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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-01
CHURCHES.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Sunday ser
AVA vice: Sunday school, 10 A. N. Preaching
ii A. NJ. Class meeting, IL M. Preaching, 1880 p.
d. Junior League meets w Wednesday afternoon
at4:l5 Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening
at 1880. Teachers meeting, Tuesday evening.
Epworth League. Friday. 1880 p. n. All are
cordially invited. j. l.. PATTERSON, Pastor.
pRESBYTERIAN.-Su school every
l. Sunday at 10 A. NJ. Preaching at IL A. II.
and $50 p. M. L. M. BRLDEN.
Pastor.
HHRISTIAN.-Sunda school every Sunday
~ at 10 A. NJ. Preaching, ii A. II. and :3e p.
M. Prayer meeting every Wednesday even
ing. r. H. TANKsLKY
Pastor.
PAPTIST.-Church east Of Grand Hotel.
- Sunday school at 10 A. NJ. Preaching Sun
days at II A. N. and 7:45 p. NJ. Prayer meeting
wednesday evening. The B. Y. p. u. meets &C
p. n. on Sundays. j. j. GRIFFIN,
Pastor.
Observation-Disclosures once q month at
IL Chapel on South Msin Street. Meetings
announced.
TATHOLIC.-Services held on Tuesday az
~ ter the third Sunday In each month.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-01
First Published in tho Barber County Index
June 13, 1903.
NOTICE OF SURVEY

June 10, l9U0.
NOTICE OF SURVEY
Once Of County Surveyor Barber County.
Medicine Lodge, Kansas, June, 10, 1908.
Cynthia e. Thomas, j. Fl. Parker, James
Kinnear, william Collins, T. Howard Atkinson.
Eunice NJ. Alder, Wallace d. Washer,
Jacob Rines, Gerke Brewing Co., Paul Hutch
insOn. E. A. Wisner, Afford Cribbin ct al take
notice, that in pursuance OF q notice signed
Dy VIM. Inglebright, owner of south west
quarter of southwest quarter of section 26,
southwest quarter of section q. south half
quarter northwest quarter of section 81,
west half southwest quarter of section "a,
north half northeast quarter of section "a
northwest quarter northwest quarter of sec
ton 35. all in township 80. range Is. also west
half southwest quarter of section 2, east half
southeast quarter of section 8, northwest quar-
ter nOrthw est quarter OF section 3, north half
northwest quarter of section 4, west half
northwest quarter Of section g, west half
southwest quarter of section p, southwest
quarter OF section 10, northeast quarter of
section 10. west half northwest gu arter OF sec
ton 10, west half southwest quarter of section
is OF Sections % y, SO 81. S. 2.s3, f. 9, 10, Is.
townships % and "a South, Range 10 west, /
shall proceed in the manner prescribed by
law. on the 9th day OF July 1903 to make
survey to permanently establish the corners
and boundaries OF the following tracts of land
as described above OF Sections %. q, 80. "a. 3d.
z. 3. 4. 9. 10, Is. Township 80 and 81 south,
Range Is west. In which you are interested,
and shall continue from day to day until COM
pleted. il you are in possession of any infOr-
nation. or can produce any evidence OF any
kind which viii ass st in identifying any
original government corner or other legally
stabilized corner, you are earnestly requested
60 produce the same before me at the time OF
making the survey.
W. T. WHEAT. County Surveyor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-01
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
pOstoffice at Medicine Lodge for the
week ending June %. 1908:
j. ". Sparks, J w. Platt, MIR. w. j.
Littreil. Miss Matte T.. Morse, Wm.
Glover. MIR. Frank Mccoy.
When calling for theSe letters please
state that they have been advertised.
j. n. TITUS.P NJ.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-01
SHARON ITEMS.

