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THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT VOL. XVI. NO. 22 LIBERAL, SEWARD COUNTY. KANSAS, NOVEMBER 16, 1922 By J. B. MILLER R 100 HIT SAWDUST TRAIL v .J L. U.S. BEAT , GARDEN CITY i, 24TO0FRI. TOO; TEAM FROM FINNEY CO. CAPITAL INTO CAMP IN r EASY- CAME. i liberal High School made It six out of seven by defeating the team from Garden City High School here Armistice Day. At bo time from the first to the ' last whistle did Garden City have a fighting chance to win, and it is like ly that only the severe dust storm saved them from a worse defeat. The Liberal team was 'full of pep and went onto the field expecting a hard game, but the fans soon real ized that Liberal had the best of the proposition. The first touchdown was made in the first five minutes of play. Liberal made four first downs and advanced within a short distance of the goal line, making four first downs. Then Zimmerman completed a pass and carried the ball over. Goal kick fail ed. Liberal 6; Garden City 0. No more scores were made in the first quarter, but early in the second Baker . of Liberal intercepted Gar- . den's pass and Liberal was 1st and 10 on the 40 yard line. Reust made 20 "yards on a spectacular open field run, Latham went 2 yards thru line and repeated in a remarkable run of 20 yards. Reust went 2 yards thru the tackle, .Latham 2 yards on an off side 'fake. With two downs and goal to go, Latham smashed the line for the second touchdown. Goal was not kicked. . Liberal 12; Garden City, 0. : Liberal missed a good chance to score early in the third quarter. With 1st and goal to make, Garden gave the best-exhibition of football they exhibited during the game and held the ball just inside the line on the fourth down. However, this failure only made Stricklands' fighters the more determined.- They held Gar- den for three downs and rocovered "Garden's punt, returning it to the 80, yard line. Reust went 8 yards thru line, Latham 5 thru line, who repeated for 5 more making Liberal 1st and ten. Reust went 2 yards thru line, Latham 5 thru guard, Latham 8 yards thru line. Liberal 1st and 10. Reust went 1 yard thru line, Latham, 9 yards thru line. Liberal 1st and 10. Reust 5 yards around end. Latham 6 yards thru line. Liberal 1st and 10. Reust went 8 yards thru line, Baker 6 yards off tackle., Reust 5 yards thru line. Liberal 1st and 10. Here Garden developed some fight and held Liberal for two downs, Latham battering the Garden line on tne third down and carrying the ball over for the third touchdown. Pass over -the line caught by center and was not -counted. Liberal 18; Garden City, 0. In the fourth quarter Latham in tercepted a pass and rturned to the t0 yard line.- Black went 5 yards thru tackle. Liberal penaiizeo . yards. Black made a splendid 15 yard run thru tackle. Liberal 1st .and 10. Baker went 6 yards thru tackle, Latham ' 4 yards thru line, Black 1 yard thru tackle. Liberal 1st and 10. Latham went 5 yards thru line,, Latham 1 yard thru line, Reust round end, making it 1st and goal to go. Latham went over for the -touchdown. Goal kick failed. Liberal 24, Qarden City 0. The game was finished in a blind ing dust storm but there was no fur ther scoring. The Liberal team played real foot ball all the time. Most of the scores weft earned by line smashes and end ruJ,- although several very pretty passes were' completed. Liberal was exceptionally strong on offense. It was probably the best exhibition of interference seen here this season, while the tackling was of a high or der. Garden's passes were broken up or intercepted with a frequency which convinced the Garden team "that this was not the game for them.. While there was possibly some individual starring at times on the part of ev ery member of the team, it Van be safely said that the team worked as a smooth running machine thruout the fray and every player should re ceive his share of the praise. ' Liberal's record this season is phe nomenal. The locals have won six t ef seve games played, and have ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVED HERE LAST SATURDAY AMERICAN LEGION HAD CELE BRATION IN CHARGE AND DAY WAS ENJOYED. - Liberal's observance of Armistice Day, the fourth anniversary of the closing of the World War, was start ed off at 10 o'clock last Saturday with a grand parade, led by the American Legion band, followed by all ex-service men, boy scouts, school children and decorated floats. There were some beautiful floats in the pa rade, among them being the Red Cross float, which received much fa vorable comment. After the parade, Rev. E. C. Miller gave the address of the day at the Tucker theater and the building was crowded to its full capacity. At noon the regulation army slum, was served free to the large crowd, pre pared by expert army chefs. The first thing on the program aft er' dinner was a band concert The American Legion band was at