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The Jasper news., 1914-02-04
SHERIDAN.
Miss FERN PATRICK.

$. c. Davis and daughter. Leona Vim
cent, visited home folks Sunday night.
John Forste of Girard, Kans., visited
his sister, Mrs. Ed Davis, this week.
Edna Davis spent Thursday night
with Agnes Gresham.
Roch Kincaid visited his parents,
John Kincaid and wife, Sunday.
Julia Strecler visited Pearl Hay
Saturday night.
George Bell of Kansas visited his
father, r. II. b. Bell, last week.
Mrs. Ed Davis sister, Miss Ida Forste
of Carthage, is visiting her.
Miss Mary Hoif of Carthage is visit
ing,h sister, Mrs. Dave Wood.
Agnes Gresham spent Sunday and
Sunday night with Bernice Boyd, and
on account of bad weather didn't get
to school until 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
w. +. King and wife spent Sunday
with her grandparents, Mr.. Sterling
and wife.
Earl Loudenslager and family spent
Sunday with Clarence Simmons and
family.
Lorena Estey's friend, Eva Sans of
Duenweg, came home with her Friday
night to attend the ball game at Jasper,
and also the pie supper at Salem Satur-
day night. They both returned to
Duenweg Sunday evening.
The pie supper was well attended
Saturday night in spit" Of the bad
weather, SiXty-nine boxes were sold.
The proceeds were about $35.
Ralph Sterling spent from Friday
night to Sunday evening with home
folks.
W. S. Johnson has been visiting his
daughter. Mrs. Rogers, of Webb City
Mrs. Myrtle Boofer, of Texas, has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. S. c.
Davis.
There was no Christian Endeavol
meeting at Salem Sunday,night on ac'
count of bad weather.
Geneva Hubbard spent Saturday
night with Elsie Gresham,
II. III. b. Bell is on the sick list.
Lester and Chester Davis have beer
absent from school several days on ac
count of bad colds.
The Jasper news., 1914-02-04
DIAMOND.
Mrs. CHARLES ELTING.


There is more sickness in our COM
munity than has ever been known at
one time before. Several cases of pneu-
monia and such deep colds that many
are confined to their beds.
While Mr.. Lunt wasat Alba Tuesday
his little son decided to warm things up
little. He set fire to two stacks of
crabgrass hay and one of wheat. The
wheat was being saved for chick feed
for next summer. The hay was not
very valuable, although it made very
good feed. Mr.. Lunt said his loss was
about $50.
Quite number of young folks gath
cred at Mr.. York S and enjoyed Il candy
pull Thursday night.
Carrie Serafni helped Mrs. Ingle with
her butchering last week.
John Hartly was out breaking mule
Saturday.
John Buzzard hauled hay last week.
Will Berryhill spent Tuesday at Mrs.
Hane's.
Wesley Clines badly was quite sick
last week but is better at this writing.
Mrs. Mitchell called on Mrs. Buzzard
Tuesday.
Mrs. Shottenkirll of Kansas is spend
ing several days with Mrs. Gulicl and
daughters.
Thomas Edwards finished moving to
the Joe Deardorif farm Friday.
Nina Milton happened to quite an
accident Friday while feeding a saul
sage mill. In pressing the meat into
the mill her fingers were caught and the
first finger on the left hand was severely
cut. She was taken to the doctor and
had it dressed and it is doing we'll.
James Turpin and family spent Sun
day with his brother John and family.
Miss Gulick and Miss Shottenllirk
spent Wednesday with Mrs. Bradford.
Willie Seralini made business trip
to Pittsburg last week.
Six young men took wagons and
helped Mr.. Elting haul lumber Monday.
Mr.. Elting had the lumber sawed al
the Brown mill west of Boston and there
being 10000 feet OF il and 20-mile trir
to make each load, the job looked large
TO him. He was more than thankful
for the help given by his kind neigh
bors
Mrs. Berry called at Wesley Cline,
last week.
Nese Buzzard spent Monday nigh
with his brother John.
Mrs. Wood called on Mrs. CrabtreC
Friday afternoon.
Quite number from our community
attended the meetings at the Christian
Church in Jasper last week.
Mrs. Will Budd was quite sick las
week but is much better now.
Grace Gulick spent Monday anC
Tuesday visiting near Maplegrove.
Mrs. Elting spent the day with Mrs
Mitchell Wednesday.
Miss Conrad spent Saturday and Sun
day with home folks.
Charles Nett and family have been OF
the sick list. ..,
Mr.. Berryhill's little girl who has tn
pneumonia is reported no better at thi
writing (ALondayl.. y.
Mrs. Jay Bradford visited home folk
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The Jasper news., 1914-02-04
LEBANON.



