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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
HITCHCOCK BELIEVES A
COMPROMISE POSSIBLE

Democratic Leader Hitchcock in
statement replying to a declaration
of Republican Leader Lodge that the
peace treaty issues should be settled
in the coming campaign said today
that he was confident compromise
would be worked out by which the
ratification could be secured.
Senator Hitchcock's statement fol-
lows:
Senator Lodge expresses an ar
dent wish to carry the treaty and the
reservations which the senate defeat
ed into the campaign as an issue.
81 regret to say that Senator
Lodge is evidently thinking more of
politics than he is of patriotism.
ITO my mind the highest interests
of the United States and the world
demand ratification Of the treaty.
"The reservations to which Sena-
tor Lodge refers did not even receive
a majority vote of the senate al
though the party which Senator
Lodge leads controls the Senate.
His party is split on ratification in
the senate as well as throughout the
country. The reservations were not
framed for the purpose of ratifying
the treaty. They we're framed for
the purpose Of making it impossible
for many supporters of the treaty to
vote for ratification in that form.
"The reservations were supported
by fifteen senators who would not
vote for the treaty under any cir
cumstances and who voted against
every form of ratification. Those
senators after helping Lodge to force
these reservations upon the senate,
voted mo- when the reservation con-
tanning them came to a vote.
Reservations in the ratification
of the treaty are inevitable, but they
must be framed and agreed to by
senator's who expect to vote for rati-
fication. When the Senate meets in
December there will be 81 senators
out the 90 who favor ratification
in some form. They are the ones to
decide on what the reservations
should be. When Ga of the senators
can agree upon reservations, as /
believe they can agree, ratification
will take place"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
PLEASANT VALLEY ITEMS

This is fine weather we are hav-
ing for November.
The threshing machine is in the
neighborhood, and everybody is get
ting ready to thresh.
Ed. Scott and family spent Sunday
at Dave Scott's.
Earl Fuller is working on Fred
Blacks New Barn.
Walter Mays went back to Wichita
one day last week and came back
Thursday with bride. We welcome
her to her new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fuller spent
Sunday with Wilford Hoskinson and
wife.
There will be a Thanksgiving din
ner at the Pleasant Valley School
house. A program will be rendered.
Everybody will take their dinner and
all will have a thankful day.
Miss Mildred Fuller spent Friday
night with Mrs. John Fuller.
Several from this neighborhood
were shopping in Liberal Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Harold are the
proud parents of a big boy.
Mrs. Edna Davis is visiting at
the Orlie Nix home.
Orlie Nix and family attended the
show Monday night. .-5
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
PLEASANT VIEW
District No. 70)

Lloyd Pelton started to school
Monday morning.
Earl Robb has been absent from
school the past week. He accidently
broke his glasses and had TO send
them to Wichita to have them re-
paired.
Melvin Dirks is again in school.
o. D. Nickle, Tuman, Robb and
Wallace threshed their fall grain last
week.
Mrs. Harry Matkins's mother and
two sisters arrived Saturday for a
visit.
Mrs. Warner, who has been real
sick the past week, is much better
at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pelton left this morn
ing to visit in Kansas and Colorado.
Leon Warner is planning toi go
away to a tractor school in a few
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Nickle and
family visited at the Myers home
Sunday.
Report cards were passed to the
children again. Many viewed them
with pleasure because of the good
grades received.
One of the high school teachers
spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss
Stella Wallace.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
ROUTE 2, TYRONE

Everybody attended the meeting at
the school house Saturday to vote for
or against the dissolution of the con-
solidated district. Consolidation
won.
George Schaffer, who has been
poorly for some time, is able to be
out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Bookless and
children spent Sunday afternoon at
Floyd Delays.
W, Bookless is driving a new Oak
land six.
Mrs. Clyde Carpenter and little
daughter, Doris, is having siege of
tonsilitis.
Quite a number have been hauling
wheat since Tyrone has been getting
some cars.
Wheeler Meyer spent Thursday
night with Verne Bookless.
Mrs. Bradley called at the Floyd
Delay home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Bookless mot
ored to Hooker and attended the
foot ball game between Liberal and
Hooker Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
$1.5O PER YEAR
LIBERAL WILL HAVE A REAL
CHAUTAUQUA NEXT YEAR
Representative of Redpath- Horner
Secured Good List of Sign
ers on Guarantee

