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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

@N hCnh are certain churches In Rome
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Diana once thronged. There are
marble saints that have been chiseled from
<fle statues of old gods and goddesses. There
- even q Madonna that before she was con.
verted by the powerful arguments Of the Chris
GfAn sculptor. Is said to have been q Venus
Dlaying with Cupid.
When one turns from these buildings Of
stone to the no less strong. though intangible,
walls OF custom In which we have housed
Christianity, there Is found evidence of the
manne process there The apostles and the
early fathers no more appointed seasons for
religious festivals than they gave US ready.
made church buildings. or even directions for
planning such structures. Every day was to
them a holy festival and any cave or howell
where "two or three were gathered together
IN his name" was a temple. The basilicas and
IA festivals grew together and In building up
farms and customs, as In building the
churches OF Rome. our fathers quarried almost
GxcIusively from the ruined religions their
cath had superseded
Take the Easter festival. for instance. It
Aas many sources. In the ground plan, so to
sneak, Il Is merely the old Pascha, Pass
ever feast Of the Hebrews. as is witnessed by
ne name It bears among the Latin nations
Pasques In France, Pasqua In Italy, Pascua
a Spain.
The twelfth chapter Of Exodus gives an ac-
count OF the institution of the feast in COM
rnemoration of that night when the angel Of
the Lord passed over the houses of the chill
,Arsn NJ Israel and slew the first born Of the
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them increase
their space at
Easter time If
they can do
so. The floral
b a nv g 8 t be-
gins to arrive
a t t Is dis
tributing cen
ter about $50
o'clock in the
morning, most
Of the posies
coming in bas-
kets and ham,
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side of the picture is afforded by the
operations of the fashionable florists
throughout Uncle Sans domains. 1t Is
estimated that the fittings of the smart
flower shops on Broadway and Fifth
avenue in New York cost in the aggre-
gate more than 100000 and there
are a number Of retail establishments
each of which does business OF sew
eral hundred thousand dollars annually.
Whereas the fashionable florists,
each of whom maintains one or more
large retail stores-and perhaps nu-
merous booths in Office buildings and
hotels-have their own flower farms or
growing establishments, upon whose
yield they have a monopoly. they sell
dom require the entire output of such
a flower mandatory. Outlines there
is a surplus and almost invariably
there are many flowers which do not
come up to the standard of perfection
demanded by the fashionable trade.
This surplus is sent to flower commits
sion merchants who sell to the small
retail florists and ship extensively to
the out-of-town florists, particularly
those located in adjacent cities. In the
establishments of these commission
merchants flowers are stored for days
in great ice-cooled chambers, where
glass roofs and marble walls keep the
flowers for days by reason Of the cold
and dampness. Incidentally it may be
noted that there is no foundation for
the common impression that flowers
which are to be shipped some distance
must be fresh picked. On the con-
trary, the most expert handlers of
flowers allow the blossoms to stand
for several hours in water ere they
are dispatched to their destination.
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pers of varying size.
The cut-fower market does not enter into
the calculations of the proprietor of the fash
ionable retail establishment. AS has been
noted above, he derives his supply from his
own floral farms from growers who supply
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Physical Religion.

To keep up a nice balance of work
and wear, and to come out little
ahead each day. is a good religion. No
kellogg.
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garded as necessities by large proportion Of
our population AS in other lines Of activity,
there is disposition to make Uncle Sam in
dependent of all the rest of the world in the
matter of flowers. For instance take the
of Easter lilies. Some years ago nearly all our
Easter lilies were imported in either bulb
bud from Bermuda. Now a considerable por-
ton of the emblems of purity which go into
the market each Eastertide are raised on
Yankee soil.
Although the city Of Chicago is generally
accounted the chief rose and carnation market.
owing to the great rose and carnaton farms
near the Windy City, there is no reason to dis
pute the claim that New York is now the
worlds greatest flower market. The flower
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

T IS perhaps the best evidence OF
American prosperity that the Uni
ted States has become the greatest
flower buying nation on the globe.
The flower trade reaches its SUI
preme climax at Easter and during
ing the week preceding the joyous
holiday millions of dollars are ex-
pended for petaled Injuries which
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

