The Banner from Lafontaine, Kansas • 1

ComeL to Laforitaine it is sin home town. TJie best in all things. i WEE I -L Vol. 1 Lafontaine Kansas, Aug, 30, 1907 No 14 4 00 P. M.

Inary class. WENT FOR A GOOD TIME; THEY COT IT. Quite a cron'd of young people went out to the Merilalt home last Sunday to "to loop the loop" or something like it. It "was funny. Wm.

Brook, Vice Pres. and Hp. P. Donahue, Sec. and Trea.

H. Hill, Pres. M. How to teach the PrS-- Mrs. Keesling.

Round table conducted J. D. Springton. Adjourn Address: The Sunday 4 15 by 5 THE SOUTH EAST REALTY CO. liev.

Kearn was over from Cherry Vale the lirst of the week. Win. Goodwin is spending i few lays of this week at Independence. The services at Sini son Sunday, was well attended. James and family were out from Independence Sunday to visit his sister Mrs.

Peed. W.Jolley east of Sycamore is Cite fellow had to borrow a pair of 8 00 P. M. trousers in order to appear in and two others jumped the trolley and took a toboggan slide through the grassy dell. All of We have farms for sale.

We will sell yours. We have farms for rent. We will rent yours. We make long time farm loans. Let us make you one? We write fire and tornado insurance, In the best companies.

Let us insure your property? We are at your service, command us. Office at State Bank. the young people had some excit over putting up hay this week on ing experience, but we can -only mention the two most attractive features of ti day. Kansas. Lafontaine, School Idea.

J. I). Springston. All questions open for discussion All sunday schools in Tallyraud and adjoining township are invited to attend this convention. We ha vi1 secured the services of J.

I). Springston Of Ottawa and Mrs. (Jitliens of Cloverdale, both lut 'd S. S. workers.

Come. Committee. A NEW WEED KILLER. Tlic Frisco tt. It.

Co. has at last found what we have been looking for. It is a weed Inner. It is pro ir 11. (I by a gasoline engine, and works something after the E.

C. Moyer has a sale 8. lie will move to Neodesha and enter the pastorate of the Holy church. Rev. Myer is a good citizen and we heartily recommend him to the best people of Neodesha Mr.

Fritz, traveling agent for the Pen Patterson (irain was in town this week looking after that company's business. He says there is a lair prospect for corn all over the slate except for a small strip through this section. Secretary Taft isspendinga week or two in the Yellowstone paik. It. was a mean fling of a wag, who said, that the leg Secretary knew more of Yellowstone than he did of Ulackstone.

DIED. Elsie Delilah Young born Oct, H' died at an earlie hour, Thursday morning, at, the home of her parents and Mrs L. V. Young of this city. Lhe fuiicr; I will lake place Friday morning at from the family residence, conducted by Kev.

John LiMont of Mux-Ion. The interment will be in t. Hellview Cemetery. Elsie was the oldest child in the family, and was a bright girl much promise. She was much loved by all her associate-! and will be greatly missed.

A. G. Fink; Robt. 1 Jiirder. MliKCTOHS.

When in Kredonia, and with a few minutes of spare time, go around and take a look through the Jumbo Clothing store and see the stacks of tine clothing the store has for sale. It is wonderful what a trade they have, of course they use every means available to tell the people hat they have in the store and I he lowest cash price. These people help us in our paper enter-prize, and that means help to Lafontaine. First buy all you can get at home, and then remember the Jumbo. OFFICIAL STATKM KXT OK Tim FISAXCIAI.

CONIHIIOX of the LAFONTAINE STATE BANK. At Lafontaine, in the State of Kansas, at the close of business on the 22' lay of August, 1U07. RESOURCES. Loans anl discounts, CD Loans on real estate, 31 Overdrafts, 816 '20 Bank building, 1548 55 Furniture and fixtures, 1155 52 Expense account, 14(1 Cash items otljer than reserve. 142 04 Cash and sight exchange, legal reserve, 4n order ot a street spriiiKicr, anu operates from either side of the car Twenty five miles can thus be treated in a day.

Wo are glad to know this for now we shall be able to determine which way the trains are going. And too, the Weed Killer will not be in use all the time by the It. P. and can rent it for a Tallyraird Township Sunday School Convention TO BE HELD AT LAFONTAINE SERT- 8TH. PROGRAM 9.

A.M. Devotional services. 0-30 A. M. How I would conduct the Sunday School, .1.

I). Springston, 10 A. M. When does a S. S.

scholar graduate? J. K. Decker. 10 15 A. M.

