Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], February 22, 1912, Image 7

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lUlICTlT LIGHTS W XT.
Two Dickinson county boys wbo
hire made good at K. U. are E. F,
and Henry A. Kohman of Dillon. E.
AVOID THE PENALT1E8.
l.k CI Breast to the County
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II I. Inn until thft tlm Whtt
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the deputy assessors will be calling IF. Konman recent., w
upon tke rltlsens with veilng qoes-Uwo honorary societies at K. U.. th
tlons about personal property and It Sigma XI. a new scientific fraternity,
will probab'y be well for those same and the Phi Pet a Kappa. He also
citizens to make a clean statement to won distinction In the play given by
the authorised representative of the the school of fine arU recently.
1t "Salt Rising Bread and Some
This 1 especially true of the man Comparison! with Bread made with
who wlshea to claim an exemption. Yeast" Is the title of an article by
under the law. A question has arisen . Henry A. Kohman. Just ended In
within the last few day. In the col-' the February number of the Journal
lection of personal taxes by sheriff -of Indvstry and Engineering Chem-
h.. ..'A1 t brln th Is nrom- istry. Mr. tvopman. hi
Inently to the minds of the county
officers.
A man Is undoubtedly entitled un-
H. W AIU'IEIJ). KANSAS 'S-n i
PIONKKIlr LAID TO BEST.
The fuoeral services of J. B. War
field were held Sunday afternoon
from the Presbyterian church at 3
o'clock. Rev.. Dr. Blayney conducted
the services and In hla sermon patd
a high tribute to the life of Mr. War
field. By request the music at the
service was entirely on the pipe or
gan, with Miss Grace Peters as or
ganist, The pall bearers were: C.
Stevens. II. E. Ackers. H.'L. Hum
phrey, J. P. Brlllhart. W. B. Giles.
J. B. Case; honorary, A. W. Rice,
Chris Johnti. O. W. Hurd, C. A.
Hodge, R. Guffln and F. E. Nottorf.
The funeral was largely attended and
the floral tributes were many and
Jonathan B. Warrield was Dorn
nMr cnirton SDrinKs. new iui.
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a rAiinman in in w n iiivminii v bji
Pittsburg on the subject or nreaa.
'making. He was graduated with a
der the law to an exemption up to doctor's degree fror.i the Unlveslty, age of n
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the amount or $20n, lr ne is ne o. '"
y-a f . hnnsphold. whether he an Industrial fellows!
mentions the fact to the assessor or, last year ana it wni wnue worE.ng
not but It Is far better to remind. In this capacity that he obtnlned the
him of the fact. The official can greater part of the data for hla ar
not be expected to know every one tlcle.
He asaesses personally and In many"! Mr. Kohman's vork deals espec
cases he simply makes the assess- la'ly with the manufacture of salt
. ,i. ...... ihi,f ruinp hread. and describes in de
ments ana jaier me iciuiu. ".v--. u.i igave out ana ne was reiurneu iu
thinking whether the man is exempt tall the isolation of certain bacteria He muBtered out
or not. and probably floes not inirom iu Eimira. New York, with health
many cases know. A word from tne me arucie is vaiunm r uc
party, however, would put matters the Home Economics department
right and all would be well. and already calls have been received
As it Is now. however, the county I In regard to obtaining the data set
clerk and others who compute the 'forth. The article ai-pered In two
taxea simply work from the returns, installments, the first uart In the
which do not show the man's status J January Issue and the second part
as far as an exemption is concerned. In the February Issue of the Journal
and the lists are turned over to the of Industrial and Engineering Chem-
aaiirer for collection, rooriuui;(
It ii.j i. .ha i Kh M V one-lnopr
whether he n industrial fellowship at that place "V' "Th ZXZ Zn the close of
vvi ys " " -
the war. The hardships of army
life were too severe for him and he
was soon sent to the hospital at City
Point. Virginia, and remained there
until he Joined in the march to Rich
mond. On this march his strength
nut and he was returned to
many parties knowing that they are
entitled to exemption think nothing
4f the matter until they receive a
preemptory notice from the treasurer
or sheriff to pay up at once. Then
the man flnde a lot of penalties have
"been added, nearly doubling hla tax,
and he has to do a lot of explaining
and submit to an investigation be
fore he is allowed to escape pay
ment. Thla matter came up before the
county officers several times lately
and a little care this spring in mak
ing reports to the assessor will save
much trouble both to the party a
eessed and to the officers as well.
