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i I. THE NEWS IS $1.00 PER YEAR IF PAID IN ADVANCE LET US DO YOUR JOB PRINTING: WE WILL SAVE YOU VoA HORTON, BROWN COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1913 No. 23 Don't send your orders for Job Printing out of towr. if you don want us to do your work, give it to Browne. Get our prices next time.

t- Dove Plead Guilty After making inquiries of attorneys as to whether they could get thru the Ogden case, Saturday, without holding a Friday night session on the case and getting an affirmative reply the court adjourned the case to Saturday morning State Contest Won. Some little time ago the High school received the literature from the Kansas State Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis offering money prizes for the best essays by High school pupils on the subject "The Study and Prevention of Miss Turner, principal of the local High school, put the matter before her English classes. Two papers were sent in from this school and we have no means of telling how many went from the state as a whole. The result of the contest was received Saturday by a letter enclosing checks for $3, first prize to Marjory Ward, and $2 second prize to Violet Andre. These essay3 will, we presume, be published in their state literature.

It is done and done well in a worthy cause. The ravages of the white plague have been greatly decreased by the attention, study and Associated Charities. The Associated Charities of Horton is now an established organization of nearly two year's standing. It embraces all citizens and organizations of the city who are willing to unite for wise and friendly relief. It is officered by representative citizens of the town and financed by the free-will contributions of individuals and organizations.

Its permanent quarters are above the Pur-cell shoe store where the agents may be found from 2 to 4 o'clo: Tuesdays, Thursdays and SaturJays tf each week. Its purpose is friendly relief of all whom misfortune has overtaken and who by such friendly aid "may be able to sustain themselves. No such persons need hesitate to apply for aid or feel it a disgrace to do so. Clothing, food, fuel or other forms of aid are rendered in reasonable amounts to those who are deserving. Professional beggars and permanent charges need not apply, for they are the charges of the state's penal and charitable institution.

Sympathy and not sentiment is the motive of the Association. It is mutal as well as union, so that one aided under certain First Ward Entertainment. Some of the greatest preparations ever made are being made to demonstrate to the peole of Horton that the schools are offering training and entertainment today that is second to none in worth. When six teachers of the First Ward building and one hundred children take such a load upon themselves and offer such an entertainment as they will offer at the Opera House the night of Friday, February, 21 it is best for, the people of Horton not to miss it or they will be sorry as those were who did not see the fine Cantata, "Cinderella in Flowerland," given by the pupils of the Central building last December. The costumes of the production will be numerous, varied and gorgeous.

In one of the scenes "The Virginia Aristocrats," "twenty little people (ten couples) will appear. The boys will be dressed in black Colonal dress-suits with purple trousers, white neck dress and three cornered hats and the girls in light colored dresses, pink blue, full length and full dress with the Colonial caps. If you could have seen this scene as the writer did, High School Notes. Seniors have received their class pins and look quite sporty. Signa Johnson and Pansy Bierman were Assembly visitors Friday Frank DeWitt dislocated his arm while playing ball Tuesday night Special exams were held, FeblT 8.

About twenty persons took them. The High school enjoyed a phonograph concert in Assembly Friday. Don't miss the big game with Atchison Friday night Admission 25 and 15 cents. The last number of the Lecture Course, a lecture by Dr. Meyers, will be given Tuesday evening at the M.

E. church. The Physiology class have been testing common food stuffs in the Laboratory the past week for Proteins, Cabo hydrates and fats. The game to have been played Monday evening, between the Seniors and Freshmen, has been postponed un-the last of the week. The second basket ball game of the Around the World.

Every year witnesses the arrival of a number of parties going through here who claim to be making a trip from coast to coast or around the world on a freak bet of some kind. The latest is Jack Gordon with a dog team hitched to a light buggy that can be put on i un-ners in a few minutes when snow is encountered. He claims to have started last May from Nome, Alaska, and will win $10,000 if he can go around the world in six years and visit every state and country on the way. His team at present comprises one large wolf and three other dogs. Two of these dogs were recently added to the team.

