Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-10-16
Local News.
Moses Black is over in Clark co.

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week from Kansas City.
| Geo. B. Cones returned last Mon
day from Lawrence where he had
been visiting his mother.
Harry Williams returned from the
west last Sunday evening.
Sheriff Judd returned from Kan
sas City last Sunday morning.
Mr.. Downs, night operator, is
again at his post of duty at the depot.
A grand ball will be one of the
features of the fair. Particulars lat
er.
| Jack Roberts is clerking in the
store, owing to Mr.. Roberts break
ing his arm.
Rev. Robinson is in Wichita this
week attending the State Baptist As
sociat1on.
Uncle Ben Cox is expected home
from his western trip, the first of
next week.
Mr.. D. E. Ballard returned this
week from Washington, Kansas,
where he has been for the past month.
Mr.. Geo. T. Pitts, of Wellington,
Kansas, was in town Monday visit
ing at the home of Uncle Zack Rag
land.
Mr.. Engeue Crane returned last
Sunday night, from the west. He
has been in Texas for the past two
years.
Mrs. E. R. Blackmarr. who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sourbeer, left last week for her
home in Salt Lake, Utah.
Miss Jessie Marshall returned from
Liberal, Kansas last Sunday where
she had been visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Collins, for several days.
Rev. Gillidett and son, of Plains,
passed through town yesterday with
a load of seed wheat he had pur-
chased of Commissioner Innis.
R. A. Harper has purchased the
Bruce property in the north part of
the city. He expects to erect res
idence on two of the north lots.
G. H. Nicholson, a real estate a.
gent, of New Albany, Ind, is here
looking after some land he owns in
the southeast part of the county.
| Clyde Mars has moved the bar
Der shop to the building west of the
Meade State Bank. This will make
an excellent place for barber shop.
R. B. Campbell, Republican can
didate for Representative had his
photo in last weeks Liberal News,
with quite an extensive write up. 1t
is the same picture that recently ap-
peared in the Topeka Capital.
| J. H. Watt left last Sunday eve
ming for Pittsburg Kansas, where he
goes to attend the Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge. Mr.. Watt is rep
resentative from Meade Lodge to
that body.
| Claus Berger, proprietor of the
Owl Restaurant, has formed a part
nership with Chas. Emick and have
purchased the Ro senberry confec-
tionery and pool ia bles and moved
into the building occupied by the
latter. They are making extensive i'm.
provements and will have fine place
The county attorney is the legal
adviser of the Board of County
Commissioners The county clerk
simply keeps a record of the pro-
ceedings of the, Board. He don't
have to be lawyer. Some people
are not very well advised on the du-
ties of county officials, SO we give
the above information.
The Secretary of State made an
error in certifying the name of S. D,
Adams, Democratic candidate fol
Representative to the county clerk,
of this county. 1t was certified or
the Peoples ticket and the nominal
ion papers were filed as Democrat
ic. If this was not corrected Mr.
Adams name would appear on tick
ct, upon which there is not one sing
lie nomination. The papers were
sent back for the necessary correct
ion.
John Randolph was in town las
Monday. He told US that he wa
drilling wheat at present, but woulc
be out seeing the voters very soon.
Mr.. Randolph was commissioner TO
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