After having pulled off a small
Chautauqua for the past two years,
Liberal has again gotten in fast com
pany and contracted for the big Red
path-Horner six-day Chautauqua for
1920.
This is the big feature contract
put out by this well-known company
and Liberal bought it outright. 1t
cost couple of thousand dollars, but
there was no trouble in getting the
necessary number of signers to guar
antee the attraction.
The Democrat is Informed that the
program will be held some time in
May the town having come in early
enough that an advance date could
be secured.
We haven't the space this week to
tell much about what it will be like,
but there is plenty of time for that
later. Suffice to say that Liberal
will have a Chautauqua in 1920 that
will be equal to any town in the west.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
DALE TEST NEARING
CAP ROCK FORMATION
May Be Some Days Yet Before Full
Depth of Hole Is Reached and
Water Cased Out.

The drill in the Dale test we'll is
about fifty feet from the cap rock
beneath which, in the old hole be-
side it, oil sand was found early in
the summer. The work is necessar-
lily slow in this secondary drilling, but
the men believe they will have the
hole thru to the sand pretty shortly
if they have as good luck as they
have had. The coal shortage shut
them down but now they are using
fuel oil.
Lumber is on the ground on the
company's leases south of the pres
ent well and preliminary work is be-
ing done toward another well as soon
as this one is finished. The plan is
to get the start made now and thus
be ready to go right ahead as soon as
the machinery is thru at the present
drilling.-Kingman Journal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
MINNIE EDWARDS

Miss Minnie Edwards, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Edwards, was born
in Smith County, Kansas, June 3rd,
1892, and departed this life Noyem-
ber 21st, 1919, at $3.50 a. m.
Minnie has been i'll the greater
part of the last 16 years, having been
a sufferer of leakage of the heart,
caused by siege Of typhoid fever.
Tho at times her suffering was great
she was always patient and bore her
pain so bravely. Two years ago
Minnie went to Davenport, Iowa,
where she remained months taking
treatment at the Palmer School of
Chiropractic. On returning from
Iowa her health was very much i'm
proved and since that time her i'm
provement has been quite steady.
Her last illness was quite brief, hav-
ing taken ill just Sunday evening
and passing away the following Fri
day morning.
In 1899 Minnie moved with her
parents to Alamogordo, New Mexico,
where the family resided until 1912
when they came to Liberal to make
Inelr nome.
Minnie was converted and united
with the Methodist church in 1906
at Alamagordo, New Mexico, later
transferring her membership to the
M. E. Church of this city.
Minnie was kind, and considerate
at all times and of pleasant and
CHEEKY disposition. She will indeed
be missed in the home and among
her friends and associates, for one
of her character wins a place in the
heart of all who know them.
Funeral services were held from
the Methodist Church, Monday after
noon at 2:30. Rev. A. M. Wilkinson,
who had charge, used as his text /:
"Jesus wept." Minnie's favorite
songs were sung. The Eastern Star
had charge of the services at the cem-
etery. The pail pearers were mem
bers of the Masonic order.
The parents, four brothers and
four sisters are left to mourn the
early passing of the loved one.
The Democrat joins with the many
friends in extending their sincere
sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
MATINEE
DREW BIG CROWD

e The merchants or Booster matinee
given Saturday by the Triangle
Players, and paid for by the business
men of Liberal, drew great crowds.
1t is estimated that 1900 people saw
the performance during the after
noon, and all were satisfied.
The Triangle players closed that
evening after a weeks engagement,
but are returning for a special en-
gagement Thanksgiving day, both Of
ternoon and night. That they will
have a full house is attested by the
crowds attending during last week.
They can return to Liberal any
time they like and get a crowded
house.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
KiSmet Items
T =
KISMET ENTERTAINED S. S.
CONVENTION LAST SUNDAY
J ah;on Foot Ball Team Meets Defeat
in First Game at Hands of
Plains Team.

