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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-10-30
STATE TICKET

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
Arthur E. Asher
Everard Bierer.
Fred C. Flory
George W. Click.
]. W. Howe.
George H. Matchette.
Reginald Herbert Meade.
W. P. Morris
l. John B. Rea.
T. J. Sweeney.
JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT
-. q. Helm.
Joseph P. Rossiter.
Isaac O. Pickering. =.
GOVERNOR
Jeremiah D. Botkin.
Y LIEUTENANT. GOVERNOR
Harry Mcmillan
SECRETARY OF STATE
Willis H. Kemper.
& AUDITOR OF STATE
Louis B. Eppenger.
TREASURER OF STATE
Conway Marshall
~ ATToRNEY-GENERAL
George W.. Freerks
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
Nlla s. Burton
- sUPT. OF INSURANCE
Milton F. Belisle
STATE PRINTER
j. s. Cobb
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
Oscar o. Ayres
Frank C. Field
jeremiah E. Howard
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Hugh P. Farrelly
CONGRESSMAN, It'll DISTRICT
Samuel |. Hale
FOR STATE SENATOR
Thirty.Fifth District
George B. Ross
Representative SSrd District
W. P. FEEDER
COUNTY CLERK
CT. Younkin
COUNTY TREASURER
j. W. Soderstrom
COUNTY ATTORNEY
James W. Clarke
. REGISTER OF DEEDS
q. E. Epperson.
PROBATE JUDGE
SHERIFF
Il. Daley
CORONER
DEF L. McCauley
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Il. e. Powers
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Lynn DeGarmo
COUNTY PRINTER
Roy Cornelius
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Women's Corset Covers, made of an unusually fine quality of nain- sock, tucked back, deep yoke of embroidery yoking finished with lace insertion, lace ruff1e edge, beading with ribbon drawn through. Twenty-Five styles to select from. Regular price,
 s1.25. Special Sale Price. .a5c Women's Corset Covers, made of extra fine quality lawn. tucked back, front of all-over embroidery, beading with ribbon drawn through. Ten styles to select from. Regular price, S1.75.
 Special Sale Price .......... .$1.4S Women'k Corset Covers, made of an unusual quality of nainsook, tucked back, front elaborately trimmed with embroidery, medal lions and laee set in. neck and armholes finished with beading, ribbon drawn through and lace edge. Six other styles to select from. Regular price, $2.26.
 Special Sale Price .......... .e1.z6 Women's Corset Covers, made of fine quality lawn, tucked back, front of all-over embroidery, lace insertion set in, beading and rib bon drawn through. Regular
 price, $2.50. Special Sale
 frice ......... ..$1-S5 Women's Corset Covers. made of fine quality nainsook, elaborately trimmed back and front, with round thread lace and c1uny inser- tion. beading, ribbon and lace ruff fie edge around neck and arm holes. Other styles to select from. Regular price, s3.00. Special
 Shio F1ice ........ .$I.SS Women's Corset Covers, made of an extra fine quality lawn, back tucked in clusters, bosom of all- over embroidery, neck and arm holes finished with beading, rib bon drawn through, lace ruffle edge. Regular price, s3.50.
 Special Sale Price. .s2.45 Women's Corset Covers. made of fine quality nainsook, bosom elab- orately trimmed In medallions. lace insertion set around neck and armholes, finished with lace inser- ton. beading with ribbon drawn through and lace ruff1e edge. Reg ular price, $4.00. Special Sale
 And Up to S185O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Muslin Drawers, made of an extra fine quality muslin, fn- ished around bottom with deep ruffie of mercerized em- broidery, tucked at the head of the ruffie. Many other styles included in this lot. Regular price, s1.50. Special Sale
 Price ................ .DJc Muslin Drawers. made of ex- tra fine quality, finished around bottom with cluster of tucks and Hamburg embroidery ruff fle. Other styles to select from this lot. Regular price,
 $1.75. Special Sale Price. .S1.45
 French Nainsook Drawers, good shape, extra wide leg, cut up to the side, finished with beading and a deep ruff1e of open embroidery, ribbon bows. Other styles to select from. Regular price, $2.o0. spe-
 cial Sale Price .......... .s1.65
 French Nainsook Drawers, made of extra quality, finished with cluster of fine tucks, deep ruffies of Swiss embroidery around the bottom. Other styles included in this lot. Reg ular price, $2.25. Special
 Sale Price .S1.75
 Not7Soo1r nronya,e .~.an s extra fine quality, finished with wide insertion of embroidery and extra deep ruff1e of em- broidery to match, eyelet pat tern. Othe rstyle sto select tern. Other styles to select from. Regular price, s2.50..
 Nainsook Drawers, made of extra fine quality, very wide leg, finished around bottom with an insertion of Swiss em- broidery, deep ruffie around bottom of embroidery to match. Many other styles to select from. Regular price, $3.5O.
 Special Sale Price .s2.45
 Nainsook Drawers, made of extra fine quality, wide leg, fin- ished around bottom with bead ing and des2 lace ruff1e trim med with bands of lawn. Many other styles to select from. Regular price, S4.00. Spe- cial Sale Price .42.95
 And on Up to S15.O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Women's Muslin Corset Covers, of good quality, finished around top with lace edge. Regular
 price. 25c. Special Sale Price. .21c Women's Corset Covers, made of good quality nainsook, deep yoke of lace insertion with embroidery set between, neck finished with beading and lace edge. Twenty five styles to select from. Regular price, 6ec. Special Sale
 frIce .4SC Women's Corset Covers, made of an unusually soft quality nain- sock, yoke back and front of lace insertions and finished with blind embroidery edge. Twenty styles to select from. Regular
 price, 9S. Special Sale Price. .S5c Women's Corset Covers, made of nice quality nainsook, trimmed over the bosom with embroidery medal lions, neck finished with insertion beading, ribbon drawn through and lace edge. Regular price,
 $1.75. Special Sale Price. =. .e5c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Muslin Skirts, made of extra quality, very wide, deep ruffie of lawn tucked up and down all the way around and finished with extra wide ruf1e of blind embroidery and embroidery scalloped dust ruff1e There many other styles included in thi slot. Regular price,
 $6.50. Special Sale Price. tce.................S 4.95 Muslin Skirts, made of extra fine quality deep ruffe of heavy eyelet embroidery and headed with eyelet embroidery beading, ribbon drawn through and bows at the side, scalloped dust ruf1e. Many other styles included in this lot. Regular price, $850. Special Sale Price. .$s45 Muslin Skirts, made of extra fine quality. deep circular ruf1e around bottom of lace insertions bands of lawn, extra full lace dust ruffie headed with beading, ribbon drawn through, bows the side Many other styles included. Regular price, $1000. Special Sale Price. ........ .$s45 Muslin Skirt, made of extra fine quality, very deep circular rufne around bottom of lawn, fn- ished with two wide rows of Val lace insertions forming Van Dyke effect and trimmed with me- dallions; full ruffe of lace and lace dust ruffie Other styles included in this lot. Regular price, $l25O. Special Sale Price. ........ S0.05
 And Up to $35.0O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
D N A w Y R 6
TAKE the lowest priced garment in this stock and
 measure it. Big, full, liberal in size, mt they? And the needle work is beyond criticism