Send il on farther to rejoice
Today and always
Notwithstanding the fact that Fri
day night was very damp un-
pleasant night, good sized crowd
was present to witness the play, "A
Prairie Rose" at Lebanon Church.
Everyone pronounced it II success,
and many will be glad to know that
the play will be reproduced at the Hall
in Boston on the night of Wednesday,
February 10, the young people who
have charge of the play having been
invited to do so at that time, admission
fee of 10 and Is cents will be charged.
Let large crowd be present. We are
also glad to state enough money was
collected from the proceeds of the sale
of pies to paper the schoolhouse, for
which purpose the entertainment was
given.
Among those listed with the sick
are J. H. Scissor, who for some time has
been closely confined to his home with
lung trouble and complication of
diseases; \. E.~- Armstrong, who for
several weeks has been troubled with
rheumatism; Mrs. Chas. Stansberry,
who last week was sufferer with both
neuralgia and rheumatism. c. $. An
drews. }. II. earns and Mrs. Martha
Rex all have been suffering from the
effects of deep colds, and Wednesday
of last week DIR. Schooler was called to
see little Opal Andrews in the morning
and little Vida Woods in the evening.
Both of these little girls were threaten
ed with pneumonia. We are glad that
both are better.
Miss Fern Thacker spent Il few days
last week at the home of her brother
Frank and attended the pie supper
Friday night.
Mrs. Christine Winter and daughter
Miss Mary, and Joe Huber and family
family spent Sunday with Mrs. Emma
Winter and family.
w. b. Lyman and family spent
Sunday afternoon and night at the
Alex Keith home.
w. :. Lane and sons Robert and
Theodore took dinner Sunday at r. p.
Lanes.
Mrs. VIM. Scissor and Mrs. Gerald
Scissor and son Chester spent Friday
night at Chas. Woodrow's and at
tended the pie supper.
Mrs. Fannie Ray spent one afternoon
last week with Mrs. a. r.. Bowers of
Jasper.
Hubert Robinson spent Sunday at
the c. :. Andrews home.
Geo. Woods and family and the
Misses Armstrong spent Sunday after,
noon with y. T.. Armstrong and wife
c. $. Andrews and daughter, Mrs
Arlene Ray, were Joplin visitors
Tuesday.
II. j. Stansberry and family called
at the Geo. Waltz home Sunday after
noon.
Miss Ocic Andrews spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. II. K. Goodrich.
Norris Crumm and family visited a
Chas. Woodrow's Sunday.
J. c. law celebrated his seveny-siXtl
birthday last Sunday and his children
excepting one daughter who lives il
the state of Washington, were al
present. According to previous ar
rangement surprise was planned by
Mrs. Law and children, which wa
most successfully carried out whicl
added to the pleasure of the occasion
Those present were Mrs. {. ID. Harvey
of McAlcsler, Okla; Ii, II, Law anc
family Of near Nashville; VIM. Lay
who resides west of Jasper; Mrs. Mil,
Bntler and family of Forest Grove, ant
Mrs. Ora Wright and children, VII,
live with her parents.
The Jasper news., 1914-02-04
CARYTOWN.
Mrs. CLYDE WAGNER.

