The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
THINNLETS
by HARRY STOCK

We wish to state with regret that we
had what appeared to US good joke on
the college boy. After reading some
of the exchanges we are compelled to
withdraw in good form
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The end justifes the means if it is
not too mean.
Gus Havemann, the popular under
taker, has become quite an athlete. He
offers to box anyone.
5000
What's the use of dying of broken
heart, if no one knows about it?
A very busy man confided Co US that
he lost an hour on the train going to
Denver, recently.
Reading of a man in Kansas who
swatted two billion flies relieves our
mind OF the worry of Employment of
the Idle Rich.
Since our recent rain, Ford owners
are seen IN groups talking eXcitedly
about water in the carburetOr." And
the others have water OF the brain,
bat they don't know it.
COCO
When a woman is at loss to talk
about anything, she talks about the
neighbOrs.
The following classes of individuals
seem to appeal to writer's: Those VINO
do things; those who say things; those
who are super-int elligent; and half
wits. Those concerned, please take
notice.
Bees rout Schoo! near Assaria and
Give Free Sting" (Headime5, SGIiga
JearHzi.) First tune IN our experience
anyone ever got stung for nothing.
COCO
Our sy.n2athjes are with the man
who IS stilI undecided whether, to wear
his last years overcOat, or buy ncw
one
FIr. Connolly and his EIud Singers.
Colby, Kansas, September 12.-NOw
that our d eInOcratic congressman. Mr..
Connolly, IS home from Washington,
the voters Of the Sixth district will
note with interest whether his Demo-
cratic newspa perS and hired henchmen
continue the mud-slinging campaign
{ InauGurated two months ago.
It Is understood here that Mr.. Con
nelly has realized that a defense OF his
| record and Of his party means his over
/ whelming defeat, and the only thing
/ left for MIN to do rs the last hope was
! TO inaugurate through the newspapers
) he owns or controls a mud-s!inging
! campaign against his Republican op-
/ ponent, Mr. Otis L. Benton. The vo-
| tiers, and the newspapers of the sixth
district, will watch with interest the
character of campaign Mr.. Connolly
| will make now that he has return ed
here and put his ears to the grass
roots.
It should be noted that Mr.. Connel-
ly's chief mud-slinger is operating on
the Norton Daily Telegram, in which.
! 1t IS said, our congressman owns q
heavy block of stock. This is borne
out by the fact that several months
ago Mr. Connolly borrowed" from
Congressman Helvering his private
secretary, Mr.. Summers, to come to
Norton and inaugurate a mud-slinging
camp aign against Mr.. Benton. Then
it was that the Russell Reformer, a
Phillipsburg paper and the Lincoln Sen
tinel, all Democratic sheets, fell in be-
hind the Norton Daily In their false
statements and personal attacks against
Mr.. Benton.
1t is well known here that Mr.. Con-
nelly has sought the purchase or control
of other Sixth District newspapers
through which to carry on this mud
singing campaign against his Rep1bli-
can opponent. IN fact, he tried &c
purchase outright newspaper IN De
catur county, Mr.: Benton's home
through whose columns he, expected
TO attack Mr. Benton What Mr. Con
: nelly spolicy now will be after ne has
! looked the ground over is the chief con
cern of the Republican newspapers OF