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C2 Page Three THE HUGOTON HERMES 37-NUMBER 10 HUGOTON, KANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920. a Me $2.00 PER YEAR A SERVICE MESSAGE New Year Greetings To the People of Hugoton and Stevens County! We take this opportunity to thank those who by their patronage and loyal friendship have been in a large measure responsible for our business success and prosperity during the past twelve months. May your New Year be fruitful and success attend all your undertakings in 1921, and may this bank to some extent assist in your endeavors by offering always good service and positive safety- the assurance of The Bankers Guaranty and Surety Company. Saturday, January, the First will be a Holiday. THE CITIZENS STATE BANK Hugoton Kansas HUGOTON M.

E. CHURCH. The regular services will be held in this' church again next Sunday. Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Morning service of worship at 11.

Junior League at 2:30 p. m. Evening evangelistic service at 7. The Sunday school was a little off in attendance last Sunday. Let 118 make up for it next Sunday.

Th edwill be a good way to start inhe new year by attending the An religious sertice. he morning service of worship ft be. observed as a special consecration service by way of preparation for the responsibilities of a new year. And the evening service will be of an especially evangelistic nature in view of the fact of its being the first evening service of the New Year. Why not start the New Year right by getting right with God? The Watch-night service will be held Friday night at, the parsonage.

A. L. Sampson, Pastor. Dr. Harrison, wife and daughter were shopping in Liberal Thursday, Arthur Luther of Elkhart has been visiting his cousin Jean Norton during the past week.

Gerald and Gomer Thorp of Sublette were in town this week giving us the once over. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS1 A SUCCESS. The Community Christmas Program given by the grades and High school at the Gem Theater Christmas Eve was unanimously declared a success by all present and the theatre was packed. Under the leadership of Prof. and Mrs.

Funk the school had prepared a splendid program. The little folks and the grammar grades sang several songs and also had a minor part in the cantata "'Santa's Auto Sleigh." The High School played all the leads in the cantata, every part being played exceptionally well. The High School have worked hard and deserve much credit for their part in the entertainment. Although Santa had a great deal of trouble the characters managed to pull him through and not disappoint the populace. Mrs.

H. E. Downs was accompanist and Prof. P. C.

Funk director of the cantata. After an enjoyable evening Rev. A. L. Sampson discussed the situation in Europe, reminding us that although we were living in planty we must remember those less fortunate.

Mr. Downs and the entire executive deserve credit for their work in promoting the entertainment, as do all those who contributed. C. R. Nolan was very generous in donating the use of the theatre.

It is to be hoped that the same plan will be adopted next year and it. doubtless will for Hugoton knows a good thing when they see it. A. D. Tingle returned Sunday from Kansas City where he had been on business for several days.

Rev. Cecil Stuart is starting a series of meetings at the Christian church this week. Everybody is invited to come. Rev. Stewart is well known in this vicinity having lived in this county for several years.

He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stuart of this city.

J. W. Phillips was in Liberal Thursday. S. T.

Townsdin went to Liberal on business Wednesday. Tommy Little of south of Rolla was in Hugoton Monday. Dudley Hall, local grain dealer, and family, spend Christmas with relatives in Minneola. Mrs. I.

E. Kramer and little daughter are spending the week with friends in Elkhart. The Wheaton Grain Company has moved their office to the new elevator just recently completed. Mr. and Mrs.

T. B. Porter, returned to their home in Garden City today. They were accompanied by their son, J. Jr.

Prof. J. P. Evans of the Sublette schools, was in town Wednesday looking after business interests. Make Your Repairs On Farm Machinery NOW There is no better time than the present to repair your machinery as you have more spare time now than you will have when spring work commences.

We have on hand large stocks repairs and will give you good service on any part not carried in stock. Give us a list off your needs and you will not be held back by a machine needing repairs. Western Lumber Company HARDWARE LUMBER IMPLEMENTS Miss Louise Curtis la visiting with friends at Hooker this week. Miss Roberta Plumleigh left for Eagle City, Oklahoma, to spend the holidays. The Hugoton Schools will be closed until January 10 according to Prof.

