The Latimer Leader du lieu suivant : Latimer, Kansas • 1

THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY IN THE STATE The Latimer Leader. I LATIMER, MORRIS COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916. NUMBER Sorial and Herannal Mr. and Mrs. Chas.

Adams were surprised by a few of their friends calling on them Sunday, the occasion being Mrs. Adams' birthday. Mrs. Royal Smith and daughter Helen went to Herington Sunday on No. 35 to visit her sister.

C. L. Kasten and family took dinner with C. Kasten Sunday. George Parker and wife and Emil Czarnswsky and wife motored to Herington Saturday night.

L. V. Hungerford and family drove to Herington Saturday evening to do some shopping. Mr. and Mrs.

Hugo Tiede drove to Hope Saturday evening to visit home folks over Sunday. S. P. Rougles are moving into the Elliott house this week. Mrs.

C. Kasten and granddaughter Irene will leave for Kansas City Thursday for a month's visit there with relatives. L. Bomguesser left on No. 12 on Thursday for Manhattan on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Blume left Sunday for a week's visit in Chase county. Mr. and Mrs.

Huxtable motored to Herington Wednesday evening. C. L. Kasten and family and Royal Smith and family went to Herington Wednesday evening in the former's car. E.

Slater was painting C. L. Kasten's house Monday. NOTICE Hunting and fishing is strictly prohibited on my farm and anyone caught trespassing will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. John Tiede.

Spend Your Money with your home merchants. They help pay the taxes, keep up the schools, build roads, and make this a community worth while. You will find the advertising of the best ones in this paper. HIGHLAND NEWS Mr. and Mrs.

Perkins of Her- COUNTY SEAT NEWS Miss Ura McAtee of Kelso is in town visiting. Miss Margaret Carpenter entertained the Win One class of the M. E. Sunday School at her home Tuesday evening. A very pleasant evening was spent by those present, but there was not a large number of the class attended.

Jig Burton drove up in the Burton car today. Preston Baker was in town yesterday afternoon. William Smith came up from Haucke this morning on business. Mrs. Olson and so nPercy of Delavan are spending the week end with J.

C. Rees and family. The Tau Mu Club met with Mrs. Dan Long Wednesday evening. The evening was spent at Whist.

E. D. Scott and family drove to Salina today to attend the Bankers Convention which is being held in that city. Hugo Haucke was in town last night. Except for a slight swelling around the nose and eyes, Hugo seemed to be none the worse for the fall he received Sunday.

W. C. Mohr was in town on business this morning. C. H.

Munsell of Parkerville is in town today on business. Mrs. A. W. Cushman came in from Wilsey this morning.

Miss Sadie Kirkeminde returned from Junction City Monday. M. A. Metzgar won the silverware offered at the Peerless store. The Domestic Science classes of the high school will have a food sale at the Palace Grocery store Saturday, May 13th.

ington are visiting old neighbors a few days. L. V. Hungford and wife, H. B.

Harmon and wife and Grandma Harmon attended church at White City Sunday evening. Larsh Johnson got pretty badly skinned up in a motor cycle accident Sunday. Paul Becker spent Sunday at Wm. Tatlow's. Frank Leonard and wife visited at Mr.

Good's Thursday. Grandma McCann was out to Sunday School Sunday. Chrs Stalter and family attended Sunday School Sunday. Jas. McCann motored to Herington Saturday night.

H. B. Harmon was in Herington on business one day this week. For first class painting and decorating see Becker Bros. NOT GUILTY T.

F. Dalley was asked to appear at Judge Nicholson's office the other day in connection with the loss of a pocket book by Mrs. Clyde Lamb, living near Dunlap. In Mrs. Lamb's pocketbook there were two five dollar bills and a small amount of change.

One of the bills was new and from the Emporia National bank. Dalley changed a five dollar bill to pay for his dinner and had a five dollar bill from the Emporia National bank in his possession. Mrs. Lamb explained to Judge Nicholson where she had lost the pocket book between the Millinery store and Robert's grocery. Cooley, working in his place of business saw Dalley coming down the street behind Mrs.

Lamb. While suspicion pointed to the fact that Dalley had found the pocket book, there was nothing to connect him with it, as anyone was liable to have a five dollar bill from this bank. Mr. Dalley was released. T.

F. Dalley says that he is from Emporia and came here from Kansas City to go to work for a man nemed Sears, whom he had met in Kansas City and who promised him a job painting and carpentering this summer. Dalley was up in the Odd Fellows lodge and belonged to the Carpenter's union. MI MILLINERY RY DISCOUNT On All Ladies and Misses Hats Theel Brothers Merc. Co.

The Small Account Many people hesitate about opening a Bank account, because they have not much money with yhich to make the start. They seem to think a small sum is to trivial. They overlook the fact that the greatest fortunes in the world start with small sums--are composed of single dollars -made up of single dollars. This bank has never put a limit upon the amount with which you can open an account with us. We welcome the small, thrifty depositor.

Some day such a depositor is BOUND to become a big depositor. May we welcome you here -never mind how small an amount you may bring? Always remember life holds nothing XI. The Latimer State Bank We pay 4 per cent interest on our Certificates of Deposit. J. H.