Miss Bertha Richie is visiting at the resi-
dence of j. L. Pelton.
Billie Watkins made trip TO Cunningham
the fore part of the week.
A few Of the Sharonites attended services at
the U. B. church Sunday night.
Eb. Steele last week bored well for T. Fl.
Trice. 1t is in front of his store
Mrs. Wilbourn is reported as being very ILL.,
They live five miles southwest of Sharon.
Sharon's first and second nine played ball on
Sunday. The score was So to 9 in favor OF the
first.
There will be lecture in Sharon on the
night of July 2. The subject will be "An-
archy."
T. II. Trice and wife took their daughter
Lora, over to Medicine Lodge this week to
attend Normal.
Charley Schmidt was in Sharon Sunday.
While here he took part in the ball game. He
on the side that got the 80
There will be meeting of all the Sunday
School officers at the Christian church at 2 p.
M. July 18th for the purpose Of arranging for
the Annual Sunday school picnic.
The editor of the Attica Independent last
week tried his talent in trying to write up a
roast on the Sharon scrubs. How well he sue
ceeded can only be seen by reading the article.
1t was just like all his other roasts-thin, puuy
and nothing to it.
The Sharon team will play the Attica club
a Browns grove on the Fourth. The boys
think the score will be different from what it
was when they played at Attica. The scrubs,
as their Big Blower q. W. calls them, have
got them scared anyway for they have been
using every means possible to keep from play
ing them where there is crowd. They don't
want the horse laugh.
Guy Donaldson has secured position in the
Santa Fe machine shops at Topeka and will
go there as soon as he is relieved. The new
agent, j. a. Larned, came in Monday of last
week but did not stay for the reason that upon
arriving here he received q message announc-
ing the death of his mother in Missouri. He
was formerly night operator at Attica. Mr..
Donaldson made a firstrate agent and there
are many who regret to see him leave.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-01
Politics and Religion.

No matter about that. You must
be either man or a woman. If you
are neither. GO aRd SEE DR.. Euciell.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Safe Dynamited and Robbed.

Green Cover Springs. Fla, November
3O-Last night cracksmen dynamited
the safe of the J. L. Kirkpatrick saloon
and rifled it Of its contents, amounting
to about $400. The explosion awaken
ed many of the residents. who report
that it occurred about 0 clock in the
morning. The robbers cut out the glass
Of one of the windows and effected an
entrance. The saloon was wrecked
from the effects OF the explosion and
the loss will amount to several hundred
dollars. in addition to the amount taken
There is no clew to indicate who the
robbers were.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Cut Down i'm Wages.

Boston, November 30.-The wages of
about $4,000 cotton textile operatives
brings the total number in New Eng
land who have had their pay cut down
this fall to about $4,000 and the cut
which takes effect in New Bedford next
Monday will swell the total to about
$4,000, and complete a general reduction
in Southern New England cotton mills.
The cut down in the majority of the
factories averages ten per cent. Today
practically every cotton mill in Rhode
Island, where there are about 200, 900
spindles adopted the new schedule
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
Carolina il the Champion Of the
South-Othcr News Notes.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. c., November 80.

Raleigh. n. c., November 80.
The Supreme Court devotes this
week to the 14th district. this being
the AsheviIe district. The docket is
Ia light one
The Star Town Nursery Comany, of
Newton. of which a. c. ShufOrd is
the president, makes an offer to the
state superintendent of public in
structiOn of $5 worth of ornamental
trees, shrubbery. or any class of nur-
lsery stock to every community or
lschOoI district in the state which
levies Il special tax for public schools,
land SO worth to every graded school
Established in the state; this being
Ito encourage the improvement of the
public schools, and as q mark of ap-
lpreciation of the work being done.
The corporation commission finds
the following increase in valuation
of properties in counties over last
year: Currituck, s2S9,477; Warren,
l$5OS,979; Jones. s259,271.
A charter is granted to the Work
ers' Mutual Life and Health Insur-
Iance Company with headquarters at
New Bern.
Mrs. Bailey. wife of Postmaster c.
IT. Bailey. of Raleigh, is very i'll at her
home here.
The Governor appoints E. NJ.
Koonce, OF Jacksonville. a member of
the board of visitors of the Agricul-
Itural and Mechanical College, to sue
coed DR.. Matt Moore, deceased.
IF iS ca id that there will he no game
Iof football between the Universities
Iof Virginia and North Carolina at
Norfolk, the North Carolina team
having gone out of training, and its
coach having gone home. Besides this
1.-THE Christmas examinations begin in
la fortnight. There is nothing at all
i'm the statement that Kentucky Uni
versity is entitled to the Southern
football championship. Its team Is
not considered at all a Southern team,
being in the middle west.
Hon. Charles NJ. Steadman, Of
Greensboro, is here on his way to
Goldsboro on some legal business.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
PANAMA RECOGNIZED
GERMANY ADMITS THE BIRTH OF
THE NEW REPUBLIC.
And in the EImperOrs Name. Best
Life and Prosperity.

