Wellsville Globe from Wellsville, Kansas • 1

The Wellsville GLbe. VOL. XXV. Wellsville, Franklin County, Kansas, Friday, January 8 1915. No.

18 58 YEARS MARRIED, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moherman Celebrate Anniversary Friday.

If both remain in their present good health Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moherman CAUGHT ONE ROBBER, Officers Also Recover Part of Goods Stolen from Wellsville Cash Store.

One of the men who broke into the Wellsville Cash store Wednesday night of last week is in charge of Sheriff Niek Johnson, in the county jail, three others have been arrested as suspects, and a will celebrate the fifty-eighth anniver sary of their wedding Friday of this week, January 8th. They have not prepared any especial program for the day, but Mr. Moherman says that if they are fortunate in being permitted to celebrate their sixtieth anniversary and remain in good health, they expect to make more elaborate preparations than they have this year. Neither Mr. Moherman nor his estimable wife appear to be seventy-eight, their real age.

Except from the rheumatism from which Mrs. Moherman has suffered for some time both are in excellent health. The couple were married in North Jackson, Ohio January 8, 1857. They have lived in Franklin county since 1886, most of the time on their farm in Peoria township, but for some years in Wellsville. Sum folks brag of Californy Her climate beats 'em all; While others claim she don't compare With Floridy a-tall.

Wall, give 'em their "eternal sunshine" An' "ever cloudless skies" I like now and then, in weather, A little of surprise. An' you shore git thet in Kansas! With her 'taint ever tame. She's jest like a pretty woman-She's never twice th' same, What she'll do fur one whole minute, You scarcely ever know, But this 'ere one thing is certain Livin' with her aint slow. It may be cold, er fair, er hot, Er wet, er dry, you see; But there's this I like about it You get varietee. An 1 I don't keer if blizzards cold Er balmy winds she hands us; The place thet I like best ter live Is right out here in Kansas.

May Frink Converse. considerable part of the stolen goods has been recovered. Friday afternoon Bailey Johnson found an overcoat in a hay stack on his farm near LeLoup. It was recognized by Manager Upham as a part of the loot taken from the Cash Store. Tracks between the hay stack and the railroad indicated that the robbers had followed the railroad west.

This and the fact that a team had been taken from S. A. Seyler's farm Thursday night led to the belief that the team was used in carrying away the goods. P. M.

Simpson and W. F. Langdon, followed the tracks down the railroad to within a half mile of North Ottawa. Saturday the Ottawa officers rounded up a gang of negroes who had been making their headquarters with the Mexicans, near the Junction. One of the negroes "Eddie" Rice, was wearing clothes stolen from the store, and was undoubtedly one of the men who broke open the door and carried away the goods, amounting in value to more than $600.

One suitcase was found in the bunk car, and it was learned that another had been expressed to Lawrence, and the Douglas county officials were instructed to await the claimant. Some of the goods had been peddled among the negroes in Ottawa and sold at about a tenth of their value. Later three suit cases and a traveling bag, all filled with stolen goods, were recovered from a haystack on the Byers farm, a mile and a half this side of Ottawa. The recovered goods are in poor condition. Some of the clothing has been worn, and all of it is badly mussed, and will not be in condition to put back on the shelves.

Reserved Seats Saturday. Sylvester A. Long, lecturer, will be at Shawen hall Saturday night, January 16th, as the third number of the lecture course. Manager Shawen will give his usual Saturday night program after the lecture. "The Adventures of Kathlyn" and a two-reel religious feature will make up this especial program.

Reserved seats may be secured at the Ireland drug store Saturday. Chas. lies, who was so badly injured in an accident at the Loose-Wiles ware-rooms at Kansas City, early in the winter, has so far recovered that he was able to come out to Wellsville this week for a visit with his parents. B. F.

DeTar comes of a long lived family. The total of the ages of seven brothers and sisters now living is more than 500 year9. The ages of Mr. De-Tar's brothers and sisters range from 70 to 92. The City Fathers.

Mayor Hunt was at Halls Summit Friday evening, and President of the Council A. L. Cline presided at the regular monthly council meeting. Bills to the amount of $151 were allowed. J.

