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EADE COUNTY NW:US
VOLUME XIII.
MEADE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1912.
JUST LOOK AT THOSE BAGGY KNEES, Why don't you have your trousers pressed. Old
Clothes made New and new Clothes made Too. CROWDER.
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TAFT, TEDDY, or WIISON
Read tKe Records of Each, Then
Make Un-biased Decision.
Taft
He signed the Payne-Aluricti
tariff Bill, and referred to it as
the best tariff law ever enacted.
He vetoed the Farmers' Free
". List Bill, the Woolens Bill, and
other bills reducing excessive
tariff duties.
He has failed to take any steps
to lessen the high cost of living.
He supported Ballinger in his
efforts to turn rich coal deposits
in Alaska over to the Guggen
heims.
He has used federal patronage
to maintain a political machine
manipulated in his behalf.
He abandoned his official du
ties to enter into an undignified
scramble with his predecessor
for re-nomination.
He has lost the confidence of
his party and of the people.
He failed to support Dr. Wiley
in his administration of the Pure
Food Law.
His trust policy has helped the
trusts and brought no relief to
the people.
His administration has result
ed in disappointment and failure
He is reactionary.
Ex-President Roosevelt, who
Knows nim best, says of bitn:
vy '".He has proved faithless to the
' cause of the Americam people."
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V) Teddy
He has broken his solemn
! President, he failed, even refus
ed, to lift a finger against high
tariff. Who believes, if elected,
he would try to reduce excessive
tariff taxes? Why is he sur
rounded now by high traiff men,
who are contributing freely to
his campaign fund?
He loves war better than peace.
Outpf office he promises too
much, and in office performs too
little.
He says that the small farmer
and the laborer of the city are
not to be mentioned in the same
breath with cowboys, etc. Af
ter describing the drunkenness
and deadly shooting affrays of
cowboys, he writes:
"But they are much better fel-
i T
lows ana pieasanter companions
man tne small farmers or atTi
cultural laborers: or are the
mechanics of a great city to be
menuonea in tne same breath
with them-
President Taft who
him best, says of him:
a demagogue, a neurotic,
ter, an egotist.,"
knows
"He is
a flat
Wilson
K promise not to be a candidate for
( a third term, therefore his other
promises are not to be relied up-
. on.
For seven year's he was pres
ident, and during those seven
yearB the very conditions he now
pretends to combat viciously
were more thoroughly developed
than during-all the other periods
in the country's history.
The day he became President
there were 149 trusts or combi
nations, capitalized at$3,000,000,
000, and the day he retired from
office there were 1,020 such com-
i binations, capitalized at $31, 000,-
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vuv,uuv,
He permitted the Steel Trust
to acquire the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company, its principal
rival, in violation of the anti-trust
14 w, and forbade the piosecution
of Harvester Trust at the re
quest of George W. Perkins, his
f present National Chairman.
t The man, next to Roosevelt,
P ( responsible for the third term
I . movpmpnt i CI pr W Pc-l. ; no .
' . vi nitig
Perkins is the promoter and de
fender of the most pernicious
trusts .in the United States,
wuitn are tne most vicious lm
posers on the men, women and
children wage earners of the
country.
! He urges the legalization of
'trust watered stock and monopo
ly ly, as first advocated by Perkins,
his paincipal supporter and finan
cial backer.
He accepted campaign contri
butions from trusts, .insurance
companies and "crooked busi
ness," and denied that he had
-doi so "My dear Harriman."
He Stands for "Hoss" Flinn
Boss" Weodruff and other
"Bosses" who serre him.
rl0 tn Mea years be was
He is the only candidate for
President who represents the
real, the vital and the effective
progressive forcesin this country
He stands for tariff revision
downward in the interest of low
er prices and the elimination of
monoply.
He stands for trust legislation
which will prevent the control of
prices through any sort of raon
opoly.
He stands for the income tax
and believes that wealth should
share the burdens as well as the
blessings of government.
