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The Democrat
. 6 PUBLISHED WEEKLY
At $1.50 Per Yesr in Adrance
john k. Mcmullen
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
FRIDAY, . JANUARY 29, 1915.
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f Thanks and Resolution of Ctn
deleiee, 2 CenU per Line.
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v, per Line.
SPECIAL CONTRACT Rates on larre
Advertisements.
EVERY KNOCK A BOOST.
The Democrat man is more than
pleased with the encouragement
so far received in the project of
.' starting The Daily Democrat, and
especially from the business peo
ple of the town who are practi
cally a unit in boosting for the
new proposition. Of course there
is one exception to this rule but
every knock so far has been a
boost as is always the case when
ever a fellow hollers because his
toes are being trampler upon.
ine uemocrai man nas neen a
vnc-Mnr.! ,if 1J..I-IW, ,.nnnlv .ill Ua
itOlULIll Jl Uill IWH WJUUll till
life.' He likes the people and is
egotistical enough to believe that
at least some of them like him.
He believes that it is a pretty good
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. uiu piaiu in wiihu id uc uuuii
any circumstances and he believes
' that it is as good a place as there
is on earth in which to run a
riAvciviTwr 'mil ili'vmffj llu ih'm-
tests of disgruntled competitors
he' is inclined io think thai ho
will continue at the game. To any
one in the newspaper business
who is inclined to think and 4ry
to make-tin people believe that
there is. not room in the best town
of 5,000 inhabitants on the face
of the" earth for two papers we
have simply this suggestion to of-
.fer, and that is this, that this is a
great big world and that the rail-
:road connections out. "of Great
Bend are excellent and so far we
jiave not. noticed any clamorous
. throng hanging onto anvone's
coat tails to keep them from leav
ing if they do not like the place,
but so far as we are concerned,
we are inclined to slick.
' It has never Keen the opinion of
, the' Democrat man that his paper
."was the' only" one Oh earth, and
. in starting out with a new daily
paper we are willing to concede
(Y,nt ntho-i- i,.. -:m I.. ,1.. 1
iness the, same .as we have, but
.'no more right. So far we have
plugged .along in this bully old
."world and have earned what we
have' and'we intend to keen ri-'hl
I --n---
on at the same old stand in the
future and hot only maintain the
. business but also increase it ma
terially; We have had no one
donate us a print shop in the past
and we do not expect anyone to
do so in the future. What little
we have we have earned, and it
is a comforting thoiiL'lil in t
.bed at night and know that the
bouse in which we sleep does not
have to be in our wife's name, and
that when we nut throuim a bus-
' iness deal it is not necessary to
have "the folks", sign the notes
or put up the cash. We have bor
.. rowed money in the oast and we
will probably do so in the future,
and thank the Lord, our credit
is stUI good at the bank without
;our relatives having to stand good
lor the same.
' To any other queries which dis
t gruntled competitors may see fit
to propound we will say that our
, liver is still io good working or
der, pur appendix is still a part
of our anatomy, we have not
yet contracted .the "pill" habit,
ana that our nerve is 100 per cent
fine, and that The Daily Demo
. erat, which will start onrthc 15th
'.-.of next month, will be the
daily newspaper ' ever published
in iireatfiienu ami, will be a per
. manent institution.
MRS. UNRUH BETTER.
Mrs..B. II. Unruh, who was se
tverely .burned at her home north
.of Pawnee Rock last Thursday
t evening, is reported as improving
I nicely at tire hospital, where she
was brought' immediately after
the accident.. The little, baby that
. was also burned at the same lime
is also reported as doing nicely
Mrs. Unfuh was burned in try-
'mg to save her home "and- baby
when the house, caught fire last
Thursday evening. With the help
of- neighbors' she. succeeded in
saying both but it looked for a
lime -as though it would be at the
' expense pf her own life, but for
tunately this penalty will not be
required. . .
Frank Millard; Jr;, was over
from Horsingtoh Tuesday.
HAVING GOOD VACATION.
Former Great Bend People Are
Spending Winter In New
York.
The following letter from Mrs.