How to study the lesson. .1. 1), Springston. 10 35 A. M.

Does the home department pay? J. It. MoNabb. 11 A- M. The value of teachers meeting.

J. M. Surber nnd J. It. Dodd.

11 20 A. M. What is our Aim? lew lay in July, to kill the weeds in his farm. Mr. Cunt rail's of Merino was the guest of Mr.

Mathews family Sun-day. II. Stevens marketed flaxseed1 jn Fredouia ml Wednesday. Frank Likes and family wei br a picnic near Dunn Wednesday. Ch.is, IJinglcy wife, lici ha.

Dan--iels ami Jim Tarwaler starred on an overland trip to Colorado this week. Mrs, E. I. Peeed has been sick of a fever, is imw better. Thanks-to Dr.

Ellison of Sycamore. Hlanehe and Howard Likes spent a few days last, week, with the'r grand parents. Likes and wife. RELICOUS NEWS- Meetings in M. E.

clrireh a next. week. 1 J. Morj.au in charge. The critic mistakes personal lemr" crship for divine leadings.

Rev's. Nusb.iuni and Price excellent sermons nt While Post tpiarl ly conference. Those present from Lifontainc, were R. Dodd, Amos Skinner, John Crick, wil and daughter, Amy. The Methodists hiv iinih-r obi gations to Perry Molt, for cutting weeds in tile church lots and about the parsonage.

Henry Koonce arrived home Wednesday morning, lie expects to enter Ihe id the M. church and will, i doubt, lo some Mission station, at. tin; lin i' of the Spring conference. The pastor of the M. E- church would be pleased to have all the members of the church present at the Sunday moiMiug services.

Elder Plummet- had two fine congregations, last, Sunday, lie has our gardens, for there is where we meet most of our early summer temptations. We presume it is an inherited lain, for it wa in a garden lhat Adam ami Eve met their ureal-ets opposition. to contemplate standing in the shade of the evening and turning a red hot pipe crawling through the grass and weeds with all the ease that one W. Fink. Should the S.

S. Iv could handle a hose attached to. a Address by A. M. graded? Our school opens Sept.

Every parent should see that their child is present. We can not emphasize this matter too strongly. The school building is undergoing repairs that will put it in a first class condition, iMisses Cora McDonald and Edna Carner are to b. the teachers, they come to us well recommended, nnd with a spirit of loyally from the pari tits, we have the promise of a good school" For the lirst time in history of Lafontaine, the town has under taken to maintain a lecture course. There is nothing perhaps, that is so true an index of the cultures and taste of a community as a well established lecture course.

For this can only grow out of splendid antecedent conditions. Tim lirst number of the course will soon be, announced, there has been a good sale of tickets; but there ought to Jie one hundred more with in the next four weeks. Tickets on sale at the Drug Store. There is ipiiet a little stir in the sale of real estate just now. D.

Springston. Adjourn 1 30 P. M. Devotional services. 2 P.

M. Mothers meeting, Mrs. Cithens, MERINO September days will soon be hen alter Katun spurts a new buggy A Mr. Me Bride wife ot St nil hers Ohio who have been visiting V. Stewait and family, ie-turtiid to their home Thursday, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Kamp of ichiia are visiting his parents Adam Kamp and wife, Frank and his father are visiting in Mo. this week, Mr. Klshiemer and wife who have been spending a mouth illi Mrs. KUhicmer parents Mr.

C. E. Si.ohn returned to their home in (irenola Lenoid Kalon came honie Sunday from Colliusvilh! itkhi. after an absence of I hree months, FARM RIDGE- tiuess Who. Total, 08 LIABILITIES.

Capital stock paid in, 10000 00 Surplus fund, 0000 00 Interest, 20!) 37 KxchaiTge, "3 1(5 Individual deposits, 3I58UO 84 Certificates of deoosit, 70t7 31 Total, 08 KTATK OP KANSAS, 'County of Wilson, J. Donahue, Cashier of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true; that the said bank has no liabilities, and is not indorser on any note or obligation, other than shown on the above statement, to the best of mv knowledge and belief. So help me Cod. J. P.

Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before ine, this 27, day of. August, 11107. Robt. T.

Pound, Notary Public. Commission expireis on the Int. day of January, 1010, couiiKtr-Attest: J. Certain, J. M.

Surbd-, I. 1. Donahue, II. M. Hill, hydrant tills us with uns eakable joy.