He stands for the rights of
labor and the protection of the
man who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow, as shown in
his record as Governor of New
Jersey.
He stands for the revival of
our merchant marine, and for
the government encouragement
of agriculture, industral and vo
cational education.
He trusts the people and be
lieves that the governed should
govern; and that Senators should
be .chosen by the people.
He faithfully performs in of
fice the promises made out of of
fice. He will "clean house"at Wash
ington as he has "cleaned house"
in New Jersey.
He preaches and practices
clean politics, and prrctices it
effectively. He unalterably op
poses machine oolitics and the
rule ol the bosses.
He stands for legitimate big
business every day, but for mon
opoly never.
As Senator LaFolletie says,
"He approaches every problem
with the solemn promise to be
really, in the highest sense, a
servant of the people."
i Statement
of the Ownership, Manage
ment, Circulation, etc., of The
Meade County News published
weekly at Meade Kansas, requir
ed by the Act of August 24, 1912
Editor,
Agnes Wekrie, Meade Kansas
Managing Editor xxx
T1 . .
Business .Managers xxx
Publisher
Agnes Wehrle, Meade Kansas
Known bondholders, mort
gages, and other security hold
ers, holding l percent or more
of total amount of bonds, mort
gages, or other securities xxx
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Owner.
Sworn to and Subscribed be
fore me this 30. h day of Septem
ber 1912. F. W. Cukl,
Seal. Notary Public
My commission expires May
27, 1916.
As required by the Act of
August 24 1912 all editors, pub
lisher, business manager, or
owner of publication of anv
kind, are required to make a
statement, such as above, not
later than the first of April and
the first of October of each yean
No Need to be Idle
With the broom corn harvest,
corn husking, apple picking and
haying under way, Charles Har
ris, director of the state free em
ployment bureau, says there is
no reason why anv able bodied
man in Kansas should be out of
work. Requests are coming in
every day to Mr. Harris for lab
orers in these lines. Good wag
es are offered and the work will
last for some time.
" Obituary
Crocker Paul Fletcher was
born in Machias Port, Crawford
Coupty,- Maine, December 9th,
1837. Moved with his parents
to Minneapolis, Minnesota in
1846. Enlisted in Co D 6th
Minnesota Infantry and served
three and die half years. Was
married to Virginia A. Andrews
November 19, 1867. To this
union six children were born,
three boy9 and threes girls, five
of whom with his wife survive.
The family came to Meade coun
ty in the fall of 1885 where they
have since resided. At the age
of thirty-two he united with the
M.E. church Died October 2,
1912
DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES
For County Offices. Look up the '
Record E ach has Made
Federated Priscillas Entertain
Last Wednesday the Federat
ed Priscillas entertained the
Plaint Club at the home of Mrs.
Day. The house was decorated
with flowers and foliage in brown
and gold. This color was also
carried out in the place cards,
contests, etc. After an after
noon of games and music a six
o'clock dinner was served, con
sisting of four courses.
The Club will meet this week
with Mrs-Roy Reynolds and her
sister, Grace Fullington.
Dr. Wiley's Stand.
There are something more
than 90,000,000 people in the
United States and the most of
them eat three mealsa day. The
democratic party is offering a
program which will make those
meals cheaper and better. That
is the reason that Dr. Haryey
W. Wiley, the most forceful,
best informed and fearless cham-
Yptf-fla 1 fr. TTarria r-natt
ed a letter from the Underwood P10" of pure food in this coun
& Viles Cold Storaee comoanv. . xrv' 18 aveiy engage
w mi '
of Hutchinsor. aooealinp- for
Notice
For the convenience of the
people of Meade and ' surround
ing country, I have made ar
rangements to have Dr. Thos.
