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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

Weavers of pushes and fur-fabrics
appear to be designing their produc-
lions along Independent lines this sea-
son. They have made some new de-
partures and have turned out num-
Der Of patterns that are especially
adapted to children's and misses
wear Those who produce coats for
children give prompt Endorsement
to these handsome novelties in pushes,
and it is likely that the coats them
selves inspire an enthusiasm for the
material. They have the charm of
beauty and novelty, and they are dura-
BILE and comfortable.
A handsome coat for miss of
eleven or so is pictured here. 1t is
in dark brown, flecked with white. AS
in coats for grownups 1t is cut on
simple lines with straight-hanging
front, and the body set rather close
to the figure. 1t is long enough to
cover the dress. Coats made of these
novelty fabrics must be plain, and
this one tells It's story in the picture.
There is nothing in the way Of orna-
ment except three small metallic but
tons which are set on the belt at each
side Of the back, and two similar but
tons at the front of the narrow stand
ing collar. An abbreviated cape might
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

The threshing machines are now
made in the Middle states, with straw
cutters, the wheat, as fast as threshed,
is run through the cutter and blown
into the NOW. The usual charge for
threshing and cutting the straw Is 6
to cents per bushel. This is a great
convenience, as it saves extra ham
ding. Good, dry wheat straw is worth
fully half the price of second-crop
clover and mixed grasses cut off the
wheat stubbles, or $3.50 to SO per ton.
Straw should not be sold off the
farm unless the money is used for buy
ing wheat bran, cottonseed meal or
flaxseed meal with the money. In the
best farmed sections of Pennsylvania
the wheat is mostly threshed during
the winter, as the straw is wanted for
feed and litter. If the straw is ricked
in the yard, have the rick topped off
and tied down to prevent rain damag-
Ing the straw. If the rick is properly
built the straw will keep dry. =
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12
CONVICT WOMAN OF MURDER
Jury at Wellington Returns Verdict
Against Mrs. BerseIy-Kinsley
a Bank Cashier Is Dead

After being out only thirty minutes
the jury in the Mrs. Effie Beverly
case at Wellington returned verdict
Of first degree murder.
Mrs. Beverly shot and killed her
two children, girl and boy, 6 and
years old, respectively, at the home
of her father, r. V. Carpenter, near
Milan, in Sumner county, on July II.
A plea Of insanity was made by the
defense.
Mrs. Beverly, who is "a years old,
has been divorced from her husband
for three or four years. Before shoot
ing the children as they lay asleep in
bed, she wrote a note saying thdt If
the children lived she hoped they
would fall into good hands.
The preponderance of medical testi-
mony in the trial was that the woman
was sane at that time. Mrs. Beverlys
mother has been in the county Jail
for the last year for failure to give a
peace bond after her arrest for threat
ening the life Of neighbor at Cald-
well.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12
TIME FOR FILLING
SILO is UNCERTAIN
Dry Years Bring Special Prob
lens, but Make Recepta-
CleS More Necessary.

No rule can be laid down for filing
the silo during year of short rain
fall, says @. II. Eckles of the Missouri
College of Agriculture. When the corn
natures normally the time to put 1t in
the silo is when the kernels are dented
and glazed but the kernel still soft
enough so it may be broken with the
thumbnail. At this time the husks
will generally be turning yellow at the
end Of the ear. Corn may be put in
after 1t is almost dry If enough water
is added.
When corn is injured by the drought
it should be allowed to stand as long
as there is any hope at all of its get
ting rain to complete It's growth. If
it begins to die 1t should be put in the
silo, as by this means what feed
value 1t contains will be saved. If 1t
cannot be put into the silo just then it
may be shocked and put in later, as
tests at the Missouri agricultural ex-
pertinent station have shown that
shock corn makes good silage. OF
course, it is not as good as that made
at the usual time.
When filling the silo, remember that
silage spoils if too dry or the air is
not expelled by thorough tramping.
The tendency Of late years has been
to put corn in the silo too dry. 1t
should be moist enough to wet the feet
of the men who tramp it. If too dry,
add water by running it into tile
blower. At least two men are needed
to tramp the silage at filling.
Special attention should be given
to pacing well around the edges. If the
walls Of the silo are not in good con-
dition repairs should be made to keep
out the air. If the doors do not fit
well good plan is to place piece of
tarred paper over the door on the
inside, allowing 1t to extend about two
fleet on each side.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12
USING MOLASSES AS
RATION FOR SWINE
Not Worth as Much, Pound for
Pound, as Corn or Hominy-
Good for Show Purposes.