Carmen (Okla.,) Sunlight of Jan
uary 15th, will be of interest to
most of our readers from the fact
that Mr. and Mrs. McGreevy arei
both former Barton county peo
ple and well known to practically
all of the people of this section,
having ranked among the leading
educators and school workers of
the countv for many years. After
removing to Oklahoma, both en
gaged in school work for a time,
Mr. McGreevy later taking up
the profession of dentistry, in
which he was very successful,
while Mrs. McGreevy was, for a
number of years, superintendent
of schools of their county and lat
er superintendent of the schols of
Carmen. They wisely invested
their money in land when it was
selling cheap in that country and
are now ranked as among the very
wealthy jieople of that state, and
their work has been such as to
make both prominent figures in
the affairs of Oklahoma. Mrs.
McGreevy has been specially ac
tive in club work and is one of
the officers of the Federation of
Womens Clubs of Oklahoma, and
is also vice president of the Inter
national Dry Farming Congress
of Oklahoma, and has been ap
pointed by the governor as host
ess at the Oklahoma building and
exhibit at the great world's fair
in California.
Last fall Dr. McGreevy dispos
ed of bis practice at Carmen and
since that time he and Mrs. Mc
Greevy have been visiting in the
principal cities of the east and
will remain in New York until
spring when they will go to Cali
fornia for a considerable slav.
Their many Barton countv friends
will be glad to know that they are
prospering and happy.
The letter from Mrs. McGreevy
is as follows:
NEW YORK CITY AS SEEN
BY A CARMEN CITIZEN.
New York, U. S. A., Dec. 20, 11)14
To Editor of The Sunlight:
This mail brought us your pa
per which we always watch for. I
note a few hurried lines written
to Carmen friends by me and take
this to mean that you invite a Id
ler for publication.
Wc just returned from Carne
gie Hall where we heard "The
Messiah" sung by GOO voices. A
letter from Mr. Frank Kragh call
ed our particular attention to this.
On our way home I remarked to
Dr. that we could easily see why
Mr. Kragh enjoyed the singing.
His associations here created a
taste for good music.
Soon after we arrived and lo
cated here we enrolled in one of
the sub-libraries where we can get
all the good literature we need. I
selected first "Irving's Stories of
Ihe Hudson" as light and pleas
ant reading. The association with
place adds interest also.
While visiting the Central li
brary, which cost $20,000,000 a
few days ago we passed through
and viewed the Irving collection.
This building "New York Li
brary" is considered one of Ihe
buildings in New York that com
pares favorably with European
architecture. It is grand. I feel
a month's time can be profitably
spent within it.
Our visit lo Grand Central Ter
minal was most enjoyable. The
depot is said lo be one of the larg
est in the world, covering 70 acres.
Two hundred trains an hour with
70,000 persons. In one section
they have a permanent aericul-
tural exhibit showing modern ar
chitecture for farm buildings, al
so labor saving devices for lai in
women, elc, etc. It was very in
teresting and shows the railroads
are interested in the back to the
farm movement.
Last Sunday afternoon wc
walked through Central Park lo
pond where thousands of child
ren were skating. We noticed
foreign languages spoken and a
foreign class of icople. From here
we walked into the Metropolitan
Museum which is said to com
pare favorably with the most im
portant galleries of Europe. The
J. P. Morgan collection has "The
Madonna" by Raphael which cost
$750,000.00. It is very old. Dr.
and I sat down on a bench to view
it and he remarked, "I cannol see
that much in it." I promise my
self much time in study here later.
Yesterday afternoon we were
down on river front. "The Fin
land" had just arrived from Den
mark. We saw the detained pas
sengers being examined. If not
passed favorably certain amount
of money, within certain age, etc.,
etc., required they would be put
on boat and sent down to Ellis Is
land and returned. Dr. Sweeney
is located on Ellis Island. We will
look hiin up later.
We were dirccted-to "The Adri
atic" one of the great White Star
liners just in from Liverpool. We
were shown on her by a steward.
