Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-01-16

them to w. E. Stout to have it
done.
This Office is in need of a load
OF stove wood cut in foot lengths
or less. Can use half green and
half dry. Will pay cash.
The new depot at Gerlane on the
D. K. & G. was finished on Satur-
day and the travelling public can
wait for trains comfortably from
now on. Trains are due when you
see the smoke.
Peter Hoover and wife returned
asst Friday from their visit in Balti-
more. They have been away since
November 9TH. Mr.. Hoover found
little relief for his eve trouble while
gone, but just before returning, he
met with specialist who guaran-
tees cure and he is now taking
treatment under his directions.
lOtherwise Pete is in the best of
health and spirits.
The stockholders and directors of
the Peoples State Bank held their
annual meeting on Tuesday night
of last week and Several important
changes were made in the official
roster. Walter L. Cushenbery was.
retired as cashier and Geo. F.
Guthrie was elected. F.E. Read
was employed as assistant cashier
and book-keeper. DR.. ]. T. Cush-
enbery and w. L. Cushenbery, af-
ter the latter's being relieved of the
office OF cashier, resigned from the.
Board of directors and A. L. Noble
land VIM. Rule were elected to fill
the vacancies. The stock of DIR.
| Cushenbery and son was bought
by other members of the corpora
ton and Messrs. Cushenbery sever
ed their connection with the bank
DIR. Cushenbery was the heaviest
stoChiioiGiel III TIE bank and the
combined capital invested by him
and his son represented close to
one-half of the original stock
They had probably more to do
with organizing the bank than any
other two men. They expect to
organize another bank but have
not decided on location. Their
withdrawal from the Peoples bank
was an outgrowth of incongenial-
ity between them and some of the
directors.
The Index has heard some little
criticism because it did not publish
the names of parties alleged to
have been foundin certain under
ground room, in connection with
the city marshal's raid two weeks
ago. We do not always notice
criticisms for there probably never
was an issue of any newspaper that
was not criticised by some one, e,but
the criticism in point is so clearly
unjust that it is not out OF place to
relate little history. On two
different occasions the Index yield
ed to the entrea ties of friends land
they were sincere friends, tool and
published names in connection with
news items, in which the principals
appeared rather unfavorably. Ev-
erything said in connection with
the events was strictly true, so far
as the publishers knew, but just the
same the Index found itself, shortly
after the articles appeared in print,
under arrest for libel. None of
these cases came to trial, it is true,
but it is equally true that in pre-
pairing for trial nice little sum
was expended by the publishers,
and none of the good people at
whose request the articles were
printed ever thought it necessary
to assist in liquidatiDg the bills.
Had the Index published these
names two weeks ago, the same re-
suit might have followed. It's
easy to lambast the editor but just
put yourself in his place and it will
look differently. 1t is the fashion,
Isometimes, for people to ask the
newspaper man to do things which
thew themselves could not be IN.