Drawers of soft muslin, with deep embroidery trimmings all regular sizes-25c ones.
 Special Sale .21c
 Nainsook Drawers, full shape, deep lawn ruffie around bottom, with hemstitched tucks, fifteen other styles to select from. Regular price, 59c and 65c.
 Special Sale Price. .4Sc
 Nainsook Drawers, good shape, deep lawn ruffle around bottom, with lace insertion set in and lace edge. Regular price. 89c. Special Sale
 HEAce ''''' 's- ...--. .6oc
 Muslin Drawers, made of good quality, deep ruffle of blind embroidery around bot tom. Many other styles to se- lect from. Regular price,
 98c. Special Sale Price. .8Sc
 Muslin Drawers. made of good quality, deep rufie of blind embroidery around bot tom. Many other styles to se- lect from. Regular price,
 98c. Special Sale Price. .s5c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Muslin Skirts made of nice quality. deep lawn rufhe around bottom, tucked in fine tucks and finished with cotton torchon lace ruffie lawn dust ruf1e There are other styles to select from
 Regular price, $1.25 Special Sale Price. .. 8sc
 Muslin Skirts, made of good quality, deep lawn ruf1e around bottom two clusters of hemstitched tucks and finished with deep ruffe of blind em- broidery, with good edge. Twenty styles to se- lect from. Regular price, $1.5O. Special Sale
 Price 9Sc
 Muslin Skirt made of an extra quality muslin full wide, knee founce of lawn clusters of hem stitched tucks, deep ruffe around bottom of Hamburg embroidery, lawn dust ruffie Reg
 ular price, $1.75 Special Sale Price. S1 35
 Muslin Skirts. made of extra quality full wide ished with an extra rufie edged with embroid- cry and cluster of fine tucks lawn dust ruff1e Other styles to select from Regular price,
 $2.50. Special Sale Price. e..................s1 s1s5
 Muslin Skirts. full wide. extra deep nounce with three wide lace insertions set in with clus- ter of fine tucks and lace ruffie edge, lawn dust rufne. Regular price, $3.50. Special Sale
 Muslin Skirts, made of extra fine quality. full wide deep ruff1e of lawn with two clusters of fine tucks and finished with four set in lawn rufie around bottom and lace edge. Many
 other styles included Regular price, $4.00.
 Special Sale Price .s295
 Muslin Skirts, made of extra quality, deep knee dounce, finished with six clusters of fine tucks nine of lace insertions let in on full lace ruffe edge and lace dust rufie. Many other styles included. Regular price, s4.50. Special Sale
 Price ........................s s3.45
 Muslin Skirts made of soft quality, extra wide deep circular ruf1e around bottom, of lace inser- tions and bands of lawn, full lace ruf1e and dust ruf1e of lawn with lace edge Many other styles included in this lot. Regular price, $500.
 Special Sale Price ........................s .s4.45
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
CORSET COVERS