Elvis Smith visited his father and
brother in Barton County Sunday.
The program and social at Salem
Saturday evening drew very large
crowd. There were 80 pies the proceeds
amounting to S35.l5. The Carytown
school children furnished the program
The Jasper news., 1914-02-04

Advertising copy should be in Monday, and not
later than Tuesday noon, to receive the attention
that good advertising requires and should receive
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20
SAYS MILLERs DON'T COMPETE
Topeka Flour Manufacturer Charges
Trade Restraint

Charges that the Southwest Mil
lers' League, of which several CEN
trail Kansas millers are members,
arbitrarily fixes prices at which
Kansas millers shall sell their pro-
duct in southern states, thereby nee
essarily eliminating competition In
sales to that market, was the testi-
mony produced in the federal in
vestigation at Topeka by which Fred
Robertson, United States district at
torney, is collecting evidence bear
ing on the advances which have
been made generally on food staples
in Kansas.
w. A. Forbes of the firm of
Forbes Brothers millers and grain
dealers in North Topeka, who testi-
fled to this interesting activity Of
the Southwest League, about which
no other evidence had been elected
in the examination Of other millers,
most of whom are members of the
organization, said that his firm had
declined to enter the league because
they didn't like the looks of it"
+ Two copies of the bulletin issued
by C. G. Topping, secretary of the
Southwest league to members OF
the organization, were voluntarily
furnished by Armin Fassler, man
ager of the Inter-Ocean mills.
A list of figures, prices of flour
and wheat products is given in each
but without explanation of their
source or date.
other witnesses examined gave
the assurance that the business of
the league was of an entirely gen.
eral nature, aside from price regu-
lation. Freight rates, interstate COM
merce commission hearings, general
economic Investigations and the dis
tribution of information regarding
new federal regulations and kindred
subjects were mentioned as the mat
tiers receiving the attention of the
organization. Its membership fee OF
SIS annually has recently been rails
ed to $50. The league includes mil
lers in Kansas, Oklahoma. Texas,
Missouri and Nebraska.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20
REGULATING PRICES

BY order of the Oklahoma state
corporation commission, kerosene
oil, in certain western parts OF the
that state, is to be sold until fur-
Their notice for eight cents a gallon,
Oklahoma learna only by bitter ex-
perience; and 1t is to be feared tnat
even the painful consequences OF
its guarantee of bank deposits have
not taught its politicians much. In
the present case, the logical result
is even more simple to predict.
II kerosene oil is worth more than
eight cents a gallon, net to the con-
sumner, outside the area fixed by the
commission, 1t will not be SOLD
within that area. Consumers there
will buy outside at the true market
price, and pay the freight. II kero-
sene oil is worth less than eight
cents a gallon, net to the consumer
the citizens of the protected area
will pay more than anybody outside,
because the maximum price of eight
cents will become the minimum, as
long as the seller, backed by the
Oklahoma state corporation commits
sion, can hold his market, or until
the overcharged consumer, as be-
fore. buys cheaper outside and pays
the freight.
This is the logic Of the ages. 1t
dates back even beyond the English
statute Of laborers. II the entire
state of Oklahoma we're included in
the fixed price, the result would be
exactly the same. If the entire
United States were included, the re-
suit would be to produce an excess
sive minimum price, where the for
eign importer would undersell the
domestic producer; or a maximum
which would compel every consumer
who could find no substitute, to i'm
port from other countries, because
the domestice producer would have
| to 60 out Of business. Perhaps Ok
lahoma is actuated by a single
hearted desire to demonstrate te
the other states of the Union the In
trinsic worthlessness Of political
cure-alls. The rest Of the country
can stand it, If Oklahoma can.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
PAID FOR WILD WEEDS

Hutchinson, Aug. 18.-The Santa
Fe has shipped 81 cars of soapweed
this season from Hugoton station,
on the Cimarron valley branch. At
one time this weed, which grows
abundantly on the prairie in western
Kansas was regarded as a worthless
pest.
Now the soapweed is gathered
and shipped to st. Louis to be used
in the manufacture of corn and
Irvine. G. B. Combs Of Hugoton ship
ped 40 cars this season, or $40 tons
In all, as the average carload weighs
thirteen tons. The Amsden Lumber
Co. shipped eleven cars from the
same point.
The buyers paid the farmers SO
per ton for gathering and hauling
the weed, and as Hugoton's ship
ments amounted to $50 tons, It
meant $5SO4 paid out there for q
hitherto worthless weed growing
wild.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20
8. 8. GRADED UNION
HAD GOOD MEETING

