Portis Independent from Portis, Kansas • 4

PORTIS INDEPENDENT HAMMOND BROTHERS DC IV We juijt received a large shipment of Sinr Ef and shoes so we can fit any member of the family. We give a nicu waterproof school bag with each pair of school shoes botighl. Watch our jliow case for up to-date assortment of young men's neckliea. See our line of fresh groceries. Say the fresh fruit season is now on so see or call us about peaches, grapes, or blue plums.

Sugar this week at $8.00 per sack with a 2 discount for cash. Plenty of Ever Good coffee, a dish with each pachage. Try some of our cured meats, Let us order ypu that fall suit. See our samples. reduction sale on dry goods looses Saturday night.

We still have a nice line of work gloves. If you need a nice apron for the little girl, look over our remnant box. Ha: MARKET PRICE FOR PRODUCE ond Brothers. ii REMEMBEP WE GIVE A 2 CASH DISCOUNT. mm UNJON S.

RALLY I Among the South of town in King's Grove THURSDAY, AUG. 27. On next Thursday August 27, there will be a combination Sun. day School rally android fash-ioned social basket dinner south of town, out under the big tall cottonwoods in" T. King's grove, Tables wilj be: provided and everyone is requested to come with well fiiledlbaskjetsSandybe on the ground by'ten clockJdl There, iwill be1 swingfoflhe a good prograniby five different; Sunday Schpols anda discussion of the fotlowingltopics by different churches.

Subjects; What wilt be a teacher's great est drawlrtg7power? What are some of the duties of the tCachers outside of the class? 1h Ktf What are the advantages of a graded school? What islthe advantage of the social sideioF the How Would y6u keep in touch with visitors who ar ing attend ance on red "5 What is the best plan to reach men and bringfthem into the S. What are the advantages of the Supt. visiting other Sunday Schools? How can a 1 Superintendent keep out of thes ruts? CDme otit and spend a day a tng the Cottonwoods. Charles knl Walter Granger and Al'en Palmer attended the Smith Centre' Chautauqua one day this week. Frank Thompson was in early Wednes lay morning ahd saw to it that his subscrif tiori to the Indereaient did not 'get tod far behind.

Frank got Caught in the rain and had to stay over night, He; says he expects to have corn enough or "his bwn feeding and that sounds pretty good. Alo that he ntoticed ucms up 4iuuuu uitjiuiu iuai may make close to forty bushels. Mrs. P. Austin of Burr Oak came to our city to visit the J.

H. Miller family a few days- ago and took suddenly ill the following night. Her husband, who was acting as relief man at a cream ery at Oldsburg, Kansas, was telegraphed andfeame as soon as possible. 'Mrs. Austin 'was getting better; at 1 last1 reports and Mr.

Aifstinj wishes ffl 1 thank; the Miller family in this njanner for their generotii 'treat "bt his wife during ner tiMl! hef Mr; Miller jnimself iSite! lyand thetlltteb bf made double care for them! S.J Death 4f Little One As we understand it, Jone day day last week'the three little children of Mr. and Mrs. Will Gentzler, north of town, slipped off to the mslbii patch and before they were discovered had indulged tin one or two sunburned seeds and Jail. though the doctor was called and did all he could, the little four-year-old girl, Yvon Ider, passed away Monday.1 The oldest boy is alrightlbut thejbaby is in a critfcal! condition I and we can only hope forthe best. Mr.

and Mrs. Gentzta have'our pathy. Followinfijare the words of remembrance as handed to us. Yvon Ider Gentzler was born in Smith county; Kansas, 1910, andldeparted this life Aug U3t 17, 1914, aged 4 years. 3 months and 9days.Funeral;ser.

vices fromJUbei Plains church, inducted by A. E. Whitted, assisted by Wolters. Another (flower budded" on earth, gone to bloom in Heaven's garden. fj A Gon'fl home! Gone home her sweet and 'active spirit.

Her little life of kindness, her heart of purest love. The heavenly mansions now she doth inherit, Which Christ madeready, ere she w'ent' above. Gone home! Gone home! tie door thru which she vanished Closed with a jar, and left us here alone; We stand without, in tears for- lorn and banished, Longing to follow, where 6ur dear loVed one has gone.l Professor and Portis Snfth and little son, Donald Lynn, spent Saturday here Visiting at the H. B. Smith home.

Prof. Smith left for Ft. Riley where he will attend the encampment, after which they will go back to Colorado, where he is again engaged'in school work. He says he is going to make a farmer out of DonaldLynn. One of our merchants came in and changed the price of lemons in his ad.

were going sky We noticed in one of the Smith, -Centre papers that (here was not a lemon in town up there the other day. is where Portis has them bestfed. You can always find Lemons at, our city restaurant. G. E.

Winelnger reports the sale of two more of those Fords last week, one to ReV. King 'of this 'city, and one to Robert Fig lev. soumoi town. aius ween. he soli the 'car James St.