"While molasses is somewhat pal
atable for pigs, it is not worth as
much, pound for pound, as is corn OF
hominy feed and it is not used to any
great extent" says John Evvard, hog
specialist at the Iowa experiment sta
ton, in answer to inquiries that have
been coming to him asking about mo-
lasses' as swine ration.
A little molasses will make the feed
palatable and it is right for feeding
for show purposes, but the average
farmer who wants to feed it should
start on small scale and not buy
more than barrel of 1t at first.
Feeding molasses or black strap, as
1t is called, comes from two different
sources, either cane or beet. Feeders
differ, but the most Of them seem to
favor the cane molasses as the better
hind.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

If the trials Of the tailor are in
creased because women grow constant
ly more exacting, his triumphs are as
sured because they also grow more dis
eliminating. In the matter of street
suits an achievement like that pictured
Is sure of appreciation. 1t proclaims
its designer master in the art of
tailoring and alive to every new idea
which has made itself evident In the
styles of today.
This suit might be developed in any
of the usual materials-serge, whip
cord, gaberdine, broadcloth, ETC., or In
pile fabrics. Its skirt is plain and
may be considered as authoritative as
to length and width, The coat is Sc
verely plain and close fitting as to the
body, with the skirt portion set on in
inverted plaits. Two of these at each
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12
GOOD PROTEIN FEED
FURNISHED BY RAPE
Crop Can Be Sown Any Time
During Summer-Not as Good
as Alfalfa or Clover.

AS an annual forage for hogs have
found that rape sown most any time
during the summer will furnish an
excellent quality of summer pasture,
says q writer in an exchange. OF
course alfalfa and red clover make a
better forage and furnish higher
grade Of feed as well as hay if not pas
tured too closely, but these crops are
not always available and cannot be
grown on short notice. Rape furnishes
a good protein feed at small expense
and that is what growing shoats re-
quire during the summer months, but
1t is sometimes little difficult to get
them started to eating rape.
I have found several ways by which
to overcome this difficulty. In the
first place, prefer to sow oats with
the rape. I broadcast about -four
pounds Of rape seed to the acre, then
drill in about a bushel Of oats to- the
acre. The shoats will readily eat the
green oats and in doing SO are bound
to get taste Of the rape, and when
the taste Is once acquired they will
eat it readily. Another method is by
feeding them a little corn in the
rape patch so that in eating that they
will eat some of the leaves.
I have had excellent results with
successive paintings Of rape in small
patches fenced off with permanent
fences. This makes it possible to
turn the shoats on one patch a while,
then when that is fed down fairly
close turn them on another; this pro-
vides patch of good tender rape
for them during the entire summer.
A neighbor has had good results by
using movable fence, by means of
which he turns his shoats on differ
ent portions Of the patch so that
each portion has a chance to recover
from feeding.
If 1t is intended to hog down a
patch Of corn in the fall, 1t will a6d
considerable to the feeding value TO
sow some rape seed in the field be-
tween the rows at the time of the
last cultivation of the corn. Grow
ing shoaN require muscle-building
protein feeds rather than fat-pro-
ducing carbohydrates. / have found
corn, wheat middlings and tankage
fed in self-feeders a good supplement
for summer pasture.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

side are embellished with the neatest
and most tailored of satin braids. 1t
is of the approved length. The coat
is beautifully adjusted to the figure,
and boasts ar engaging eccentricity in
its manner of fastening down the
front. The opening curves from neck
to waistline and fastens over buttons
set close together. At the waistline
it meets narrow belt which is fin
ished at the back with two buttons.
The long sleeves with points ut the
wrists is finished with buttons, and
the high, overlapping, crushed collar
of velvet shows an original manage
ment ofsnn accepted style. 1t is just
these small details, managed with so
much cleverness, that charm the wom-
an who insists that her tailored suit
must conform to the mode, in its gen.
eral aspect.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

When the times comes for me to
go l want to go just like that"
This statement was made the other
day by James /. Brelsford, cashier Of
the Farmers and Merchants State
bank at Kinsley when he heard that a
close friend had died suddenly in bed
that morning The next morning
Brelsford's wife heard him gasp and
when she investigated found he was
dead. Mr.. Brelsford was a pioneer
western Kansas banker and was wide
ly known through that section.
A perplexing incident in connection
with his death was the fact that the
cashier was the only one who could
open the banks vault, and it was nee
essary to wire the safe company to
send an expert from Cincinnati.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12
ALFALFA is GOOD FOR HOGS
When Properly Fed VIII Produce More
Pork Per Acre Than Any
other Forage.

