Abilene weekly reflector., 1921-07-07
TALMAGE
Nv I. X. NJ.

and visited for short time with the
family Of Miss Cooks brother, c. l..
Cook. and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fraser with their
son Stanley and Elmer Morgan made
trip 10 Industry Tuesday after
noon.
III. T.. Mitchell and family return
cd from their holiday trip and visit
TO Mrs. Mitchell's parents Mt Ozaw-
kie. Tuesday evening. 1t rained ana
showered In the region east OF juno
ton City all the time they were gone.
Very few Of the farmers have been
able to thresh their wheat In the
eastern part Of the state on account
Of the incessant rains.
The morning of the Fourth found
the clouds covering the sky and a
light mist falling In this vicinity,
therefore the leaders Of the picnic
program decided to call 1t of. How
ever the clouds rolled away by noon
and as but little rain fell. they were
somewhat chagrinned, especially az
friends from Abilene and Manches-
ter and the country round about
drove in expecting to participate In
the picnic and were disappointed.
They plan for another one In the
near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Shipley, who
have been visiting with the parson-
age folks for week returned to their
home in Frontenac, Kan, Saturday
morning. Mr.. Shipley is head black
smith at one Of the large coal mines
In that vicinity and as he thought
that the miners, who had been lay
ing off during the trial Of Alex Howat
would resume work Tuesday, he
wanted to be back at work. They
enjoyed their visit here very much
and were highly delighted with the
evidences Of prosperity to be seen
on every hand.
Rumors Of damage done by light
ming during the electrical storm
north and east of Talmage Friday
evening are prevalent. 1t ia said a
young man was killed northwest OF
Industry. Ben Murphy's house was
seriously damaged by one bolt and
another killed four head Of cows for
Raw Livingston. These parties live
north and east Of Talmage. There
was a very heavy downpour OF rain
In several localities. Talmage neigh
borhood has only had slight showers
for the past week and the threshing
machines have been running most OF
the time.
The services at the church last
Sunday were Of patriotic nature as
announced and were well attended.
The Bebermyer male quartet sang
an ode to the flag and Elmer Morgan
rendered solo, "The Americans
Have Come" Both Of these numbers
were rendered effectively and were
heartily applauded.
The pastor, Rev. J. Kansas Nor
gan, is using Fosdick's book, "The
Meaning of Prayer" as text book
for the mid-week evening meetings
and those who attend are being
greatly edited by these wholesome
and pertinent studies. The meetings
are worth while and should be more
largely attended. The church rooms
are cool and the service is not pro-
longed beyond 0 o'clock.
The music committee OF the
church is talking of having sacred
concert one of these evenings soon.
Talmage has a good supply OF hne
musical talent and should be able to
put on an attractive and uplirting
program Of this character.
Most Of the people In the village
and vicinity stayed about their
homes and rested on the Fourth.
Some drove about the country dur
Ing the afternoon. 1t was certainly
observed in sane and sensible man
ner in this vicinity.
The people of this vicinity are
Sabbath observers, Notwithstanding
the rush Of the harvest not team
was found in the fields on Sunday
For miles around The writer mas
,een living in communities where
he harvesters paid no attention TO
sunday during the period OF harvest
md threshing and can but note the
Inference.
Miss Emma Saylor, who has been
confined to the house for some weeks
,ast with nervous trouble Is able 10
70 out and walk around little.
Rev. and Mrs. J. Kansas Morgan
md children borrowed Bert Mich
.lrs touring car and drove to juno
ion City, TT. Riley, Camp Funston
md Manhattan last Thursday. IL
vas their first trip to those points
md was greatly enjoyed. Visits were
,riefly made to some OF the historic
POINTS. such as the old capitol build
no al pawnee, General Ogdens
monument on the hills above ~
ailey and the monument to Tatara4,
he friendly Indian CHIEF wnom
the Spanish explorer Oh
I541 visited, at Manhattan. Inc
monument to the heroes OF the Dav
e wounded Knee on the edge OF tne
nloza at TT. Riley is also a notaDie
pn;nt Of interest. Friday Mr.. MOT
pan and his daughter and husDanu
visited salina and for the first time
,rove nm the wonderful valley OF tne
smoky Hill which at this season Oh
the wear presents one OF the mos.
nasutiful and prosperous pastoral
Genes TO be found anywhere In the
World. The level and far stretching
selds OF wheat interspersed WIN
.cral,v level and far stretching neius