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"tv -1 MB Tnrr PAGZS 7 it VOLUME XLV LARNED, PAWEE COUNTY, KANSAS; THURSDAY NOON, JULY 13, 1922 NUMBER 17 FOR MAINTENANCE ONLY. KILLED FOR $37 DEBT. Harry Pauley; a Farm Hand, Shoots P. P. Jones.

Mrs. Sadie McCoy arrivedTuesday evening from Parsons to visit Mrs. J. Ross Zoll and to look after business interests Lamed friends will regret to hear that Mr. McCoy's condition has improved but little since leaving here, and that he is still under treatment.

Farm Loans? Ask R. E. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles W. Smith of Lawrence came Saturday to visit several days here wifh relatives. They made the trip in their car and were accompanied by Mrs. Smith's sister, Mrs. Frank Prudhom and son Louie, who had been visiting in Lawrence.

Hey, Skinney, let's go to the Swimming Pool on West First street. 7-13-1 3- (i vi Shooting Took Place Monday on Farm Near Burdett. Harry Edgar Pauley, a 54 year old farm hand, shot and fatally wounded P. P. Jones, a thresherman whose home is in Wichita, at the It.

F. Aupperle farm two miles north of Burdett about five o'clock Monday afternoon. The shooting occurred after Pauley had gone to the farm to collect a $37 labor bill which Jone3 had owed him for several weeks. When Jones told him that he did "not have the money, Pauley pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired the five shots it contained at Jones, three of the bullets striking Jones. The wounded man was brought to learned Hospital immediately for treatment.

An examination showed that two of the gunshot wounds were Apples Early Harvest Varieties For Sale At The Busier Farm Farm for Sale 425 acres, three miles east of Larned. Well improved wheat farm For particulars see the owner, Jacob Schroeder Box 81, Larned, Kan. Or D. A. Ely, Agent K- W.

II. Vernon Sr. Whose doath occurred July 4th. He as 'a leading: attornev in Lamed for Tonight's Band Concert. The usual weekly concert will be given by the Larned Municipal Band this evening, beginning at 7:30, at the comer of Eighth and Main, when the following program will be presented: "City of Scotti Selection, "Naughty Marietta" Herbert Vocal Solo, "Swanee River Moon" Clarke Mrs.

C. W. Sewell Band accompaniment Danse Orientale Lubomirsky Vocal Solo, "Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dr. R. E.

Crabbs Band accompaniment Serenade, "A Night in King Infiammatus from Stabat Mater Rossini Comet Solo by D. Scotti Fantasie, "A Vision of Salome" Lampe Two Popular Numbers The Sheik, (Fox Snyder One Kiss, (Fox Trot) Wood March, "Leave It to America. The program for this evening will prove a popular one, the selections being quite varied in their character. There are several numbers which have proved favorites in former programs. Among these are the selections from "Naughty Marietta," "Danse Orientale," the "Vision of Salome" fantasie, and the "Infiammatus from Stabat Mater." Mr.

Scotti's two marches, "City of Larned" and "Leave it to Lovett," will also be given. The "classical program last week was greatly enjoyed. Although short several players, the band gave an excellent interpretation of some of the, amou3 rv.mbers from the grand cpera. Th ce-ecticn from "Travia-ta," the beautiful ballet music from "William and the sextet from "Lucia," were all well received. Jt is hoped that all of these numbers will be played frequently in future concerts until all become familiar with their beautiful melodies.

Mrs. Veatch's vocal solo, "When Shall We Meet Again," was also greatly Phone 14F16 the arm, and one bullet had en tered the back and ranged downward Into the intestines; inflicting a wound from which he died Tuesday night. The shooting was done with a' 32 cal Larned Must Provide a Park, Schnack Fund the Upkeep. There has been much talk recently regarding the using of the $25,000 Schnack park fund for the purchasing of an inside city park, and a committee-was recently appointed to look into the matter and see just what could be done. The general prevailing idea seems to be that the Schnack fund can be used to purchase a park, provided that the park is named for Peter Schnack.