Alfalfa as feed for hogs will pro.
duce more pork per acre than any
other forage crop grown in Kansas"
asserts Ray Gatewood, instructor in
animal husbandry in the Kansas State
Agricultural college.
by experiments. conducted on the
college farm" says Mr.. Gatewood, 1T
was shown that ITO pounds of green
alfalfa, cut and fed in dry lot, was
equal to 100 pounds of corn. Six
pounds of corn was necessary to pro-
duce one pound of pork, SO the 10
pounds of alfalfa produced 16 2-3
pounds of pork. Estimating that during
the season an acre of alfalfa will yield
10000 pounds of green hay, this, If cut
and fed green with corn, would make
1000 pounds of park. Figuring the
pork at 6 cents pound, it would
mean that an acre of alfalfa was
worth $120.
In winter experiment, 100 pounds
of alfalfa hay displaced So pounds of
corn. Five pounds of corn was neces.
sary for one pound Of pork, and there
fore the 100 pound of alfalfa made 10
pounds of pork. The average annual
yield for alfalfa hay is about four tons
per acre. This fed in connection with
corn would make 1000 pounds of
pork, or 500 an acre for alfalfa hay.
In an experiment on pasturing, it
was shown that an acre OF alfalfa pas
tured for 163 days produced 591.S
pounds of pork. Care should be taken
not to pasture too closely as alfalfa
will not stand heavy forag.ng. 1t is
best to so pasture that at least two
cuttings of hay may be taken off in
addition to that eaten by the hogs"
X X x
Killed In Motor SpiIl.-John Bolig
was killed and George Wurth severely
injured when the car in which they
were riding became unmanageable and
overturned at Ellis the other night.
Both the men lived in Ellis.
x X X
Former Pop Leader Dead.-Taylor
Riddle, former Kansas live stock san
itary officer md the inspector for the
Wichita Live Stock company, is dead
at his home in Marion. He was about
go years old
X X X
Robbed Longford Bank.-The state
bank at Longford, was blown open by
robbers the other night and about $500
taken. No trace of the robbers has
been discovered.
X X X
Oil Near Emporla.-Oil in a light
flow was struck in well on the Pix
lee farm twenty miles south of En-.
poria the other day. Oil showed at
2,212 feet, and in flfty-five feet there
has been little change in the charac-
ter of the sand. Oil promoters say
this is the first oil found at this depth
in Kansas, outside the limits of the
Augusta Eldorado fields.
X X X
Couple Wed ga Years.-The Rev. A.
B. Kirkland and Mrs. Kirkland cele-
.brated the sixty-fourth anniversary of
their marriage at Salina recently.
Both are "a years old.
x x x
Wichita Doctor Dear.-Dr. b. e.
Hamilton, eye, specialist of WITCH.
tia, was striker with heart di.
sease while at lunch in the Wayside
Inn, at Drury, east of Caldwell, at
noon the other day. and died an hour
later, after being taken to Caldwell in
a motor car.
X x X
Train Killed Football Player
Ronald Gooder IL years old. son
of Mayor Goode of Marion, was killed
at Florence when he fell underneath
moving train. He was member Of
the Marion High School football team
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12
g.Ay 2a,za-4z
Use Of kid.