Rev. Priddle, the presiding Elder,
was in Kismet over Sunday attending
quarterly meeting.
John Collingwood of near Plains
was a Kismet visitor Saturday.
Mrs. H. C. Bundy left Friday night
for Hutchinson to visit her son and
family a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Rose and chill
dren were in Liberal between trains
Saturday to consult the doctor in re-
gard to their daughter who has been
threatened with appendicitis.
Mrs. j. w, Pinkerton took her
daughter, Dorothy, to Liberal Satur-
day to see doctor. They returned
Monday on No. 2.
Mrs. Geo. Vannatta was a Liberal
visitor Saturday between trains do
ing some shopping.
The Kismet Juvenile Orchestra
gave a concert at Plains Friday night
at the Star Theatre. There was
good crowd out to hear them, and en-
joyed it immensely.
Mrs. VIM. Weide and two small
children left Saturday for their home
in Greensburg. Mrs. Weide had been
staying on the farm northwest of
town, but since the daughter Edna's
marriage, Mrs. Wede will have to
stay in Greensburg and keep the
children in school.
f. f. McReynolds and family of
Montezuma were down Sunday after
noon visiting with their old-time
neighbors and friends.
II. L. Olds and family Of Plains
came over Sunday to the convention,
also called at the Dufeld home.
The County Sunday School Con-
vention was held at the U. B. Church
in Kismet Sunday. A good crowd
was present. 1t was lovely day,
so people could get in from the coun-
try and neighboring towns. The
Juvenile Orchestra furnished music
for the occasion.
Mrs. M. C. Hicks and children re-
turned Sunday from a few days visit
with home folks and friends at La
verne, Okla. Mrs. 0'Hare, mother of
Mrs. Hicks, came back with them for
a few days visit and to spend
Thanksgiving day with them.
The Ladies Aid took in $46.65 at
the Glen Wright sale Monday.
One evening last week a number
of friends Of Lucille Mooney gath
cred together and gave her a surprise
party. The surprise was given on
her fourteenth birthday. Those pres
ent were Mildred Bundy, Doris Mutt,
Raymond Tendick, Della Smith, Mar
garet Nelson, Oliver and Pauline
Brown, Denzil Hobbs, Ruth, Lulu and
Ralph Hess, Nova Moody, Floyd Mas
soni, Thelma and Kennith holland,
Ethel and Charles Kiddoo and Lucille
Mooney.
Tom Kirk came in from Dodge
City Wednesday but had to go on to
the hospital in Liberal. He is not
so we'll since moving.
There was a car of steel unloaded
Wednesday for the new school house.
The cold weather Tuesday stopped
the work on the building.
The Kismet Junior foot ball team
played their first game Tuesday.
They played Plains and got beat. The
score was 13 to in favor Of Plains
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
KANSAS OFFICIAL COUNCIL

The Kansas officials of the state
held their annual council at Topeka
last week. Mrs. Gertrude Jones,
Register of Deeds, W. II. Feather,
County Treasurer; Chas. NJ. Tucker,
Clerk of the District Court; j. w.
Campbell, Probate judge Abe X.
Stoufer, County Clerk, and j. F.
Feust and II. d. Massoni, members of
the Board of County Commissioners
were those in attendance from Sew.
ard county. They all announce that
the meeting this year was the best
since the organization of the council
Some of our brightest men and wom-
en- of the state belong to this organ
ization and the papers presented by
the various bodies were especially
fine and timely. The keynote of the
meeting was efficiency and "know
how" and it was urged that regard
less of party the voters should com
bine to get efficiency in the handling
of county affairs.
The Chamber of Commerce and the
people of Topeka generally spread
themselves to show the members of
the council fine time, and the re-
port is that they sure had that
We are advised that the irrepres-
sible Charley Mitchell of Crane G.
Co. and the very urbane but digni-
fled Oscar Swayze of the Hall Litho-
graph Co, WED with each other in
making everything pleasant for the
boys and girls, and that they sue
ceeded is vouched for by those who
were there from this county, all of
whom are saying mighty nice things
about the trip.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
LIBERAL MEN BUY GARST FARM

W. V. Griffith, Mayor of Liberal,
Kansas, and a member of the real
estate firm of Griffith & Baughman,
was in Guymon Friday, and while
here contracted to purchase the B. F.
Garst farm, two and one half miles
south of town. Mr.. Griffith decided
this place just met the needs of a
client of his who was looking for
such place, and made the purchase
while Mr.. Garst was in the notion.
Griffith & Baughman handle a
great deal of Texas county land near
the Kansas state line, and it looks
encouraging to see the realty men
from Kansas seeking land down in
Oklahoma, especially when the land
is to be occupied by the purchaser
himself, and not for the purpose of
speculation.-Guymon Herald.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
LONE STAR

