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Barbour County index., 1910-02-09
Methodist Church

The services of last Sunday were
well attended and a good interest
was manifested. Prof. G. A.
Piatts, Dean of our Southwestern
College, gave a very interesting
address at night to large congre-
cation. Our people are always
glad to have him come. The pray.
er meetings will be discontinued
during the special meetings in the
Christian church, to which all of
the people are invited.
Our service of next Sunday
morning will be of special interest
and we hope to have large at
tendance of the membership of the
church. We will receive formally
into the church those who have
been converted during our special
meetings and who have also Joined
by letter. There will be the re-
ception of members, and the sacra.
ments of Baptism and the Lords
Supper. This service should be of
special help to the membership and
to the converts. Let us have our
church filled at the morning service.
In the afternoon at 3 o'clock there
will be a baptismal service at the
Baptist church for few converts
who desire to be immersed. The
evening meeting for the young
people and the preaching service
will be held as usual. The public
is invited to our services.
F. w. IMBoDEN,
Pastor.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09
Increase Library Building Fund

On Saturday, February 18th
Lincoln's Birthday. C. Richard
son will give to the Lincoln Ii.
brary Building Fund ten per cent
of the gross receipts of the days
sales. Everybody who feels an in
terest in the Library building
should patronize the store on this
day if in need of this class of goods
and thus encourage those who have
devoted so much time during the
past two or three years to creating
fund for the purpose of securing
a library building, as we'll as to
demonstrate that the generosity of
Mr.. Richardson is appreciated. If
the>venture should prove a success
other merchants will doubtless
make similar concessions and it
will be great help toward pro-
viding funds for the purpose above
mentioned.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09
Traded Places

w. L. Iliff and c. E. Murphy ex.
changed real estate holdings on
Saturday. The former becomes
the owner of the latter's property
on Kansas avenue east in this city
and the latter becomes the owner
of the formers farm about one mile
east of this city, Mr.. Murphy pay.
ing difference of $1,000. Posses
sion of each property will be given
March Ist. Mr.. Murphy and fam
lily will move to the farm while
Mr.. Iliff and family will leave with
in a short time for Colorado where
they expect to reside, at least tenn.
porarily.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09
Farmers Institute Saturday

The Barber County Farmers In
stitute will be held at the court
house in this city next Saturday,
February I2th. The subject for
discussion will be, "The making
of Better Pastures. Every farmer
in Barber county is invited to at
tend this meeting.
Miss Seine Betty, who visited
her sister, Mrs. L. w. Fullerton,
several days last week, returned to
her home at Hazelton on Thursday.
Hon. VIM. Gesner of Kiowa was
in the city again on Monday. He
wore that significant smile and
winked that cunning wink which
means so much in politics and in
other ways conducted himself as
one who is confident of capturing a
nomination. After that-well no.
body knows what all the people
will do at the November vote feast.
FOR sale at 5000 cash, one-half
acre of land, on North Walnut
Street, has new barn, 16x24, fenced
in and city water. / have 100
acres ofland in J. H. Gentry's pas
ture, south of Deerhead in section
%, township 80, range IS. We
will sell it for S. per acre cash,
and make good title.
A. M. Houchin,
Medicine Lodge, Kans.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09

shown this package. These arti-
cles were wrapped in a small piece
OF wrapping paper and, evidently,
were put at Mrs. Robinson's house
by somebody-and therein is the
mystery. The defense claims that
the thief, hearing of the arrest of
Kathren and Horton, planted"
the package there in order to
shield himself, while the prose-
cution's theory is that either one
of the defendants or some person
assisting them, brought this jewel
ry from its hiding place and depos-
tied it at Mrs. Robinson's house.
in order to make it appear that
some other person is guilty. If
this theory is correct, however, it
must be proved that one or both of
these defendants also burglarized
the Young drug store. Of one
thing Sheriff Mathews and his dep
uties are sure-there was no pack
age at Mrs. Robinson's house when
they searched the premises prior to
the time it was found, for the en-
tire house and surroundings were
thoroughly searched. Even the
well was drawn dry and cleaned
out. Whoever manipulated this
package was cunning. This place
was guarded most of the time,
though there were short intervals
at which it was possible for some
person to do the work.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09
Epworth League Party