Leather and kid as trimming are
receiving serious attention from de-
signers. This fashion will never be-
come truly popular, but there is al
ways place for well cut belts, pocket
flaps, collars and cuffs of leather in
the smarter coats and street suits.
Bright green leather waistcoats are
shown for sport wear for men and
they may indicate leather waistcoata
for womens winter sultA
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

be considered as merely ornamental,
but it adds something of warmth
where warmth Is most needed.
The "tam" of white corduroy is a
happy choice In headwear to be worn
with this coat, and for dress-up re-
quirements white-topped shoes and
white gloves will finish up toilette
quite above criticism. But the plush
coat will give all sorts Of service.
Nothing will stand the strain of every
day wear better than pile fabrics Of
this kind.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

Free Daily for Msnhattan.-The
Morning Chronicle, a Democratic
free daily paper, made It's first appear.
ance the other morning. 1t is Man.
hattan's third daily. Fred D. Lamb is
the publisher.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

: Negro Saw saIoon.-Out of a
gathering of four hundred high school
and grade pupils at Belle PLANE only
seven were found who had seen sa-
loon and hardly more than that had
seen anyone intoxicated. This surpris-
ing result of Kansas prohibition was
brought out at service in commem-
Grafton of Frances Willard Day I'M
der the auspices of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

Train Killed Football Player
Ronald Gooder IL years old. son
of Mayor Goode of Marion, was killed
at Florence when he fell underneath
a moving train. He was member Of
the Marion High School football team
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

pratt Loses by Flre.-Fire de-
stroyed the w. H. Thompson and
Repps 3-story business block at Pratt
with a loss probably of about $4,000
This fire and three others within the
last seven months have caused loss
of about $340,0O0 1t is believed that
an incendiary is starting the fires.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

Killed In Motor Accldent.-Peter
Pomeroy, n years old, a Sumner
county farmer since 1871, was killed
at Independence recently in a motor
car accident,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12

Oil Refinery at chanute.-Capital-
lists OF Chanute have organized the
White Eagle Petroleum Company TO
refine oil at Augusta. A 25-acre site
adjoining Augusta has been bought
and construction will begin at once.
The plant will start with daily ca
pacity of two thousand barrels.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
CITY ELECTION IS
ATTRACTION TO-DAY
CANDID sTfss MAKING Mosr o.
! last PEW HOURS N WHICH
TO WORN.
At 2 O'Clock $50 Votes Hal been
c,sf aud Voters Were Coming IN
M Lively Rate
Then.

To-day is election day in NaXa-
barhie with two elections being
held the white mans primary and
the special election 10 name a sue
eessor to r. w. Rushing, resigned as
alderman, the voting is lively. There
is even promise of a heavy vote be
fore the day is over. There are con
tests in the offices of city assessor
and collector. city marshal, city az
torney and city treasurer in the
white mans primary and also a con-
test in the special election to name
an alderman to fill out the unex-
pired term OF alderman r. W. Rush
ing. The various candidates in these
contests are making the most OF the
last few hours in which to urge the
voters to remember them at the polls.
1T don't matter much how the
election goes because the candidates
are all good men. and the. people
would have good officials if any were
elected. Of course the usual array
of friends are lined UP for each can
didate and they are doing the best
to swing the plurality to their men.
The man who gets the greatest num-
Der of votes is the nominee for the
office. At O'Clock this afternoon
the vote in each ward was as fol
lows
Ward No 1............... %
Ward No. 2......... ..,...-..2o
Ward No. 3.......,.... .29t
Total number of votes ..56S
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
DEFEAT ATTEMPT BRITISH
70 RELIEVE GARRISON

BERLIN. Jan. 25.- Turkish
troops east OF Kut-el-Amara have
been reinforced by artillery and in
fantry from Bagdad and shave re-
pulsed every attempt of the British
to advance TO the relief OF General
Townsend's beseiged garrison at
Kut-el-Amara
Constantinople reported that
Townsend's troops had ceased max
ing sorties from the Kut-el-Amara
forts. evidently lacking ammunition.
The Tigris floods have poured over
many OF the wells in that region.
making the water unfit fer drink
ins purposes. Basdad dispatches
predict that the British garrison will
be forced to surrender by exhaus-
ton Of its water and food supplies.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
ARGUMENTS IN CITY
Of ENNIS CASE TO-DAY
-FOUR or THE ATTORNEYS COM
PIfYE THEIR ARGU MENTS
DURING THE DAY.
Jno. Z. Garrison for the Defense and
Rhodes :. Iiaker for Plaintiff
viii Close the Case To-
morrow Morning.