L. Higginbotham. eve. ear. nni
and tbroat specialist, come to my
office on be second and the
fourth Tuesday forenoon of each
Tf)t. Advertisement
help. They want men to pick
apples an,d to handle them on
the docks. Tbey have twenty-
five men and can handle 100 more
at once. They need twenty-five
pickers and will pay $1.25 a day,
with board and lodging. They
are paying 11.75 and $2.00 a day
for dock hands, who board them
selves in town. The letter states
that at least 150 more men are
needed in the apple orchards
over Reno county.
Work is seldom so plentiful in
the state at this season of the
year as it is at present. After
harvest there is a lull and the
men who do harvestingand other
such work appear to have left
the state. Now they are needed
and can't be found. Farmers
over the state are writing every
where for men to husk corn. The
corn crop in some counties was
heavv. The broom corn croo
a
was unusually heavy and in
some counties there are not
enough laboring men to take
care of it.
The threshing is pretty well
over in this state, but states fur
ther north are calling frantically
for men to help with threshing.
hey have drained the labor
market in Kansas to a great ex
tent. There is far more work
in Kansas this fall than there
was a year ago. Topeka Capital
Oct. 4.
Married
Mr. Eli" Wright, of Ashland
Kansas, and Mrs. Florence Will
iamw, of Arkansas City, Kansas
were united in marriage Monday
evening by Rev. Baker at the Nt.
E. Parsonage.
n the
support of Wood row Wilson for
president. Against the opposi
tion of interested manufacturers
and the indifference of higher
officials he stood his ground for
years and fought the battle
against fraud in the food supply.
His position was that the label
upon a package of food should
not lie, that the appearance of
food imparted by coloring matter
and preservatives should not lie
and that the food handled in the
interstate commerce of this coun
ty should not be poisoned. To
prevent him from vigorously en
forcing these and similar prin
ciples the Rcmsen board was
put over him in Colonel Roose
velt's administration at the re
quest of interested manufactur
ers. That bdird consisted of a
number of worthy gentlemen
who poked around in laboratories
and answered abstract questions
in a manner which bulwarked the
strongholds of fraud. Roosevelt
went and Taft came. Under
ouramible president. Dr. "Wiley
was forced out of office. He is
in the democratic partv now,
asking no office and no favors for
himself, but counceling the vot
ers to declare themselves in fav
or of a dinner pail which is not
ull of benzoate of soda, formal
dehyde and ariline dye. Gov
ernor Wijson has made it clear
that he is in full svmoathv with
Dr. Wiley's aims. A vote for
him is a vote for the suppression
of fraud in the food suonlv.
St. Louis Republic.
II. J. Sloss, candidate for Rep
resentative from Meade County
is energetic, progressive, and
well qualified. He has the in
terests, and wellfare of Meade
county and her Citizens at heart.
He will stand for the right if
alone. It is to your interests
that he should be elected as your
Representative from Meade
County.
J. II. Randolph, candidate for
re-election to the office of Pro
bate Judge, is an untireing faith
ful man for the trusty position
he now holds. Your probating,
should it become necessary to oe
done, could not be left in more
compitant, or safer hands. See
that by your verdict on Novem
ber 5th, he is re-elected to this
trusty position. -
Thos. Martin, candidate for
re-election to the office of sheriff,
has made one of the best county
officers Meade County has ever
had. Stay by your faithful
sheriff.
John Elliott for re-election to
the office of District ,Clerk and
Frank Sullivan, for re-election
to the office of County Attorney
are of the "Neeley Slogan."
They have both made good.
Pearl Wood S?;ith,. cand'iiaik
for Superintendent of public 'in
struction, is a native of Meade
county having lived almost con
tinuously with you since her
childhood. She is accomplished
and hic-hly educated. She is
deserving and weil qualified to
fill this h'gh educational position.
The fact that she is a lady, and
is now teaching for a livelyhood
is the best reason you should
give your old neighbor and friend
who is so highly competent your
undivided support, regardless of
your political views or affiliations.
Dr. Fee for Coroner is a good;
selection. He is one of thfr best.
