The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-30
Beaver County Republican

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| calls immensely. Come again, all.
Beaver County Republican
For several days the word had
been scattered broadcast that the
Liberal boosters would visit Gray on
Tuesday, July 20, and 1t was thought
that while good many were still
in the harvest that 1t would be al
most impossible to assemble as large
crowd as usually gathers here on
public occasion, but in this we were
wrong to a considerable extent, for
about 1880 p. m. the farmers COM
menced rolling in from every direc-
ton and by the time the Liberal citi
zens arrived several hundred people
were present A little after
o'clock the Liberal auto train of 21
cars sped into town and punched up
In the main business part and the
leading business men of that flourish
ing town began piling out, and were
greeted on every side with the glad
hand of the people Of Gray and VI
cinity.
After being welcomed by citizen
of Gray, several choice selections
were rendered by the Liberal quar-
tet and two choice selections by the
band, after which the band boys
were given supper, when they fav-
ored the people with a fine concert,
consisting of the choicest music,
among which was unique piece
composed by local talent of Liberal,
setting forth the advantages OF that
town as trading point and singing
the death knell of mail order houses
While this concert was going on the
balance OF the booster bunch was
taken in tow as the guests of this
town and conducted to our two no.
tells, where they were served with
supper, after which they discovered
that their money was counterfeit,
and right here we desire to thank
Mrs. j. II. Gum and Mrs. Joseph
Bradley for the elegant supper they
spread before the visitors, for every
one of the boosters were loud In
their praise of the feast spread be-
fore them and declared openly that
it was the finest supper they had par
taken of for many long week, and
that 1t could not he beaten at any OF
the hotels in Liberal. One of the
boosters declared that for the first
time in his life he had partaken OF
all the fried chicken he could eat
and that he had devoured so much
he could fairly cackle and would be
sah n "a 70 fpl IN
In the face.
After supper the boosters showed
their liberallty by inviting every one
OF the ladies and children present to
partake of soda water at the Gray
Drug store, while some OF them
passed through the crowd and dis
lributed cigars among the men.
The visit of these men, with whom
most OF our people have transacted
business. to our town was indeed
gala day event and served to cement
the friendly feeling that has so long
existed between the Liberal people
and the citizens of this part of Okla
homa.
Ray Millman, of the News, and
Ralph Colvln of the Star Lumber
company, each made a short, appro-
pirate talk, referring to the friend
ship existing between the people here
and the business men of Liberal, and
expressing their thanks for the
hearty reception rendered them.
Roy b. Ravenscroft and Carl r.
Robertson had shown the forethought
to have big banner painted with the
word welcome on 1t and stretched 1t
across the street. This badge of
greeting appeared to touch the right
chord in the mind Of every Liberal
booster and they expressed their ap-
probation OF 1t in glowing terms.
The occasion was one that will
long be remembered by both the Wis
itors and our people.
The male quartet and cornet band
both rendered excellent music and
are musical organizations Of which
the people of Liberal should be ex-
ceedingly proud.
The people here certainly appreci-
ate this visit from the railroad town
at which we do most of our business
and we guarantee that should they
again invade our town they will meet
with even a more cheerful welcome
than they did on this occasion. Three
cheers for the Liberal Boosters and
the spirit of brotherly love that
prompted them to make their tour
through this part of the country, for
they certainly made the goth of July
gala day right in the town of Gray.
Come again. boys, the latch string
hangs on the outside, and the town is
yours.