Most of the journey was made on runners with the wolf, wolf dog and one dog. He controls his team by speaking to them. He usesno linesorchecks on them. On good roads he can easily make 50 miles a day. He claims to have come from Nebraska City to this place on Tuesday and arrived here before 5 p.

m. -Falls City (Neb.) Journal. He arrived in this city Friday forenoon and did a good business selling post card pictures of the outfit at 10 cents each. you would have been fully assured that if would interest you immensely, as will the parts to the program. This part, is only about one-fifteenth of the whole.

In one number the girls will be dressed as roses and carry American Beauty roses. A crowd of sixteen boys have a song and drill, dressed in Indian suits and with bows arid arrows fully painted it is very picturesque. It takes a wonderful lot of time and patience to drill such small scholars and the returns of this entertainment are to be used for something in the way of a musical instrument for the First Ward school building. The First Ward people ought to have such a booster crowd that the people will know there a First Ward in town. Some, of the interesttng characters will be: Goddess of Liberty, Anna Brailey; Priscilla, Blanche Whaley; John Alden, Harold Ricks.

Martha Washington will be Neva Smith, the little daughter of Glen Smith, and George Washington will be Willie Hill, the little son of W. C. Hill. Many other notes will be given next week and a remark made about the wonderful climax of the whole. "Faust." The schooling which Mr.

Wakefie Id was fortunate enough to obtain through the association and friendship with the greatest Nephisto in stage history has served him well and to Morrison, Wakefield lays his present success. The splendid success of the Manley Campbell production of "Faust" is not, however, due solely to Wakefield's fine portrayal of Nephisto, but to a uniform excellence of all matters pertaining to any first class undertaking. They have spared no expense in putting before the public for their valued appreciation one of the finest equipments, scenically, mechanically and artistically that money can produce. The costuming is rich, both in quality and color and pleasing to the eye, as well as historically correct. The play is given in five acts and seven scenes, each one carried complete by the company.

In fact, this engagement is a bona fide guaranteed production of "Faust." Will appear at the Opera House 'on Monday evening, Feb. 17. Seats now on sale. Bert Ogden Convicted. The jury in the Bert Ogden case con victed him of manslaughter in first degree after remaining out all Saturday night and Sunday morning until about noon.

The penalty is 5 to 21 years in the penitentiary. The judge, the Ogden kindred, the attorneys, were present when the jury came in. Bert Ogden received the judgement in silence. World. P.

Berney shipped a load of hogs to St Joseph, yesterday. 6 Lbut held a night session to try the case of State vs. Wm. Dove, as Joe Waters, the attorney for Mr. Dove, was anxious to get away.

Dove plead guilty to simple assault and' was sentenced to six months in jail a fortunate man to get off that easy. Dove was abusing a woman in the railroad yards at Horton, when Harry Cook, a railroad employe, went to her assistance. The two men got into an altercation, when Dove pulled a revolver and shot Cook, wounding him. Dove was sent to jail Nov. 8, and December 2 was let out on bond.

The court paroled Mr. Dove. World. Hugo B. Koch in "The City." Hugo B.

Kotch, in Clvde Fitch's masterpiece, "The City," come3 to the Opera House Thursday, Feb. 27. The attraction is under the direction of the United Play Company. Years ago, before his death, it was said of Clyde Fitch that he could not write a man's play. "The City" is his answer.

With a list of fifty odd plays and adaptions to his credit, this truly genuine American playwright turned a new page when he penned the stirring, blood and bone story of the little family of Middleburg, N. which upon the death of the venerable head, yielded to call of the city. Had "The City" been produced a century ago, it would now be regarded as one of the classics of the stage. But it is more genorously offered as a modern drama. Attend Banquet.

Miss June Corruthers, Miss Kathryn Barry, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan, Mayor Kelly, Chas. Browne, O. J.

Kautz, Frank Rayfield and Frank Baldwin were in attendance at the Republican banquet at Hiawatha yesterday evening. Frank btetlek, the new merchant in Germantown, will hold his opening on next Monday. Mr, Steffek formerly lived at Temple, and has the reputation of being a hustler. He starts out with a new $3,500.00 stock of general merchandise, A defective flue was the cause of a small fire at the residence of Ed. Cun ningham.