JULY four thousand Corset Covers that thousands
 women will fondle and say they dear-yet cost so little. For what could worry with the making and these prices ready2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
c K \ R TT 6

NOWY the embrodees dainty
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
The Only Chance

Why not trade at the poor
mans store? 1t Is the only one In
town run to- serve the working man
open from a. m, until 8 p. m, and
run by a man that will accommodate
and thank you for your trade. While
don't keep everything, I keep very
nice line Of stuff ell the time, and
thank every one for their trade as ev-
cry little helps.
1t is no use to tell you about my Mar
ket, as every one knows I keep the
BEST MEATS the country affords.
There amt a man, woman or child In
town but what likes to trade with Old
George-He treats 'em right.
Say, If you want to be happy in this
world, marry an old maid, buy Beef
at Sherer's Market, and drink Crack
er-Jack Coffee-that's all.
work so hard, but never have a cent.
Takes all get to pay the niggers and
the rent;
Say, If can't get start in a year or
two,
1 will get a job as clerk, that's what
I'll do.
Yours to serve,
OLD GEORGE,
The Butcher.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
A FRENCH WEDDING.
The Way a Marriage In the Country
Districts Is Conducted.

The Way Marriage In the Country
Districts Is Conducted.
Sometimes a country wedding pass
ed, and that was always a pretty
sight. A marriage is always an i'm
portant affair in France in every
class Of life. There are long discus
sions with all the members Of the two
families. The cure, the notary, the
patron (if the young man is work.
mani, are all consulted, and there are
as many negotiations and agreements
in the most humble families as in the
grand monde of the Faubourg st.
Germain. Almost all French parents
give a dot of some kind to their child
rem, and whatever the sum is, either
500 francs or 1000 francs, it is always
scrupuousy paid over to the notary.
The wedding day is long one. Af-
ter the religious ceremony in the
church all the wedding party-mem-
bers of the two families and q certain
number of friends-adjourn to the
hotel of the little town for a break
fast, which is long and most abun-
dant. Then comes the crowning
glory of the day-a country walk
along the dusty highroad to some
wood or meadow, where they can
spend the whole afternoon.
1t is pretty to see the little process
sion trudging along, the bride in all
her wedding garments, white dress,
white shoes, wreath and veil; the
groom in a dress coat, top hat, white
cravat and waistcoat, with a white
ribbon bow on his sleeve. Almost all
the girls and young women are dress
ed in white or light colors; the moth
ers and grandmothers (the whole
family turns out) in black, with flow
ers in their bonnets.
There is usually fiddler walking
ahead making most remarkable
sounds or his old cracked instrument,
and the younger members Of the par
ty take an occasional gallop along the
road. They are generally very gay.
There is much laughing and from
time to time a burst of song. 1t is
always a mystery to me how the
bride keeps her dress and petticoat
so clean, but she does with that ex-
traordinary knack all Frenchwomen
seem to have Of holding up their
skirts.
They passed often under the wall
of the chateau, for favorite resting
place was in our woods. At the en-
trance of the alice verte, where 1t
widens out little, the moss makes
beautiful soft carpet, and the big
trees give perfect shade. We heard
sounds of merriment one day when
we were passing, and we stopped to
look on from behind the bushes,
where we couldn't be seen.-Mme.
Wa6dington in Scribner's.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
BEING Consistent.