According to the wording of the will, the original bequest cannot be spent for anything, but must be kept permanently invested in good securities, and only the income therefrom is available for maintaining a park A. H. Moffet, one of the executors named by Peter Schnack to carry out the terms 'of his will, says that Mr. Schnack had no intention to have his money buy a tract of land for a park. His idea was for the city to furnish the park, which should bear his name, and the income only from his Request should be used to maintain 'the park.

Any other use of the money Will be' contrary to the terms of the will, and contrary to Peter Schnack's expressed wishes, Mr. Moffet In speaking of the matter of the Schnack-Park, Mr. Moffet said: "There seems to be a general persistent misunderstanding as to the terms under which the late Peter Schnack bequeathed a portion of his estate to the city, of Lamed. Mr. Schnack did not leave the money to purchase a park, and he did not leave the money to the city to spend in any other way.

The terms of his will expressly state that the portion of his estate left to the city of Larned must be invested in gilt edged interest bearing securities, and the income from such investment shall be used to maintain a park which shall bear the name of Schnack Park. "It was never Mr. Schnack's intention that his bequest should be used to purchase a park site for Larned. It was his plan, that- the city furnish the site, and then tfee income from his jjx vested bequest would provide for the perpetual maintenance of the park. This point never seems to have become clear to the public mind, and there is a continual de xx XX XX forty-five years, and dean of the Pawned county bar.

Some Hail Damage. hail storm visited sections of this county Sunday evening, and wrought considerable damage in the fields of wheat which were still standing Some hail also fell on7 Saturday. The damage did not cover a vety wide scope of country, and is reported from points north and southeast of Larned. The damage reported is from 10 to 40. Following are those who have put in claims for hail damage: R.

S. Davison and son, 375 acres, 35. Fred Webb, 150 acres, 15. H. M.

Reed and Boyd 200 acres. 'Others who have reported losses, but not, the per cent of damage and acreage affected include: Ray Bran-nan, P. Fertig, D. W. Darnell, A.

G. Woelk, H. A Bowman, George Mijler and Fred Cleveland. P. Johnson reports a loss of 30 Jper cent on one field and 40 on another.

Jas. Fairbairn, south of the river, lost a stack of wheat Friday night, Come On In the Water's Fine ibre revolver. Following the shooting, Pauley walked into Burdett and gave himself up to the officers, Constable Wm. Thompson and Deputy Bert Bradshaw making the arrest. Pauley says he telephoned the sheriff's office in Lamed about the shooting as soon a3 he reached Burdett, but Sheriff Vinson had already been notified and was on his way to Burdett, accompanied by his deputy, L.

W. Webb, who brought the prisoner to Larned, where he is now in the county jail. A formal charge against him was not filed at once, awaiting the result of the wounds. Since the death of Jones, a first degree murder charge will be placed against Pauley. Pauley, who is a mild appearing man, talked freely about the shoot ing to the officers.

He said he had i tried several times to collect the wages due him from Jones, but had been put off each time. The work for Jones had been done before harvest. whcaVghtning- set it afire The Union Church Services. The union service last Sunday evening was held in the M. E.

church on account othe Rev.jrhack-rey delivered a great sermon on "The Fruits of Righteousness," and tine Methodist choir rendered a beautiful anthem. Next Sunday evening the During harvest Pauley worked for Keetori. If you are not "taking advantage of the opportunities offered at Everybody Inn Swimming Pool, you are missing a lot of enjoyment- these -hot days. The pool is enjoying a large patronage from both Larned and surrounding towns. Ladies Only Friday Afternoons from 1 to 6 o'clock Pool open from 1 to 6 Sunday Afternoon i- JS otice to JEdison Owners.

When his harvest work was over Mr. Fulton, a special representative of the Thomas A. Edison Laboratory Pauley wanted to leave and wanted the monev due him. He came to sermon will be delivered Dy Kev Orange, N. has been organizing a free' service record club, for The Hylton of the Brethern church.