Nrade or the metropolis aggregates up
ward of $6,0O0.O0O annually. This trade
rs virtually the product of the past dozen
years. AS in all other lines of business
which have been characterized by sud-
den growth fortunes have been made by
many OF the pioneers in the trade. One
retailer who Is now worth several mill
AIon dollars was less than 16 years ago a
street peddler of violets at five cents a
bunch.
"A picturesque phase Of the flower
Grade may be seen at its best about four
or five o'clock on any morning lust be-
fore Easter in the Vicinity of Spring and
Canal streets in New York Here IL To-
Gated the wholesale market for growing
plants and like its counterpart in other
large cities it is open for business onlv
IN the early morning before the bonr
'Wnen the retail flower merchants must
open their shops. The supply of grow.
ing plants comes from flower growers
and farmers who live some distance
hDm the city-in the case of New YORK
arc scattered through New JERSEY and
Long island-and these growers must
home In the middle OF the night in ord
reach the wholesale mart in time for the
ing at 400 or 4:30 o'clock. In every elf
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
WERE NO TROLLEY CARS THEN,

Abel Stringham-I tell you, my boy,
Shakespeare could never have written
a drama like yours.
Playwright-You are very compli-
mentary.
Abel Stringham-Not at all. Take,
for instance, that trolley car accident
in the third act.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
THE FLOWERS
OF EASTER

HERE are certain churches In Rome
which are built entirely from the
fragments OF ancient pagan temples.
There are rows of columns around
which the worshipers Of Jove and
Diana once thronpad Tbara ora
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

HuzzA LEAD co, s,s.sa.s ss Ss.s for :.,s
ers Is 900 of their First Mortgage Sc Gold Bonds
penured by Go of lead lands in Southeast
Missouri. For particulars write Thos r Gibson.
President Rooms 9-I0 Leader Block. Springfield. No.
Barbour County index., 1910-05-25
Gull TY!
John A. White Sentenced to
Penitentiary. The Daugh-
ter Weakened

"Stand up Mr.. White!" These
were the words that rang into the
ears of John White on Tuesday,
May 17th, when he was brought
before Judge P. B. Gillett in open
court, self-confessed criminal of
Of the lowest type, and heard
the edict pronounced against
him-'confnement at hard labor
in the state penitentiary for a
term not less than one year nor
more than seven years."
On the previous Monday even
ing when he had his preliminary
hearing, the prisoner declared that
he would fight to the last ditch but
in a space of twenty hours time
wonderful change of heart came
over him. it came about in this
manner: The prisoner was fnan-
cially unable to employ counsel
and the court appointed Samuel
Griffin and J. N. Tincher to rep.
resent him. The attorneys went
TO the home of the family and in.
tervlewed the daughter and sister
whose ruin the father and husband
had accomplished, and there, after
a kindly admonition to tell the
whole truth, she yielded to her
better nature and unburdened her
soul. She said that her father was
the father of her unborn child,
which was the first time she re-
peated the confession made to her
brothers in Wichita at the time of
the arrest. Armed with this con.
tession, the attorneys returned to the
Jail and confronted Mr.. White with
it and advised him that the wlsest
plan was to plead guilty, and after
short conference he consented to
do so; but even then he would not
admit the commission of the crime,
and when he stood up to receive
the sentence of the court he still
said he was innocent, but stated
that in order to save his daughter
further humiliation that a trial
would bring, he would enter a plea
Of guilty.
So ends an awful story of barba-
rism. Whether this man shall serve
the maximum penalty for his
crime, which is far too lenient, or
whether he shall be released after
serving a year, remains with the,
prison board, but the people of
Barber county with one voice de-
mand that he shall never again
pollute the atmosphere where his
depravity has left stain of deep
est dye.
1t is said that the prisoner still
adheres to his resolution to return
after serving his sentence, to end
the existence Of the editor of The
Index. # that shall be our fate. it
will only be like Withdrawing an
atom from the ocean and there
will be multitudes of frail beings
left to condemn such revolving
brutality.
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oROdNC0 w IL
thanks. Judge Gillett's address
was masterful. He recounted the
superiority of our educational in.
Stltutions and closed with congrat-
ulationS and we'll timed advice to
the class of 1910.
Thus is another chapter added
to the history of our High School.
This year has furnished the largest
class in the schools history. The
class members are young ladies and
gentlemen of the highest worth
and are we'll equipped to engage
in the practical affairs of life, or, if
they SO choose, are in position to
go higher in educational work.
Our people are Justly proud of
the high standard our public
Barbour County index., 1910-05-25
Tom Wagstaff in Barber