She has been afloat for about six
years and is modern in eyery par
ticular. From Ihe deck the stew
ard (Englishman) pointed across
the river to "The Fatherland" the
largest vessel in the world. She
is German and with seven others
has been in Hoboken harbor since
war broke out. The Englishman
said at night they hung heavy
woolen blankets over all windows
and sailed a dark ship. They make
trips during moonlight times. This
is due to fear of German attacks
I sent some of Carmen ladies
souvenirs of the stationery used
on The Adriatic.
We attend a new church every
Sunday. Curiosity took us to the
Rockefeller church about our first
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., sat sec
ond seat in front of us. I insisted
after service that Dr. remain in
pew until after he passed as I
wished to be near and get a good
look at the world's richest man.
Everything was as I wished. He
looks like his pictures.
The St. Patrick's Cathedral,
Catholic, is beautiful and services
impressive.
Last Sunday wc attended Grace
Episcopal down town near great
Wannamaker store. The minister
preached a Christmas sermon
md his first utterances were about
strife between' labor and capital.
He handled sermon in masterful
manner and proved conclusively
that the laboring man was in Ihe
church and that was no real con
flict. This is one of the most aris
tocratic congregations in the cily.
We have heard Bouch While
in "The Church of the Social Re
volution" several limes. Recently
he addressed ministerial associa
tions in Baltimore and Boston. He
is considered one of Ihe strongest
minislers in East.
One week ago tonight we pick
oil up Ihe New York Call and no
ticed Anna Maley, who spoke in
Carmen, would speak in The
Bronx that night. Within five
minutes we were insubway and
reached the hall before she did.
We will visit her later at the Rand
School.
I must mention our visit lo ihe
Van-Corllandt mansion up noit'i
of the Harlem river. Here George
Washington was entertained. The
building was purchased from the
estate by "The Colonial Dames."
Every room is furnished with fur
niture of that period. Even the
old fireplace with pots and ket
tles, bake oven near by, wide
wooden benches, spinning wheel,
curtained beds, etc., etc.
One evening soon after our ar
rival we went down on lower end
of Island. The Aquarium, on-e
known as Castle Garden on for
mer site of Ft. Clinton, exhibits
many thousands of specimens of
fish, mammals and mollusk. Bat
tery Park near by is enclosed by
an old iron fence imported from
England before Revolutionary
war. The iron balls from top of
fence were cut off aud used ir
cannon when Ihe British landed.
Across from Battery Park we
passed through the new customs
house which cost $7,000,000 lo
build. It stands on site of Ft. Am
sterdani, built by the Dutch in
1626.
A few blocks farther brought us
lo Frainccs Tavern which dates
back to limes of Washington and
Hamilton. It is a great contrast
from the surrounding buildings.
Within this building Washington
made his farewell address to his
officers at the close of the war.
The Stock Exchange, Wall
Street, U. S. Sub-treasury, etc.,
have their interest but only a
few more lines. A visit to Trinity
church which stands out at head
and right in center of Wall Street
held for me a great interest. I
spent much time within it. I saw
tomb of Alexander Hamilton here.
Such a contrast. This little city
of the sleeping dead, surrounded
by traffic and skyscrapers is be
yond description. St. Paul's
Church is midst of same surround
ings is the oldest church edifice
in the city, built in 1760. It is not
very large. We sat in pew used
by George Washington and there
read a scripture lesson.
The Christian Science churches
and reading rooms have also
claimed some of our attention.
With all good wishes to the
good people of Alfalfa county and
Carmen, in which Dr. McGreevey
joins, I am. most truly,
VIOLA McGREEVY.
P. S No woman's letter is
complete without a postscript. We
sent Prof. Stevens at Harvard
University X-mas greetings. The
next mail brought us a reply, "We
want you, yes, command you, lo
notify us as soon as you can plan
it, to let us know by what route
and when you will start for Bos
ton. If perchance we should not
get your letter in time follow!
these dircciions There
are sonic other p.ni!nl-
here in Cambridge who will be!
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HAVE SCHOOL AGAIN.
School began in the Ba chman
"V
on Monday of this week after a
vacation or about two months or
more. The old school house was
burned down some time ago and
on account of the severe cold
weather it was impossible to get
the new building finished before
this time, but they now have one
of the nice school houses of that
part of the country and after a
good rest the school "kiddies"
can hustle and make ud for last
time. Cecil Morris, of Ellinwood,
is the teacher in District 58
WILL OWN THEIR HOME.
