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Meat THE MA MADISON NEWS THE LIE STOCK VOLUME MADISON, GREENWOOD COUNTY. KANSAS, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 80. 1915 NUMBER 48 Local News Walt Milner was in Virgil last Friday. Public Sale bills printed at the News office.

Levi Sauder, of Hilltop, spent Sunday with friends in Madison. Clifford Neese returned Friday evening from his visit in Oklahoma. Ten loads of cattle were shipped from Madison Monday night. M. P.

Davis shipped a load of hogs to Kansas City Monday evening. Clare Kelley was up from Hamilton last week visiting relatives and friends. Chester Fellay visited Saturday night and Sunday with relatives in Emporia. George Boone, tombstone agent from Eureka, was Madison Tuesday and Wednesday. Ernest Templer, who teaches at Dist.

113 reports that he has forty pupiles enrolled. Mrs. Daniel Bitler, of near Olpe arrived in Madison Tuesday morning to visit relatives. C. W.

Bersie, of Eldorado, was here Tuesday to attend his brother, Lou Bersie's sale. George Gilman made a busi ness trip to Florence last week, returning Saturday evening. Yarbough, the impersonator, comes to Madison Friday night. See him at the M. E.

Church. The township board met Monday in the city hall and transacted the usual routine of business, Wm. James is here visiting his relatives before going to Kansas City to attend the K. C. Dental College.

Miss Etha Bradbury spent Sunday in Madison visiting with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M.

Bradbury. Adolph Koenig, of Chanute, was in town Tuesday on business relative to putting in the fixtures for the new bank. The county commissioners meet tomorrow (Friday) to view the road petitioned by Chas. L. Schwab, in Shell Rock township.

Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Fankhauser went to Emporia Sunday evening to visit the R. B. Byrd family, and stayed over for the circus Monday.

Mrs. G. H. Clymer and Miss Ruby went to Emporia Monday evening to visit Miss Fern Forman and attend the circus. They returned Tuesday morning.

Mrs. Dave Lucas and the children left Tuesday morning for Paola, where they will visit Mrs. Lucas' sister, Mrs. Elmer Shearer, and Mr. Lucas' mother and sister.

Miss Mary Curry will be the teacher in the -Miller district. The opening of school in the new building is delayed on account of the non arrival of the desks and seats. -Toronto Republican. Mr. and Mrs.

George Cannon visited in Madison last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Coburn. They are on their way from Eureka to their home iu Toronto. Mrs.

Coburn and Mrs. Cannon are cousins. Miss Leah Stewart, one of the music teachers of the College of Emporia, visited at the home of Miss Ruby Clymer one day week. Miss Stewzrt will teach music in the schools here on Monday of each week. W.

P. Browning, of Route 1, came in Saturday and paid us a good American dollar for which he will receive the Madison News for a year. Dan Pedroja and Levi Sauder left Wednesday morning for Kansas City, where they will attend the Western Dental College the coming term. Frank Cravens and Miss Lillian Norton went to Welda, Kansas, Friday to visit Frank's sister, Mrs Dan Heidrick. They made the trip in Frank's runabout, returning Tuesday.

Miss Vashti Bitler, of Eureka, and George Edwin Pierce, of Boston, were married Sept. 22nd, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bitler, at Eureka. Alex Trotter, who is now in the furniture business with his father, T.

B. Trotter, at Baldwin, was transacting business and visiting old friends in Madison Tuesday and Wednesday. A. L. Shultz, political editor of the Topeka State Journal, spent Saturday night visiting with his mother, sister and daughter in Eureka.

He returned to Topeka Sunday. Eureka Messenger. Lester Moore sauntered in yesterday morning and entered a mammoth pear for the sweepstakes prize. It is 12 inches in circumference any way you take it, and weighs 23 ounces. -Toronto Republican, A marriage license was issued in probate court this morning for Arlington Barb and Stella Brown, both of Madison.

The couple was under age and brought the consent of their parents. -Emporia Gazette, Monday. Roy Gilman sends us a copy of the Higginsville Jeffersonian, in which office he is foreman, The paper is an eight all home print paper, and it looks like there is plenty of work connected with it to keep Roy busy. Mrs. Homer E.

Stevens left enroute for Kansas City yesterday morning, where they will make their- future home at 4133 Hyde Park Ave. Homer is connected with a retail drug store at 1832 Main street. Harry Givens has a few stalks of feterita on display at Widder's feed store that are worthy of note. He planted the seed on the 6th of July and in just 66 days the seed was in the milk. One of the stalks measures 14.1-2 feet in height.

Martin Bloom was a visitor at the News office Monday. He advertising a public sale for Wednesday, October 6th. He is offering 12 head of horses, all in good shape, and 8 head of first class young milk cows. He has an advertisement on an inside page. Thos.

Hunt left Tuesday morning for a month's visit at his boy hood home in New York state. He has two sisters near Utica, N. whom he has not seen for thirty years. Mr. Hunt said it would be worth the trip just to sink his teeth into good old Northern Spy apple once more.