One case in Saline county has come
up where a man failed to claim ex
emption at the time , the assessor
called upon him and now refuses
to pay. He would undobutedly have
been excused if he had mentioned it
at the time but now the officers have
learned that he and his wife had
eeparated at the time and that he
waa boarding with his children at
another place. They are not sure
that he was the head of a household
at that time as the children were
nractlcally grown. The principle Is
the only matter of
J. Stuart KlsUm DeswI.
J. Stuart Elston died at 11:45;
o'clock Monday morning at his home
on South Buckeye after a lingering
illness. Funeral announcements later.
Funeral Notice.
The funeral of the late J. Stuart
Elston will be held at the home at
t in n'olnrk
and at 10:30 at the Presbyterian j Clifton Springs.
church Thursday. Feb. 22, conducted
Elmlra. New York,
greatly Improved.
The following winter he went to
'Alabama and remained there until
February, 1868, when he came to
Abilene where he was married Mar.
28 to Miss Sarah Henry. A few
months later be took up a home
stead forty miles south in Marlon
county, his nearest neighbors on the
west being the pioneers of the Rocky
Mountain settlements. The outdoor
life on the prairies fully restored
his health and in 1876 he again lo
cated In Abilene and the following
year .built the home where he re
sided until his death which occurred
February 15. 1912, aged 68 years.
9 months and 22 days. His wife and
only daughter. Miss Anna, survive
him here, while a brother and sister
reside at the old family home near
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Men'! Women's and' OiUdren'a.
Myles. lirokfii Lines.
$5.00. 1 4.50 and $4.00 Shoes and Oxforss ' 'iM
$3.60. $3.00 and $2.50 Shoes and Oxfords
Misses' Lace $2.00 Shoes, sizes 11 to 2 at !!
Child's Lacs $1.75 Shoes, slaea 8V4 to 11 at. I.'-0
Boy's Lace $2.00 Shoes, sl.es 1 to 5H t ......!...
Come at your earliest opportunity and select the best values at the lowest prices.
DAVIS' SHOE STORE
Brown Te'ephone
Building
NOW
PLUMBKUS MUST PAS8
AX EXAMINATION HERE.
Before He Can Take Out License
MiiKt Go Before Hoard. .
by Rev. F. S. Blayney.
SPINAL MENINGITIS CLAIMS
ANOTHER NILES CHILD.
One of the children of Mrs. Ward
of Arkansas who died at Niles this
week of spinal meningitis, was strick
en with the disease and died yester
day after only 20 hours illness.
This makes the third death within
a week at Niles caused by spinal
meningitis.
72
his
Former Abilene Man Dead.
George W. Lambing, aged
ri. died Saturday night at
great moment home at Jamestown, Kan. His death
bere,' though, as the tax in this par- i was due to heart trouble. Tha body
13 to De ourieu Hi nwyus
Neb. Mr. Lambing Is well known
here. He lived In Abilene for many
years up to seven years ago when
he moved to Jamestown.' - He' leaves
four eons and one daughter, George,
John, Charles and William, and Mrs.
Clara Cook.
tlcular case Is but so cents
SAYS BANK OF PROSPERITY
STATEMENT WORTH READING
The Topeka Capital reprints the
"Bank of Prosperity of Dickinson
County" advertisement of the Abi
lene National and says:
Ordinarily the condensed state
n.ni. nf banks are dry reading.
