The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-02

-Alonao Roach OF Hooker was here
on business Wednesday.
.P.&O. Canton and Oliver listers.
Ask your neighbor about Them
Thos. w. Cav.
Mrs. w. A. Lipprant and daughter
left Wednesday for an extended trip
to New Mexico and California.
Mrs. H. M. Perrin returned We'd
nesday from visit with friends and
relatives in Dodge City.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Curtis made a
business and pleasure trip to Hooker
the first of the week.
Miss Thompson, who has taught in
the high school during the past year,
left Friday for her home in Hoxie,
Kansas.
w. v. Grifith and e. d. Cooper of
Griffith & Baughman real estate Of
fice made business trip to Ulysses
Monday.
o. T. Wood and daughter, Miss
Laura, arrived Wednesday from To-
peka to attend to business matters
and visit friends around here day
or two.
Donald Rhea, one of the infant
twins Of Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Hazel,
died Friday night Of membranous
Group and was buried in the Liberal
cemetery Saturday. Short funeral
services were conducted at the grave.
Howard McNabney, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. McNabney, died yesterday
morning at the home of his parents.
The Democrat is unable to get the
particulars for this issue and will
publish the obituary next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Grub of
70 Hooker were here the first of the
week. Mrs. Grub stayed over few
= days to have some dental work done
and L. B. went to Kansas City to
hear T. r. and Billy Sunday.
Auctioneer Dickerson went to Tex
homa Wednesday to help cry large
sale of town lots which was sched-
uled for this week. Bob Is getting
up quite a reputation over the coun-
try as real estate auctioneer, and
his services are being sought by diff
ferent parties who have such sales in
view.
L. r. and Q. P. Holland and fam
lily left Monday for Dodge City,
where they spent the night at the
home Of their hrother-in-law, G. A.
Roggenesees. and went to Bucklin
the next day to attend the Decoration
day exercises. They made the trip in
their new Overland, which they pur-
chased last week.
Every one of the European coun-
tries is hungry for peace, but each is
too stubborn to make the first over
lures. The false pride of few titled
and crowned numskulls is causing
the wholesale slaughter of thousands
of Europe's best young men. When
the pople get sense enough to let the
rulers fight their own battles, we will
see the dawning of a real civilization.
The present brand is only tin-plate
affair.
Miss Mary Beecher and brother,
Thomas, and Mr.. Jones of the First
National Bank, were breakfast
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. Bolton
Tuesday morning, prior to their de-
parture for the eastern part of the
state. Miss Beecher will leave soon
for the mission field of China. Mr..
Beecher will return to Liberal next
fall as one Of the instructors in the
high school. Mr.. Jones is taking a
vacation from bank duties and It Is
rumored he will not return to Lib
eral alone.
The Holland Brothers finished the
threshing season last week and have
hauled their machine into the shed
for few weeks before beginning the
new season. Their last job was on
their own maize crop, which they
had left until all the other had been
threshed. Their maize netted 1900
bushels, for which they received 81
cents per hundred, not bad little
pile to get hold of at this time of
year. They also have 1900 bushels
of last years corn which they are
hanging onto.
The Democrat meant last week to
say something about entering Its
tenth year of life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness, but in the