Tom Wagstaff, the Irregular"
republican candidate for governor,
made two speeches in Barber
county last Friday-one in Medi.
cine Lodge in the afternoon, and
one in Kiowa in the evening. Dur
ing his visit in this city he was the
special guest of Ex-senator Long
who introduced him at the meet
ing. In his introduction, Senator
Long stated that there is a serious
division within the republican
ranks at this time but that it is
entirely friendly" The Wagstaff
wing represents the real republi-
cans while the Stubs wing
represents democracy, said Mr..
Long, and there is no room for
two democratic parties. He then
paid some very high compliments
to Mr.. Wagstaff and presented
him TO the audience.
Like Halley's comet, the speaker
did not come up to the advance
notices. He is a very ordinary
speaker but it must be conceded
that he was armed with a budget
of facts. On the matter of in
creased officers and salaries he
put one over" the Stubs admin.
lstraIon by quoting from the rec.
cords. The number of salaried
officers in the state institutions
have been increased from 50 to 90
per cent and in one instance, at
least, the state penitentiary, there
are less inmates than there were
during former administrations.
While "Wag" had the argument
in this respect, his dissertation on
national politics was painful. He
had too much to say about Presi-
dent Taft. In substance it was,
president Taft and l eat out of
the same trough" while Stubs is
"agln the president" That kind
OF talk accomplishes little. Presi-
dent Taft is not very popular in
Kansas anyway and no man can
ride into office on his shoulders.
The republican situation in this
state IS amusing.
The state administration, elected
by republican voters, is branded as
unrepublican, extravagant, incom-
petent and reckless by the faction
which is without question in favor
with the national administration,
while the state administration
crowd are just as confident that
the faction styling itself regular"
is traitorous to the state organiza-
tlon and is controlled entirely by
trusts and corporations.
It would seem that if both ele.
ments are sincere, that neither can
Zine up after the primary. In
fact they can not do it if they are
honest: Will they be true to their
convictions or will they be "like
dumb, driven cattle?'
Time will tell.
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Memorial Exercises

The members of the G. A. R. of
this city have completed arran ge-
ments for memorial exercises on
May 2eth and goth.
On Sunday, the aoth, there will
be union memorial services of all
the churches at the opera house.
The memorial sermon will be
preached by Elder Bishop M. Hop
kins, pastor of the Christian church.
and the other ministers of the CITY
will also have a part in the services.
The members of the Post will
meet at 10 o'clock A. M. and at.
tend in body.
On decoration day, the 3oth,
the march to the cemetery will be
formed at 10 a. m, all fraternal
societies, Sunday schools and
the general public are invited to
Join In the march, and bring an
abundance of flowers.
No grave should be neglec ted.
The afternoon program will be
given at the opera house, begin
ing at 1:3o P. M, as follows:
G. A. r. Ritual Service.
Reading by Mrs. ]. E. Thomas.
Song by Male Quartette.
[Messrs. Rackley, Crane, Fuller
ton, Kidd.
Introduction-J. N. Tincher.
Address bv Hon. R. P. McCol-
loch of Anthony.
"America"
Benediction
The Grand Army looks forth to
an impressive Memorial and hopes.
for a large attendance.
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FlorenceLucile NJ 'Gregor 'N0 Oi1oo VI IH0
faculty in advance nor offer any
explanation, and when the cur
tain rose it was necessary for Prof.
Major to explain the orchestral S
absence, which he did in language
not at all complimentary.
Following Prof. Majors re-
marks, Rev. F. w. Imboden
advanced to the front of the stage
and delivered the Invocation, fcI-
lowing which Mrs. Griffin and
Mrs. Major favored the audience
with an excellent piano duett.
The class was represented on the
program by fve-Misses Allie
Murphy, Opal Murlett and Cynthia
Mcclure, and Raymond Schmidt
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with the import Allie Roberta Murphy
ance of high school education,
proving from men high in authority
in governmental affairs that in this
day high school education is in
dispensable, and step by step estab-
lished the truth of every assertion
made.
She closed with a beautiful trib-
ute to the people of Barber county,
the school board and the faculty
for the superior high school that
has been established and express.
ing fondest hopes for the future.
Miss Allie delivered strong ad.
dress and acquitted herself we'll
In all respects.
A double quartette sang clark!
Apollo Strikes the Lyre." The
singers were Mesdames Major,
Skinner, Forsyth and Shaw, and
Messrs. Rackley, Davis, Kidd and
Crane. The number was highly
appreciated.
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county welcome and briefly re-
viewing the history of the High
School, she delivered her oration,
1.-The Influence of an Idea" She
proved by historical example, po-
litical and inventive, how a mere
idea, properly pursued and agitat-
ed, brings great results; and with
out we'll grounded ideas formulat-
ed by deep thinkers, the world
would be in darkness and unpro.
gressive. Miss Murlett had her
subject we'll in hand and delivered
her Grafton exceedingly well.
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Memorial Day at Lasswell

