Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-21

pot hotel yesterday.
Home grown vegetables Of all kinds
fresh every morning, at G.. W. Coles
We are headquarters for highgrade
threshers coal. Prices right. Phone
Nc 90,-LaRue and Montgomery.
A. H. Underwood and Z. j. Dixon
of Agra are in town this week work
ing Fellows Accident Insurance.
Geo. D. Flowers and Stella WhitSon
of Beaver township were married at
the office of probate judge Tuesday
afternoon.
VIM. Seely trustee Of Logan town.
ship was in town Wednesday having
business with the board of county
commissioners.
A drunkard cannot be forced to pay
his bar bills. This is the ruling by a
court in Chicago which holds that a
drunkard is irresponsible.
G. w. Bowman was here from
Prairie View Monday. Mrs G. W.
Bowman accompanied him on his re-
turn home and will remain a few days.
A young clerk was shut six hours In
a refrigerator the other day by &C
cident. When at last released, he
said he felt as though he had been at
tending a SOciable at a fashionable
church.-Ex,
Our ball team went to Smith Center
Friday and met defeat, the score be-
ing % to- This ought to SHOW the
boys that what they need Is some good
practice and coaching. We have good
ball timber and they will do better
when they learn what they have be-
fore them.
Misses Elsa Montgomery and Della
MatteSon accepted an invitation to
spend Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Pennington In Greenwood
township. The PenningtonS have a
pleasant home and are a very agree
able couple of old people. They have
fine orchard of bearing fruit and
the girls report a very pleasant day.
Misses Grace 7. Smith and SUSIE A.
Townsley gave their recital as adver-
tised, in the Presbyterian church on
Tuesday evening. Mrs Grace furnish
ed the instrumental music while
Miss Susie rendered the vocal selec.
tions. Both have been highly compli
mented and the audience seemed to
be we'll pleased with the entertain
ment.
Warren White who has been editor
foreman and devil In the News office
since It's birth five or six yeaas ago
will ask the nomination for register of
deeds by the republican convention
which meets August Is, and promises
that he will also be the "whole thing
if he receives the election. Mr..
White has been a resident Of Phillips
county for number Of years and has
always been counted with the re.
publicans. He possesses the qualitica-
tlons to make competent officer.
Up In North Missouri the merchants
of a small town began kicking because
the editor carried the ads Of several
city stores In his paper Although
the merchants did little advertising
themselves, they called the editor a
traitor to his town, In reply the
editor said; You have goods for sale
l have advertising space for sale
You sell to whoever you want; so shal
I. II you want my goods come anC
get them. If you don't want them
don't complain because / sell then
elSewhere>' was he right or wrungf
Liberal, Mo. Enterprise.
We hear much talk In favor of thu
primary system instead Of the ole
fashioned caucus In this township
Nine candidates from Philllpsburp
township have announced already
and the caucus plan will hardly suffice
to satisfy them all. A candidate who
cannot get the support OF a majority
Of iqualtied republican voters ought
not 60 before the convention. He hai
no right to kick II he fails to receive
sucha majority and ought to acquiescs
gracefully. Under the primary the
sore spots which result from the man,
ipulatlon In ca1cus,-and they arr
certain to follow where so many can
dldates are asking the delegation
ought not to exist at all, as the mat
ter Of candidates is made just what 4
ought to be-a popular test. Tn,
prlmary's the thing.
The sheriff OF Phillips county cam
down Saturday and deposited one b
+. Jacobs In our county Jail, for SAT,