The Epworth League of the M
Z. church entertained the young
people of the church, especially the
young converts, at the home of
Mrs. Pickerel on north Walnut,
on Thursday evening, February 3rd.
About fifty young people were pres
ent. They were entertained in many
different games. Refreshments OF
sandwiches, apples and popcorn
were served to the older ones, while
the youth were content with pickles,
These parties are especially good
in holding the young people of the
church together. Let there be
many of them.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09
Catlin-COle

Ferd Catlin of Nashville, and
LYDIA Cole, of Zenda, were united
in marriage by Probate Judge Gar
rison in this city on Monday, Feb
ruary 9TH.
The groom is related to B. F.
Catlin who resides north of this
city and is an excellent young man,
and the bride is one of Kingman
county's most charming daughters.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09
Public Sale

Alex Harris will sell his stock
and farm machinery at public sale,
at his farm eight miles southeast
of this city on Monday, February
21st. Fourteen good horses, FIVE
mich cows and great many farm.
ing implements will be sold. For
complete description see the sale
bills.
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Public Sale

w. L. 1liff will sell his horses.
COWS, farming implements and
household goods at public sale on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Goth.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09

The Floyds will be here Wednes.
day, February 23rd. This is the
fourth number on the Lecture
Course.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09

A. M. Houchin sold the 24o acres.
west of town on Cedar Creek, to
Edward L. Kaiser, for Mrs. Eliza.
beth Maury, last week. Mr.. Kaiser
expects to improve the land and
put out lot of alfalfa in the fall.
c. c. Hittle left last Wednesday
for Medford, Ok, where he expects
to locate for the present, at least. He
says there will be big demand
for carpenters there within a short
time and he expects to do con-
tracing in that city.
The commission men of Kansas
City are advising stock shippers to
hold up shipments as much as DOS
sible while the meat boycott is on.
They figure that with light receipts
the market will not be seriously
affected. So far the boycott has
had less effect than at first feared.
A large delegation of Odd Fell
lows of this city went to Lake City
last Wednesday where the team
conferred three degrees on Elisha
w. Stout, manager of the Lake
lumber yard. They returned on
Thursday morning and reported a
great time. They say Mr.. Stout
withstood the onslaughts of the
Medicine Lodge army in excellent
spirits, with marvellous patience
and understanding.
The city council met in special
session last Thursday forenoon
and passed an ordinance imposing
a license of $40 per day on any
person OR corporation conducting
fire sale, salvage sale, bankrupt
or creditor sale within the citv
limits. The penalty is $1oo fine
Tor every day such sales are con-
Quoted without paying the license
fee. The emergency in this case
was B. ]. Vets who came here
with stock of goods last week
and opened for business in the |. O.
0. F. building on Saturday. Mr..
Vets conducted his creditor sale
on Saturday, Monday and yesterday
and paid the license. His business
was so far ahead of expectations
and the town suits him so well
that he has decided to locate here
permanently and has ordered an
additional stock of goods. The
store will be closed for few days
to arrange matters. We welcome
him to our city and believe there
is room here for another clothing
store. Until ]. c. Richardson
came here, great deal of the
clothing trade rightfully belonging
to Medicine Lodge, went to other
towns, and all of it has not vet
been reclaimed. Mr.. Vets assures
US that it his purpose to cooperate
with the other merchants of the
city in bringing people to Medicine
Lodge. One trouble with most of
our merchants is that they have
not discovered the value of adver.
tlsing and they permit merchants
of other towns to draw trade that
belongs here. This does not apply
to all ef our merchants. There
are some who know the value of
printers ink.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09

Fish, Oysters and Celery at
Cole g. Sons meat market on Fri.
day.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09

I. L. Lindley returned from his
California trip on Saturday. 1t is
not necessary to say that it was a
fine trip that was foregone con-
clusion.
Barbour County index., 1910-02-09