The people of Lasswell and vicin.
ity will observe Decoration Day at
Lodi cemetery May goth. Previous
to that time, it is urged that every
body in that vicinity get busy and
fix up the graves and grounds gen.
orally and make all the necessary
arrangements to fittingly commem.
crate our beloved dead.
CONRAD BAIER,
Committeeman.
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his tact so responsive that it caus-
ed no embarrassment and his par
enthetic remarks were laughable.
Sarcasm, wit and humor dominat-
ed his address, although it con-
tanned substantial advice to the
class of 1911. The address would
have been a credit to an older
head and Paul covered himself
with glory.
The MaleQuartet again appeared
and sang "There was an Old Wom-
an" much to the delight and en-
joyment of the audience.
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wit, while the prophetic portion
displayed an imaginative genius on
the part of the speaker that excit-
ed the keenest admiration of the
large audience which was in a
constant uproar of laughter.
Mr.. Schmidt was followed by
a Quartette by Mesdames Yewell,
Skinner, Major and Forsyth, which
was excellent and brought forth
great applause.
"How Public Opinion Rules"
was the subject of the next oration.
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Miss Allie
Murphy Val E.
dictorian, spoke
on "The Value
o f a High
School Educa
t 10 H." a n d
closd wi t h a
beautiful vale
dictory. Sh e
impressed her
audience deeply
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BASEBALL TODAY-TOMORROW

Waynoka and Medicine Lodge
will play ball in this city this
afternoon and tomorrow after
noon. The "Waynoka Giants
are great and our boys propose to
make good
Prepare to see two splendid
games!
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r ~ m on d
Schmidt was
next on the pro-
gram with a
"Class History
and Prophecy"
The historical
discourse was
true to life in
each insta nc e
and uniqu e l y
worded, replete
.kl.
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Paul Fai r S
duty was to de-
liver the fare
we'll address to
the Juniors. He
did it like a pro-
fessional, a n d
although he was
lost for words
in two instanc-
es,his stage pres
ence was so re-
markable a n d
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and Paul Fair.
The first Ora
tion of tn e
evening was de-
livered by Miss
Opal Murlett,
Salutatorian.
After a few
we'll chosen re.
marks bidding
the people of
Medicine Lodge
a n d B a T b e T
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being attract.
i've and con-
spicuous.
The Wichita
orchestra which
was advel tised
to furnish in
strumental mu.
sic, failed to
come and did
not even notify
the class Or the
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world-soc a |, Cynthia Ellen NcGuire
political and religious-is because
of definite, commanding public
opinion; that when public senti-
ment rises to high standard it
follows that the executive and ad-
ministrative powers respond. In
thought, delivery, argument and
stage presence Miss Cynthia was
almost perfect and her oration was
pronounced one of the best ever de.
livered by a high school graduate.
The compliment was deserved.
The male Quartette then sang
"Water Lilies" The Quartette
is composed of Messrs. Frank
Knight, Wright Terry, Percy
Knight and Harry Terry and they
fully sustained the reputation they
have long enjoyed as vocalists.
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Hon. Bill Horn, first citizen of
Lake, was a county seat visitor
Monday and yesterday, Same old
jovial Bill.
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District Court