His theme will be "Christ and Modern Lamed Saturday, he said, and bought the revolver for the purpose of either getting the money or shooting Jones. He returned to Burdett on the train Music Shop. If Mr. Fulton has failed to cal Life." There will be special music Everybody cordially invited. on you it is an oversight.

And we Monday afternoon and went directly Everybody's Inn Swimming Pool L. O. STANDISH, Prop. Mr. arid Mrs.

Fred Thomas, Managers Lowrey Park, West First Street will gladly explain the service club plan, and extend to you the offer of W. C. T. U. Meeting July 27.

The W. C. T. U. will meet.

Thurs XX being a member, if you will call in the store this week. to the farm where Jones was living, and the shooting followed. While in Larned Monday, Pauley consulted County Attorney Rogers about the labor bill. Mr. Rogers advised him to work around here for day, July 27, instead of July 20.

This will be a citizenship meeting. The pro Our main desire is to serve the public regardless of whether you made gram will be announced next week. XXXi iXXti a time, and probably Jones would your purchase of us or not. THE MUSIC SHOP. S.

C. Clinesmith, Mgr. Dr. A. W.

H. Seiple arrived home Tuesday morning from Kansas City, xx pay him after he had threshed his wheat, as Jones was hard up at this time and his property tied up. Mr. where he had been taking a special mand that the $25,000 that the ctty has left from the amount bequeathed it shall be spent in purchasing an inside park or; a public auditorium. Such a use' of his money would be in conflict with the plain terms of the will and in conflict with Mr.

Schnack's intentions. "Peter Schnack talked over with me his plan in leaving a bequest to the city of Lamed. He wanted to be sure that the park would be kept up as a benefit for, the people of this city, which was not necessarily assured if his bequest were used in purchasing a tract for a park. In years to come the park might be abandoned or neglected. So he provided in his will for a permanent maintenance fund for a park, and for the expending of this sum for no other purpose, which required that all future generations must maintain the park or forfeit the income.

"The, will of Peter Schnack does not specify definitely where the park shall be located, though expresses a preference for the Island Park, then as now owned by the city. The Mrs. A. C. Wood went to Great Bend Tuesday to visit her daughters, liogers saici tnat Pauley seemed a five weeks' course at the Kansas Uni versity Hospital at Rosedale.

Sunkist lemonade. Candyland. mild mannered man, and even ex I Write All Kinds Of INSURANCE In the Best Companies in America. Call and See Us before Placing Your" Policy 1 Mrs. George Duncan, and Mrs.

Brock. pressed regret about Jones' financial difficulties! He made no threats against Jones, and even came back Schnack money would furnish the funds to maintain it. nary note book, and starts out with the sentence, "The Other of this Book a second time to -tell Mr. Rogers that ho had decided to go back to Burdett, "In a permanent improvement like isv Unlucky Harry." Jones sixteen year old son Edward, A. H.

MOFFET, Agent a public park, the -maintenance expense soon overtakes and passes the The book states that he was born xx 'and Bert Colvin, one of the harvest hands on the place, witnesses in Jefferson City, and that he had spent most of his early life at original cost. The cost price is paid but once, the maintenance expense is At Moffet National Bank to the shooting and to the conver xtxxxt sation which immediately preceeded the shooting. Other harvest hands perpetual. In the long run the city of Larned would be ahead by purchasing the park at firsthand letting different points in Missouri, though the past five years he has traveled all over the western part of the United States, working principally on farms. were in the field some distance away.