The Sunday School Graded Union
met last night at the Presbyterian
church with . good crowd in at
tendance. After the usual business
was disposed Of very interesting
paper on .'Rally Day" written by
Miss Florence Engle, was read BY
Mrs. H. s. Taylor, Miss Engle being
unable to attend the meeting. A very
enthusiastic discussion on the sub
ject Of Rally Day followed the read
ing Of Miss Engle's paper and many
helpful ideas and good suggestions
were given. A committee Of five
was appointed. L B. Martin. Ray
mond Eshelman. Mrs. b. s. Taylor,
Mas Nina Nichols. J. c. Roger. 70
plan . program for The Graded
union Tor the next SIX months.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

The dry goods stores in Phila-
delpnia close Friday evening and
do not reopen until Monday morn
ing. Every wednesday afternoon
the meat markets and grocery stores
close Tor half . day. and the stores
in the suburbs Of the big cities fol-
low the example Of the city stores.
closing the days the city stores
close. In the small towns Of Kan
sas a merchant viii keep his store
open until IL p. m. on the hope Of
selling a spool Of thread-and some
times you can get in the back way
on Sunday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20
aTDnIOH LAW BROU0HT RELIEF

ALDRICH LAW BROUGHT RELIEs
In the face OF q great financial
manic the Democratic party In con-
gress had to turn back to the Re;
publican currency law 20 avert dis
aster. Never. perhaps. did q great
party in complete control OF ell the
branches Of government ever eat
such humble pie as did the Demo
Gratis when they asked the congress
70 use the terms Of the vreeland-
Aldrich currency bill TO save the
country from . panic.
For five years the Vreeland-Aid-
rich currency bill has been the Ia
yorite source OF criticism BY the
Democrats. They attacked IL from
avery side. Yet when they came 10
PASS their own Glass-owen currency
bill for the purpose Of preventing
panics, them embodied therein the
essential features Of the very mea-
sure which they had attacked.
Scores OF times on the floor OF
the house and senate Democrats de-
cIared the Glass-owen bill would
render a panic impossible. Demo-
cratic stump speakers took up this
assertion and declared a measure had
finally been found to put an end to
panics. The Democratic press fol-
lowed with fulsome praise OF the
proposed panic panacea.
Then the Democrats passed the
Glass-owen bill.
That had been a law for eight
but organization under II
had not been effected. Then the
great European war came on. Euro
pean stocks and bonds were dumped
on America. The country was SELF
ed with financial fear. Something
had to be done. 1t was reported that
the Democratic Glass-owen bill
which had been so widely heralded
could not be put into working effect
Tor thirty days more, Yet in that
thirty days business might be par
alyzed. The situation was critical
Their eight months old currency bill
could not do the business. the
president and his secretary of the
treasury knew 1t. They were grasp
ing for relief measure. The fact
was forced upon them, that the old
vreeland-Aldrich measure was their
only salvation. So, with bitter re-
Iuctance, they asked congress to use
It's provisions to save the country.
Congress did and the panic was
averted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20
MERCHANTS MAY HAVE
FREIGHT BILLS AUDITED

A freight auditing bureau, in
charge of ]. E. Crane, Of Joplin,
has been established in Abilene as
an adjunct to the Western Retail
implement Vehicle and Hardware
association, Of which H. J. Hodge is
secretary. Mr.. Crane with his fam
ily. is residing in Abilene.
II. A. Poe. secretary Of the Mer-
chants association. has arranged to
have the freight hills Of members
& tas association audited % : basis
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

One fine thing about Kansas Is its
loyalty to favorite sons. The home
county Of Capper and Curtis gave
both of them splendid majorities.
Morgan and Brewer had big votes
at home. Hodges and Neeley were
far ahead in their own counties and
Wichita turned out for Murdoch and
Allen. These facts prove that there
is mighty fine lot Of men on the
tickets in Kansas and their home
people believe in them. Only under
extraordinary conditions does the
average Kansan vote against his
home candidate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