The roof of the house the the one farthest west in the Wallace row was badly damaged. Frank Gooding, of Horton, makes a good juror, even if he has blood poison from a sliver in his finger. He keeps his hand in his pocket and goes right along attending to duty. World. To our notion the best speaker the Democrats had at their love feast in' Hiawatha last Friday night was Dr.

J. O. Ward, of Horton. Reserve Reporter. Mr.

and Mrs. Maurice Deutsch are expected home tomorrow. They are in the eastern markets making their purchase of spring and summer goods. The coon dogs, purchased by the Coon Hunters club, arrived Tuesday evening and will be given a tryout the first warm evening. liaptist Notes.

There will probably be a baptizing at the Baptist church Sunday night. A few changes are being made in the Sunday school. Two new classes were formed fast Sunday, one large class was formed into two divisions, and possibly another new class will be organized next Sunday, as some of our classes were getting rather large. Subject for Sunday morning: "Fruit A short address will prob-ablybemade on "Baptism" in the evening. Attendance was large at Fairview schoolhouse Sunday afternoon.

Pastor Wittenbraker preached to an interesting crowd at Brush Creek Tuesday night of this week. Praised by Harper's Magazine. Harper's Magazine said during the first weeks that "The City" was holding New York Theatre goers in a thrill. "Occasionally the accused public has a chance to show that it rather enjoys looking into its own soul and is still able to appreciate an idea. The audience loses itself in the unfolding of this great play and awakes to the realities of life at the end with a sigh of regret" The United Play Company has this great attraction on a tour of the larger cities and has arranged with Manager Bailey and Fox of the local play house to be here on Thursday Feb.

27, with the same strong cast, headed by Hugo B. Koch. metnous oi education used in tne war against it. Horton is fortunate to have such a worthy part in such education. The Ladies Auxiliary will meet at the Carmen hall Saturday, Feb.

15, with a miscellaneous program. The suggestive program did not come in time for the topics to be assinged. Our Auxiliary may justly feel proud of the work being done. As our Past Secre-sary, Mrs. Rob't Waller was called up on to tell the Effingham Auxiliary la dies how we conducted our contest work.

Mrs. Waller gave a very inter esting and helpful paper before that organization Saturday, which was highly appreciated by an unusually large audience. Sent in. Fire at Centralia. Seneca, Feb.

12. Fire early today destroyed three business houses in Centralia. The loss is estimated at $50,000. The fire started in the Waldeigh hardware store. Mr.

Waldeigh had just unloaded two cars of implements yesterday and estimated his loss at $20,000. The Citzens' State bank, next door, also burned, as did the Rauthburn jew elry store. Mr, and Mrs. Abe Long, Judge C. Ayres, W.

W. Wood and A. B. Crockett were in attendance at the Progressive banquet at Topeka, yesterday. Judge Ayres reports all had a splendid time and that he called on Representative Bailey while in the city and assured him that the people of Brown county, irrespective of party, were pleased with his work in the House and that next time they would send him as ambassador to Germantown.

Senator Lambertson, Senator Mahan and Representative Mitchell took this morning's train for Topeka. They had been in attendance at. the Republican banquet at Hiawatha. $516,022.18 BROWN, ss: above named bank, do solemnly swear High school played the Hiawatha Academy second team, Tuesday evening, and were defeated by a score of 27-24. The first program meeting of the Latin Club which was to have been held Tuesday evening, Feb.

11, was postponed to last Tuesday evening. Prof. Dunlap of Kansas State University lectured on Ottello in the Assembly room Friday night. This is a part of the University Extension Course. It should be mentioned that the two Horton teams made more noise yelling than all the Bern rooters.

In fact they made so much noise that some people held their ears. The unlucky year, is beginning to show. A certain dignified Senior girl fell out of her seat lust week. The floor is still weak in that place. What will happen next Assembly was held Monday morning and all games both past and future were talked about although Very little was said about the boy's game at Bern Saturday night The High school girls defeated the girls of the Bern town team by a score of 11-10.