Physicians and Surgeons in the
state. No better man for this of
lice could be elected,
John Cordes, candidate for
County Commissioner from the
2nd District is a broad minded
conservative busincau.i;! m,
of strong individuality, he has
lived in Meade County many
years. He is one among the
many prosperous farmers living
in Odee township. He is fair
minded and well nnstcri .
values of lands. He
ready and willing to serve all the
people of Meade Cou ntv. linHi-
the heading of his official duties
ii elected equally and just, re
gardless of where they reside or
the political affiliations. '
Thos. Novinger, candidate for
County Commissioner from the
3rd, District is one among the
many prosperous farmers living
in Cimarron Township. He is
well qualified ana posted as to
values. If elected he will attend
faithfully to the duties of histof
fice, h. is for your 'welfare an
best interests of the Countv at
large. He is not engaged in dut
ies of outside work, but is en
gaged in farming in Meade
countv. and will make the hpf
Commissioner the third District
has had for years.
Pearl Wood Smith was down
from her school at Wilburn and
spent Saturday and Sunday with
home folk. She says she has an
excellent school and is greatly
interested in her work. Mrs.
Smith is the candidate on the
Democratic ticket for county
Superintedent, she is a Meade
county girl and a very successful
teacher. She is entitled to the
loyal support of her party.
P. J. Lee left Monday of this
week for Pratt, where he will
have charge of several large
building contracts." Mr. Lee
has been a contractor in Meade
for the past several years. His
work has at all times been sec
ond to none. Pratt people wish
E. M. Olson, George Wehrle,
J. E. Bennett, George Dorland,
J. P. Kelley. II. II. William,,
and Kay Dalgarnjeft Wednes
day for Greensburg, Kansas.
From there they will go with
the Greensburg Commercial
Club and band on an automobie
trip to Wichita where the Green
burg band has an engagement
at the Peerless Prophets Parade
Our boys will assist the Greens
burg band in making music.
They will be home Saturday or
Sunday.
One evening last week, before
putting away the victuals left
from supper, Mrs. F. M. Shields
went to the residence of Dr.
ing to build will make no mis-8' Just next loon bhe
their contract, u"cul ucr "omc a00Ul ai1
nour, ana upon her return she
take in placin
with Mr. Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Walter
and little son, of Oklahoma City,
arrived in Meade last Saturday.
They will be guests at the home
of Mrs. Florence Walter for a
week or more. Mrs. Walter was
formerly Miss Amy Richardson
and a Meade girl. This is her
first visit to Meade since the de
parture of theRichardson family
several years ago. Mrs. Walter
will be well remembered by
many of our Meade people
Dr. Thos. Higginbotham, the
eye, ear, and throat specialist
was in Meade Tuesday of this
week. In the future Dr. Higgin
botham will be in Meade on the
second and the fourth Tuesday
forenoon ot each month witb
headquarters at Leslie.s drug
store.
Last Friday morning between
5:45 and '7:00 someone entered
the Rock Island depot office and
helped themselves to 130.00 in
cash and a six-shooter. The
night operator left the depot at
5:45 and the day man went on
duty at 7:00. It was during this
time that the robber entered, by
way of the office window. No
clue was left to aid in discover
ing the guilty party.
discovered that company had
been there during i.er absence,
and hungry company too, for all
the eatables left on the table had
vanished. No clue was left as
to whom the intruder was, and
the only thanks, a glass of jam'
overturned on the tablecloth.
We had hoped to have an ac
count of O. R. Stevens' trip to
Canada, in this week's issue, but
an unusual amount of business
for him to attend to since his re
turn and his departure Sunday
morning for Independence, made
it impossible. At the Winnipeg-
meeting Mr. Stevens was made
chairman of two important com
mittees and a member of the Fi
nance committee of the General
Military Council held there from
September 16-20. At this meet
ing the Ladies' Staff of the De
partment of Kansas was selected
to confer the Decoration of Chit
airy this year."
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