Wants Street Opened.
A petition is being circulated and
They mean nothing to the fellow who freely signed asking the city com
has no bank deposit or who has oniy
enough to meet his monthly bills,
But a bann statement Just come
out of Dickinson county contains
something of Interest to every far-
mlsslonera to open Kuney street from
13th to 14th street. This will give
better access to the new addition of
L. Geauque which he desires to have
brought into the city when the street
mer in Kansas. Dickinson county is. is openea. 11 wouia kui -an
agricultural county, consequently matter of Justice to that growing
Prosperity or wai part or town 10 nave ui nv
opened.
the "Bank of
county doesn't try to interest those
In other lines. The "Bank of Pros
perity" is a mythical Institution so
far as the dry business of banking
is concerned but there is such an
institution In every county in the
state. . .
The Abilene National Bank is send
ing out, with Its compliments, the lect.
"Condensed Statement of the Bank
of Prosperity of Dickinson County,
Kansas." It lists the resources and
liabilities but they read slightly dif
ferent from those appearing In the
ordinary statement. If you never
have had the patience to read a
ban statement through and puzzle
over it, read this one.
Has Filed Suit for Divorce.
Mrs. Sheldon Monday filed suit in
district court for a divorce from her
husband A. T. Sheldon. She charges
habitual drunkenness and gross neg-
DBMOCRATS TO HOLD
MASS MEETING MARCH 2.
The Democratic central committee
met at the court house today and It
was decided to hold a big mass meet
ing at Abilene Saturday,' March 2.
At that time delegates to the state
Democratic convtntlon at Hutchinson
will be elected.
Dtod at Topeka.
Mrs. Bryson Dies, wifa of Rev.
B. F. Dice a former Abilene, pastor,
died at a hospital In Topeka on Feb.
15. The family lives at Alma. The
body will be brought to Manchester
and Interment wlU be made at Key
stone cemetery. Rev. Allman con
ducting the services. Mrs. Dice was
raised la North Dickinson, her maid
en r-5-a f!8f ISryK.
A Valentine Party.
On Friday evening the U and I
crowd had a very enjoyable time at
the home of Mr. and Mra. Ben Lan
dls. The occasion was in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. George Hosterman of
Nebraska who came for a visit to
Mrs. Hostermaa's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Wagner. The crowd has
not been together for such a long
time that everybody was ao glad to
see everybody else, they did not
have hardly time to stop talking long
enough to eat the delicious luncheon
which waa prepared.
Hearta containing hidden names
of men were given to tho ladles
and they had to exercise their leap
year privileges and hunt their part
ners for supper. Cakes had been
prepared containing rings, one for
the men and one for the ladles. Each
guest waa given an arrow with his
name oa. which was shot into ths
cake. Mrs. Rogers was queen of
hearts and Will Wagner was king
of hearta. Other games were played
and excellent music given. It was
a pleasant evening for all and every
one waa glad for having been present.
SETTLING SCHOOL BOOK ROW.
Lawrence Court Will Decide on Sup
plementary Readers.
The Abilene school board will soon
have Its troubles over supplementary
school books ended. This city with
others has been brought into a suit
to prevent the teachers from using
any books except those designated
by the state board. The suk is a
bit of demagoguery that the etata
ought to be ashasaW of,
A test case was argued at -Lawrence
Saturday and a decision is ex
pected this week." In the argument
When ordinance No. 398 becomes
effective all plumbers desiring a li
cense to practice their trade must
pass an examination before a special
board appointed by the city commis
sioners. . Such an ordinance was
adopted by the city, commissioners
at their meeting this morning.
This ordinance creates the first
plumbers' examining board In Abi
lene and the members of this board
appointed by the commissioners are:
A. L. Eshelman, Theo. McBrlde and
A. J. Paige.
This board is to be appointed ev
ery two years and the persons se
lected are to be chosen upon the
qualification of the applicants for a
plumber's license. The license will
cost $5.