All arguments or defenses in con-
nection with Bristow's past are a
waste of words. While he fought the
Republican party and voted with the
Democrats for two years he came
back and his future will depend on
what he himself now does. If he
comes out for Curtis and the Repub-
lican ticket he will regain much OF
his lost strength. The state will
watch with interest for his state
ment of where he expects to be In
the coming campaign.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

When a newspaper makes mis-
take the public Is indignant. There
Is rush to boycott. Advertisers are
threatened. subscribers are asked to
stop. when a citizen makes q mis-
taks his first concern Is to see
that the newspaper doesn't say any
thing about Il. The newspapera have
lot Of fun watching the fool tao
Acs Of human nature. -Eawronce
Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

People may be classified like aI-
tomobiles. Some have self-starters;
some run after others start them;
some neither start themselves nor
respond to the impulse Of anyone
else. The world sadly needs more OF
the first class. 1t has millions upon
millions Of the second class but has
also quite number Of the third
class. If there is any germ Of self
starting (initiativel in child, edu-
cation should seek to develop It In
to q controlling force.-Judge Rup-
penthal,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

An automobile magazine says
that the day is coming when the
average life Of tire viii be 10000
miles and when the cost Of upkeep
viii be 10 cents mile on . basis
Of 5000 miles. At present the cost
is from 10 to 40 cents a mile. In
the language OF Congressman Hell
vering's peroration, speed the COM
ing day"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

Bill White is poor logican. he
says that Bristow came back because
he was informed that the Republi-
can party was SO progressive that
he could win. He did nothing OF the
kind. Nobody promised him any
thing anymore than they promised
Curtis or Calderhead or Kimble or
Brewer. These men went into the
open primary and the voters passed
Judgment, just as White has always
insisted they should, and selected
certain men and these men are go
ing to head the ticket. Now the par
ty will get back of them and elect
them. M
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20
BUTLDINa UP the C0AnfUNITY

BUILDING UP THE coAnfUNITY
! Time was when most OF as lives
ia the country. raised our own crops
ebutchered our own stock. carried II
our water. fought our fires and pro
tscted ourselves from robbers and
thieves. We were independent and
had made obligations with oui
neighbors. @
But when VIC commenced 10 buiio
ana live in cities We could no long
or be Independent producers. We
found It more convenient TO get
light and water and other necessi'
ties from more common sources
Now we cooperate for all these
things at an agreed proportionate
cost. 49,
Thus community life began. 1t Is
nothing more or less than co-opera-
tive life.
In times past we settled questions
affecting the community by calling
together all the people for a town
meeting and decided the question
by majority vote.
II was not long However until
wise men began to spring up In eV-
cry community, who discovered the
power that one man might hold
could be influence enough OF his
neighbors to think and vote as he
did. That was the birth of municipal
notifies and of the local~"boss."
This factor was a natural develop
ment of the times. Cities and COM
munities grew and business grew
with them. We soon became too
much engrossed in our own individ-
ual affairs, to give much thought to
the community as a whole, and it
became a case OF every fellow for
himself.
We thought then, as some still do
that we were and are good citizens
because we pay our taxes and sup
port our schools and homes. Now,
all of that is changing. We are be-
ginning to realize more every day
that we owe something more to
the community in which we live than
Just keeping out of Jail and paying
our taxes. It is the debt of citizen
ship we owe. There is a great civic
spreading over this coun-
try. New patriotism is inspired. We
call it civic pride and is love OF our
city.
A community is precisely what
the individual units make 1t or per-
NIT It to be. For q community is
the sum total of all units (individ-
uals) in the community. II we give
no heed to our fellow individual and
remain independent to the common
welfare of all, our community is not
living up to its opportunity. Our
community is what its citizens per-
NIT 1t to be.
Our community is progressive, II
on the other hand, we as good citi-
gems are organized and are appre-
ciative of the fact that our city Is
as desirable as we are making II
and that the burden Of responsible
ity for the conditions rests upon the
shoulders Of all instead of a few.
There are today classes of COM
munities. In one the community
spirit prevails and every citizen
works for the community's best in
terest.
In the other, individualism pre-
walls. and the community is without
civic pride.
In which class is this town!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-20

The best explanation Of the VIC
tory for Curtis Is that the voters are
determined this year to have candi-
dates that stand for something
sound and solid.