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. U. W. Kent,
a ten pound girl.
There was pie supper at Eureka
Monday night.
There will be a pie supper at Lone
Star Friday evening.
Homer Smith and family have
gone to Eastern Oklahoma for few
weeks visit with relatives.
Mrs. W. M. Davis is very low at
this writing.
Bro. Butler is helping Roy Tepner
with his farm work this week.
Bro. Wooster of Colorado is hold
ing revival at Independence church
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathis of Sunshine
attended church at Independence
Sunday night.
Mr., and Mrs. Ray Tepner of Lone
Star attended church at Independ-
ence.
Everyone come to church and help
in the meeting this week.
The Lorena Dramatic Club is pre-
pairing an entertainment to be given
at the independence Church in the
near future.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our gratitude
to our many friends who so kindly
assisted US and comforted us during
the illness and death of our loved
one, Minnie Edwards. We also wish
to give our thanks for the many
beautiful floral tributes made by
friends, the Eastern Star and the
brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of
America.
(Signed) Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ed
wards, Mrs. Marguret Walton, Mr..
and Mrs. l. j. Edwards and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Whipple, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hal G. Reid and family, Miss
Lottie Edwards, Miss Doritt Edwards,
Arthur Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs. Eber
r: Edwards and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elbert Edwards.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
A SMALL PAPER

The Democrat comes to its readers
this week somewhat abbreviated. We
are not even going to apologize,
for tis a wonder it is issued at all.
Mr.. Kimball quit Saturday night to
take charge. of threshing outfit
which he had purchased and we were
one man short. Then Monday morn
ing we learned that our operator had
left town. The editor has been run
ming the machine and looking after
everything, so we are slim-awfully
slim. However Mr.. Kimball came in
this morning and we expect to have
a big fat paper next week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
SO TO 7 THE SCORE IN THE
LIBERAL-HOOKER GAME
Liberal High so Badly Outclassed Op-
ponents That Size of Score
Was Only Consideration &.

1t was billed as a foot ball game,
but Liberal fans say it more closely
resembled track meet, in which the
Liberal team took all the prizes.
Referring to the Liberal-Hooker
exhibition last Friday.
Hooker hackers had been promis-
ing surprise, and we are told that
some even went so far as to wager
money that Hooker would take the
game. The surprise was Forthcoming
all right, but of a different brand
from that anticipated.
The Liberal team had not been on
the field ten minutes until the game
was decided. The score run up so
fast that the crowd could not keep
track of the figures, but along to-
ward the last most of them guessed
the score about hundred.
The Liberal boys, anticipating a
hard tussel, were full of pep, and the
big crowd of Liberal fans on the side
lines furnished plenty of noise.
There is not team in the South
west that could have defeated L. H. S.
last Friday. There was no fumbling,
every play was carried out with per-
cision that defied defeat. Some of
the neatest plays made this season
were seen in the Friday game.
The Hooker fans were speechless.
They remembered the game earlier
in the season-Liberals first game.
They could not imagine such a per-
feet working football machine as
Coach Wood has turned out with l..
H. S. men. They were amazed, and
then it dawned on some of them that
they were being foully dealt with.
One fellow discovered four men on
the team from as many different
schools, and they were the pick of
those schools too, no wonder they
could play so well. Another fellow
discovered a Rock Island train man
in the line-up-which turned out to
The Democrat considers it quite an
discovered three or four fellows who
were over 25 years old on the team.
1t sure was raw the way we padded
out just to beat them-but when an
offer was made to wager them five
hundred dollars against two-hundred
and fifty that every player was and
is boni-fide student of Liberal High
school, and a regular player on the
team they were not sure enough of
their Information to call the offer.
Liberal is this year surprising the
people Of the town as we'll as the
strangers. There are two contribut-
ing factors-a coach who knows the
game and knows how to impart that
knowledge to the men, and the other
is in the material he has to work
with. Liberal has as good coach
as ever trained a team, and the fell
lows composing the team are of the
staying kind. They are men physi-
cally and mentally and work hard to
uphold their school. And, too they
have a good bunch back of them as
is attested by the large crowds which
have accompanied them on their
trips.
The Democrat considers it quite an
honor to be accused cf having padded
the team from the best in the country
since we personally know every fell
low on the team and know he is in
every way eligible to play.
Notwithstanding the oame was well
worth the time spent in going to see
it, and the Liberal bunch got lot of
fun out of it as well as Hooker's
scalp.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27