It was moved by Commissioner
Matteson and seconded by Commis
sioner Forney that the city of Abi
lene pay to the treasurer of the col
ored band, known as the Lowry
band, $2.50 a month, the same to
be applied on rent. It carried.
An ordinance vacating certain por
tions of G..W. Carpenter's addition
to Abilene was adopted by sections.
EVERETT HAZLETT MADE A
FINE RECORD AT ANNAPOLIS.
highest grades of anyone from Kan
for the school W. E. Hlggins claimed sag ftnd ranked 23 in a class of 288
' Everett Hazlett, who is a cadet in
the.. Naval Academy at Annapolis,
made a fine record In the first ex
aminations last week. Only two
Kansas appointees passed, Everett
and Mr. Pigman of Concordia, both
Calderhead appointees. All the other
Kansas first year men flunked and
have resigned. Mr. Hazlett had the
(L0LQ)llD
that the state texts' wero used as. a
basis for study and that when they
were exhausted the supplementary
text book was used to keep the child
busy. In doing this it waa claimed
that the school board had kept with
in the law. It was argued that the
superintendents and school boards of
various cities of the state could use
their discretion in selecting books
for the use in schools so long as
tho state text book was used as a
basis.
Attorney General John 8. Dawson
assisted by Hugh T. Fisher of To
peka. argued for the state. Attorney
Dawson declared the state text book
law did not provide a loop hole ao
that the boards could use their dis
cretion in the use of school books.
The defense admitted that the exact
letter of the law had not been lived
up to but that the state text books
were Insufficient and in order not
to sacrifice the welfare of the pupil
supplementary texts were used. The
school teachers who were put on the
stand said the books provided for
by law were studied in their classes
and that not a thing was omitted
from them but that they were com
pletely exhausted by the pupils in
less than half of the school year.
When these books are completed,
the teachers say they are accustomed
to take up the supplementary works
to finish out the work. Superintend
ent F. P. Smith, Miss Mary Stevens,
a teacher In the first grade of nor
mal school, MIbs Alice Nelson, a
teacher In th aecond grade, and
Mrs. A. Harnett, a Lawrence teacher,
testified in the case.
JOHN "SIX" McDONELL TO
PLAY WITH ST. JOE.
John "Six" McDonell. the noted
Abilene southpaw, or the man with
the wizard left arm, with a leap
and bound baa landed from pitcher
In a six town state league to a Job
in the western league. He has sign
ed a contract to play with the St.
Joseph, Mo., team next summer. He
will report March 50. "Six" is wen
known in base ball circles in central
Kansas, In fact all over the state
Yon can count on th modest and
cnassuming lad to land a berth with
the Christy Mathewson set befor his
final benching days arrive.
It take an Abilene boy to make good
every time.
Leach-Boyce.
. At the beautiful country home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Leach, one mil
north of Detroit, on Wednesday
evening, Feb. 14, at 6:30 o'clock,
occurred the marriage of their eld
est daughter, Miss Ethel to Mr. John
S. Boyce Jr. Just befor the bridal
party entered the parlor Miss Bessl
Leach, sister of the bride, very ef
fectively sang, "I love you dearly"
while Mr. Noble True, nephew of
th groom, presided at the piano.
Mr. and Mrs. Leach first entered
the parlor, then came th Rev. Mr.
Williams of Detroit, while close fol
lowing were th bride and groom,
who stood in a large open door dec
orated with wedding bells. Miss
Anna Waterstradt acted as brides
maid and Charles Leach as grooms
man. Mr. True very softly played
the piano throughout the services
which were short but very Impres
sive. The bride was very beautifully
attired in a steel grey silk, trimmed
with over lace, and carried a large
boquet of roses After congratula
tions the guests, which numbered
eighty, wen Invited to the dining
room where a three course' supper
was served by eight young ladies,
friends of the bride.
