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TT! TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1913. Muitaal .Lit i HS11FSI Co mpaiiy of New York Record of 1912 : The close of the 70th year of the oldest company in America shows amount of insur ance in force $1,550,888,063 a gain of $45,913,401 and an increased amount of new insur ance paid-for during the year, $157,067,823, including restorations, increases and dividend additions a gain of $16,053,452. Other notable features of the year's record are: GETS GOOD NEWS CLAIMS CITY PARK Held for Attempted Burglary, DeWitt Receives Legacy. First Letter From Home in 17 Years Arrives. Admitted Assets, Policy Reserves, Total Income, Total Disbursements, $599,125,046.26 482,570,537.00 86,446,513.74 71,672,098.91 Payments to policy holders. $60,965,488.96, include dividends paid to the amount of $15,006,280.25 ; while the sum of $17,368,046.93 has been apportioned for dividends payable in 1913 an increase over the amount paid in 1912 of $2,361,766.68, and a larger sum'than has ever been apportioned for dividends in a single year by any other company in the world. Balance Sheet December 31st, 1912 ASSETS Real Estate $23,532,623.87 Mortgage Loans 139,691,244.47 Loans on Policies . . 80,059,863.76 Bonds 308,825,070.28 Stocks 33,583,071.00 Interest and rents, due and accrued. 6,550,812.81 Premiums in course of col lection 4,072,051.09 Cash ($1,889,812.54 at in terest) 2,196,742.05 Deposited to pay policy claims 613,566.93 Total admitted assets $599,125,046.26 LIABILITES Net Policy Reserves. ...... .$482,570,537.00 Other Policy Liabilities . . . 8,902,784.65 Premiums, Interest and Rents paid in advance .... Miscellaneous Liabilities . . . Estimated Taxes, Licenses, etc., payable in 1913 Dividends payable in 1913 . . Reserve for future Deferred Dividends 74,682,996.84 Reserve for Contingencies.. 12,546,662.02 1,859,395.12 392,870.94 801,752.46 17,368,046.93 Total Liabilities $599,125,046.26 ELON S. CLARK, Manager Hutchinson. Kan.. " Feb.- 3. When the postman delivered the letters at the Stewart hospital, he let m a ray of hope into the soul of one man. -The lot of Stanley DeWitt has been I a hard one since he came to Reno ' county six months ago. Arrested for burglary, penniless and without friends, he was compelled to wait a long time for his preliminary. Al though the evidence against him was not considered -strong, he was com pelled to return to jail to await his trial in district court, j After a long wait in jail he became ; sick and was sent to the Stewart hos- pital. Here he had to undergo two : operations, and he is only now con ! valescing. Added to all of this, Stan ' ley has lung trouble which bothers him very much. . . But the postman brought good news. I A letter from De Witt's brother was , received, informing him of a legacy of $4,300 which he will receive in time from the settlement of his father's estate in Texas. This land is in . Guadalupe county, Texas, and has been owned by the DeWitts since First News From Home. The letter was the first one he had received from home for seventeen years. DeWitt is a Spanish-American war veteran. He was a member of the Rough Riders. DeWitt was arrested last fall on a charge of burglarizing the house of a farmer near Partridge. He was em ployed in a threshing crew which was I working at this farm, and he and the other members of the crew slept in the I barnyard. One night someone obtained a lad- der and crawled through the open bedroom of the two daughters of the farmer. .The girls were aroused and the intruder quickly left. DeWitt was accused of being the burglar the next morning, and one of the girls identi fied him. DeWitt strenuously denied It, and many believe that he really is inno cent of the charge. Since last fall he has been in custody awaiting trial on the charge. He lay sick and almost dying in the county jail for weeks, and was later removed to the hospital. Smith Building, Topeka, Kansas THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK Home Office, 34 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y. HOUSE BILLS. Emergency Ieclarel Read tlx; Scc ont! Time ami Referred. House bill No. 490, by Herr An act amending general sections 4S68, 4S69, 4870 and 4S71 of the .General Statutes of Kansas for 1908, being an act in re lation to marriage, and repealing said original sections. House bill No. 49.", by Gordon An net to regulate the civil service in cities now having or which may hereafter at tain a population of 75,000 inhabitants, and which have adopted or hereafter shall adopt the provisions jf chapter 114. an act amendatory