The Argonia Argosy from Argonia, Kansas • 1

THE ARGONIA ARGOSY The Argosy Press ARGONIA, 'SUMNER COUNTY. KANSAS, NOVEMBER. 29, 1917 Volume 5 DRY GOODS We have the largest line of percals, cheviots, ginghams, and outings in the city. Also a fine line of mens dress and work shirts. Call and look over the line.

Also bear in mind that you cannot find a better and more complete line of mens neck wear and suspenders. Armor Plate Hosiery-. The hosiery where quality counts. A full line of staple and fancy groceries. Yours for business, 8 John H.

Gum 000C Looking for lost eye sight is poor looking, when its too late. Eye strain weakens the delicate eye machinery, then comes a cold, more strain follows. Don't do it: come to Arlington Hotel, Wednesday and Thursday Dec. 5th and 6th until 3 p. m.

J. Harry Gay. The Argosy is figuring on getting out a holiday edition entirelv different from the usual holiday papers, i.e,, if business will jutsify it. Fifty thousand dollars worth of automobiles were on the street of Argonia one day last week. Who said hard times? The H.

S. basket ball team will play the first game of the season at Milan today, Thursday Roy Hall came up from Camp Doniphan and spent Saturday night with homefolks. He looks hale and hearty and says he has no complaints to make against army life, but of course would enjoy home life better. Roy belongs to the field artillery and says it is terrible the way the ex ploding shells tear up things out on the target range, which is miles away from the camp, out in the hills. Dr.

Axtell, Lewis Thomas, H. C. Ferris, P. M. Jackman and D.

E. Troxel attended a special meeting of the Masonic Order at Harper Tuesday night. Mrs. J. E.

Groves of Esther ville, Iowa, has been here several days visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cook. She left Tuesday evening for hem IN MEMORIAM Larkin Cox was born in Rahdolph Co. N.

C. March 17, 1849. Died Nov. 18, 1917 at Argonia aged 68 years, 8 months and 1 day. He was married to Eunice Cox July 25, 1867.

A few years later they came to Kansas, and in 1872, settled on a homestead in Butler where he resided for thirty-seven years experiencing with his wife and children, the hardships of pioneer life, and assiting in the developement not only of the material resources of a new conntry, but also in tne upbuilding of a Christian commurity. He and his wife were charter members, and for many years Elders of their home meeting at Rose Hill, Kansas. He was untiring in his service for Christ and the church, not only serving his local meeting, but assiting in establishing four other meetings. His wife and seven children preceded him to the better land. He was again married, Jan.

1, 1896, to Rebecca A. Lashley. To this union, one son was born. In Dec. 1909, he removed with his wife and son, to Argonia, where he resided until his death.

He was an Elder and valued member of his new church home To his family he has been a devoted husband and father to young Christian workers, a wise and loving counselor. There remain to mourn his loss his wife, two sons, four daughters, eight grandchildren, tv 0 great two brothers, and a host of other relatives and friends. His last illness was brief and of such a nature that conversation with his family was almost impossible. but his daily life was of such a character that, like one of old. he, "being dead, yet speaketh." Card Of Thanks We wish to thank our friends, who so kindly aided us in the last brief illness of cur husband and father.

Mrs. Rebecca Cox Argonia Mr. Edwin Cox Argonia Kas. Mrs. Effie Randall Argonia Ks Rev.

Carson Cox Beloit Ohio Mrs. Ernest Andrew Wichita. Mrs. Wm Potts Rose Hill Kas. Mrs.

Walter Smith Rose Hill Ks Farm And Home Intsitute Secretaries, Notice. The records made by the secretaries of the different departments at the Farmers Institute should be truned in to this office at once so the business of the organization can be setted up and premiums paid. Prompt action on this is requested by. The Editor. The home paper is your best friend if you would only recognize the fact.

When you subscribe for or pacronize the home paper in any way you are helping the community as well as the publisher, for it is the home paper that is boostin. for the community all the time- incidentally boosting you and you and you. Geo. Boyd was visiting in Wichita, Sunday. Spend Your Money At Home.

Here are too perfectly good reasons why people should spend their money at home. Of course there are many others, but we believe the truth is well set out in the following; 1. It is your home, you can't improve it much by sending your money away to spend or invest. 2. There is no way of improving a place so much as by encouraging good merchants, good people to settle among you, and this cannot be done unless you spend your money at home.

3. Spend your money at home. Because there is generally where you get it. 4. Spend your money at home.

It will make better merchants of your merchants; they can and will keep better assortments and will sell at lower rates than If the only business you could do is what is credited; not while the money goes to the other places. 5. Spend your money at home. You may have sons growing up who will some day be the best merchants in town. Help la the foundation for that now.

6. Spend you money at home. Set the example now. Buy your dry goods, groceries, shoes, meat and everything, at home and you will see a wonderful change in a short time in the business out look of the place, therefor deal with your home merchants. 7.

Spend your money at home. What do you gain by going off? couut the cost and see what you could have done at home by letting the merchant have the cash. Strike the balance and see if you would not have been just as well off', besides helping your home merchant and your home community. 8. Spend your money at home.

Your merchants are your neighbors, your friends; they stand by you in sickness; they are your associates, without your trade they cannot keep up their business. 9. Spend your money at home. You will feel better toward your neighbors and yourself; you will have the satisfaction of knowing you haye been loyal to your friends and neighbors; you will have speht your money where some of it is sure to come back to you, which would not be the case if you sent it away. 10.

Merchants should also spend their money at home, they should do their advertising at home. Tney should get their bill heads, circulars, cards, letter heads, envelopes and all printing done at home, of their own newspapers who aid them in many ways and advertise them hundreds of times without any Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Fisher of Wellington, were visiting in Arg-! onia, last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ruse who were visiting Mrs. Ruses parents in Chanute, returned home last week. The Ladies Aid of the M.

E. church sent a barrel of canned fruit to Wesley hosptial at Wichita this week. We understand the Red Cross ladies realized abont $150 from the supper served to the I. 0. 0.

Rebekahs and friend, last week. Public functions in Argonia would be rather dull without the band and girls glee elnb. Coming! J. Harry Gay Eye Sight Secialist will be in Argonia all day, Wednesday, December 5, and until 4 p. m.

Thursday, December 6th, at the Arlington. RIDGWAY MUSICIANS. Mrs. Rebbecca Cox will hold a public sale of live stock, farm machinery, at her place in south west Argonia, Saturday, Dec. 1st, begining at 1 o'clock p.

m. N. W. Cox is ths auctioneer Many Argonians attended the pie supper at H. and S.

school house Saturday night and report a fine time. The H. S. band contingent Chicken must be very scarce in this neck o' the woods as we never see any advertised on any of the sale bills. There are several good towns in Sumner county, but only three or four of them are supporting their newspapers.

Mr. and Mrs C. A. Harlan, went to Hutchinson, Sunday, to visit relatives and friends and to meet their nephew. A.

R. Cole, who is a member of the aviation service, stationed at Chicago. They all had a pleasant visit Christmas candies at Gum's pay whatever. Adam Podschun now rolls over the highways in a seven passenger Overland. Now, what a young, unmarried man wants with a 7-passenger car is too much for us, but we will await and watch developments, with a view to securing an announcement later on.

J. Harry Gay will go from here to Conway Spg's 7th and 8th..