Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-11
Fresh pork at Bakers.

Fresh pork at Bakers.
Correct Abstracts III. Swiggett.
Pure home made lard at Bakers.
Read the new ads in this issue
Money to loan. See E. D. Wheeler.
Gibson has a big line of base ball
goods
For loans on your farm, call on the
Wa-Keeney State Bank. 27tf
If you want loan call on 0. A.
Cortright, he can interest YOU 19tf.
Abstracts of title made promptly
at reasonable rates. w. II. Swiggett.
Let us sell you a manure spreader
and make you able to buy an automo-
bile. w. A. Eppler, at the Blue
Front. 10
If you want loan on your farm
for quick service go to the Wa-Keeney
State Bank. Cash ready as soon as
title made good and papers signed up.
Now that tornadoes are getting in
their work best come at once and let
US write you wind storm policy
and not take any chances for the
rates are very low. r. G. Wilson &
Son. 81 st
In this issue j. W. Phares an
nounces himself as candidate for rep
resentative from this county subject
to the Democratic primary. Mr..
Phares has been resident of Trego
county for a number of years and
knows the needs of the western Kan
sas man perhaps better than any
other man in this county, and this
knowledge particularly fits him for
this office. Mr.. Phares is well post
ed, careful, conservative man who
takes an interest in the affairs per-
tanning to the best interests of the
people in this part of the state. He
has filed the office of county clerk
and in this capacity gave excellent
service. He is a Staunch Democrat
and leader in his party, and if chos-
en- by the people to fill this Office will
isfaction of the voters who place
him there.
l. Harper's Magazine for February
contains an interesting and instruc
tive article about the Pine Barrens
of North Carolina and the industries
and characteristics of the people who
live in that section of the south
Many of the Inhabitants of that barren
strip of country, which extends from
Petersburg, Virginia, to Camden
South Carolina, are the descendants
of early Scotch settlers. Being more
or less isolated, and having little in
tercourse with their coast plantation
neighbors on the east, or the mount
aineers to the west of them, they
still retain many of the characteristic
traits of their hardy ancestors, suct
as honesty, hospitality, piety, loyalty
independent spirit and opposition tt
internal revenue laws Touchins
their attitude toward public school:
and education, the writer of the ar
ticle has this to say: In the country
district for miles arnund even 81
thriving city as Fayetteville, the
progressive superintendent of school:
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the good of the children against thu
prejudice of the parents-strone
Scotch prejudice. The Scotch dis
like public schools; they object tt
paying fifteen dollars in taxes to ed
ucate everybodys' child, though they
would give double that for the priv
ilege of private school with inferio
teaching. They dislike concentrated
schools. They would have their child
: rem stay in little school-house under
one teacher for four months a yea
rather than have them drive in {
school conveyance to a school con
Quoted by four teachers and provid
ing eight months schooling 1t is tn,
Scottish obstinacy.
The whole article is so full of en-
tertainment and -illustra
lions, history, geography and trad
itions-that we advise all our reader.
to get a copy of the magazine ant
read the entire story. Tar, turpen
tine and Toryism make it well wortl
while.