thereof. House bill No. 496. by Lyon An act to create a central board of adminis tration for the University' of Kansas. Kansas State Normal Schools, Kansas Agricultural College, and prescribe its duties. House bill No. 497. by Bay An act amendatory to section 7011 of the Gen eral Statutes of Kansas of 1909. being "An act in relation to the maintaining of crossings on public highways by railroad companies," prescribing penal ties for the violation of the provisions of this act. and repealing said original section 7011. House bill No. 511. by Klncaid An act relating to bridges and culverts, and repealing chapters 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 and 145 of the Sessions Laws of Kan sas of 1911. and sections 644, 645, 646, 647. 64S, 649. 650, 651, 652. 653. 654. 656, 6.V7. 658, 659. 660. 661, 662. 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670. 671. 672. 673, 1895 and 2103 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1909. and all other acts and parts of A HAPPY CHILD IN A FEW HOURS acts inconsistent or in conflict with this act. House bill No. 518, by Mjlroy An act relating to hotels, rooming houses, apartment houses, defining such places and providing for license fees to be collected and turned over to the state, and empowering the commissioner to make rules and regulations, and mak ing an appropriation. . House Bills on Second Reading. House bill No. 489, by Herr Air act in relation to the payment of bounties on coyotes, wolf and gopher scalps, the same being amendatory to section 2314 of the General Statutes of Kan sas of 1909, and repealing said original section. House bill No. 491. by Stone of Shaw nee An act regulating the sale of con centrated feeding-stuffs. forbidding their adulteration, providing for their inspection and analysis, providing pen alties for its violation, amending sec tion 3107 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1909. and repealing said original section 3107. House bill No. 492, by Stone, of Shawnee An act making an appropri ation for the Park View hospital and training school for nurses, Manhattan, Kan., for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1914, and June 30, 1915. House bill No. 494, by Stone of Shawnee An act relating to appro priations. House bill No. 498, by Riddle An act amending section 1 of chapter 102, session laws of 1911, relating to the power of cities of the second class. House bill No. 499, by Miller of Cherokee An act to amend an act entitled, "An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the coal mines of Kan sas," and amendatory of section 5020 of the general statutes of 1909. House bill No. 500, by Cummings An act to amend sections 8104 and 8105 of the general statutes of Kan sas for the year 1909, being an act regulating the practice of pharmacy- House bill No. 501, by Blakely act relating to civil and criminal pro cedure and authorizing the compul sory inspection and examination of places, buildings, machinery, etc. House bill No. 510, by Crippen An act providing a punishment for per jury, and repealing section 2641 of the general statutes of 1909. House bill No. 512, by Kyser An act amending section 5571 of the gen eral statutes of 1909, relating to the sale of county asylums and poor farms by the board of county commissioners, and repealing said original section. House bill No. 513. by Dawley An act for the protection of domestic ani mals, and repealing chapter 495 of the session laws of 1905, and chapter 312 of the session laws of 1911. House bill No. 514, by AVacker An act to amend section 3669 of the gen eral statutes of 1909, relating to fees BIDDING FOli RAILROAD. Offer Bonus of $2,000 Per Mile If Law Passes. Dodge City, Feb. 3. Bidding for railroads is the position in which citi zens of Grant and Stanton counties have placed their counties. At a mass meeting at Johnson City taxpayers of the two counties offered to pay a bonus of $ 2,000 a mile to any railroad that will build through Stanton and Grant, providing a bill passes the Kan sas legislature permitting this. At present the law forbids a county to is sue bonds for a railroad unless the county receives In return the stock of the company. The building, of the Colmor cutoff has provided at least one railroad for every county in Kansas with these two ' exceptions. The Santa Fe has run a survey from -it -hew town of Sautanta on the cutoff through these two coun- : tics and the K. & T. has a line as ' far as Forgan, Okla.. which is reported ! to be headed for Denver. Kither of ! these two lines would suit the resi-j dents of Grant and Stanton counties. j They would