viii be adjust
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28
Called Meeting.

A special meeting of Valley Lodge
No. 95. l. O. o. F., lis called to meet
at Lodge room ON Monday night, Dec.
81 1900, at 7.3o, for work. All mem.
bers are requested to be present.
B. j. KELLEY. N. G.
A. B. MILLER. Sec.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

The Third Annual Exhibition of the
Barton County Poultry and Pet Stock
Association, at Great Bend Jan. az
26, promises to be of much more in.
terest than the shows of former years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Of course you ladies all attempted
more than you could accomplish. in
the way of Christmas fxings But it
has been that way from the time of
the first Christ Mass.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

An east side young lady has adver-
tised in q Chicago paper for a husband.
Gosh all hemlockl What's the matter
with all the young striplings of this
town, that they don't hook on?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Judge Ed II. Madison, of Dodge
City, was married on the 18th inst. to
Miss Lou Vance. of Oklahoma City
Ok, the bride being a sister of his for
NOR wife, who died about q year ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

OF course Will Woodward. of the
Up to date Grocery. must needs be
up.to date in everything; SO he made
arrangements by which fine baby boy
came to his home last Friday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

HE was kind father, loving and
devo.ed husband and an exemplary
Citizen grfnds the printer like sixty,
when the books showed that the de-
ceased owed about seven dollars on
subscriptin. Before DYING pay up.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

"Hatching chickens while you wait, F"
by incubator, will be one OF the features
of the coming poultry show, unless the
incubator men go back on their prom
iaoc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

What gathering of the hungry will
be in Topeka next month. The legis.
ature will be in session
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28
Notice.

All parties indebted to US are re-
quested to call at our Office and settle
Our books will be placed with collect.
OF on Jan. LIST.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Misses Grace and Lois Bicknell. of
the north side, are home from Man
haitian college, for the holiday vaca>
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Il x L-Miller spent Christmas with
his sister. Mrs. John Hardin, ct Wiz
field
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

SOOQ Will OF dill people.
The editor of the EllinWoOd
Leader went out of his way last
week to try and cast, reflections
upon the papers of Great Bend
and the business men Of the city
in the Cheyenne Lake matters.
The Leader man should know, if
he does not, that neither the
Great Bend newspapers nor the
Great Bend business men have
said, or intend to say, a word in
behalf of the proposed lake that
eontemplates anything but fair
and just treatment Of ALL citi-
zens of the county. We believe
in the great benefits that will
follow the creation OF such an
immense lake in this seni-arid
region; we believe the plan .prac-
ticable, and the lake a sure
thing. We also believe in our
courts and our iuries, and are
OF the opinion that all matters
OF dispute will be properly set
tied. The Leader should be
above cheap-John methods of
attacking it's neighbors.
YES, it was q Kansas editor
who wrote: "The thing to do is
to stand together; help one
another, help the ward, help the
town, help the state, help the
nation, help yourself. The pros
perity of one is the prosperity of
all. Pull down your neighbor
and you hurt yourself. Put a
wire across the path Of progress
and you'll break your own back.
Jump the rich man and you'll be
poor indeed. Cypress the poor
and you'll suffer from poverty.
Be helpful, big-hearted and
broad-guaged. There is nothing
that hurts business sd quickly
as the prominent presence in the
world of a tight-faced, claw-fisted,
hawk-eyed, cat-footed, hog
hearted, penny-squeezing, man.
hating cross between a glue pot
and a vinegar pot, who never
spends a dollar till he sees a dol
lar and ninety-eight cents in
sight.
The sugar factory at Rocky
Ford paid out 100000 to the
farmers this season. There is no
reason why we should not have
an industry of that kind here if
the people will go after it in the
right way.-Garden City Herald.
OF course we can. Haven't We
been raising Rocky Ford melons
for years-that is, they were
Rocky Ford melons when they
got down east.-Cimarron Jack
sOnian.
One OF these days Barton
County will be raising more
sRocky Ford" MELONS and Gar
den City" sugar beets than all
the coyote counties put together.
WHO is 'sgiving aid'f to the
Philippines now, since Mckinley
was reelected? We We're told
that the war would be over in a
month-yea, three weeks-after
McKinley's reelection.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

The Topeka Daily State Journal
will cover fully and accurately the
coming session of the Kansas LegieIa
ture. It will be mailed to any address
in Kansas, or elsewhere. sixty calender
days for sixty cents, one hundred days
for al 90
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