P. C. Funk. Mr. and Mrs.

C. B. Combs spent Christmas with Mr. Combs' parents at Richfield. R.

L. Smith, A Kelley and F. S. Macey made a business trip to Hooker Tuesday. Miss Davis, primary teacher, is spending the holidays with relatives near Garden City, Miss Alma Pile is spending Christmas and the holidays with relatives and friends in Liberal.

Miss Hazel and Virgie Coleman of Valley Center are visiting at the Ed Flummerfelt home. Mr. and Mrs. Manning Ray were shopping in Liberal Tuesday ing by way of Moscow. Mrs.

W. H. Smiley is leaving today for Pittsburg, Kansas, where she will visit her daughter for a few weeks. We learned yesterday why it is that some women never pay any attention to jazz music. Their husbands snore in their sleep.

Everything adjusts itself; the rich have their ice in summer, the poor in winter; the rich have their twin sixes, the poor their six twins. Those spending Christmas day at M. L. Leonards were Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Persinger, Mr. and Mrs. P.

B. Smith, Merlin Leonard and Wm. H. Leonard. The basketball schedule for the High school boys for next week is: Satanta, Jan.

4, Copeland, 5th; Montezuma 6th; Ensign 7th, and Dodge City the 8th. Bob Chambers and wife of Rolla spent Christmas with the T. P. Pattersons of this city. Mr.

Chambers also attended the Hugoton-Hooker basketball game at Hooker. Raymond and Sam Cooper returned from Spearyille Tuesday after spending Christmas with home folks. Ernest Madden was in charge of the Diamond Clothiers, during Raymond's absence. Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Curry and little daughter, of Elkhart, spent the Christmas week-end4 with the Kramer's. Others present, were Mrs. E. E. Kramer, her brother, C.

S. Barmore, sons, C. A. and family, I. E.

and family, and daughter, Nellie. The Porters report a splendid Christmas with all the immediate family present. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. T.

B. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. T. and son, Jack, and Mr.

and Mrs. J. B. Porter. Last year the same group celebrated Christmas in San Diego, California.

The Cash Auto is installing a complete heating plant for their garage and will be able to care for a large number of cars. When your car needs repairing they are well equipped to do it and they can care for it during the winter so that it will need less cranking as well as less repairing. The first six grades of the Hugoton public schools gave a program at 10 a. m. Thursday the 23.

Many visitors were present from the town and upper grades. All were very well pleased with the splendid program, which consisted of songs, pageants, plays and recitations. Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus were present and added to the good time.

Gov. Henry J. Allen is authority for the statement that sawed-off shot guns would do more for the abolition of the bank robber than a restoration of capital punishment. He claims and with reason that crime is just as prevalent where capital punishment is used as in Kansas. His suggestion for stoppoin bank robberies is to adequately guard banks where large amounts of money are kept.

HUGOTON LOSES A CLOSE ONE In a fast, cleanly played game of basketball played on the Hooker court Saturday night the Hooker boys defeated Hugoton by a score of 30 to 27. The game was close throughout, neither side ever having a lead of more than three points and each team holding the lead at different times. At the half the score was tied 13 all. Hooker scored first but a long shot by Harry Ellis tied the count and Hugoton went into the lead. Hooker came back immediately and the advantage kept constantly changing during the remainder of the half.

The second half was a repetition of the first, Hugoton having the lead upto within two minutes of the final whistle. Two fouls on Hugoton, which Hooker promptly cashed followed by a field goal by Foglesong gave the opposition' the lead and the game as there was not time enough left for Hugoton to come back. Walter Madden was the big man in the Hugoton offensive scoring ten times from the field. The entire team played a good defensive game, working well together at all times. They did not act like the disorganized team of a week ago.

The Hooker boys are a hard bunch to beat and always put up a clean, sportsmanlike contest. The same teams will doubtless meet on the local court soon and the contest will be well worth coming out to see. The score: HUGOTON Pts. R. Madden L.

Webber Richardson R. L. Richardson L. Ellis 27 HOOKER R. Richards 6 L.