|
court drew to a close yesterday.
When the Index went to press
last week the. land commits
sion case of w. H. Dury VS.
M. S. Stewart was on trial but be-
fore all the evidence was submit.
J ted the case was taken away from
the jury and submitted to Judge
Glllett. 1t developed that the
controversy involved purely a legal
proposition and both sides agreed
to submit it to the court. briefs
will be submitted and Judge Gill
lett will render a decision on the
adjourned day.
The case of H. c. and Raphael
Alexander VS.. VIM. Fuller was tried
on Wednesday. Last June the
plaintiffs purchased a horse from
the defendant, but several DAYS
afterward took the horse back and
demanded their money, claiming
the horse was balky and that Mr..
Fuller had guaranteed it to work.
Mr.. Fuller refused to take the horse,
claiming that the horse was not
balky and also asserting that he
did not guarantee it. There was
plenty of evidence, to show that
the horse was not balky and also
it was balky, but the jury, after
being out about four hours, found
for Mr.. Fuller, which throws the
costs on the plaintiffs. The price
paid for the horse was SIS, but
the plaintiffs also sued for forty
cents day for keeping it. The
following composed the jury:
0 ] Hit Sam Good
Ed Fl Smith T L Lindley
E S Crumpacker CT Phipps
J F Linville J w Mckenzie
r II Haberlein Carl Gilbert
Frank Albright D w Crick
Samuel Griffin and S. S. Alex
ander represented the plaintiff and
Noble & Tincher the defendant.
The case was tried once before,
in justice court, last summer, in
which trial the defendant was also
given a verdict.
A damage suit for S. 1900, brought
by G. B. Toles of Missouri VS.. The
York Key Mercantile Company of
Kiowa occupied the time of the
court on Thursday. The plaintiff
is railroad man. The York Key
firm held an account against him
while he-was working in Kansas.
When he went to Missouri the ac-
count was assigned oparties there
who garnisheed his wages and he
now seeks to recover from York
Key Company on account of such
assignment, denying his liability.
The plaintiff was represented by
Otto Briley, an attorney from
Chanute. Noble & Tincher repre-
sented the. defendant. The iurv
was as follows:
o. Hit Sam Good
DIV Crick VIZ Elliott
c T Phipps TT Evans
G z Gof ] W Mckenzie
- S Crumpacker Carl Gilbert
W B Downtain T L Lindley
After the mail and train arrived
in the afternoon and some witness.
es and depositions expected by the
plaintiff, failed to arrive, the case
was dismissed without prejudice.
The plaintiff says that new suit
will be filed.
On Wednesday Ed. Rose en-
tered plea of guilty to assault
committed on Bert Lunsford in
Elm Mills township, and was fined
$25 and costs, amounting to a to-
tai of $3765. Last winter at a
meeting of literary society on
Elm creek Rose attacked Lunsford
without warning, and beat him
severely. The trouble grew out of
fence difficulty. He showed good
judgment by settling the matter
in the way he did.
The famous damage case, c. ].
Skeen VS.. NJ. J. Lane, was taken up
Thursday afternoon and extended
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schools have at
tanned and in
compliment n G
the class of 1910,
a liberal share
of compliments
are reserved for
the faculty and
all the teachers
O f the schools,
who have labor
ed so earnestly
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The class reception was given i

the S c h O O |
building yester-
d a y evening
but we print too
early to report
it.
The Alumni
Banquet will
be given this
evening. An
intresting pro-
gram has been
prepared a n d
ude all that the
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and faithfully to ofFancesMargaret Axline
bring the educational standard I'D
to its present high plane.
CLASS RECEPTION
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For rent, house of five rooms
bath room and plenty of shade and
good water.-J. G. Gano.
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Transplanted pansy and tomato
plants for sale. Mrs. ]. L. Brady.
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1t Y as discussed
by Miss Gym
thia McGui re
whose first ut
terance showed
that she had
given her sub
ject very deep
though t. S h e
pro we'd h a t
whatever there
is of good in the
Barbour County index., 1910-05-25

John Martin arrived home Mon
day to visit with his parents, GIN.
Martin and wife. John is tele-
graph operator at Whitewater,
Kansas, and is rapidly going up
the ladder in the ''profesh."
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Prof. Major
then introduced
Judge P. B. Gill
lett who made
"a short class
address a n d
presented til e
diplomas. The
class presented
Judge Gillett a
boquet of carna-
tions and he re-