See ]. H. Jennison for catalogue and
entry blanks for the Poultry Show in
January. Begin now to shape up
your fowls for exhibition, for s'there's
money in it, Do not put off making
entries. until the last day. All entries
must be made on or before Monday,
Jan. zIst. and can be made at any
time now.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Grrat Bend has been, happily. very
free from fires the past year. Those
which have occurred have been only
small ones. and quickly and success
fully subdued by: the fire department.
The service by the Great Bend Water
Supply Co has been ali that could be
asked, and our people are indeed en-
titled to congratuIation for the ex-
cellent fire protection we enjoy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Geo. Greene. Jr. and wife spent
Christmas with friends in Salina.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Chas. L. Zutavern arrived last Fri
day from Oklahoma and the south,
where his business as represen tative of
an implement house has kept him en-
gagged for the past few months. He
will spend the holidays here and at
Larned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Hardly a day passes but what the
question is asked by telephone patrons:
why don't the Santa Fe and Missouri
Pacific railways put phone in their
depots?" Why, indeed. Can it be
that the poor corporations cannot af-
ford this additional expense for the
benefit of those who support said roads?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

The New Years reception, by the
Commercial Club. will be from 2 to 6
p. m. at the Club rooms and to IL o.
N. at the old opera house for invited
guests. The Club members and their
families will have the freedom of the
Club rooms from to IL D. m.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

G. E. Wyman and a number of
sporty men held shooting match
Tuesday aferternoon, near the college.
The pleasure of the occasion was
somewhat marred by the explosion of
a shot gun, which burned John
Leisure quite badly about the face
and n O n o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

Following are the newly elected
officers of the Great Bend camp of
Royal Neighbors; Oracle, Mrs. Ella
M. Stoke; Vice Oracle, Mrs. Ed. S.
Marx; Receiver, Mrs. L. c. Breeder;
Recorder. Mrs. F. NJ. Lutschg;
Marshal. Mrs. D. H. Halliday;
Chancellor, Miss Swift, 0. s., Mrs. G.
O. Hanson; 1. s., Mrs. J. H. Hanson;
Manager. Mrs. Fred Hempker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-12-28

: WHO is 'sgiving aid to the
Philippines now, since. Mckinley
was reelected? We were told
that the war would be over in a
month-yea, three weeks-after
McKinley's reelection.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
August II,

August IA, 1900.
The Board met in called ses-
sion, all MEMBERS present.
Accounts were audited and al
lowed to: ] T Williams, burying
pauper, 50 90; W K Grantham,
Grantham reg, % IS; King aud
Wilkins, guarding prisoners,
9 90; Ody Swinson. pauper, 2 90;
W A Martin, reg, 10 "a; F Or
mond, G S G, election expenses,
"a %; U S Pate. elec exp, l 90;
G G Holland cleo exp, l 90; T G
Blaiock. elec exp, 1 90; J G
Broadhurst, cleo exp, II Sc; T b
Latham, cleo exp, 90; r L
Thompson, cleo exp. 1 90; Floyd
Walker, cleo exp, I 90; E Grady,
cleo exp, 1 90; Jackson and Fra
zler, cleo exp, 2 90; B F Scott,
shift, prisoners ex, IL IS; ] b
Gardner, Com, per diem 10 date,
IA 20; q Fl Coor, repair TO Coor's
mill bdg, 8 10; Peterson J P, act
fled, 130; Theo. Trip J P, act
filed, 2 90; W r Parker & Co,
Jail supplies, 1 Is; GCKornegay,
repairs 30 public pumps, IS.
W G Collier, S D Kennedy, Ct
j Yelverton and Giles S Parks
were elected cotton weighers for
Goldsboro; B j Jinnet for Ere
mont, and G B Price for Mount
iOlive.
The following applications for
State Pensions were approved: J
II Barefoot, J A Padgett, Josiah
RollowelI, WILDLY Sauls, Robert
A H,nson, r FL Holland, John [
Tew, NJ j Padgett, VIM FL Lam
bert, Geo W McCIenny, Rufus
Strickland, Ivey Taylor, D. j.
-lPrice, W W Ezzell and Susan A
Fu'ghum.
The Board then adjourned.
! Published by order of the
Board.
: G.. G. KoRNEGAY,
CLERK, etc,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16

E A Stevens, conn, per diem and
mileage to date, 18 80, J P Smith,
comr, per diem and mileage to
date. II so; M B Herring, bridge
guard, 4 SO; P R Peacock, bridge
lumber, 10 IT; DIR WINS Spicer,
health Supt, 20 90; J W and J G.
Floars, on ct Swamp bridge acct,
100 90; W B Floars, bridge lum-
Der, 4 IL; J W Thompson, acct
filed, 3 Is; L D Summerlin, New
Hope fence acct, z 90; Zeb Jor-
MN, work on Whitehall bridge,
IS 10; Floyd Walker, work on
Whitehall bridge, II As; Josiah
Sauls, painting at poor house;
5 90; J M Mitchell, registrar Fork
township, "a 40; E M Head, July
poor house acct, 26 05.
Petition for a new road in
Grantham township, presented
June 4th, 1900, was rejected.
The Board then adjourned 10
the 14th inst.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
COMMISSIONERS COURT,