A deal was completed by the
Great Bend Aerie of Eagles for the
purchase of the W. B. King room
ing house on South Main street,
and the building will be entire
ly remodeled and fixed up in fine
shape lor a lodge home. The price
paid for Ihe house and lot was
$3850 and several hundred dollars
additional will be spent in remod
eling and fixing the place up in
nice shape, and when it is com
pleted the Eagles lodge will have
one of the finest homes in the
stale. The Eagles have a very
strong lodge in Great Bend and
their friends will be glad to see
them have a lodge home of their
own.
BULK SALES BILL
Friends of Senate Measure
Behind It for Fight.
Get
Friends of the "bulk sales" liiil
which is now up on general or
ders in the senate are bending
every effort to obtain the enact
ment of the law which is already
spread on 47 olher statute books
of the United Slates and which
has been fighting for recognition
in Kansas for many years. It is
a law intending to give wholesale
and jobbing houses reasonable
protection against the peculiar
sort of crooks who go into I be
retail business for the sole ob
ject of skinning the supply houses
which sell Ihe slocks for the smaii
er merchants' stores.
The "bulk sales" bill provides
that a store owner shall give a
week's notice before transferring
his stock, "good will", etc., lo
someone else and that it protects
the wholesaler from professional
"fly-by-night" merchants. The re
tailer holds that it cannot injure
anyone who has an honest intent
in the retail business, and that it
will benefit the honest retailer,
inasmuch as the honest man has
lo suffer losses incurred by rea
son of receiver's sales and other
price cutting stunls that follow
the elopement of a professional
credit jumper.
The "bulk sales" bill has been
introduced in the past three ses
sions and has been opposed each
: i . . . i-i-i
lime by a mysterious lobby ac
credited lo the implement dealers.
Whether or not they are guilty
has not been proven by the whole
salers and retailers who favor Ihe
bill. At any rate, it has been
bumped, either in committee or on
the floor at each session, Ihe mer
chants interested in its passage
keeping away in the belief that
the merits of the bill would carry
it through and the opposition lob
by remaining on the job. This
session the advocates of the bili
are out in force and determined
to get results or excuses.
Don Tarpy and sister, who are
j attending high school here, vis
ited with home folks, Mr. and
Mrs. James Tarpy, and family,
near Pawnee Rock, Saturday and
Sunday.
See the
fine new line
of Records
and
VICTOR VICTROLAS
now on display. Sold on easy payments if desired.
Barricklow Drug Company !
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WANTS $100,000.
Appropriation For Rebuilding: of
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it-nuemiary ASKea Wednesday
Appropriation of $100,000 for
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is lP0'"1 in a bill offered
in the house Wednesday by En
dres of Leavenworth county.
While there have been rumors in
the legislative halls to the effect
that the prison appropriation
would be cut in the interest of
economy, Endres plans to fight
for the approval of his bill and is
supported by the prison commis
sion in his fight.
The Endres bill makes .$50,000
available for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, PJ16, and the remain
ing $50,000 available for the fol
lowing year. The money will be
sufficient to start the work of re
building the prison, according to
a report by a special commission
named by Governor Hodges scv
eral months ago.
In the last few days it has been
stated that the house ways and
means committee would try to
hold the new prison appropria
tion to $25,000.
"They might as well refuse lo
give us a dollar," declared J. 1)
Botkin, warden of the state prison
who is in Topeka to urge the new
prison appropriation as well as
an emergency appropriation for
the penitentiary. "With but 25.
000, we would be unable to so
much as start the work and the
money would revert lo the trcas
ury. There would be nolhin:
done for two years and we would
be compelled lo wait for the next
legislature lo take some steps."
The joint committee on pena
institutions will go to Lansing
Saturday and will spend Sunday
at Ihe prison. The members will
study conditions and make re
commendations as to the needs o
Ihe penitentiary.
BIG ELKS MEETING.