BY the time Judge Hawkins had
read his charge TO the jury in the
City Of Ennis VS. the II. & I. c. Ry.
case it was 10 O'Clock when the
arguments before the jury began to-
day, and it win take the forenoon
of tomorrow 10 complete the argu-
ments. It is most too trying upon
the jury to sit through a night ses-
sion after an all-day session, there
fore the case will continue through
q part of the day tomorrow The
opening argument for the City of
Ennis was made by viii r. Harris
Of Dallas. who took UP one hour
OF the four hours allotted to each
side in the suit He was followed
by Judge j. Lea Cannon vino talked
for an hour presenting the defen-
dant's side of the question. Mr.
Cannon was followed by Jno. ID.
McRae for the plaintiff. Mr.. McRae
was talking as this goes TO press.
He will be followed by Judge Jesse
Andrews of Houston, for the der
tense, who viii take one hour of
time Judge Jno. t. Garrison will
speak one hour this afternoon and
Will close for defense in one hour
talk Wednesday morning. Judge
Rhodes S, Baker Of Dallas will make
the closing argument for the nlain-
tiff in two hours speech tomorrow
from 10 to II o'clock.
The court room is well filled with
people from Ennis and local people,
who are interested in the case
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
ENGLlSH To COLLECT
DAMAGES FROM MEXICO.

LONDON, Jan. s, tBy maiD The
foreign office is accommodating cont
plants ressrding seizure of British
property in Mexico, it was learned
today, for presentation 10 the Car
RAMA government The Inter
Oceanic ralway of Mexico has asked
the gbyernment)tb find out when il
can have back its lines. At the an
nual meeting OF directors, Chairman
Arthur Hill reported that the road
Vas Communicated by the govern
ment OF Mexico In 1914 and that
he had no knowledge of its eondi-
ZION. Tie Gunycle Rubber company,
whose properties were also eompan-
deeyed in 1914, has lodged a protest
With the foreign office
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25

Tie Norsman is 1880 ton
steamer and is owned in Liverpool.
She flies the British flag. The YES
sci has been in service in the At
iantie and was presumably sunk
near the Birth Isles. II the report
is correct the Ncrsman is one OF the
largest British steamers, except the
LUsitania aaa Araeie, to be sunk in
British waters.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
CONGRESSMAN MAN WILL
SUPPORT WILSON PROGRAM
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON. January 25.-
Congressman Mann, republican lead
er, in announcing his support OF the
presidents preparedness program
told the house that there is more
danger from a war with England
than there is with Germany. lie
urged the immediate creation Of a
standing army of from one-quarter
to a half million men. He was APP
plauded by both republicans and
democrats.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
gcTH HOUSES SPEEDING
Up AT WILSON'S REQJ EST

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25srPresl-
cent Wilson's put on steam was
having it's effect In congress today.
Both the house and The senate male
editions to their calendars on pend
ing legislation and the chairmon
ul ged their committees to greater
expedition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
Bic BRITISH STEAMER
IS REPORTED sunk
THE DOMINION LINER NORSNiAN
REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN
SUMMARIZED.
If the Report Is Correct She Is One
of the Largest Steamers to BE
Sunk in British Waters
by Submarines.

LONDON, Jan. 25-The Dominion
liner Norsmah has been sunk by a
submarine, according 10 Liverpool
adyices received here today by the
Exchange Telegraph,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
FAVOR INCREASING PAY
FnR CaRRlING 81

WASHINGTON, January a5.-Hha
seGats pastals epmmistee this aftsg-
nooa recommended an Increase 81
oue-half ot one per cent Of the rate
allowed railway companies for car
-sinz the mails.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
ToDAY's OLDEST STORY.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Jan. p

, CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. IS.
y Had Bruce Austin, Cleye-
. lands oldest lineman. kept
9 going straight up when he
> started up his FIRST pole. he
> would now be a considerable
, III lance on his way TO the
> moon. IN the last 20 years
= Austin has climbed 40,00o
> sits 1oot poles, which IS equiv
, alcnt TO hoisting oneself SIS
. niies in che Ornament.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25

Pat Sims has been selling tickets
for the band concert M the High
school auditorium on Friday night
and he reports he has disposed of
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25

Possibly one might also refer .
a White Slave case as chicken
stealing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
@~&~%e go 80

more than 100 up TO The present. 1t
takes Pat to sell tickets to a band
concert