prefer the Santa Fn con-! necting them with central Kansas rather than the Katy which would be a north and south line connecting them with Oklahoma and Colorado. A. W. Cain Insists He Is Living . on Dodge "Claim." Citizens Threaten to Throw Him Off Land. I SHE SUKS FATHER OF 21. Wife Asks That He Be Compelled to Support "Reasonable Number." Tola, Kan.. Feb. 3. Carey Roush. Allen county's foremost exponent of the anti-race suicide movement and father of twenty-one children, was made the defendant in divorce pro- reaTiPr0b4J,V5f,eS- Md 1 filed by" Vis "wif Sah repeal said section 3669 of the general: t?v, i v, ,ut,.ii i, . statutes of 1909, and to repeal chap-Roush asks the court to award her a . ? A and of thc sess'011 laws; decree of absolute divorce; the title of 1903, and all other acts either gen-, to the tract of land and home in eral or special conflicting therewith. which the family lives, northwest of House bill No. 515, by Blakely An ! Iola: the custody of a number of minor act concerning building and loan as-1 children and that the husband be sociations, and providing for issuing compelled to support a reasonable ' stock to trustees, joint owners and i number of the home's population. ' minors, and defining their rights! In her petition, Mrs. Roush charges therein. j that her husband is of an abusive tem- House bill No. 516, by Blakelw An perament; that he comes home very act concerning building and loan as- frequently loaded with intoxicating, sociations, and amending sections 1S67, liquors; that he is cruel to her and 18.9, chapter 23 of the general slat- ; "naiiy mat ne is guilty or nonsupport. utes of 1909. j Judge Foust has set February 4 as House bill No. 517. by Blakely An ' answer day and at that time, Roush act creating the office of city forester mav find that he has unlooked for in cities of the first class, providing for frlends. One attorney talked of vol his appointment, prescribing his "duties j unteerins hls services for the defense, and fixing his compensation. - Tn prv v,vr iTpninw Defrauding Banks of Money for Bride ( lu-tje rrevents .Marriage. Dodge City, Kan.. Feb. 3. C. B. Kellam, the young man charged with defrauding Ford county banks out of about $1,000 to secure money for his wedding, was sentenced here this afternoon to serve from 1 to 5 years in j the penitentiary, is one of the money was recovered as Kellam had given the DAVID J. AUGUST. Buys the Entire Shoe Stock of the Massachusetts Shoe Company. David J. August has purchased the An entire shoe stock of the Massachusetts ; nt relating fr niihlin rinnls and rrr- ' ... aa icuuvciea as xveiiaiii nan given me flOien no clr h ! vkiing Renames for the vfolatfon i Shoe comPany- one of the largest shoe , money to the telephone girl at Bloom I 5T , .Tonirue thereof 3 e lolatlon stores in Massachusetts. The Massa- to buy her wedding trousseau. She Coated or Bilious Give Delicious k, sn -,.. tiv,i,- a I chusetts Shoe company was forced to "Sjrup of Fles." if it act to provide for free high school education in certain counties, and to repeal section 7790 of the general stat- M other: look at the tongue! ib coateo it your child is listless, j utes of 1909 ...v,..,, ,.- . 0,wllg Elli a MBtlM. Hmisg hill Vn Srt3 hv r.ilmar, -An bf.77t w,f,fcl "EX act relating to cities of the first class, h f:ri ..'r i.'!' autliortaj wch cities stomachache, diarrhoea, sore throat or . Is full of cold, it means the little oae'i stomach, liver and 30 feet of bowels re filled with poisons and clogged up ' waste and need a gentle, thorough i Cleansing at once. Give a teaspoonful of Syrup of Fig, j and In a few hours the foul, decaying i constipated matter, unaigested food nd sour bile will gently move on and out of Its little bowels without nausea, griping or weakness, and you will surely have a well and smiling child shortly. With Syrup of Figs you are not sell or go to the wall, and through Mr. Augusts Drotner in .New York the deal was closed. The entire stock has been received and unpacked and the sale on tnese shoes will start tomorrow. Air. August says many shoe stocks before, but never to illuminate have I bought one so lare-e and so districts thereof, and to construct, in- j cheap as I did this one, and I never had bought the clothes and Sheriff Argabright spoiled the wedding by ar resting Kellam the day before he was to have been married. - Kellam gave checks on banks in which be hart no funds and bad them I have bought ! cashed at other banks. He had been working in the vicinity of Bloom for the last year. I stall, equip and maintain a system of artificial lights for that purpose, in