, Th many beaoitlful nd costly
gifts, which consisted largely of dup
licates, cut glass and silverware,
show the high esteem in which the
bride and groom are held.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce will leave
soon for Holton, Kansas, where Mr.
Boyce owns a fine farm.
Mrs. Boyce, who hss lived here
all her life. Is a graduate of the
Dickinson county high school, and
was one of th county's successful
teachers for two years. Mr. Boyce,
wbo came her from Hiawatha sev
eral years ago is a prosperous farm
er and has won many friends bsre.
Thos from a dlstane wbo were
here to attend the wedding were:
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Leach and
Charles Leach of Kansas City; Mr.
Harrison of Chicago: Mr. and Mr.
E. B. True and sons Vernon and
Noble, and Mrs. Chris Reser and
litti daughter of Holton. Kans.
Having sold my farm I will sell at public sale M mile north of
Enterprise, 3-4 mile eouth of Detroit and 5 miles due east of Abilene
on
Wadnesday, February 28
commencing at 10 oclock, th following described property:
12 head of Horses and Mules
One black team 9 years old, weight 1600 each; one black horse 6
years old, weight 1350; two grey mares 10 and 15 years old weight
1400 each; one sorrel horse 9 years old weight 1400; one extra good,
bay driving team, well matched 7 years old; on black saddle hors 4
years old weight 800 pounds.
Three mules 4, 3 and 2 years old.
15 head of Pure Bred Aberdeen Angus Cattle
The 15 head above mentioned are registered Aberdeen Angus cat
tle and papers will be given with each and every one. Eight of the
cows are 'with calf and will be fresh aoon.
6 Bulls
Three of bulls are ready for service now. Others are under six
months. '
head of Grade Cattle
Twenty-one cows, majority good milch cows; nine heifers; eleven
head of steer calves; ten nead of heifer calves; five suckling calves.
24 head of Hogs
Three brood sows with pig; 20 head of shoata weight about 50
Ibb. each; 1 good Poland China boar.
Farm Implements and Alfalfa Hay
Three wagons, Studebaker, Old Hickory and Mitchell; th Stud
baker and Old Hickory are almost now; on Mitchell truck and hay
rack; 1 hay rack; 1 baled hay rack; Up-to-Dat Manur Spreader,
capacity 70 bushels; 4 wheel Canton lister; 2 wheel Canton lister, 1
one-borse planter; 1 two-row planter complete with check row out
fit; 1 Canton corn stalk cutter. 1 two-doubl row wedr, 8 alx
shovel corn plows; 2 walking plow s: on two-hole sheller; 1 Llttl
Giant seeder; 1 three-aection harroV; 3 mowers, 2 Deerings aa good
as new, one McCormlck; 2 hay rak es, Osborne and Acme; 2 hay
bucks, 2 Bradley and 1 Acme; 1 L'radley swinging hay stacker; 1 Cli
max alfalfa cultivator and renovator, on disc harrow, on gang disc
plow; 1 sulky Canton plow; I brand new surrey; 1 road wagon;
1 top buggy; 3 sets of single buggy harness; 1 set of double buggy,
harness, flv sets of work harness. 2 aaddles, several set of fly nets
atid work harness collars, ono S-rlng cider press, thre rolls of Pag
hog wire, one set of Pag fence tlghtene-s, on U. 8, cream separa
tor good as new. A number of the above Implements are almost new
am' In the best or conaiuon. . .
Household Goods of All Kinds
TERMS All sums of $10 and under cash. On all sums oyer $10
a credit of eight months wlH be given with approved security at 10 per
cent Interest, If paid when due only 8 per cent will b charged, 2 per
cent discount for cash. No uroperty removed until settled for.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON BRING YOUR TIN CUP9.
COL. J. N. BURTON, Auctioneer.
B. A. FLACK, Clerk.
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