its best under the direction of Prof. Raw lings and their selections, were ap preciated by the large crowd that had gathered around the speaker's plat form on North Kansas avenue. There were numerous clowns on the streets and the prize winner, Mike Spooner entertained the people for several minutes with some good, snappy jokes and songs. There were several contests on the platform, among them, being the greasy pole and the sparring on the mast The different clubs and organizations of the city competed for honors in the latter contest. The football game at 3:30 was a big feature of the day's program. Liberal defeated Garden City's gridiron warriors in a one sided contest, 24 to 0. The storm coming up during the middle of the game marred the pleasure to some extent All ex-service men were entertain ed at the Methodist church for sup per by the local American Legion post The big Ford dance was an other feature of the day's program. There were about 900 tickets sold to the dance at which a Ford coupe ' was given away o the 'one holding the lucky number. The lucky num-j ber was held by Mrs. Marie Johnson, ' bookkeeper at Gorman's. j Liberal can always draw a large crowd to her celebrations, and the j people always feel that they have' been well entertained. Last Satur-j day was no exception and everyone was well satisfied with the. day's en tertainment and program. accumulated 158 points to their op ponents' 13. The only game lost was to Greensburg with a lonesome touch down. Three games remain on the sched ule. Bucklin comes next Friday. Lib eral goes to Hooker November 24 and to Pratt November 80, The dope is good for Liberal to win the Pratt game, as Pratt only beat Dodge six ponta, while Liberal won by 7. Bucklin' has the best dope of any of the three teams we are to meet Bucklin has a real team and has been playing a consistent game all season. They have a heavy line and fast ends and according to the dope this is anybody's game, with the advantage of being on their home grounds in favor of Liberal. A splendid crowd attended the game Saturday. The team fully ap predates the backing it is receiving and will fight hard for the remain ing three games of the season. Zimmerman was out of the game the last quarter because of a dam aged ankle. Pate, captain, did not go on the field on account of a bad shoul der, a result of the Greensburg game. Gray sustained a severe injury to his nose, but finished the game. , ; The line-up: .Miller, L. E. Black, L. T. Gray, C. , Akers, R. G. ' Reid, R. T. Hart R. E. ."' Zimmerman, L. H. Ruest, ,Q. . Latham, F. B. Baker, R. H. Subs Brown for Miller, Farmer for Brown, Brown for Latham, Black for Zimmerman, Fuse for Black. - THE REVIVAL IS FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT SPLENDID MUSIC AND WONDER FUL SERMONS AWAIT YOU EACH EVENING. If you have not attended the meet ing at the big tabernacle, you are not partaking of the feast prepared for you. The undertaking was not without labor. Many days and nights of ef fort were necessary to provide this inspiring service and surely you will want to enjoy it with your neighbors and friends. ' A cordial welcome awaits you at every service and your presence will help to make the campaign a suc cess. There is enthusiasm in num bers and if you get into the habit of attending regularly you will enjoy it so much that you will want others to share the pleasure with you. This meeting is not for Liberal. While the management and the re sponsibility rests on the members of the local ministerial association, the meeting is for the southwest. The people of Seward and adjoining coun. ties in Kansas and Oklahoma will be warmly welcomed and it is suggested that the surrounding towns make up parties and attend in a body. The messages are for all and there is always plenty of room for the ear ly comers. Make this your meeting. The more you do this the more you will get out of it C. M. Lewis left Tuesday for Hutchnison, after-visiting here sev eral days at the W. H. Jones home. F. W. Fortna was in Bucklin Wed nesday attending to business inter ests. A. G. Brillhart of Perryton was in Liberal Saturday evening attending the dance. Tabernacle Announcements FRIDAY, NOV. 17TH 10:00 Cottage prayer meetings. Men's meeting, Masonic hall. 7:30 Mass meeting tabernacle. Mr. Miller speaks. Subject: "Life or Death." Delegations Liberal High School. SATURDAY, NOV. 18TH 4:00 Great Children's meeting, tabernacle. Miller and Troy. 7:30 Mass meeting Tabernacle. Mr. Miller's subject, "The Devil's Pay Check." Children's Booster Chorus will sing. Family night All parents to bring chjldren and Mr. Miller will give prize to largest family present SUNDAY, NOV. 19TH 9:45 Great Union Sunday School Rally Day service, Taber nacle. All Sunday Schools to meet at their churches and march in a body to the Tabernacle, where special res ervations will be occupied by each school. Mr. Miller will speak and Mr. Troy will sing. Great orchestra. 