Goldsboro, N. c., Aug. 6, 1900.
The Board metin regular ses
sion-present: e. A. SteYens,
chairman, j. B. Gardner, and j.
P. Smith,
Accounts we're audited and al
lowed to I FL Grantham, repairing
road, 50 so; A Sasser, burying
pauper, 8 so; Argus, publishing
acct, IA IT; j B johnson, bridge
repairs, 1 60; D j Broadhurst,
Goldsboro registration, IS 10; B
F Mozingo, New Hope registra-
ton, Is O6; E S Dees, Pikeville
poll holder. 2 90; Benz Crawford,
Pikeville poll holder, l 90; Benz
Herring, New Hope registrar. 49,
o5; o F. Worrell, Stony Greek
reg, Is %; w L Garris, Pikevllle
reg, IA 80: K B Smith, Plkeville
reg, IA 10; S D Byrd, White Hal
reg, II 95; Z NJ Cox. Providence
reg, 10 IS; Ell E Parks, Saulstor
reg, Is 81; w D Creech, Colds
boro reg. Is %; J D Smith, pol
holder, 1 90; g V Lewis, pol
holder, 1 90, M r Hollowell, pol
holder, 100; M E Britt, poll hold
err, 1 90; Turner Smith, poll hold
err, 1 90; Geo M Gray, constable
1 90; Hughey Muse, pauper, 2 90
Kornegay,reg, acct fled, 10,
80; I F Ormond. CS @, acct fled
8 90; A T Griffin, bridge lumber
/ 33; B F Scott. Sheriff, jail fees
10 90; B F Scott, Shift, election
expenses, Sc 60; J P Smith
,ISon, for poor house, % II; G
sThornton, burying pauper, 2 o0
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

"
Mr.. r.. e. Jones Goes to the Goldsboro
Buggy Company.
1t is with real pleasure that the
ARGUS announces that our old
friend and townsman Mr.. r. E.
Jones, the pioneer of the buggy
making business in Goldsboro,
has become inter ested in the
Goldsboro Buggy Company, and
will hereafter give his supervision
to the construction department of
the business.
This announcement of itself
will carry to all parts of North
Carolina, and beyond her borders,
where Mr.. Jones is so well known
as a practical buggy man, the
guarantee of good work and hon.
est values, for the people have not
forgotten that years and years
ago, when Mr.. Jones was making
buggies in Goldsbore, they could
buy here the best buggy in the
State-or anywhere, and he has
kept pace with the business ever
since, as salesman for some of
the largest concerns in the whole
country,
/ AS our congenial old friend
Maj. D. W. HURT, Goldsboro's
reliable merchant tailor says:
"the place to buy a thing right
is to buy it where it is made"
and our good friend"DickJones"
as he is Familiarity known, says
this applies to s'buggies as well
as breeches."
We welcome our old friend
back to his first love, and con-
graduate the buggy company on
securing him. They have been 6
success, and won first honors a
the late Newbern fair on severa
of their buggies, and light roae
wagons, and now that Mr.. Jones
brings to them his all round ex
: perieuce as a manufacturer ant
| his practical experience in tn
sale of vehicles, we may indeed
: expect the Goldsboro Buggy Com
pany to be second to none in tn
! State.
The personnel OF. the compan.
/ are themselves a guarantee o
it's stability and integrity. It
composed of Messrs. j. Rober
Kornegay, president. A, U-Kor
f negay, secretary and treasurer
d and r E Jones, manager.
Let G%oldsboro people give al
and substantial encouragement
v all her manufacturing enterprise
and our city will surely press fol-
i, : ward ever to greater proportion
and increasing wealth as a CON
It munity.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

00lds60ro and Vicinity History In Brief
EpitOme of sayings and Doings, Wise
and Otherwise. Run Down and Run In
by Omnipresent Ubiquitous, Local
"Grand
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-13
A Maryland Snake Story

WESTMINSTER, MD, June pa
singular but well authenticated snake
story comes from Pleasant Valley.
about five miles from this city, the
principal actors in which were the
snake and Miss Cora Legore, domestic
employed by Frederick G.. Yingling a
well-known farmer residing near that
place.
Miss Legore went to the barn to
milk the COWS as was her customary
duty. She did not return as promptly
as usual and. becoming uneasy after a
time, Mrs. Yingling sent some one to
the barn to look for her. She was
found lying in a dead faint in COW
stall, and upon being revived appeared
dazed and frightened. Finally she be-
came sufficiently composed to tell the
cause of her Inconsistencies. She
said that while milking she felt some
thing moving about her clothing, but
supposed it was cat, until she felt
construction about her waist. and found
herself looking into the eyes of snake
which had wrapped itself about her,
and reared its head in front of her face.
She was too much frightened to notice
what sort of a serpent was thus con-
fronting her, but, striking al it with
her hand. tainted away. When she was
found the snake had disappeared.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-13
a Minister,s GOOD Work.

