The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-28

successor. Mr.. j. J. Cash. who is now
in full charge.
Mr. an Mrs. Roy F. Pearson and
daughter Thelma, motOred to La
mar Sunday They were accom-.
panied by Mr.. j. f. Amman, the
courteous butcher at the SnOd-
grass Food CO. store here, who
went to Lamar to spend Sunday
with his family.
Mrs. II. S. Rollins entertained
Monday afternoon at bridge whist
in compliment of hre daughter,
Mrs. NJ. II. Lamb of Swink, who
had been visiting here for the past
three weeks. Light refreshments
were served at the close of the de-
lightful session of cards.
Ross Webster and sister, Mrs.
Phoebe Simpson of Swink came
down last night to attend the
dance and are spending couple of
days the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Jones' after which Mr. Webster
will proceed to Chicago where ne
has permanent employment
Ladies of Holly and vicinity are
cordially invited to call Friday and
Saturday, Aug. 29th and 30th and
inspect my new stock of fall hats.
They include all the very atest and
best styles and fabrics in wOmen's
and misses hats.-Miss Lizzie De
Bus, over First National Bank.
Mr. and Mrs. w. O. Moore and
son, Ray, wife and baby, arrived
here last week by auto to look az
ter their tow homestcads IS miles
south of Holly. They are now To-
Gated at Whitewater, kas., but are
planning to return to their home
steads. Mr. Moore reports the corn
crop in Kansas dried out.
James Craig, one of the thrifty
northside drylanders from 16 miles
northeast of town, was in Holly
Tuesday and was among those who
have renewed faith in The Chief
tain for another year during the
past week. Mr.. Craig reports crops
and conditions in his neighborhood
generally good in spite of grasshop-
pers.
]. w. Emmons of the Holly hotel
went down to Garden City this
morning to take in the Cattlemen's
Carnival and to bring home his
automobile which has been stored
there for some time.
j. G. WadswOrth of the real es-
tate firm of WadswOrth & Reading,
is looking after business affairs in
Hartley, Texas, this week.
w. W. Heckethorn of the H. B.
Motor Co., accompanied by Arthur
Waldron of Stonington left last
Saturday by auto for Denver, Sa-
Ida and Alamosa. At Salida Mr..
HeckethOrn will visit his wife and
their new daughter after which he
and Mr.. Waldron and others will
go on to Alamosa, in the vicinity of
which they will enjoy weeks
huting and fishing.
A. j. Wright, residing on the dry
lands six miles south of town was
in Holly Monday with wagon load
of watermelons and cantaloupes
grown on his own place They were
pretty good melons and found a
ready sale. Mr.. Wright has an acre
and a half planted to melons this
year and says they have grown ex-
ceptionally we'll He says he also
has corn on his placew hich he feels
sure will make 40 or SO bushels per
acre.
Miss Gladys Mendenhall of Gard
en- City, kas., who had been Oper'
ating the linotype machine in The
Chieftain office the past few weeks,
returned home last Saturday and
is succeeded by Miss Emma Sewer,
who held the position some months
ago, and The Chieftain is again
pretty well organized for help after
siege of three months of labor
shortage which has made newspa-
per publishing in Holly anything
but conducive to good nature
Mr. and Mrs. H. w. Woods and
daughter, Barbara, Sergeant Hugh
ey Dicks and Miss Ruth Demaray
motored to the Two Buttes dam
last Sunday on fishing excursion
and days outing. Mr.. Woods has
become so proficient at fishing
that he refuses to report any catch
of less than SO. However, his fail
ure to report anything on this par
ticular trip is taken with some de-
gree of allowance and many who
have faith in his dexterity with rod
and reel are just a little bit disap
pointed in his refusal to bring any
thing less than so home.
Mr. and Mrs Sam Smith went to