We have got a hoe ami a weed sythe to sell, at greatly reduced juice, just as soon as we can arrange for the use of the weed killer. Come i arley and avoid the rush. NOT S3 MUCH SUUR Young man, that beautiful girl whom von worship as a pillar of The parents rel ilion M. S. 2 30 P.

to the Mina Bobbin, the temperance Docs 2 45 P. M. lesson pay? Mrs. Gitbens. 3 00 P.

The boy problem. II. K. Tues'leil, 15 Mi Missions and the S. S.

Hev. Pluminer. it 30 P. M. Who should be teachers their qualifications and the laws of teaching.

J. I). Sprinstoiii I'ecently the Hampton farm West of town. The Callahan farm one half section, anil the MrKiuncy rcsidence property changed hands. The South East Ueahy made a Convctnioii in his church, at Elk City, (his week.

The trustees, of the Iv met, night, and planned to' repair the belfry and purchase new' carpet, for the isles. Mr .1. Shulliebl of Independence was out this way Wednenlav, Hugos and family of Pawnee; Okla. are visiting Ms IliigeV brother, Mrs, Reed unadulterated sweetness doesn't contain three ounces of sugar. It has Ih'oii shown ly analysis that a young person weighing pounds is composed of '5 pounds water, pounds of the whites of eggs, a little less than one pound of glue, 34 pounds of fat, 8 pounds of phosphate of lime, ounces of sugar and starch, 7 oiineeK of chloride of calcium, (5 ounces of phosphate of magnesia and a little ordinary tabic fait.

A CREAT WAR. That all Countries of the earth will h.T.oine involved in a war in six years with (Tiinn, Japan the deals. .1. 'ottoii of I'nioti Ok-la. son of Win.

Cotton of Lnfont.ttiiie ii" aiiging his residenee to Cold- water Kansas. Cotton is a DRUGGIST I banker, and former resident of I his town, where he Inn the respect ami confidence of all who know l.ilo. lie oldclh the D.v.NM.Ii to 3 We carry a complete line of rresrnnlinn l)riioa iilcn nm. his address. Mr.

W. E. Campbell of OvhclaU I. T. son of I', M.

'ampbell ha purchased the Win. Callahan farm, thix farm includes one half section, Mr. Campbell will make this liis )ine. Mr. Calahan will probably go to Ok la.

Kev. pastor of the Map Ut. church Fredouia, had the inl'l'oriue to loose bis residi nee. by fire, on WuliMsday night, ail of his bonks valued at N00, were burned. Thin is a severe loss.

'e prietary and domestic remedies. Notions, Toilet Articles, Fine perfumes. Clocks, A Jewelery, Papeteries and and all kinds of Stationery, 5 Poultry and Stock foods, Window glass, Machine, SINGLETON SUPPLY CO. Licensed Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Our stock and equipment are conplete.

Day Phone 31. Night Phono or We are headquarters for Hardware, Stoves, Tinware etc. Before you buy, get our Prices on FURNITURE, RUGS, CARPETS, SHADES, LACE CURTAINS We can furnish your home complete. Come and see us. West side of Square.

Fredonia Kans. England lighting-against all other power, has been communicated to 15. A. Mathews, who lives mi a small farm gu Central avenue north of North Topeka, by the spirit" as lie claims? According to the eoin-niunicatioji held with Mr. Mathews the w.ii' will continue until but forty and I'olir thousand men remain alive.

This number include the men nd nothing was inetitioii-ed ab'tut the liuinbvr of women and children 'hat would be left. At the nd of this great ar the gold and sMvcr of the world will be melted and ovcrythiVig value will In reduc'd to nothing. The world will then lii'i'ome Socialistic. A t'OVCriliellt will then be established and" the coplc will live on the ff-ti ts and 't of the Ln d. According te the the penph' "iil iCMitt to idleness, Every inati be of e'jual rank and all of of -p-a! en.th, li will thtr.i be left t' them Ut live on what is produced l.y the tpirtual world and have no ici-ponsibiiitv whatever.

Home Itule, Harness and Paint Oils. 5 The Sherwin-Williams '4 Paints and Varnishes. Call and see us. Ifoeh trav ea'l evfai leyuimi of the to setdc the i cent ire ra'e. The eietnf; of a' the 'n nn ss'nii u-oijd many, rntiiir, mls of at.

cent. A an dr'vii-tf -evs ib" country camp to a b'acVs'ni'b. c'-oi wliee fuide boad rav iictatics to virions places with ihe addition "If yr.u can read ask the A. G. FINK Go.

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