Washington. November 30.-Germany
has recognized the republic OF Panama
as a sovereign and independent state.
Baron Won DembuSsche- Hadden Hau-
sen first secretary of embassy and
charge d'affaires, today addressed a
note 10 VI. Bunau-Varilla, the minister
from Panama. informing him that the
German government having received
his notification of the creation of the
new republic and mis- formal assurances
that Panama assumed at and wou d
execute al obligations contained in
the treaties between Germany and Co
lombia. so far as they affected territory
over which Panama is now severe. gn,
the Empire extended full recogni ton
to the new republic and best wishes
for its prosperity and long life.
Several day ago when the German
government inquired of Minister Bu-
nau-Varilla whether Panama would
carry out the treaty stipulations of tho
existing conventions between Germany
and Colombia. the minister replied that
his government readily assumed these
obligations so far as they affected the
territory over which the republic OF
Panama exercised sovereignty, but that
the Panama government must neceS-
sarily exempt from this pledge the
canal strip over which the Hay-Bunau-
Narila treaty grants sovereign rights,
power and authority to the United
States. The German government has
readily assented to this exemption, thus
signifying her approval of this provis-
ion of the new canal treaty.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Nations Defense Becoming Stronger

Washington. November 30-The board
of ordnance and fOrtification its annual
report says that the result of the tests
made with the three inch rapid fire
gun recommended by the board for the
adoption Of the army show that when
equipped with these guns, and carriages
the field artillery of our army will have
a weapon equal. if not Su, erior to that
of any nation" Relative to the tests
conducted in Pensacola he,rbOr. the re-
port says they have resulted in the
adoption of a system of fire control and
direction for coast artillery which,
when installed, with such notifications
as experience may suggest, as a part
Of the coast defense will render it more
than ever effective" The report rec
ommends appropriations for gun prac-
tice under service conditions.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
RydaIc-s Stomach Tablets.

RydaleS Stomach Tablets are MADE
for the Stomach and organs of as
similation and are not intended for a
cure all They contain cOnCen-
trated aseptic, Pepsin, Pure Pancrea-
tin and other digestive agents. They
contain powerful tonicS and mild
stimulants that have a specific effect
on the Stomach and organs of assim-
ilation nd which aid nature in re-
constructing the broken down cells
and strengthening the fiabid muscles
of the walls of the stomach and 9TH
er digestive organs, Rydales Stomach
Tablets are a perfect stomach medi-
|cine, they relieve at once and soon
cure the worst forms of stomach
trouble. Price 25 and scots. a box.
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
THE SOUTH DAKOTA SUIT.
Case to be Re-ir@ued-A Bank
Fails.
Especial to The Messenger

Especial to The MessenGer)
Raleigh, \. c.. November 20.-At,Or
ney General Gilmer is notified by the
clerk of the United States supreme
court that the South Dakota bond suit
case is ordered for re-argument jan
uary 4th. He and the other counsel
for North Carolina think this 4 favora-
BILE sign.
1t is announced by the corporation
commission that Pilot Mountain Bank
ing and Trust Company closed its doors
today because of its inability to meet
demands of depositors. The bank was
esta blished in 1896 The last statement
showed assets of $4,000, liabilities
about same.
Corporation commission says ii looks
like the depOsitors will be paid in full.
Two months ago the bank examiner re-
ported that the bank was not in salts
factory condition and gave it until De-
cember 1st to get in good shape. The
money market is so tight the bank
could not realize on its paper. so 1t
closed its doors. r. w. George is pres
ident, w. ]. Swanson cashier
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Boil WeeviI Convention

New Orleans, November 30.-Dele-
gates from the Parishes of Louisiana
gathered here today to take part IN
the boil weevil convention called by
Governor Heard. The meeting will
decide whether or not the necessity
exists for a special session of the
state legislature to pass laws which
will be effective in keep:n,, n boil
weeviI out of Louisiana. Several ;td-
dresses were mad" b cotton growers
from Texas and LnIu-i.r IN P
Parker, a wealthy cotton ,,.;.:,er OF
Ouachita Parish, declared -. t..- cot
ton exchange today that the boil
weevil had invaded Louisiana MT.
Parker exhibited three wevils which
he said were developed IL Richland
Parish.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

Among other arrivals are NJ. Silva, of
Morganton; Recorder F. NJ. Shannon
house. of Charlotte, and Mr.. Adams,
a member of the Asheville bar.
The wood dealers here say regard
ing the high prices of wood that they
are reilly lower here than they are at
other places.
The officials of the department of
agriculture are very hard at work
getting things in shape for the meet
ing of the board on Wednesday. Cura-
tor Brimley, of the state museum,
and also the commission from this
state to the s.. Louis Worlds Fair eX-
pect to be out tomorrow and will
make his report to the board
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
A Good Name.