Clair had io Frank Bickel, down the river, and traded for the Hark'nVi'liverV car. St Clair has Ordered a smaller car, 3 Biff Days. At jiirwin, Aug. 26; 27 and 23. Flying machine that flies every day.

ball game each day. Merry-go-round, Ferris whe and other attractions. Adv. Lawrence Creek. Glenn Martin is reported on the sick list.

Emerson Lewis and Fred SWil liims are threshing this week Corn drying up very fast now and 'people are beginning to think about binding, Leonard Hand and family of Bloomington visited at J. Hand's Sunday. Earl Presnell and wife papered L. O. Duer's house last L.

O. Duer is moving from Doc Swank's place up to the old home place, which he and a brother recently bought. Wib Bells were but in this neighborhood evening last week; Miss Hizel Buck is visiting with relatives at Osborne a few days. 'i 1 The produce house at Portis is a good blace to sell your cream, eggs, butter, and poultry. Al-was cash.

Adv. Several of the friends and relatives of. Mr. and W. H.

Howell from this vicinity attended the funeral of their little son, Roy, last Saturday. Over The Hills. W. C. Conrads spent Sunday at A.

Mei key's. Floyd McCormic is visiting among his old Maggie Maiers is sewing for Mrs. Will Fink this week. T. V.

Garner made a business trip to Portis Monday evei iog. Mrs. Goodnow is very low at her son, Oiville's, at Kill City. Mr. and Mrs Will Fink spent Sunday at the Hershey home.

The threshing in this neck: of the woods will be all done this week, if it does not rain. I want your produce and poultry and offer you cash for it. H. C. Hielson.

Stanley Labores were over from Oak Creek Sunday to see the homefolks. Mr. Garner is not getting along very well since the horse kicked him last week. Tho new bridge over twelve mde on tho county line was finished tho first of the week. 1 Mr, awt Mrs.

Will Gentzler's little eh I was burled at Crystal Plains Tuesday afternoon. 4. dniad and fatnily; Tuesd.iy by auto for two weeks; visit tvi! relatives in Netraska. C. A.

MATHES Auctioneer, Call at His OFFICE for PAT MS, tJatii-faofion guaranteed. M. VI A. Pojtis Camp No. 5315.

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Burtch Physician and Surgeon PORJJW KA NSA SBdia. UNDERTAKING, S. H.tDomoney Ernbalmer and Funeral Director Downs and Portis, Kansas fnnni-iii fmnlsti'lnKs withfy n.K. HKT1MB A ITOn, nf. Poi tl A'bo a stocl of fimlictn nmt 1 unrriil ut Pown.

faction gitni-nnfed, first cfls up-p lo-dntn' worfr, good ecutpmont, flonso J'Kom? Ptore Pfiono Clyde McMindes of Portis, ami a brother cf Hen Diamond, is been selected as piinciDal in tho Lebanon high school. Cly9o is a fine young nand will make good in is work at Lebanon Downs News. Clyde was our classmate -in 1910 and having oeen ooin guiug, 10 svwuui (State Normal at Hays) and teaching most of thq tfme siixo, we believo he ought to fjo competent to handle the aBovo men-tioned position in a satisfactory manner. Clyde was in town Monday and came down and had ft ft 1ft. 1 a Vlsll Willi us.

icii niai evening for McCrachen, Kansas, where ho said he was1 going to spend a week with some We studied Hoenshell's grammeiv some when wo went to Fchool and as we belle vo ho advise 1 "never to use a prepcition to" end a sentence Villi' we're going to. ris? tfo suppcsilion sinuular number and feminiii goiMler. Anyway, it's arrtght. Portis Independent BY J. E.

Kissel! Published wewlfly. per year in advance. ItUtedti Mcondclui Jaci8, 1904, poit-office at Por- OUR CREED. "All lhnps work together for good to them who love God' i' Alwaya. Somehow, we never did like to hear editors talk about being poor.

If "Life is what we make it," then finances are certainly what we make them. It just looked like to us that they tiied to manage things aright, they could make money same as anybody, who Idid. A felloes, opinion will change, however. Tho we haven't been at it long enough to decide whether we would be the one to set an ex-ample, yet we are aiming to set aside enough to buy a ploto of the first country editor who ever becomes half-way a millionaire. When we heard that one or two of our editors were sport, ing around in automobiles we began to "sit up and take notice" as the slang phrase goas.

Tho.t perhaps it ond thing we heard as that they were Drop the er-cury of about jtwety degrees. The third report just about knocked our hopes asunder. It was that their wives hadboul the cars with their iwn pit money. No hope in that line. Then the other day we ran across the following article.

It started out fine and we felt sure we had discovered the man at last. Was just reaching for our pen to write out an order for that 'said" photo when we reached the end of the story and well, here it is. '5-' An editor, who started al put thirty years ago with only fifty; flvA nU is now worth $10,000. His accumulation of wealthy is due to his frugality, good habits, strict attention to business artd the fact that an uncle died and left him $9,999. Baltimore Trol ley News.

Always cash for your produce and poultry at Portis io: duce AdvVy; i VVarning--ttie editor far.H another fellow;) have prom ised the first party fiasco iug "ince the xain, 'V. 4o a runabout, for his use..