As outlined to the Sheriff, Pauley itti the Schnack income maintain it for ever. Of course, under the settlement The book states that he has been married three times and is the father XX had asked Jones for his money, and Jones said that he couldn't get it for him that day. Pauley then took made by the city the income for park maintenance will be only half what of ten children. The entries in the book began in would have been available under the XX XX XX the revolver from his pocket and t- threatened to shoot, whereupon Jones 1919, while at Sioux City, according to the writing, and installments had original bequest." From Mr. Moffet's statement, it would seem that the ultimate end to be attained by those who favor an OUR NEW LOCATION We Have Leased the Larkin Garage, 207-209 West Fourth Str and Have Moved to the New Location, where We Will Continue to Do Repair Work and Night Storage We Will also Handle Full Line of Gasoline and Motor Oils XX park, however, is to be furnished by the city, and the maintenance by the income from the invested bequest.

A park anywhere in the city would meet the conditions of the will. The inside park proposed would be eligible to the maintenance fund if named Schnack Park. "If the city of Lamed cannot accept the bequest made by Peter Schnack under the conditions which he laid down, then it should not expect to keep his gift, but the rest of the bequest should go to his heirs. As one of the executors named in the will, I expect to carry out the trust put upon me, and do all in my inside park will be the same, whether the city buys the site for the park in the first place, and the income from the Schnack fund is used to maintain it year after year, or whether the full amount of the Schnack fund is used in purchasing a site and the city levy an annual tax thereafter to maintain it. Is the city of Lamed willing to buy a site, for an inside park, with the income from 'the Schnack fund to maintain it Or does it want the income expended in fitting up and main Larkin Garage power to execute- the plain will of 207-209 W.

4th Peter Schnack, and see that its pro visions are fulfilled. The people of Lamed are in honor bound, if they been written from time to time since, as could be seen from the change- in pencil and from occasional reference to the date of writing. The last entry is dated May 14th, 1922, telling of his having hired out to P. P. Jones at Wichita, to go out 150 miles into Pawnee county and to make garden and cook for Mr.

Jones in his cook shack. The book is not signed, but gives the names of parents, of the three women he married, and the names of the children. It is reported that Pauley has a prison record, but his' autobiography does not mention it, though it tells of several escapades and speaks of himself as being a fugitive from justice. A charge of premeditated murder has bren filed against Harry Pauley, and his preliminary hearing has been postponed until Wednesday, July 19th, at 10 o'clock. The hearing will be held before Judge J.

W. Eaglin. The funeral of the victim, P. P. Jones, will be held in Wichita, and the said he didn't want any trouble over the matter, that he would get the money for him.

Pauley replied that it was too late, and began shooting. P. P. Jones, 48 years old, lived in Wichita, and had come to Pawnee county for several seasons, cloing threshing and wheat hauling in the Burdett neighborhood. Last fall he put out wheat on R.

F. Aupperle's farm, and came up fom Wichita this spring to look after his crop. He brought Harry Pauley with him from Wichita to help him in getting ready for harvest, and Pauley worked for him something over a month, and quit when he couldn't get his wages. Mr. Jones' wife was immediately notified of her husbands condition, and came from Wichita on the first train, arriving Tuesday morning, and she and his son were with Mr.

Jones until his death. Little is known of Harry Pauley, except that he-is a migrant harvest hand. Among his effects was found a history of his life, in which were set down his wanderings. The is written in pencil in an ordi- accent the bequest, to use it under the terms of the will and for no other purpose. i FARM LOANS? "As a matter of fact there is very little difference to the present gen eration as to how a park ispurchased, if the park is kept up.

Supposing the Schnack $25,000 were used to pur taining the tract just west of Low-rey Park which came to the city in the settlement with the Schnack heirs Or does it wish to go into possible litigation in an effort to use the Peter Schnack money for some other purpose than intended by the donor? At present the 25,000 is invested, in securities and is drawing interest, pending the final disposition of the matter. chase a tract for an inside park, a o-r mncf ho levied each year to fur- INSURANCE? asR. E. TAYLOR: SUCCESSOR TO H.T. TAYLOR 115 West Fifth Street LARNED, KANSAS vaw nish the maintenance fund.

On the other hand, if the city spent $25,000 for the park, that would be all it would ever pay, the income from the body shipped to Pekin, 111., for burial..