addition to the system of street lights usually maintained in such cities for lighting streets, and providing for the payment of the costs and maintenance thereof. House bill No. 504, by Gilman An act prohibiting business colleges or commercial departments from sending agents over the state to sell tuitian or scholarships, and placing such insti tutions under the supervision of the state superintendent of public instruc aid sell shoes so cheap as I will be able to in this sale." Flying High. Griggs Talk about avia tion; look at the price of coal. Briggs Yes, and you'll notice that che coal man, likt- the aviator, is trying to avoid a dr p. Exchange. LAY OUT NEW TOWN OF ROLLA. drugging your children, being compos-. tion- ana providing penalties for the ed entirely of luscious figs, senna and violation of this act, and repealing aromatics it cannot be harmful, be-' sections 7757, 7758. 7759. 7760, 7761 aides they dearly love its delicious i of the general statutes of 1909. taste. House bill No. 505, by Gilman An Mothers should always kep Syrup i act to be entitled. "An act to regulate i of Figs handy. It Is the only stomach,1 the practice of suggestive therapeutics liver and bowel cleanser and regulator in the treatment of mental and bodily; needed -a little given today will save : ailments within the state of Kansas." a sick child tomorrow. House bill No. 506. by Gilman An , Full directions for children of all' act to provide for the standardization j ages and for grown-ups plainly printed if the rural schools of the state. on the package. House bill No. 507, by Gilman An Ask your druggist for the full name, J act relating to the employment of "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna," . county demonstration agents. i prepared by the California Fig Syrup j House bill No. 508, by Gilman An Co. This is the delicious tasing, genu- act providing for the registration of tne old reliable. Refuse anything eJa J voters. offered. .au i House bill No. 509, by Crippen Ant ( . . McCLINTOCK'S COFFEES Always Good Blend No. 3, per lb 15c Blend No. 10, per lb.. I.... 50c These are extra fine. Full lines of Green and Roasted Coffees. Teas, Spices and China Ware. No premiums. 815 Kans. Ave. Phone 749 Santa Fc to Make It Best West of Dodge. j Richfield, Kan., Feb. 3. Within the next 30 days the Santa Fe will survey and plat a new town on its Colmor cutoff. It will be called Rolla and lo-j cated in eastern Morton county near : the present Rolla postoffice. A large ; number of firms have already ex ; pressed their intention of locating at I the new town at once. Considering the fine farming country in that district I Santa Fe officials expect it to be the 'best town on the new road between j i Dodge City and the state line. ELECTION APRIL: FOOD DAY. i Dodge City Will Name Mayor and Three Commissioners. Dodge City, Kan., Feb. 3. As the firct day of April is the first Tuesday in that month Dodge City will hold its second election under the commission form of government on April Fool's day. One" commissioner and three j i iuc vtci. u - i" i i- u. i-1 . will be elected under the new commis sion government law for second class cities passed In 1911. Dodge City. Kan., Feb. 3. A. W. Cain, the man who wants to "squat" on the city park here as school land, is again at large after serving a sen tence at Medicine Lodge for wife de sertion: for which he was arrested im mediately after being chased away from here in a futile attempt to file on the park. When asked whether he was living on the park Mr. Cain replied, "You're darn right I am." - Further inquiry showed he was not. He said he intended to build a house on the park as soon as he could secure lumber, the lumbermen here having re fused to sell to him. Inquiry showed he has tried to purchase cement blocks to erect a house but contractors re fuse ' to sell to him. He reported he had dug a well in the center of the park so as to hold possession of the valuable tract, but a diligent search failed to locate it. Mr. Cain yesterday applied to the county surveyor to survey the tract for him that he might build a fence to keep trespassers from "his" land, but the surveyor is too busy with other matters to aid him. County Clerk Kin kaid has repeatedly refused to issue filing papers for Cain and to top off the whole matter, citizens here threat en openly to throw him off the park bodily should he erect a house there. FIGHT FOR GARFIELD, Garden City Would Keep Township in I inncy ouui.j. Garden City, Kan.. Feb. 3.