From personal experience I testify that
DeWitts Little Early Risers are u.l-
equalled as liver pill. They are
rightly named because they give
strength and energy and do their work
with ease.-W. 7. Easton. Boerne,
Texas. Thousands of people are using
these tiny little pills in preference to
all others, because they are SO pleas
ant and effectual. They cure bilious
ness, torpid liver, jaundice. sick head
ache. constipation, etc. They do not
purge and weaken, but cleanse and
strengthen. Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
How We Catch a Cold.

A cold is sometimes contracted
while remaining inactive for a while
in an uncomfortable room or a cold
draft and by falling to sleep unuer
like conditions. But most colds are
caught while sleeping too cold at
night. Deep sleep causes sluggish
circulation which renders the system
susceptible to change of tempera-
ture. To prevent colds, sleep under
plenty of cover. To cure colds use
Rydales Elixir, it lessons the sever
ity and shortens the duration of a
coal and prevents Pneumonia, Bron-
chitis and Consumption. r. R. Bella
my.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Stepped Against a Hot Stove.

A child of Mrs Geo. T. Benson.
when getting his usual Saturday night
bath, stepped back against hot stove
which burned him severely. The child
was in great agony and his mother
could do nothing to pacify him. Re-
membering that she had a bottle Of
Chamberlain's Pain Pam III the house
she thought she would try it. In less
than half an hour after applying it
the child was quiet and asleep. and in
less than two weeks was well. Mrs.
Benson is a we'll known resident Of
kellar, Va. Pain Balm is an anti
septic liniment and especially valuable
for burns, cuts, bruises and sprains.
For sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

The University of Michigan foot ball
team IS said to have cleared twenty
Thousand dollars on the gridiron this
season. This may account for Presi-
dent Harpers opposition to charging
admission to university athletic games.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
JUST WHAT YOU NEED.
ChamberIain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets.

When you feel dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste in the
mouth.
When your liver is torpid
When your bowels are constipated.
When you have a headache.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve your appetite,
cleanse and invigorate your stomach,
and regulate your liver and bowels.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
A Scientific Discovery.

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does for the
stomach that which it is unable to 10
for itself, even when but slightly dis
ordered Or overloaded. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure supplies the natural juices
of digestion and does the work Of the
stomach, relaxing the nervous tension.
while the inflamed muscles of that or
gan are allowed to rest and hea:
kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you
eat and enables the stomach and di
gestiVe organs to transform all food
into rich. red blood. Sold by r. +.
Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
The Vixen Will Go to Cuba.

Newport News, Va, November 30
The United States gunboat Vixen ar
rived from Hampton Roads this morn
ing and is taking on coal. The Vixen
has been ordered TO Guantanamo, Gu
ba. as station ship there, ani will leave
here as soon as she finishes loading.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
RYDALES TONIC
4 New Scientific discovery
for the
BLOOD and nerves.

1t purifes the blood by eliminating the
waste matter and other Impurities and by
destroying the germs or microbes that
infest the blood. 1t builds up the blood
by restoring and multiplying the red cor
Puscles, making the blood rich and red.
1t restores and stimulates the nerves,
rausing a full free flow of nerve force
throughout the entire nerve system. Il
speedily cures unstrung nerves, aerv"''s-
ness, nervous prostration and all diseases
of the nervous system.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
OPAAC
cTRES s COLD IN "a HOTRS

CURES a COLD IN "a HOURS
A modern Remedy for LaGrippe, III
fuenza, Coughs, Colds. Bronchitis,
Sore Throat, Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tism. Purely vegetable easy and
pleasant to take and never fails to give
quick relief.
Opaac is a small chocolate coa:ed
tablet and is sold at p cents a box.
For sale by Robt. R Bellamy, Will
mingtOn N g.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Cotton RccCiDtS.

New York; November 30.-Cotton
receipts of cotton at the ports today
64,696 bales, against 57,737 last week.
100000 bales against 317,693 last
week and 326.071 last year. Today's
receipts at New Orleans were TO-
444 bales, against 1855 last year
and at Houston 1888 bales against
5392 last wear
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Officers of the DiSpenSary.
(Specialt 0 The Messenger.)