Wednesday nighl was a rcgu
lar meeting of the Greal Bend
Lodge No. 27. B. P. 0. E. whicl
win long he rcmemhered as one
of their real big events by the lo
cal Elks. There was a lame at
tendance, members coming for
many miles lo take part and en
joy a good time. Ten new mem
bers were initiated at this meet
ing. Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
W. R. Falkiner, of Topeka, made
a visit of inspection. There were
other visiting members from a
distance. They were present from
McPherson, Topeka, Newton, Des
Moines, Iowa. Terre Haute, I ml.,
and Kansas Cily and Warrens
burg., Mo.
After the lodge adjourned a
banquet was held at Moses' Hall
where covers were laid for three
hundred. Of course, this was not
the least important part of the big
event.
While the attendance was large,
1 T'" avc. w ,arer
but for the inclement weather.
But as it was it has greatly en
thused the local Elks who do
not hesitate to pronounce it the
biggest thing of the year.
BIG WOODMAN DEBATE.
At the meeting of the M. W. A
odge a week ago Monday even-
ing arrangements were made for
a big debate which will be held in
the hall on Monday evening, Feb
ruary 1. Isoin Wright was select
ed as the leader on one side and
Sam Kellam for the other and
each of the leaders, will have two
assistants. It is going to be one
of the real big times in M. W. A.
circles in this community and
every member of the lodge should
make it a point to be present at
the meeting.
(liinhfii nrtH
uumy uiiu KJI livt
TO INVESTIGATE
THE BRIDGE TRUST
House Passes Troutman Resolu
tion by Unanimuos Vote.
By unanimous vole the house e
ailed for an investigation of the
bridge trust today when it adopt-'
ed the Troutman resolution which
passed the senate early in thft. 9
week. Members of all n.irtie
voted for the investigation and
applause followed the passage, of
the resolution.
Jasper T. Kincaid of Johnson
county, made the principal speech
lor me resolution. He charged
that the state was divided into
districts by representatives of the '
bridge trusts and that the vast ma
jority of all bridse contracts
allotted to the favorite corporation
hidden within a given district
Kincaid backed his arcumeht
with figures from many parts of
the state and declared that under
existing conditions it was impos
sible to secure fair competition
in bridge Idling.
Hogged It All.
In several districts in Kansas.
Kincaid said, the contracts were
let almost entirely to favorite bid
ders. He pointed to one district
comprising several counties in
which a bridge company Kin
caid did not give the name re
ceived 82.7 per cent of all con
tracts. In another district, still
another company had won 83.8
per cent of all contracts. Still an
other company carried away 83.8
per cent of the bridge business In
a third district. And on down
the line.
Kincaid cited ten or a dozen
specific instances to bear out his
contention that the stale has been
in the clutches of the bridge trust
and that an invesligalion of the
affairs of the various bridge com-
panics was the way lo clear the
atmosphere.
Competition Strangled.
J. N. Satlcrlhwaite testified con
cerning condition in his section
of the stale. He said that fair
competition was out of the ques-'
lion, lie urged that simple bridge
building methods in vogue for
years were patcnled by the alleg
ed trust and thai competition was
strangled and forced out of the '
field.
Bardwell of Riley county also
spoke for the resolution and a
dozen others wanted the floor
when someone moved .the previt,.
ous question. There was 'not a
vote against the resolution which
calls the attorney general ta in-
vestigate the alleged trust.
SIX PER CENT .MONEY! !.-.
Loans may be obtained for any; '
purpose on acceptable Real Es-'
tale security; liberal privileges; "
correspondence solicited. A. C.
Agency Company, 758 Gas, Elec-'.
trie Building, Denver Colorado.
HORSES DYING.
It is reported that there is an ,
epidemic, of influenza among the
horses in this part of the country
and that many are dying. Sev
eral of the fanners of this imme
diate vicinity have already lost
one or more horses and others re
port that they have sick stock.
Dr. Krueger reports that he al
ready has treated about seventy-
five cases and so far has not lost
a single case but he says that the
epidemic promises to be a serious
one if preventative measures are
not taken. Bayers from the war
countries of Euroje' have pretty
well depleted the United States ,
of all her surplus horses,, and
with another big wheat crop com
ing on the market for work ani
mals of all kinds promises to b
high for the next year, and it will .
be well for horse owners to look4
after their stock well.
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