A. Cordell appeared before the council and asked that a dray license ordinance be passed. Action was de-feired until the February meeting. I. G.

Noble, City Marshal, presented his resignation. C. A. DeTar has been appointed by the Mayor to serve as marshal for the present. His appointment will come up for confirmation at the next meeting.

W. S. Tucker was at Manhattan last week, and while there attended the meetings held for the benefit of those interested in concrete construction, and witnessed a number of tests made to show the strength of various mixtures of sand, gravel and cement. One series of tests showed that unscreened sand and gravel is the best mixture from the standpoint of strength, for general use about the farm. W.

E. Wade has rearranged the partitions in the D. P. Cope corner building, on the east side of the street, and expects to remove his restaurant fixtures to his old location. He will continue to give motion pictures, as in the past, and will use the front of the room for his restaurant business.

Child Welfare Lecture. Prof. W. A. McKeever, of the state university, was here Wednesday evening, and gave an interesting and instructive lecture at Shawen hall, to a crowd of about 100.

Prof. McKeever urged a greater interest in the activities of the growing child, a supervision of his play, and under certain conditions a supervision of his work. Only an intelligent and continued leadership and chaperonage will bring the best results, He suggested an active organization of the parents of school children, the teachers, and the citizens of Wellsville and vicinity to work toward these ends. Veacb-Garrett A wedding whih had been successfully kept a secret since last October became known here last week when Mr. and Mrs.

John Garrett announced to relatives and friends the celebration of their marriage in Hutchinson, Thursday, October 8th. When Miss Grace Veach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.

Veach, of 430 Sycamore street, went to begin her teaching position in Hu-goton, this fall, Mr. John Garret, of Wellsville, accompanied her as far as Hutchinson where they were married. The bride was graduated from the Ottawa High school with the class of '13, and taught last year near Wellsville. She is well known and is popular with many friends of the Wellsville neighborhood as well as in Ottawa. Mr.

Garret is a prosperous young farmer four miles southeast of Wellsville. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett have been guests for the past week at the home of the bride's parents here and Mrs. Garrett left Monday to finish her term in Hu-goton.

A host of best wishes is being extended this young couple. Ottawa Herald. During a greater part of the year the Wellsville merchants keep for sale Ottawa's creamery butter. The purchasers will be interested in knowing that the Ottawa Condensing company took first prize on its butter at the meeting of the Kansas State a Dairy association at Manhattan last week. The Ottawa company exhibited a ten-pound tub which scored 94 points in a possible 100.

The second prize went to a Topeka creamery, which showed butter scoring 92 per cent. Dr. J. C. Casto, chairman of the Health Lecture Course committee, has received a letter stating that Prof.

J. T. Willard, of the Department of Chemistry, at Manhattan, will come to Wellsville soon to fill a date on the Health Lecture course. His topic will be "Eating for Health and Strength." Some of the small boys have found a new plan for making spending money. They have been collecting calendars from the various stores and carry them about town and sell them at a penny The big lamp installed by C.

A. Smith, in front of his electric light plant, uses a 750 watt bulb, and makes by far the best light in town. Frank Lyons, of Gardner, says that that the lights in Wellsville show plainly on any clear night. Practically all the snow is gone from the ground and the roads are rough as the result of the daily freezing and thawing. Tommie Heathman's purchased a 1915 five-passenger Velie automobile as a Christmas present for themselves.

Remember the double header on the Shawen basketball court Friday night of this week. B. F. Pullam, of Nowata, came in Wednesday night for a visit with his sons, Geo. and Arch.

each. Mrs. Wm. Rowland received a be Joseph Rievey has filed a deed from lated, but nevertheless an appreciated present from California last week. The present was a box of English wal the Xavier Rievey heirs, for the west half of the southeast quarter of 18-15- The double header between the Wellsville and Williamsburg high schools, at Shawen hall Friday night, will be the first of the basket ball games planned for the winter.

21. The consideration is given at $5, 200. nuts sent by Dealva Rowland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.

W. Rowland, who have an English walnut ranch. The box was sent through by parcel post. "The Girl and the Tramp" will be at the Rohrbaugh Thursday night, January 7th, tonight A little daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Kersten early Sunday morning..