Raleigh. Y. c.. November 30.-The
Raleigh Dispensary Board today elect
ed w. P. Bachelor, for years chief
clerk to the secretary of state, the man
ager OF the dispensary at 81, 200 salary;
]. F. Heilig. eX-engineer of Seaboard
Air Line, assistant at 81, 900 and James
NJ. Norwood, eX-chief of police, clerk at
5000
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
OPAAC
CURES a COLD

CURES a COLD IN a HOURS
Relieves Neuralgia rheumatism,
Bronchitis and Headache. Comforting
and Curative. Swift. Sure and Safe.
The Best of All Cold Remedies, be-
cause the most efficient.
Opaac is a small chocolate coated
tablet and is sold at % cents a box.
For sale by Robt. r, Bellamy. Will
mington y c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
OPAAC
CURES a COLD IN q HOURS

CURES a COLD IN a HOURS
If You have La Grippe. Cold, Neu-
ralgia or Headache, a few Opaac tab
let's Will cure you to stay cured. They
are a great tonic. better than Quinine
or Morphine. and do not affect the
heart. Price % cents.
mingtOn, n c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
OPAAC
OT HHS
CURES A COLD IN q HOURS

Coughs. Bronchitis Catarrh, LaGrip-
Pc Neuralgia and Headache. together
with all Feverish Conditions of the Sys-
tenn. They greatly open the bowels
without gripping. act on the liver, tone
up the system and cause Colds, Fevsrs
and Headache to disappear like magic.
They do not cause Ringing in the head.
Price. % Cents.
For sale by Robt. r. Bellamy. WI
mington, n. c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
OPAAC

CURES A COLD IN a HOURS
. Do you ache and feel feverish, one or
two Opaac Tablets are Just what you
need, they tone up the cyStem and
drive out all feverish symptoms. Don't
take quinine; Opaac is a tonic which
does lasting good.
Opaac is a small chocolate coated
tablet and is sold at % cents d box.
For sale by Robt. r. Bella1ny, VII
mington, \. c,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
THE OIL TROUBLE.
City'S Chief Executive Says An Of
fetal Investigation Will Take Place
at Once.

Mayor William E. Springer returned
from attendance upon the Methodist
conference at Goldsboro last night.
He says that he will Immediately
investigate the oil trouble and tak1
the necessary steps to remedy II.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
OPAAC
CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS

CURES "A COLD IN "a HOURS
If you have that languid, all tired
out feeling and hardly know what is
the matter. you need a tonic to carry
the fever breeding impurities from the
system. Try Opaac Tablets. a few of
them will make you feel like a new
person. Try them for neuralgia, the
effect is wonderful. Price. % cents
For sale by Robt. R. Bellany, Will
mington. y. G.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

A writer in the Chicago Record
Herald calls the human body "a sack
Of moving fluids" He must have
been thinking of his student days in
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
Disastrous Wrecks.

Carelesness is responsible for many
a railway wreck and the same causes
are making human wrecks of sufferers
from Throat and Lung troubles But
since the advent of Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. even the worst cases can
be cured, and hopeless resignation is
no longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg,
Dorchester. Mass, is one of many
whose life was saved by Dr.. Kings
New Discovery. This great remedy is
guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
diseases by r. R Bellamy. druggist.
Price Soc. ard 500. Trial bottles
free. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

The Messenger regrets to note that
Professor Washington Catlett is sick.
Mr.. W. L. Hill, of Warsaw. was in
the city Yesterday
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

Those 100000 men in the Colom-
bian army remind us of the theatrical
advertisement-"60 PEOPLE Co..
Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
COLD then pneumonia

many people who have apparently recovered from cold
with Pneumonia. This is due the fact that the
bronchial and lungs weakened condition and unable
terrible disease OPAAC the throat and lung
remedy kill cold in twenyfour hours Physicians
stany prescribing and recommending Opaac their PATIENTS
purely vegetable causing nauseatng effect which
follow qunine and other drugs containing opiates
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

Common sense and common dollars.
are the sole requisites of success In
advertising, provided you know the
best mediums.-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

Hon. F. D. Winston, of BERTHE coun-
ty, arrived in the city last night.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
CURE SICK HEADACHE.

The tin trust and the sheet steel
trust are about to merge. The same
parties will steel the tin, however,
Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

miles on a wager of 500 must expect
to be a labor leader.-Atlanta Jour
nal
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

My dear sister republic. what's
the NATTER" "Oh, nothing serious;
only a slight revolution. Atlanta
Journal
The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04

Mrs n. NJ Farrow returned to her
home in New Bern yesterday.