The boys were defeated by the Bern team. Mr. Brown spoke in Assembly and Miss Davis and Ralph Hill eloquently described the trip to Bern. Two High school girls Marjory Ward and Violet Andre, are happy this week. The girls wrote essays onV'The Prevention of Tuberculosis" in a contest conducted by the Kansas Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber-closis and open to all High school pupils in this State.

Saturday Marjory received a cash prize of three dollars and Violet a cash prize of two dollars. Both girls are Sophmores. The Honor pupils for the fourth month of the present year are as follows: Ralph Franklin, 92.5; Will Jen-son, 90; Elsie Andre, 91.75; Ruth Fuller, 90; Helen Simonton, 94; Larue Fleming. 91.5; Mildred Henderson, 91; Getta Orr, 91.4; Irwin Acker, 90; Arthur Lonburg, i 92.75. A list of those who have betn above 90 per cent for the whole term is as follows: Ralph Franklin, 90.75; Helen Simonton, 94.75; Violet Andre, 92.25; Larue Fleming, 91.75; Mildred Henderson, 90.75; Getta Orr, 90; Arthur Lonburg, 91.5.

The "Rube" band caused a great deal of excitement Friday evening, of last week. The boys played variations of "r-r-r-r-r-r" to perfection. Edwin Wheatley was manager of the performance and made a very eloquent speech at the close of the concert. B'loyd Hunter was leader of the band. He with Melvin Williams were strikingly dressed as Scotch Highlanders.

Men from all over the continent and of a ages were represented. Frank Beil represented George Washington and Chas. Hill a minstrel man, Marvin Pettit was a band man, who escaped from Alexander's Rag Time band or thereabouts. Macy Gwin, Will Jensen, Harold Bridgeman, Homer Henney, Stanley Hitchcock, Harold Friend, Paul andUrige Whiffin repsesented farmers as near as could be estimated. Kenneth Jones looked like a farmer, who was minus a coat and had borrowed a cape to make up the deficit Oari Schulthes3 represented a farmer's wife.

Everybody admired his dress and his hat was the envy of all the girls. The boys should consider the band a great success, at least it made people stop and take notice. G. W. Fadely, two miles north of Horton, will have a public sale of horses and mules on Saturday, March 15.

The lot consists of 28 head of 3 and 4 year old mules (as fine a lot as ever trod Kansas soil) and 8 head of horses circumstances may be able to render aid under other circumstances. Contributions of money or the articles mentioned above are thankfully received, and will be looked after by notify; ing the agents, Jesse Johnson or Aaron Long. Gov't Expert to be in ilorton. The Rock Island, I. H.

Hallock officiating, will have the Government expert here Feb. 18th, 8 p. to give a lecture on the prevention of fire from explosives and such, in the High school assembly room, Central building. This lecture will be illustrated with about eighty lantern slides thrown by the High school balopticon on a 12x12 canvas. The admission will be free and it will be up to the business men and shop men of the town as well and to any others who want to know something of a subject which is causing so much loss today.

Of course some fires in the United States are of incendiary origin but even then the fire loss is about $200,000 per day in the country at A great deal of this loss is caused by carelessness and ignorance as is shown by the troubles incident at Christmas time and Fourth of July time. It is a great saving to the railroads to cut down their losses by a little spent in education on the subject. There ought to be an audience of two hundred men at least who are interested in such a vital problem especially when such good things are given to the public at the expense of railroads and such institutions. An Even Break. Some time ago E.

V. Allen traded his Hiawatha Manufactory for a ranch of some kind in Arkansas. He wrote Squire Mosher that he has not the shadow of a title to the ranch and expects to reap no benefits from it, except what he can make off the place this season. As the place he traded has no title, except that held by the city. It's an even break.

Centralia Journal. Miss Hazel Allison has resigned her place at the High school and will go to Horton, Sunday, to visit Mrs. Wallis Wilson. From there she will go to her home in Clay Center. Miss Allison resigned on account of poor health.

World. Representative Bailey came up Saturday evening and returned to Topeka Sunday evening. He is "making good" in the House and will be pretty well and favorably known throughout the state by the time the session closes. The H. S.

basketball team met the Benton High school team in this city last Friday evening and their Waterloo by a score of 17 to 28. The St. Joseph boys looked like a pretty nice bunch but our boys claim they are dirty players. The High school boys put on a rube band stunt on our streets last Friday afternoon to advertize their basketball game with the St. Joe Highs.