Il had severe attack of bilious col
ic. got bottle of Chamberiain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. took
two doses and was entirely cured. says
Rev A. A, Power, of Emporia, Kan.
My neighbor across the street was
sick for over a week. had two or three
oottIes OF medicine from the doctor.
He used them for three or four days
without relief. then called in another
doctor who treated him for some days
and gave him no relief, 50 discharged
him went over 10 see him the next
He said bis bowels were Ia
a terrible *. that they had peen run
ring on 50 long that it was almost
bloody fux- asked him II he had tried
Chamberiain's Collie. Cholera and Dsar-
rhoe Remedy and he said. No ] went
home and brought him my bottle and
gave him ons Dose told him to take
another doe In fifteen or twenty min
utss II he did not ind relief. but he
took no more and was entirely cursd-
think II the best medicine have ever
Iried" For sale by all dealers and drug
Eista Benson. Smith & Co.. general
Agsnts. Hawaiian Territory.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-13
ALONG THE wHARvES.

The Kona liner Mauna Loa sails thi:
morning at II o'clock.
The barkentine Kate Flickinger, fol-
the Sound in ballast, sailed yesterday
The steamer Upolu will finish load.
ing at Irmgard wharf to-day. She sails
at p. m. for Kona ports.
The Mary E. Foster, with large car
go OF general merchandise, came into
port from an anchorage outside early
yesterday.
The bark st. Katherine, Captain
Saunders. fifteen days from San Fran
cisco with general merchandise for
Brewer a Co., arrived yesterday.
The schooner Ada sailed for Anahola
Kauai. last evening. The Niihau. for
the same port. was the only steamer
for Kauai yesterday. She took machi-
merry.
The Noeau reports the following SUI
gar left at the various plantations on
Kauai: V. K, 800; K. S. NJ, 11,000;
NJ. A. 49,, u,475; G. & R., 100; Makee
sugar Co., 1850; Kill. 1000. Total, S2,525
bags.
The schooner W. II. Smith from
Port Blakeley with lumber for the
Oahu Land Company. arrived yester-
day. twenty-five days from port OF de-
parture.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-13
THE UGLY RICE Of sTlBBERs.
PASSING INTO THE UNITED STATES
BIT THE sHPLoAD.
A visorous Demand shAt the rnpo-ts-
rsoa Of vics0u. italian InnisrA-
ton be Stopped

NEW YORK. June 34--The Tribune
of today has the follosing: Scarcely
day passes without mention IN the
newspapers of one or more cases in
which Italian residents of New York
have drawn stilettos for the reckless
settlement OF their disputes We sup
pose that many such engagements fail
TO gain even the attention of the courts.
and il Is certain that in a multitude of
instances no record is made Of the fact
that the Law which forbiis the carrying
of concealed weapons has been violated
and punishment inflicted on that &c
count. Yet the offense is dangerous
and detestabie one, and well worthy of
the serious consideration of the aa-
thorities Italians are coming TO this
country in swarns. A single vessel re
Gently landed. we believe. 100 of them
To a great extent they are of miser-
able quality. though presumably Just
raised above the conditions which
would require their exclusion, and
they are almost universally unfit for
American citizenship in one respect, at
least, by reason of the fact that they
carry daegers about their persons and a
passion for using them in their hearts
This propensity does not conform to
the temper and habits of our native
population Doubtless there is a su-
perabundance of revolvers In this coun-
try, and they are too often lawleSsly
employed, But q revolver gives notice
of its being in action, and consequently
does not so heavily handicap either its
intended victim or the police. More
over, the man who displays shooting
iron is likely to wish he hadn't, and we
frequently hear of his being called to
strict account; whereas it seems to be
regarded as a matter of no import
ance that a person of foreign extrac-
ton, who, to say the least, has no su-
perior claim to liberation, should be
armed at all hours of the day and night
with deadly weapon which he dearly
loves to stick into convenient back.
1t is high time that something def
mite and resolute was done to convince
those who have been trained TO fondle
stilettos from their infancy that a diff
ferent sentiment toward such lmpie-
ments prevails III the United States
There are foreign customs which we
cannot afford to import, and the one
under consideration belongs in that
class. There are probably thousands
of Italians here who possess scarcely
enough intelligence to know that they
ought not to use their favorite wea-
pons, and who haven't the faintsst idea
that they are forbidden to carry them.
A series of elementary lessons, con-
veyed by rigorous punishment of every
one who is detected by the police in
such ignorance, would be- useful to
to these moral and civic fledgelings
Or, if that doesn't answer the purpose.
the process of enlightment should be-
gin at the immigration Bureau. 1t is
necessary in some way to render a
racial impulse harmless as prelimi-
nary to its eradication.