During the financial stringency,
says a western banker, we were COM
PEELED to limit the amount our de-
positors might withdraw to $40 per
day. 1t occasioned some inconven-
ience, but most of our patrons took
the matter philosophically. One man,
though, an eccentric old farmer, was
highly indignant when we refused to
let him withdraw $50 at one time.
Doesn't the money belong to
me?" he demanded.
Certainly" 1 told him, but we
have other depositors to accommo-
date, and as the eastern banks have
tied up our money, we can pay out
only a limited amount each day"
The explanation did not appear to
be very satisfactory. So, partly to
mollify him and partly because 1
knew that he had unusually fine
poultry, 1 bargained with him for a
Thanksgiving turkey. 1 paid for the
turkey in ADVANCE good stiff
price-and he promised to deliver it
dressed on Thanksgiving morning.
At an early hour he arrived with a
large bundle, but when the wrapper
was removed from the package it
proved to be a pasteboard box con-
tanning a solitary turkey leg and this
note:
Dear Sir-The demand for tur
keys has been enormous, and as
have other customers to accommo-
date, can supply you with only
part of your turkey each day."
l was considerably put out, but l
made the best of the matter and
bought another turkey at the butch
er's shop for our Thanksgiving din
ner. The next morning the farmer
sent a turkey wing, and the follow
ing day we got a thigh, and for over
a week that eccentric old fellow sent
to town every morning a piece of
that turkey. Then l received this
note:
Dear Sir-Your colored cook in
forms me that you have done COB
bled all that turkey and l wish to
warn you that you are overdrawing
your account. You didn't bargain
for the gobble. Compan-
ion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19

A CONTRADICTORY REPLY.-Commis-
sioner Bingham of New York, discus
sing the case of a policeman found
guilty of protecting gambling houses,
said:
THE man lied too naively in de-
fense of his innocence. He was like
carpenter employed last month by a
newspaper friend of mine.
My newspaper friend writes a good
deal at home. and his study being next
TO the nursery the children's noise
disturbed him. and he employed a
carpenter To make the wall sound
proof between the two rooms.
I'm fix it all right said the car
penter. confidently. The best thing
10 do will be to line it with shavings.
He completed the job. then he
called the literary man in.
"'She's sOund-prOOf all right now.
he said.
"'We1l test her said the literary
man. You stay here
"And going into the nursery he call
ed to the carpenter in the study:
Can you hear me?'
NO sir, l can't" was the prompt
reply. y."-Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
GREAT WALL OF THE ANDES.
A Mishty Barrier, the Length of Con-
tinent and Nearly impossible.

tinent and Nearly lmpaSSable.
The wall of the Andes begins at the
Caribbean and runs all the way down
the western edge of South America
until it trails off into the Antarctic
like a jagged dragons tail. 1t is a
very high wall and a very wide one
sometimes scores and sometimes hum
dreds of miles across-and except in
a few places all but impossible, says
Arthur Ruhl in Scribners. There is
the Oroya railroad in Central Peru,
the highest in the world, which will
take you from the drowsy tropical
coast vat breakfast time, and by early
afternoon set you on the roof of the
divide, shivering and breathing fast,
1880 feet above the sea. There is
railroad up to Lake Titicaca from
Mollendo, in Southern Peru, which
crosses the shoulder of the Andes at
an attitude about 1000 feet lower, and
there is a railroad running down into
Chile and the coast from the Bolivian
plateau. The only railroad highway
is that which climbs the Chilean
mountains to the pass OF OSpalldld'
and runs thence across the pampa TO
Buenos AyreS Some day this will be
through line from sea to sea. and
in dozen or more places tunnel
gangs are nibbling under the upper
Cordillera, but now it is open only
during the summer, and even then
the IA kilometers over the Cumbre,
or summit of the pass, must be made
by stage. In winter no attempt Is
made to cross, and from Mendoza, in
the Argentine foothills, over to Los
Andes on the Chilean side-about $50
miles-the road is closed.
The Andes in these parts rise to ap-
palling heights, the loftiest OF when
is Aconcagua's 24,000 feet, and the
pass itself is at not far from 13.OOO-
3. 900 metres to be exact. During the
winter-the months of our northern
summer-it is buried in snow, the
deadly temporal is likely at any time
TO whirl down on the traveller. and
crossing the cOrdillera is as different
a thing from crossing it in summer
as crossing a Montana prairie carpet
ed with spring viOlets is different
from venturing into it during bliZ-
Zard. when a man may lose his way
and freeze to death furlOng from
the ranchhouSe door. Whoever tries
to cross after the first of June is sup
posed to take his life in his hands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
4au1uruus department.
Criminal NeaIiaence!