It took, all right, and the boys sure demonstrated their ability as musicians. Born Monday evening, February 10, 1913, to Mr. and Mrs. C. B.

Legg-a daughter. Mother and child doing well and C. B. is putting in his time saying "papa in ram barrels to see how it sounds. Wilhlem Willich of Mission township made this office a call one day last week and left us a dollar on subscription.

Mr. Willich regrets that we named the paper the News instead of Horton Democrat. Lost a pocketbook. Finder return to Miss Alice Coff man and receive re ward. A Great American Play.

No play produced on the American stage in the last quarter century has stirred up such a wonderful amount of controversy and discussion as Clyde Fitch's greatest and play "The which is to be presented at the opera house on Thursday, Feb. 28, exactly as produced for its long run in New York and Chicago. It is a rare find among dramatic pieces a play which is not only entertaining and gripping because of its sheer dramatic strength and intensity, but which drives home a number of great moral truths with sledge hammer blows. It is a play that appeals to the average man and the highly 'educated man alike. The company sent here by The United Play Company is an exceedingly strong one.

It is headed by Hugo B. Koch. Surprise Party. Mrs. Sarah McAtee, living on North Main street, was very pleasantly surprised by her neighbors coming in a body to her home, Tuesday afternoon.

Several substantial tokens of neighborly regard and interest were presented to her, also a dainty luncheon was provided for all present. Those present were: Mesdames Orr, Madden, Phiffer, Johnson, Honnell, Farmer, McCue, Fa'stuacht, Wasser, McAtee and Misses Fastuacht and Quaney. A pleasant time was enjoyed and all wentjto their homes happier for having brought more sunshine into another's life. That successful Chicago firm Manley Campbell have in their new production of Faust another sure fire hit, judging from the business they are doing and the fine criticisms they are receiving.1' Theirs is the only Faust company on the road this season. They have kept others out of the field owing to the money they have spent on the production and the personnel of their cast, which is headed by the greatest living Mephjfto, Mr.

Geo. G. Wakefield, America's tallest actor. Another reason for the large business they are doing is the very reasonable scale of prices they offer their production at. The Opera House next Monday evening.

F. W. McKinney, of Nebraska, has purchased the Fairview Enterprise and took charge of same Feb. 1. Fairview is a beautiful little city and the people can make no better1 investment than by supporting their local paper.

Here's our glad hand, Bro. McKinney, and we with you well. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HORTON at Horton in the state of Kansas, at the close of business February 4, 1913: RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts $330,205.27 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 1,468.33 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 50,000.00 U.

S. Bonds to secure U. S. Deposits 1,000.00 Other Bonds to secure Postal Savings 7,000.00 Bonds, Securities, etc. 11,683.72 Banking house, Furniture and Fixtures 10,000.00 Due from State and Private Banks and Bankers, Trust Companies and Savings Banks $15,654.

06 Due from approved Reserve Agents 58,262:16 Checks and Other Cash Items 266.35 Notes of other National Banks 5,048.00 Fractional Paper Currency, Nickels and Cents 343.09 Specie 14,406.20 Legal-tender Notes 8,125.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) Total, $516,022.18 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in 50,000.00 Surplus fund 50,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Expenses and Taxes paid 1,610.56 National Bank Notes outstanding 50,000.00 Due to other National Banks 3,334.08 Due to State and Private Banks and Bankers 51,411.87 Due to Trust Companies and Savings Banks 6,624.79 Individual deposits subject to check 259,914.21 Demand certificates of deposit 39,652.12 United States deposits 1,000.00 Postal Savings deposits 2,474.55 864,411.62 Total, STATE OF KANSAS. COUNTY OF Wallis D.

Wilson, cashier of the ik. that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. WALLIS D. WILSON, Cashier. Subscribed and Bworn to before mo this 8th day of February, 1913.

(SEAL) JOHN P. KILKENNY, Notary Public. CORRECT My commission expires September 5, 1915. Attest: M. C.

Weir, F. M. Wilson, C. C. Webb, Directors..