Thompson ..10 C. Foglesong TE. Humble 2. .0 L. Foglesong 30 Referee, Crowley, To those who made the Community Christmas Program a success we submit the following financiay report: Received from 82 Paid for 11.50 Paid for costumes and decorations 13.21 Paid for music and incidentals 22.75 Paid for 8.00 Total Balance on 51.44 The Truwill offering amounted to $101.30 which was sent on to relieve suffering Europe.

Miss Edna Abel of Ashland, Kansas, is spending the holidays with the Strumans. Thank You! We take this opportunity to thank you for the business you have entrusted to us. It is appreciated and we assure you that our earnest endeavor shall always be to serve you to your entire satisfaction in all business transactions you have with this bank. We want our customers to feel at home in this bank, to come here at his will, whether to deposit their money, to secure a loan for the advancement of their business or to transact private business with their friends. Again we thank you- and earnestly AGAIN." MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM The First National Bank The Bank of Good Service A TENTATIVE CABINET LIST IS ANNOUNCED Among Proposed Members are Chas.

Hughes for Sec'y State, Herbert Hoover, Labor and Will Hays, Postmaster Gen. Marion, Dec. first cabinet slate is virtually completed by Harding it was learned today. The tentative list is understood to stand as follows: Secretary of State, Charles Hughes, New York; Secretary of the Treasury, Chas. Dawes, Illinois; Secretary of War, A.

T. Hertky, Kentucky; Secretary of the Navy, John Weeks, Massachusetts; Attorney General, Harry M. Daugherty, Ohio; Postmaster General, Will Hays, Indiana; Secretary of Interior, George Sutherland, Utah; Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace, Iowa; Secretary of merce, Charles Warren, Michigan; Secretary of Labor, Herber Hoover, California. Marion, Dec. -George Christian Junior of Marion is understood to have been decided upon for secretary to the president.

Most of those on the tentative list are targets for criticism from one quarter 01 another and these influences may cause Harding to change his mind before his inauguration. (Copyright 1920 by United Press.) BIRTHS. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Halley Fulk of Marine, Kansas, on Dec.

20, a nine pound baby girl. The parents are well known here. Mrs. Fulk was formerly Miss Anna dett of this city. Mr.

and Mrs. Glen L. Forward of Goddard. Kansas, are the proud parents of twin girls born December 21. Their names are Maxine Margaret and Mildred Marian.

The Forwards are well known here having lived here for some time. BLAKE -MORGAN. Miss Clara Blake and Mr. Clarence Morgan, both of Moscow, were married at Moscow on Christmas day. The Rev.

Geo. L. Parkhurst officiated. P. B.

Wagner and E. J. Good of Boise City, were in town the early part of the week. Mr. Wagner and Mr.

Good formerly lived. near here. They are in the garage business at Boise City at present, Miss Stratton, instructor in the third and fourth grades, is spending the Christmas holidays with home folks at Walton, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs.

John Brown of Elkhart were Hugoton visitors Tuesday. A meeting of the wheat growers of Southwestern. Kansas will be held at Bucklin Saturday, January 1st, at 8 p. m. The Bucklinites are making all preparations for caring for a large number of wheat raisers.

Ample housing facilities will be furnished and those who care to attend will he properly cared. for. The purpose of this meeting is 1 to meet the growing demand for cooperation among the producers to overcome the low prices due to manipulation. W. H.

McGreevy, national secretary of the Wheat Growers association, will have a message, as will A. C. Bailey, state organizer, and others. This meeting is part of a nation wide plan to get the growers together and get fair treatment for consumer and producer alike. Anyone who is interested in the economic issues of the day will find Bucklin a fine place to help straighten out the producers difficulties.

Many local organizations have been organized throughout the southwest. Mrs. C. R. Nolan had the misfortunt to break her wrist last week.

The injury was occasioned by a fall while walking across the floor of the Gem Theater. Dr. B. H. Day was in town Tues- To our friends, the old and loyal ones, also the new and cordial ones: We wish you all a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

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