Railway corporations are human
in q sense. and of course accidents.
serious and otherwise, are always re-
gretted, from the personal as we'll as
the damage viewpoint. But the av-
erage railway corporation in Wash
ington, ii is safe to say, would rather
kill n couple of ordinary harmless
citizens than smash up a congress-
man ever so lightly. So it is report
ed on good authority that when Jim
Tawney, chairman of the house COM
mittee on appropriations, and a
mighty influential member of the
lower branch of the national legisla-
ture, had his back wrenched out Of
shape in a Pennsylvania avenue car
accident the other day, the officers Of
the Capital Traction company utter
ed low, dismal howls, and the officers
of the Washington Railway & Elec-
trio company chortled gleefully to
think that this bit of bad luck hadn't
come their way.
A couple of days after Mr.. Tawney
stiff and sore, and comprehensively
grouchy, had returned to his duties
with the appropriations committee.
George Harries, vice-president of the
Washington Railway & Electric
company, blew in.
Mighty glad that didn't happen
on our line" he remarked, jovially,
to Mr.. Tawney.
You'd better be-" quoth the hon
orable Jim, biting cigar in half.
"Regrettable accident" continued
George H. airily. but of course you
were nicely treated. Guess the road
sent you flowers every day, didn't
it?"
Not a flower" replied Mr.. Taw-
ney.
well. surely" said George, lit
kept you supplied with delicacies and
such"
Not a del" answered Mr.. Taw-
ney, briefly.
What" cried Gen. Harries. eat
least it sent around three or four of
its own doctors to see how you were
getting along?"
Not a durn doc" replied Mr..
Tawney.
Naturally" continued the gener-
al with growing amazement, lit call
ed up your hotel room on the phone
to inquire how you were getting
along?"
Not an inquire" said Mr.. Tawney,
with a shake of his head.
The general gazed at Mr.. Tawney
in a dazed way for a moment,
scratched his head busily, slapped on
his hat and departed, muttering
wonderingly as he went, What
criminal negligence! What criminal,
criminal negligence e!-Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
I. w. JOHNSON.
THE CORN CONTEST.

A LII FARMERS Of York County
Awh desire to do so, are invited TO
enter the Farmers Union Corn Con-
test.
The prize money is being raised by
voluntary contributions. Already the
sum of 1925 has been promised and
this fund will probably be Increased.
The fund is to be divided into three
prizes to go to the first, second and
third largest yields on one acre.
The largest yield is to have SO per
cent of the entire amount, the second
largest yield 80 per cent and the third
largest yield 20 per cent.
All intending contestants must make
known their intention to Mr.. A. l.:
BLACK, Secretary Of the Farmers
Union, No. /, Yorkville, on or before
JUNE 1ST, and pay to him an en-
trance fee Of SO cents each.
Each contestant is required to plant
two acres in corn on the intensive
system for each plow operated on ac-
count of his own farm, and the yield
Of each acre required Of him must be
up to rs per cent of his best acre.
For further and fuller particulars
see the issue of The Enquirer of April
IA, the Rock Hill Record of April IL,
the Rock Hill Herald Of April IL, or
apply to Mr.. A. l.. BLACK or any
member of the undersigned commit
tee.
w. D. GRIST,
j. B. SCOTT,
D. j. FORBES, Com.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19

was able to take advantage Of the
wind and to go up on the side from
which a heavy wind was blowing
Time and again, as he used to tell the
story in one Of his courses at Harvard,
he was thrown off his feet by the shak-
ing of the mountain, but he persever-
ed until he reached the very top.
In the quiescent stages Of the pro-
ceedings Prof. Shaler crawled along on
his body until he could look down into
the crater. He was able to time the
most violent eruptions with some de-
gree of accuracy. He was thrown back
by the violent tremors. When they
ceased he would crawl to the edge Of
the crater again and take another look.
He was probably the only man who
ever actually looked down into crater
of Vesuvius while it was active.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19

EXPIATION By PROXY.-A recently
appointed woman supervisor of the
public schools one day happened in
school where young incorrigible was
being punished.
Have you ever tried kindness"'
inquired she of the teacher.
Il did at first, but I've got beyond
that now" was the reply.
At the close of the lesson the super
visor asked the boy to call on her the
following Saturday.
4 boy arrived at the hour appoint
ed. The hostess showed him her best
pictures. played him her liveliest
music and set him delicious lunch,
and then thought it time to begin her
sermon.
My dear" she began, were you
not very unhappy to stand before all
the class for punishment
please, ma'am," broke in the boy,
with his mouth full of cake, lit WASH
me YOU saw. 1t was Billy, and he
gave me a dime to come and take
YOUR jawing. ."-Philadelphia Ledger.