The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-09-26

Mrs. Jim Wall and children went
to Hooker on No. Sunday for visit
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Butler went
to Hillsboro Saturday to attend the
funeral of friend.
Mrs. Clay Fulton and son, Jack
spent Saturday evening with her sis
ter, Mrs. A. M. Peck.
Mrs. C. w. Smith and daughter re-
turned from Kismet Saturday where
they had been attending chautauqua.
Miss Cleo Chittenden left for New
ton Monday where her mother of
Kansas City will join her for visit.
Miss Inez Barker of Tyrone left on
No. 2 Saturday for Hutchinson where
she will enter Salt City Business Col
lege.
Mrs. M. H. Sells returned to her
home in Pratt Monday after weeks
visit with her brother, Thos. Clopp,
and family of route B.
Miss Mae Webster came from
Wichita Sunday for a visit with old
time friends here and Mrs. Frank
Smith in Beaver.
Mrs. M. B. Fairchild, who has spent
the past week with her daughter, Mrs.
D. H. Lockwood, returned to her
home in Pratt Monday.
Roy See received a message last
week stating that his brother, G. Hob
art See of Illinois had been killed
in action in France, August 9Th.
Mrs. H. M. Miller of Bucklin passed
through on No. / Sunday on her way
to Tyrone for visit with her son, B
B. Miller and family, including the
new granddaughter.
Mrs. F. L. DeBerry, who spent sew
eral weeks with her husband at Camp
Doniphan, visited her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Miller near Dom
hey, leaving for her home in Yuma,
Arizona, Saturday.
Preston Parham, an old friend of
the Democrat editor, was here from
Mullinville over Saturday night and
Sunday on a business trip. Mr.. Par
ham is engaged in the drug business
at Mullinville.
Mrs. A. Howard and daughter, Miss
Kathryn, and son, Thomas, returned
to their home in Louisiana, Missouri,
Saturday after a visit with Mrs.
Towards sister, Mrs. A. Hopke, and
brothers, Jas. and W. d. Campbell,
near Lorena.
Private Earl Leonard McLain,
eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Nc
Lain of Gray, Oklahoma, with Com
pany X, 112th Infantry, American
Expeditionary Force in France, was
killed in action August 18th, 1918.
Telegram was received September II,
1918.
W. V. Griffith and F. E. Cheno-
worth, fire insurance agent for the
Great American Company, made a
trip to the north part of Seward coun-
ty one day last week, inspecting some
land and incidentally writing few
good fire insurance policies. Cheno-
worth is likely to become an owner of
considerable land in Southwest Kan
sas in the very near future.
Mrs. Ida Smallwood had the mis-
fortune to step into the basement
of the Economy store thru the door
which had been opened only few
moments, one day last week. She
started to the telephone and to reach
it had to pass over this door which is
back of pattern case, and prevented
her from seeing the opening. Mrs.
Smallwood fell heavily against the
steps and caught with her arms, thus
preventing severe injury to her
body.
]. D. Pearce has letter from his
son Cecil, who is in the Navy band,
in which is photograph of Cecil and
number of the band boys. He
says they have been on trip play
ing for Red Cross meetings and hav-
ing the time of their lives. At one
place he says they played about an
hour and half and at the end of
that time the half bushel they had
placed out in front for that purpose,
was almost full of money, and num-
Der of bills was among it, Ceicl looks
hearty and the life no doubt agrees
with him.