11:00 Great mass meeting Tabernacle. Mr. Miller's subject: "God's Wonderful Love." 8:00 Mass meeting for MEN ONLY, Tabernacle. Special mu sical numbers by Troy and Fellers. Also male quartet. Mr. Miller will speak, subject: "God's Gentleman." 3:00 Mass meeting, Women and GirlsFirst Christian church. " Special musical numbers, and ladies" orchestra. Mrs. Elmer C. Miller will speak, subject: "The Clay and the Potter." 7:00 Great mass meeting Tabernacle. Evangelist Miller will speak. Subject: "Is There a Hell What? How Long?" 75 PEOPLE ACCOMPANY EVANGELISTIC PARTY ON GREAT BOOSTER TRIP They Spread the News of the Evangelistic Cam paign in Towns in Seward and Adjoin ing Counties. Monday, Nov. 13th will long be re membered by more than seventy per sons who went on the revival auto booster trip., The sky was clear, and the keen, crisp air put pep into the crowd. All the members of the evan gelistic party, the five co-operating pasters, members of the big chorus choir, the Liberal high school band, and others were in the group. Meet ings were held in Kismet United Brethren church, Sublette Rural High School buOding, Satanta school gym, WORK GOING GOOD ON NEW HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN NO DELAY ON MA - TERIALS SINCE IN SEP TEMBER. Liberal's new f 175,000 high school building is taking on a gigantic ap pearance the past two or three weeks. Almost all of the concrete for the second floor is run in and the stone and brick masons are at work this week oh the second rftory walls. Superintendent Fargo tells us that he has enough materials on the grounds at present to finish the sec ond story and that all of the face brick are here. There has been no delay whatever since late in Septem ber ,on materials not arriving, and Mr. Fargo states that he has only been delayed three or four hours on account of the severe cold weather of the past week. The contractors say that they feel exceptionally fortunate that there has been no more delay caused by freight tieups. He says that contract ors all over the country are experi encing much trouble in getting their materials and that construction in all parts of the state is being ham pered by such delays. No trouble is being had getting workmen, and men who are capable and willing to work. It will only be a matter of a few months until the dreams of progressive Liberal citi zens will be realied and we will have one of the best and largest high school buildings in the state. We think that our high school has been making a good record the past two or three years, but this record will be insignificant in comparison with the forward steps the Liberal schools will make after they are settled in their new, modern, roomy, comfort able building. Pleasant Valley and Archer. Every where the boosters were greeted with hearty good cheer by the townspeople and school boys and girls. Programs of music and addresses were render ed at each stopping place. The mem bers of the evangelistic party proved themselves good mixers and as much at home in these meetings as in the big tabernacle. There was always something new in their programs. Liberal ought to be proud of its high school band. At Sublette the party ate dinner in the M. E. church, the' SECOND WEEK OF GREAT EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN IS PRODUCTIVE OF SPLENDID RESULTS ; POWERFUL SERMONS Crowds Continue Good at Every Service Big Booster Trip Monday Carried News of Meeting to Surrounding Countryr BUCKLIN WILL COME FOR THE GAME FRIDAY DOPE IS EVEN ON TWO TEAMS, BUT LIBERAL HAS ADVAN TAGE OF HOME GROUNDS. JtVhat will likely be the hardest fought game of the Beason Will occur here Friday afternoon when the Lib eral and Bucklin teams battle for football supremacy. Bucklin has won every game this season and the team is in good shape. A good, heavy line with fast ends makes them a hard bunch to go up against. While Liberal has lost one game by a narrow margin, she has had larger towns to contend with than has Bucklin, and local fans are predicting a victory over Bucklin on account of the game being on the home grounds. " All agree that Bucklin is handi capped this much and even though her team is the equal of the Liberal team this break is in our favor. One thing of which the Democrat feels certain is that the game will be a good one. Bucklin is our old home and we know a lot of the fellows on the team and know they are good, clean sports, full of pep and hard workers. They will do their best to win in a clean, honorable manner. And Liberal has just such a team. Only once this season have they been accused of anythi gnpaproaqhing roughness and that was hastily re tracted, so when the two forces meet you are going to see an exhibition ! of footabll that will be real. i Everyone should be out rooting for their home team because the boys are going to need all the support they can get and the way they have played this