A. M: Houchin sold the 24o acres,
west of town on Cedar Creek, to
Edward L. Kaiser, for Mrs. Eliza.
beth Maury, last week. Mr.. Kaiser
expects to improve the land and
put out a lot of alfalfa in the fall.
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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24

tectorate," but the day before sail
ed from San Francisco, Japanese ag-
erosion took another step and the
country was formally annexed as
part of the japanese Empire. There
is little doubt, | suppose, but that the
japanese Government will be better
for the Koreans than the old mon
archy, but this can not excuse all
the methods by which Japan fasten-
ed her rule on the island. Yesterday
morning | went out to the Old North
Palace, a deserted and melancholy
memorial of vanished power; stood
on the throne where Korean kings
once held audience, and saw the roNA
dwelling in which the Japanese annv
their aides killed the Queen In 1887
and also the place where they burned
her body. The japanese minister
was recalled and placed on trial for
the offence, and though he escaped
conviction, the evidence OF his guilt
was undoubted. II has been estimat-
ed that in about Is months in 1907
'0S, 1895 Koreans, called 'insur-
gents by the Japanese and patri-
OTIS by their w-country-men,
were killed by the Mikado's soldiers
and gendarmes, only 100 OF whom
lost their lives" This looks more
like butchery than war. Again. the
Japanese themselves have TO admit
that there were inexcusable delays in
paying for land seized from Koreans.
and altogether II Is questionable
whether the Korean hatred or dislike
OF Japan will become very much less
cordial than Il Is today.
Splendid Work OF Foreign Mission
aries.
Perhaps in no country in the world
has missionary work been more sue
cessful than in Korea (there are
probably 125. 900 Protestants now.
while there were only TIT thirteen
years ago., and | have been Ia.
terested to learn that there y y
absolutely no truth In the .Japasv
csc newspaper reports that immensa
numbers of native Christians arr
leaving the church since annexation
On the contrary. reports from all oyeA
the country are good. and Seoul III
self is Just now In the midst OF az
most thoroughgoi and successful
Christian revival. with 1900 CONVEX
sions reported during the first ten
days. AT Methodist mission school
| visited this morning. found that
a hundred of the native pupils had
been canvasslng the town a few hours
for three successive afternoons with
the result that they had brought in
the names Of 697 Koreans express
ing desire TO become Christians
Here in Korea there Is no waste
OF energy or money through denomi-
national divisions; each denomination
mas It's own sphere OF activity. pre-
venting duplication OF effort, and nv
general observation has convinced mo
that the criticisms OF foreign mis-
sion work sometimes heard In Amer-
lea' are based on radical misconcep-
tions OF conditions over here. Even
the non-Christians, unless they he
men OF immoral lives. speak in high
praise OF the splendid work OF tho
missionaries A typical expression is
that found In the latest issue OF the
shanghai National Review, now he
lore me, which may be expected To
speak impartially Referring IN an
ADDRESS by DR.. Morrison. the Picking
correspondent OF the London Times
IL saws:
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"THE LAND OF THE MORNING
CALM"
CONTINUED from page 899.)

