Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-12-16
Hazelton Items
By w. c. Afford

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Mrs. A. j. Ayers was at Kiowa the
last of the week having some work
done by the Kiowa photographer.
Dan Morton 10 going to quit HazeIton
and try his luck in business at Norwich
Kansas, about the first of the year.
F. G. McLain has at last gotten over
that Canadian fever and will try to live
happy and contented IN Kansas while
longer.
Mrs. w. II. Robinson and daughter.
Miss Minnie. drove down to Kiowa
Saturday to do some trading, and make
q visit.
DIR. Huntington. Of Cherokee 0. T..
was in the city few days ago. looking
after his Kansas interests and reports
his town as being on q building boom.
FIG McLain has built one of the
most comfortable cattle sheds in this
part of Barber, and will see that his
cattle are treated right during the cold
weather.
We haYe been informed that w. Il.
| Henson has gone back to Missouri,
leased farm. and started up butter
factory, with about one hundred and
fifty goats 10 do the butting.
The Masons and the members of the
Eastern Star will have their installa-
ton CT officers at the same time IN the
Mason hall OH the evening Of December
22nd. They will perhaps invite q few
of their trends to be present.
Hszelton will now need good buggy
and wagon repairer. DIR. Burnett has
got an automobile, and. Of course, all
of our horses will get scared at 1t and
break lots OF buggles and wagons and
occasionally a few bones.
The Sunday school convention at the
Presbyterian church Sunday was we'll
attended and the exercises were very
interesting and will no doubt result in
much good tOwaId infusing new life In
the Sunday school work in this locality
The Presbyterian church people have
been making much needed repairs
the last few days. They have papered
the walls. ceiled overhead. and have
got the building so that it looks some
thing like a church instead of harm
as formerly.
The judges Mt the Pleasant VALLEY
Literary Society decided in favor OF
the affirmative, so the negroes will take
notice and not try To vote any more
At their next meeting they will decide
the question AZ to whether persona
property should he faxed or not.
Some one little short on tax none.
visited the home of w. II. Smith on
t night last week and appropriated wha
Q little cash he had in his t.Ousers whil
Mr.. Smith slept the sleep of the just
:. but no was kind enough to leave tn
9 pants in the kitchen where MIS-. foun'
them when he got up to build the fire
Fred Harrington 10 walking tn
street with his hat set ON the Off side O
O his head inst Az though he didn't hav
n any more work to do and it is all on &C
coun, Of that young barber that ha
q stopped at lis place to stay for abou
o twenty one years. Mrs. Harrington 40
the young barber are doing well, an
Fred may Jet pull through, but til
chances are against him.
At their meeting last Thursday nigt
!. the Eastern Star elected the fOllOwin
officers for the ensuing year:
= Worthy MatroI, Mrs Leila Patterson
Worthy Patron. Ebert Gamble.
Associate Matroi,. Mrs. Caudill.
J Treasurer, Miss Elva Stephens.
Secretary, j. 0. Webb.
Conductress. Mrs. AIvia Brown.
Associate Couductress. Mrs. Webb
We haven't list Of the appoint,
10 officers.
III MIR. Editors, YOU will please s3y to IL
CT Cresset folks that w. c. didn't do 1t
u, butting in act. but if any one did.
VI was the Cresset. As to the position '
took when Mr.. Grouse was candida
for election that position we still stal
for, and as slight evidence that '
h. were right at that time, we rememb
Ia that quite number of mighty good r
pubiicans voted with US aud helped
90 swell Mr.. Cronse's majority. We a
ng not inclined to- apologize for our star
at that time, nor do we think We we