season they deserve it. COLD WEATHER HITS LIBERAL SATURDAY EVE FIRST NORTHER HITS WHILE LIBERAL IS ATTENDING FOOTBALL GAME. The first real winter weather ar-! rived in the southwest Saturday aft ernoon in the form of one of those old time northers. There was a mighty crowd, almost all of Liberal, at the football game between Garden City and Liberal that day, and there wait little thought of the weather, es neciall cold weather. The dav had ; been warm, the sun shinine and no!men a"d women conduct themselves, wind, one of those Ideal southwest Kansas fall days. - About the middle of the game sH hard north wind came up and in a very few minutes the thermometer had dropped several degrees. There was a heavy freeze Saturday night, and automobile owners were busy Sunday morning looking for Wood al cohol for their radiators. The cold weather has been having a slight ef fect upon the attendance at the tab ernacle meetings. JOE TRINDLE TO HAVE VACATION Joe Trindle, manager of the Lib-1 eral Auto Supply Co., la to bare a vacation for three or four weeks, starting the first of December. Joe will visit friends and relatives in and , near Kansas City. His place will be f.Ued while ne is away by C. C. Bradford; manager of the 'firm at Elkhart, Kansas. ladies serving-hot coffee. Just as the sun was setting Archer was reach-, ed and all were greeted by the good folks with hot coffee and doughnuts. The day was one of delightful i Christian fellowship. Everyone., re- j turned home tired but happy, with i a feeling that they had helped in bringing the gospel message of sal vation to the people of the towns visited. " V ; TELLING ON FORCES OF SIN IN LIBERAL The great evangelistic cam pain in the tabernacle is in the middle of the second week and results have been surprising. While weather conditions have been far from satisfactory, there has been no lessening in attendance or interest. Every afternoon and every evening splendid audiences are on hand to liear the message of Evangelist Miller and enjoy the music by Messrs. Troy and Fel lers and the great chorus. In fact it seems that the cam paign is gaining momentum as the days pass, and the meeting is the topic of most conversa tion. The cottage prayer meetings con tinue to be well attended and are add ing workers to the forces behind the campaign. Monday night was .rest night for the evangelistic party, but Tuesday was a busy day. The Men's Meeting at the Masonic hall at 12:45 was well attended and most interesting. At 3 o'clock there was a mass meet ing at the tabernacle and at 7:30 a great audience henrd Evangelist Mil ler talk on the subject "After Death, What" The Young People's Societies of the churches of Liberal attended in a body. Wednesday another meeting for men at the Masonic hall, and in the evening the subject was "Jesus at the Door," and the delegation was composed of the business women of the city. The women were guests at a banquet given by the churches and went te the Tabernacle in a body. Another meeting for men was held today, and this afternoon at the Tabernacle, a great "Mothers' Day meeting" was held. Evangelist Mil ler used as his text the most splen did word in any tongue "Mother." The subject for tonight is "Christ Crowded Out." Liberal has had some splendid meet ings in the past, meetings which stir red the town and country, but noth ing which can compare with this campaign. With but ten days passed, interest is greater than at the close of most meetings and the best part is still ahead. Liberal has had soma excellent speakers, but for earnest ness, enthusiasm and power it ie doubtful if any could equal Evange list Miller. He is a veritable dynamo and his powerful delivery, coupled with his logical deductions la taking the town and country by storm. He 8858 80me harsh t'ngs about the way but is not offensive or abusive, and the fact that he continues to have good crowds is proof enough that he is awakening the people. It is only a logical conclusion that this is destined to be the Southwest'a greaetst revival and that its good ie to be far-reaching; a tremendous fac tor in the advancement of Christian ity, not only in Liberal, but in all the great country round about . DELIVERED NEW PIANO ine jnas. xayior music uo. ocjit- ered a new player niano at the F. Brolier home Wednesday. Mr. aid Mrs. Broiler live ten miles northwest of MoscoW) and are oId timers m part of the C0Untry having lived there of the ,agt 36 years M Tay,or als MnnB . fino v.Py,B-A .;.. wim. fioM ,,, , A w A- Kin- The King were orm residentg in the Eureka neighborhood, south of Liberal. They have recent ly moved there that their son Eufas migns auena Bqutnwesrenrceiieg- there.' BROKE SHOULDER BY FALL FROM HORSE The eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mc Cue, living 22 miles south and east of Liberal, sustained a b ken shoulder by a fall from a heiee. The adjustment was made at a lee i hospital Taeeday. " , . .