TOT tnaC was really what happened IL
this case. The father of my young
lady informant, who is a doctor
sewed up the young fellows lip, hi
was presented at court; and the rea
daughter who so narrowly escaped
marrying, may be an old maid, for al
l know.
Many Faces Marked by Smallpox
In such high, dry climate as THU
one would expect to find little tuber
culosis, but l am told that there i.
really a great deal Of it, due to the
carelessness Of the families where
there are victims, and to the general.
ly unsanitary conditions A daugh.
ter of one of the Southern mission.
aries here, having contracted the
malady, has just gone to Arizona in
search of cure. Everywhere ON the
streets I encounter faces marked by
smallpox, and formerly to have had
the disease was the rule rather than
the exception. In fact, instead of
abiding to mans inexpcrience by
saying, He hasn't cut his eye teeth"
as we do. Korean would say: "He
hasn't had smallpox" Since vaccina-
ton became the rule, however, there
are very few cases. Infant mortal
ity here, as in America, is one OF the
greatest factors in the high death
rate, but conditions are improving.
And as long as authorities declare
that in America half the infant
death-rate is due to ignorance or neg
lect, we haven't much right to point
our fingers at Korea, anyhow.
A Typical Monarchy of Ancient Asia.
l have already alluded to the fact
hat the old monarchial government of
Korea ended its inglorious career but
lew short weeks ago. While the
records OF the Nation run back more
,nsii eehh:.ee thousand years-probably
20 a period when Job was so superbly
approaching his comforters in the
Land of Uz-the late dynasty runs
back only 500 years. We Americans,
| may say in passing, are accustomed
to think OF men Of five hundred years
ago, or even of John Smith and Po-
cahontas, as very ancient, but their
families wouldn't be old enough to
get into good society over here. But
though only 500 years in power, this
recent dynasty succeeded in doing
about as much devilment and as lit
tie good as many dynasties much old
er in years. One of the missionaries
explained to me yesterday that it was
only when the King got very mad
that he would order heads cut off
without reason-but then the Ko-
reans are very lazy and his inactivity
at other periods may have been due
10 sloth. The truth is, that most of
these Oriental monarchies have been
corrupt beyond the belief of the av-
erage American. When l was a boy
used to hear the old men in country
churches thank God for the blessings
OF orderly government and for the
privilege of worshipping as they
chose with no one to modest us or
make us afraid" We younger folk.
lear, are too much accustomed to
take such things as a matter of
course, but when one comes over
here into Asia and into countries
where the lives of the people have
been cursed by corrupt governments
and where men have had to die for
their faiths, where the rights of
neither life. property nor conscience
are respected, he is likely to prize his
American privileges somewhat more
;ob
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spect as "His Excellency) would not
leave unless allowed to ride horse
back clear to the Korean boundary
three hundred miles away; and a
gayly caparisoned horse was accord
ingly led the entire distance
The Honorable Mr.. Vaughan.
The government was also unfeign-
eddy corrupt. Offices were given,
just as lives were taken, merely at
the within of the Throne. Taxes were
farmed out, the grating collectors
taking from the people probably five
or six times as much as finally reach
ed the public treasury. More than
this, the nobility robbed the people
at will. and there was no authority
from whom they could get redress,
Woe unto the man who became
energetic and industrious under the
old dispensation! First the tax
gatherers would relieve him of the
bulk of his swollen fortune, and what
was left the noble or "Yang-ban," as
the mobiles were called, would take
the trouble to borrow but never take
the trouble to repay. For the Yang
ban was gentleman" he was. It
was beneath his dignity to work
even to guide the reins OF the horse
he rode-but it was not beneath his
dignity to sponge on his friends Ct
think the verb Ito sponge" is too
expressive to remain slang) or to
borrow without repaying. Moreover.
In case OF extremity, 1t is said that
Mother Vaughan and Sister Ann
might take in washing, as is recorded
in the classic lays OF our own land
but Father himself never defled him
self by doing anything so dishonor-
able as an honest days work. But alas
and alack! for the degeneracy OF our
times. The Yang-bans In Korea have
been deprived OF their ancient priv
ileges, and I fear that even their
blood-kin in America are by no
means treated with the ancient de-
ference and respect due to persons
OF such exalted merit and blue
blood.
Six Men to Carry $50 Worth OF
Money.
What with the arbitrary and on
pressive system OF tax-robbery and
the extortions of the Yang-bans II
is not surprising that the Koreans
here became disinclined to labor.
while those who went to Manchuria
where there has been proper Sc
curity for the gains OF industry" are
said to be quite a different folk
energetic because there has been en-
enlargement to be energetic. The
old Korean system OF taxation be-
ing arbitrary. the only way to escape
raid by the tax-gatherer was To
appear not to have anything worth
raiding, and with the coinage con-
nned usually to the copper cash"
worth a small fraction CT a cent
1t was difficult for a man to have
much money without eyervbodv
knowing 1t. II a man had much he
needed warehouse to store It. Mrs
Bishop In her book already referred
10 speaks OF time when It took
5000 cash" to equal dollar in
our money, making each coin worth
1872 or cent, and it took men or
one pony to carry $50 worth, An
other instance is mentioned in Tho
japanese Official yearbook on Korea.
The japanese army bought $4,000
worth or timber in the interior where
the people were not used to any coin
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Four famous corn varie les. Lsguns W,IIis m
son County White. Giant Straw berry, snd CHS
81 rs per bu. Warren Biakley. Route / EDDY.
Texas.
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berkshire Boar e prov d n crit Three ,..,.
Miss. ~ w. otanton. linear Mathew
". N. DRAKE. y;,..,
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Wanted-Mammoth Yellow Soy beans and Vel.
vet beans. sound. recleaned. this years crop
Quote price, quantity. Send sample. Romble &
Wensel Co., Whole-ale Dealers Natchez Miss.
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Wanted-Men to learn the autom obiIe bu siness
and accept go,d positions We have the best
equipped garage in the South. Write for terms.
New Orleans Auto School. New Orleans, La.
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For sale-Square Deal reed corn. 50 90 per bu
and pure bred Scotch Collie pups. IS each. R. z
Boney. Duckport. La
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My herd Of fancy registered Perkebires for sale.
also i45-scre modern dairy farm. Lee McGilvra,
random, Mrs.
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FARMER AND GAZETTE.