As usual many pleasant and de-
lightful dinner parties are being
planned for Thanksgiving. The fam
lily dinners are always popular. Mrs.
Frank Summers will entertain for the
following guests: Henry Tucker and
family, Mrs. II. V. Tucker and Char
ley Tucker. Mrs. A. +. German
will entertain for Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
McCloud and children, Jane and j.
B. Jr., Mrs. jenkins, Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Twist and Frances Stivers of
Meade.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Thanksgiving services will be held
at the Christian Church Thursday
Morning at 10 o'clock Rev. Barrier
of the Presbyterian Church will oc-
cupy the pulpit. Let a good crowd
be present. You will be dismissed in
time to get home to prepare your
dinner.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27

The article printed in the Demo-
crat a couple of weeks ago relative to
Seward county's possible rontribu-
tion to the congressional race, was
pretty generally copied over the dis
trict, without dissenting voice. AS
we are not picking candidates for the
Republicans, they seeming to have
very good success at the business,
we shall leave their task to them, but
we are hereby nominating M. Fem
berg as a Democratic candidate for
congress. Liberal had just as well
be represented in congress as some
of the other counties which have al
ready had more than their share of
recognition so we announce his
candidacy. We're showing him in
early so he can get a good start.
Now, arise and salute the congress
man from Seward county.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27

Mrs. Grinstead of Liberal is being
urged to become a candidate for Con-
gress on the Republican ticket. She
has big bunch of admirers in the
district and would poll big vote at
the primary if she becomes a candi-
date. Napoleon Tincher would have
to mend his fences in many places if
the lady should become a candidate.
She is a fine campaigner and would
have all the Woman's Clubs in the
district at her back in case Of her
candidacy. She would make a can
didate that would have to be consid-
cred by the male element of her
party.-Kansas Observer.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
FREE LECTURE

At the Christian church Friday
night, November 2S, H. F. Bolton
will give a semi humorous lecture on
"Just Chips" An offering will be
taken at the close of the lecture.
Mrs. Sara Salley will sing, which
alone will repay you for coming
Other interesting features may ap-
pear on the program. You will en-
joy the evening. Don't forget the
time and place-At the Christian
church Friday night.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27
GRADE SCHOOL oPERETTA
PLEASED LARGE CROWD
Children Did Finely and Surprised as
Well as Delighted Their
Hearers

The Grade School Operetta which
was given last night at the Majestic
Theatre was well attended and those
fortunate enough to get seats say it
was the best entertainment of its
class ever seen here. In fact one en-
thusiastic gentleman says it is mil
lion dollar show.
There are many good voices among
the grade children and they showed
up well in the performance last night.
Owing to the crowded condition Of
our columns this week we will leave
the detailed report to the editor of
the High School Booster, and it will
appear next week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27

The Democrat was tribe mixed in
the head of the article regarding the
Red Cross election last week. We
Isaid that Mr.. Cav was reelected
president Not so. He was just
elected. Mr.. T. B. Moore was chair
man last year-which means about
the same thing as president-but ow-
ing to heavy business of his own he
declined the place this year, and Mr..
Cav was the choice of the committee.
We do not wish to slight Mr.. Moore,
as he labored faithfully during the
year he served, and it is greatly to
his credit that the affairs of the local
Chapter were so admirably handled.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27

Mrs. T. b. Moore, Mrs. D. C..
Wood and Mrs. V. II. Grinstead were
delightfully."- entertained Tuesday at
the country home of Mrs. +. d. Kel-
ly north of town. One of those ele-
giant country dinners was served.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-27

j. W. Undertake, who has been
here taking treatments for some
time, went to his home in Plains
Tuesday and will stay there until af-
ter Thanksgiving.