DYER IS DEAD James Dyer (Kiowa Jim) Editor of old "Democrat" Passes Away at Leavenworth EDITOR WHEN 11 YEARS OLD Taught Kelso School in Early Days Also Register of Deeds -Was Widely Known From Council Grove Guard. Old settlers and friends of the late James H. Dyer today are talking of the incidents in the of the early Council Grove newspaper man known as "Kiowa Jim" as he signed his articles, who was buried here yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dyer died at the Old Soldiers Home at Leavenworth, Sunday.

He was 75 years old, and would have been 76 years old this July. With the John Maloy, Mr. Dyer founded the Council Grove crat in the back room of the present Ar-Way hotel. His life was spent in printing and newspaper work, from the time he edited a paper at his home near Cammeron when only eleven years old, to not long before his death, when he was in charge of the job printing department of the Old Soldiers' home, at Leavenworth. His death was due to a complied cation of diseases.

He was a member of the Council Grove I. 0. 0. F. Leaves Two Daughters.

He leaves two daughters Mrs. W. S. Downing of Waldo, formerly Miss Bell Dyer, and Mrs. G.

T. Hall of Pueblo, formerly Miss Lulu Dyer Roberts. She was reared by her father's sister, Mrs. S. A.

Roberts, or Sarah Dyer. Her mother, Mrs. Lucinda Dyer, died when she was a baby. Mrs. Roberts is living at Pueblo, but was unable to attend the funeral.

Her niece will leave for her home this evening. Mrs. Downing who was also here to attend the funeral will leave for her home tomorrow. Short funeral services were held at the undertaking parlors yesterday afternoon, and the remains were interred in the Greenwood cemetery. The death and funeral brought to the minds of several many teresting stories of the veteran newspaper He was also register of deeds in the '70's.

Previously he taught school at Kelso in the later '60's. This was just after he was mustered out from his regiment which took part in the Civil War. It was a Kansas regiment and recruited at Leavenworth. Mr. Dyer was born in Platt county, in July, 1840.

It said that he was the first white child born in that county. His boyhood was spent among the conditions, but from early years he showed an unusual tendency to learning and culture. While attending school he became editor of a little paper when he was only 11 years old. The "call of bleeding Kansas" drew him to the new territoryHe came to Kansas with John in an ox wagon. Part his first years were spent in Leavenworth county.

It was at Leavenworth where he joined a pany of scldiers and with them fought for the cause of the Union in the Civil War. Born in Platt County, Mo. War he became one of the builders of Morris and was among the early register of deeds of this county. However his leaning was always toward printing and newspaper work, and because of his peculiar fitness for this, he was asked to help establish the old Democrat. In this paper he established a reputation as a writer of bright, spicy articles.

He had a sympathetic vein, also and was quite notfor some of the obituaries he has written. His pen name was "Kiowa Jim," and by this non de plume is quite widely known in Kansas. Part of his literary work included a series of articles on the early history of Kansas, which appeared from time to time in the Leavenworth papers and elsewhere. Established Weekly Democrat After the Civil Printer and Poet Mr. Dyer had the fingers of a printer, the "nose for news" of a reporter and the grace and versality of literary style of a writer of high class.

He had the head of a practical man and the heart and soul of a dreamer. He has inventled a practical device for press feeding. His philosophy of life was helpful and inspiring. He wrote poetry which was widely published and some of it was awarded prizes for its merit. Both Kansas and Missouri share in the honor of being the scenes of his newspaper work, even in latler years.

He was on a paper in Maryville, and was also editor of the Barnard, Times in the '70's. Death is Great Loss While at Barnard, his daughter Mrs. Downing, helped him to set type on the "Times." The Downings, in whose family she mar- ried, will be remembered as the original settlers of Downing, and Kelso, the site of the original town is still known as Downing station. For the last few years Mr. Dyer has divided his time between Leavenworth, where he has charge of the Old Soldiers' Home job printing department, and Savanah, where his relatives are living.

He also visited with his daughter in Pueblo, and with his friends in Council Grove. In his death, Morris county and Kansas loses one of the most able men who assisted in the up building of the county and state. ALVA PIRTLE IN BURLINGTON The many friends of Alva PirItle in this city will be glad to hear he has bought the city laundry in our neighboring Neosho valley city of Burlington. Alva is a hard working deserving gentleman and besides this is a good laundryman. He ought to have a fine success with the only laundry in that town and we feel sure he will.

GEORGE LEE DEAD From Council Grove Guard. George Lee, one of the well known and much respected earlier residents of this county, died at his home northeast of town Saturday. Farmers Want Column FOR SALE- One good milch cow giving milk. WM. CZARNOWSKY.

FOR SALE- eggs and Black cane seed. H. Blume. FOR SALE- Several empty barrels. Badger Lumber Co.

FOR RENT-160 acres Hay Meadow, WM. CZARNOWSKY. LOST--A log chain near bridge south of my house. THEO FISHER. WANTED--To buy white face or red polled bull.

J. B. SCHICK. FOR SALE-One 200-egg incubator, in best of condition. MRS.

J. B. SCHICK WANTED- A correspondent in every locality in this community. WANTED-50 head of cattle to pasture. F.

P. Krause, Phone Woodbine, R. F. D. White City.

FOR SALE--Good Kafir corn seed. See or phone Fred H. Wulf, White City, R. F. D.

2. Sample at Latimer State Bank. FOR SALE 40 acres finest timbed land, good soil, price $850 cash or $400 on trems to suit purchaser. Robert Currie, White City, Kansas..