ago, the mutang declared that the
smallpox spirit or devil (who must
always be referred to with great re-
spect as His Excellency) would not
leave unless allowed to ride horse
back clear to the Korean boundary
three hundred miles away; and a
gayly caparisoned horse was accord
ingly led the entire distance.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24

Dixie" White Plymouth Rocks. $40 eggs in s
for sale. Mrs. Alma Arns Id. Eupors, Mise.
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North Carolina Prolific seed corn for sale. Yield
Villa Nova. Miss.
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Early Jersey Wake and Charleston Wake
field cabbage plants frost proof. s1OO per 1000
5000 for 81 80. E. B. Anderson. Marion, Ala.
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our advertisers are guaranteed
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BqR or Bourbon Red turkeys. Rhode Island
Reds both combs. Ring'et Rocks. and C White
LeRhorns. J. w. Upchurch. Route 8. Gordo. Ala
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For sale-Two Lucky Jim Avery riding cultiva-
tors. with extra spring tooth attachments Also
Avery single furrow Pluto disc plow. S. A. John.
son Marion, Ark.
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Japanese Annexation.

wnen bought my ticket for Ko-
rea' 1t was nominally an Independents
moharcny under japanese pro
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Cotton seed-Hastirgs Bank Account snd Simp
kins. ST On hushel. and unmixed. o. C. Connolly
Nichols. s. C.
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For ssle-Twelve s. C. Rhode Island Reds-ten
prllets and two cocks. w. T. Butts. Starkville
Miss.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-02-03
Pleasant Ridge

Bertha Kjose and brother spent Sat
urday at Ole Kjose'e home.
Letta NygArd Is spending week in
Sioux City, visiting with relatives.
Carrie Anderson spent Thursday
night with her sister, Mrs. Joe Powell.
Ars. B. Hofstad spent . few days
with her son, Oluf and family Last week
Mrs. Chas. Kelley and children spent
a coupie of days with Mrs. o. Hofstad
Carl Nelson, Fl. P. Johnson, wife and
daughter, Clara, we're visitors at c. ].
Nelson's. last Sunday.
Carl Nelson, J. 4. Kerr and Eric
Nelson have all been IN the sick list,
but are better now.
Many of Mrs. Carl Nelson's friends
and relatives sent her birthday postals,
which was Jan. q. She enjoyed them
immensely.
Sleighing is disappearing very fast
now and ii the warm weather still con-
tiuues there will not he roads for eithe,
sleigh or wagon.