Barbour County index., 1910-02-02

ed.
! Rev. c. ]. Spiers attended a
Baptist convention at CRYSTAL
Springs in Harper county the latter
half of last week. He returned
I home on Monday.
Miss Mary Davis attended the
wedding of her friend, Miss Ada
lelne Bradshaw, in Wichita last
Wednesday. Miss Davis has the
distinction of being complimented
as one of the prettiest and most
attractively gowned guests at the
wedding, in the Eagles write.up
of the wedding.
One Mr.. DeRake has an action
for damages against the Kiowa
Journal. That paper devotes a
half page to the aforesaid gentle
mans comet and calls it Halley's.
The DeRake comet is only small
side show. Halley's comet, which
scientists say is going to be the
"warmest ever, is due, we believe,
in April and will be visible until
the latter part of May.
Clyde Binning and family and
his father, Thos. Binning, arrived
from Oklahoma last Wednesday
and will visit about two months
with their uncle and brother, Jim
Binning, on Cedar Creek. They
are still in the show business and
have put in the past three years in
Oklahoma. They specialize in
magic, ventriloquism and light
vaudeville and have done we'll
since embarking in the business.
1t has been several years since they
last visited here. All are enjoying
good health and look prosperous.
The Index has dropped several
names from its list this week for
the reason that the parties are
more than a year In arrears. We
are confident that most, if not all,
of these persons do not desire to
discontinue their subscription, but
they neglected to res pond to notice
which has been mailed them, and
for our own protection we are
obliged to quit sending the paper
through the mails. A great many
newspapers ignore this order made
by the postal department but it is a
risk. Not long ago an account
appeared in print which told of
publishers being heavily fined be-
cause he refused to comply with
the order and we do not feel like
taking any risk in the matter.
The ruling is, of course, unjust.
We would be willing to extend
credit to all of our subscribers one,
two or three years but when the
strong voice of Uncle Sam inter.
venes and denies us that privilege
it becomes imperative to bow to his
will. We hope that those who
have been dropped will call in and
pay or send the amount of their
arrearage which will make it safe
for us to re-enter their names.
Hon. L. M. Axline went to To-
peka on Friday to mingle with the
statesmen assembled at the banquet
table of the Kansas Day Club, or
perhaps, speaking more accurately,
to engage in a conference with the
old school politicians who are
making a desperate effort to wrest
the state offices from the quare
dealers. For the past several years
the Kansas Day Club provided an
opportunity for the warning fac
tions of the republican party to
whet their "snickersnees" and seek
whom they might carve, and this
year there is more gore and pro fan.
ity to the cubic foot than at any
time in the states history. In fact
the Kilkenny cats episode whereof
tradition speaks was as quiet as
quaker meeting compared with
what is going on this J ear between
the squaredealers and the standpat-
tiers. None of the square deal ele.
ment from Barber county attended
the meeting although it is admitted
by even the most stubborn stand
patters that the squaredealers are
in the majority by great odds, To-
cally speaking. The other stand
patters, besides Mr.. Axline, who
went from this county are ]. N.
Tincher of this city and Postmas-
ter H. E. Glenn of Kiowa.