-At a special session the Industrial club decided unanimously to get behind the fight in . i ao-ain3 thA division of (Jarfield township, Finney county, between Gray and Lane counties and Its secession from Finney. Garfield is Kansas largest township and was formerly a county by iteslf until a legislature of the late ws abolished its government and tacKea it to Finney. . . T Some leading citizens of Gray and Dane counties through misrepresentation, it is alleged, worked up a sentiment in the township for secession from Finney and division Deiween urj " , . . i j i tnn at which in vention was neiu ii .. dependence was declared and a petition totne egtsmim. "'-""' w The signers nave mnc ...... petition alleging their names were secured Mucedta thtiMtuA providing for the division. , OT,tan,. Sentiment nere is ' " 'tvi er tic to the bill and Representative lyler the Industrial club to fight the measure to the limit Several leamus -mi ,, " peka to lobby against the measure. MORE COWS ARK TESTED. Farmers Know Value of Keeping Cow's Record. ri . t.-!in Feb. 3. A COW with a record is worth 25 to 100 per cent more, nowadays, than one whose aeihevements have not been register ed Kansas farmers are beginning to learn this. The demands made upon the dairv department of the Kansas Agricultural college, which has m charge the conducting of advanced registry tests in Kansas, have bee unusual lately. un reuui, v. lege will send a man to any dairy in the state to make these official tests. More cows' have been tested in Kansas r . ii : .irmiL-n ttitK week, than in I VI linn l'1-1 j-.-..! i ; , anv other week in the history of the sta"te. Seven men nearly all of them juniors and seniors in the dairy Course at the Agricultural college have con ducted tests In as many herds this week. ... The various dairy breeders associa tions have rules for making these tests for advanced registry and these rules are carried out by the state ex periment stations. O. E. Reed, pro fessor of dairying at the college, has charge of the testing work in Kansas. Two kinds of tests may be used in getting records for registry weekly and yearly. By the first the milk of a cow is tested and weighed every milking for seven successive days. To be registered the cow must produce twelve pounds of butter fat in a week. tne Vean nteiuuu u, uanj iriMm of the quantity of milk given is kept for a year. Once every month a man is sent from the Agricultural college j . . . . i, in ; l lr ri two dsivsi Mature lo in"" ' i' - - Holsteins, Guernseys and Jerseys must give 360 pounds of butter fat in a year to get into the advanced registry. Eighty-three eows in various parts of the state were tested this week. R. H. Musser tested a herd of forty-five Jersey cows owned by J. R. Linscott at Holton; D. H. Branson made tests on a herd of twenty Holsteins and Dutch Belted cows owned by M. P. Knudsen at Concordia: K. Howenstein tested Holsteins for F. J. Searles, Oskaloosa; George Campbell for F. A. Hornbeck at Lenexa; O. I. Oshel for F. B. Cowles at Topeka, and H. C. Stockwell for E. H. Emery at Wet-more. PLANT MORE "DRY" CROPS. Farmers t'rged to liaise Sorghum by K. S. A. C. Man. Manhattan, Kan., Feb. 3. More sorghum crops should be grown in western Kansas, the Agfricultural col lege believes. If cane, kafir and milo were planted more generally in place of some crops that are less drouth resistant, farmers in the western coun ties could better depend on their crops. For this reason Edward C. Johnson, superintendent of farmers' institutes at the Kansas Agricultural college, has asked every one of the 400 farmers' institutes in Kansas to observe "Sorghum Day," February 15. He has suggested these topics for dis cussion on that day: What are the sorghums, and why are they especially valuable crops in Kansas? What types and varieties are best suited to this locality? Why? What are the soil requirements of sorghums and when and how should the seed bed be prepared? Give a complete discussion of and reasons for your methods of planting and cultivating the sorghum crop? How should sorghum seed -be se lected, tested and handled? Compare sorghums and corn for feed and for silage. LAMP EXPLODES. WOMAN DIES. III. : - r. .-- -cl.nl. I fc. 3tin -t w ! WJ'" listed New Colored Wash Goods First Showing of 1913 Designs ' North Aisle, Main Floor Winter is now more than half gone, and the arrival of the New Col ored Wash Goods for spring; brings to mind the necessity of start ing the spring sewing very shoitly. A visit, to our Wash Goods Department will reveal to you the newest weaves, de signs and colorings in washable fabrics, and the beauty of variety and economy of price is bound to appeal to you. ' Fancy Dress Ginghams, yd! lOf5, 12V2, Scotch Zephyr Ginghams, yard 25 . 36-inch Fine Percales, yard ...1S? , Egyptian Tissues, yard 25? Voile Tissues, yard .15$ .. - Devonshire Suitings, yard 25 f . Serpentine Crepes, yard .18 Many Silk Striped Voiles, Fancy Crepes, Piques, Ratines, etc., in new designs and color combinations. American Lady and Warner Corsets at 98c Each Second Floar To close them out quickly before putting in our spring stock, we place on sale Tuesday broken lines in both Ameri can Lady and Warner Corsets. All sizes from 18 to 33 are represented and the models are good, including long and medium hips and medium and high bust. Corsets q that have sold for as high as $4.00, your choice for.JOC Special Lot Brassieres at 38c There are 10 dozen in the lot, made of best cambric, boned front, large under-arm shield. Embroidery yokes, tops and armholes finished with convent edge. Square backs with two buttons. A garment we o Q always sell for 50c, on special Sale Tuesday, each. . UOC Pure in ilie Baking CALUMET BAKING POWDER Just an ordinary knowledge of bak ing requirements on your part is all that is necessary to produce perfect bakings with Calumet Bakintr Powder. Calumet by its purity and perfect leaveninar qualities does the rest. Leave your next baking to Calumet and note tha improvements also note the saving for Calumet is economical in cost ana use. All crood crocers sell it. RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS Chicasa.UL ' f- , March 1912. If JJjUAIK I j Merit, Reliability, Quality, Dependability, Value and Durability will be found in goods labeled ffhc ladders (Tcmconn bmicMh mnd Kansas flvtfnul J LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL, GLOSSY HAIR, NO DANDRUFF 25c "DANDERINE" Hair coming out? If dry, brittle, thin or your ca!p itches and is full of dandruff Use "Danderine." Burns to Death When She Tries to "Blow Out" IJslit. Belleville.Kan.. Feb. 3. Mrs. John Worth, wife of the Santa Fe section foreman at Courtland, in attempting to blow out a lamp, caused it to ex plode. Mrs. Worth ran from Tier house in & mass of flames and was so badly burned that death resulted. The fam ily is well known, having lived at Within ten minutes after an appli cation of Danderine you cannot find a single trace of Dandruff or a loose or falling hair and your scr'p will not itch, but what win please you most will be after a few weeks' use, when you will actually see new hair, line and downy at first yes but really new hair growing all over the scalp. A little Danderine will immediately double the beauty of your hair. No difference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, Just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw It through .your hair, taking one small strand at a time. The effect is amaz ingyour hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance: an incomparable lustre, softness and luxuriance, the beauty and shimmer of true hair health. Get a 25 cent jottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter, and prove to yourself tonight now that your hair Is as pretty and soft as any that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment that's all you surely can have beautiful hair and lots of it if you will Juet try a little Danderine. Adv. Courtland for about 20 years. A hus band and two children survive. FIRST HUSBAND STILL. ALIVE. After Forty Years He Is on Way to Visit Wife. Wichita, Kan., Feb. 3.-For forty years Mrs. Alice Kddy thought that her first husband, Newton S. Clothier, dead. She became his wife back in North English, Iowa, in 1865. He was an old soldier. They had two sons rA than flrithifr diKaoDeared. A I short time afterwards a daughter was I born to her. Eight year later she ' married George F. Eddy, also a vet eran. Eddy died at Hutchinson, and she moved to Stafford. Two years ago she moved to Wichita. Mrs. Eddy received a letter from Stafford yesterday stating that her first husband had turned up there and was on his way to Wichita to see her 'i8i.t.i?,i8 .dauhter, Mrs. EuU In Oklahoma and Nebrasko. NO TOBACCOSOLD IX STORK. Quaker Merchant Has Kept Itulc for 25 Years. Smith Center, Kan.. Feb. 3. North Branch is a little inland town north east of Lebanon, with but one store that supplies the Quaker inhabitants haf riZh agricultural region with all kinds of merchandise except ing tobacco. The store has been run for twenty-five years by a man named Beeman. but in all that time he ha not kept in stock or sold tobacco in any form. A few years ago Mr. Beeman was elected county treasurer, but durintr his absence in the office his no to bacco order in his store was adhered to most strictly. , i