Mrs. G. H. Clymer handed this week a copy of the Olathe Register, edited by her son, A. Clymer.

It is a ten page weekly chuck full of news and advertising. We have been trylasting for the past month to induce the Register to exchange with us, but so far our efforts have been witnout result. Everybody in and around Madison who had the spare change and a way of going attended the Ringling Bros. circus at Emporia Monday. Agent Myers reports he sold over 200 tickets to Emporia for the 10 o'clock train, and probably that many more went in automobiles.

The train was crowded to capacity, with the aisles and vestibules full, when it left Madison. Every man had an excuse for attending, from the one who had to take his son, who had never really seen a big circus, to the man who said "Mother's been tied down home all summer, an when she said she'd like to see a circus once more, I thought I'd surprise her and told her to get ready and we'd MARRIED- -Miss Bessie Shunk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Shunk, of this place, and Mr. Don M.

Harlan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Harlan, of north of town, were married by Probate Judge W. W. Parker at Emporia, Tuesday, September 21st, Both of these estimable young people were raised in the vicinity of Madison, and have many friends here who wish them the best of success and happiness in their married life.

The young couple will live in Emporia, where Mr. Harlan has employ. ment in the Santa Fe round house. Senator G. H.

Lamb of Yates Center, and Miss Ollie Crandall were married at the home of the bride at Crandall, Thursday, September 23, 1915. Mrs. Lamb is considered one of the best business women in the state, and has unusual executive abillty, Mr. Lamb is known to many Madison people, who heard his lecture at the St. John's Day service here last June.

A. Sauder Son have had the niftiest display window we have seen in some time. It is a display of the new models in the Hoosier kitchen cabinets, and they have enough groceries and cooking utensils to fill a dray, which they claim can be placed in a Hoosier, and have room spare. The window is worth going across the street to look at. Mr.

and Mrs. Ora Mosley and little daughter, of near Erie, Kansas, arrived in town yesterday to visit Mr. Mosley's father. E. L.

Mosley. E. L. and Ora left Thursday in Ora's Ford on a tour of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico in search of a location where Ora can pursue his profession, which is that of a tiller of the soil. The Ladies' Aid of the Presis byterian church will hold their reception today at the home Mrs.

Bradley, who with Mrs. Cranston will be hostesses. The Aid meets, next Thursday with Mrs. Frances Starr. Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Stewart and two children of Yates Center visited from Sunday until today with Mr. and Mrs. L. A.

Blakley. J. B. Lipsey, of Route 4, was News caller yesterday and made himself good with the editer until Dec. 1, 1916.

a J. H. Bangs went to Kansas City Tuesday night, accompanying a shipment of three loads cattle. us E. M.

Getchell, of near Lamont, was transacting business in Madson yesterday. Eight loads of cattle were shipped from here Tuesday evening. Oliver Storrer and Earl Pritchard went to Emporia last evening. COUNTY S. S.

CONVENTION Met at Madison, September 22nd and 23rd The Greenwood County Sunday School Convention was held at Madison September 22 and 23. Because of the failure of some of our county officers to do their duty in notifying the different schools in the county, the number of representatives was not large. The delegates representing the schools out of town were Rev. and Mrs. Biederwell, Mrs.

Ed-. wards and Miss Ott of Hamilton, Mrs. Cox of Utopia, Mrs. Stella Popkess and Miss Yessen of Neal. Mr.

J. H. Engle and Mrs. H. A.

Chappell, state workers, were with us and rendered some very instructive service. Mr. Engle's service was that of advisement, while Mrs. Chappel's was in the nature of lectures. In both of Mrs.

Chappel's lectures on Thursday she certainly showed the marks of a great teacher as well as a fluent and forceful speaker. Her methods were those of progress. One that heard her was heard to remark: "I never heard anything that equaled it in the way of a On Thursday, in the order of business, the convention was invited to hold its next annual con vention at Hamilton, next Sep tember. This invitation was accepted. The following officers for the ensuing year were elected, as nominated by the committee: President, Robt.

Brown, of Madison; Vice-President, Rev. T. K. Bosworth, of Severy; SecretaryTreasurer, Mrs. W.

Roy Bradley, of Madison. The other officers were not elected, but will be at the call of the President for a mass meeting soon. Will all the townships having Sunday schools, please send to the Secretary, Mrs. W. Roy Bradley, or the President, Robt.

Brown, of Madison, the names of the Superintendents so we can get in touch with every school in the county Will each school take this in hand and see that someone in the school sends to us the name of your Superintendent, so you will have a part in this great work of Greenwood county We are a great county. Let's put our shoulders to the wheel and make the coming year one the best Sunday school years in the history of our county. The Macedonia cry "Come over and help us." Robt. Brown, President. Harry Green, Rural Garrier on Route 3, who is buying up a new outlay of horses, had a few minutes excitement last Saturday.

He was trying out a new team, and the 'off', horse, or the "on" horse, we forget which, the same being a high stepper, got a leg over the tongue, and proceeded to run and kick and buck. After the team had run a hundred yards the double-tree broke and the horses went on leaving Harry and the buggy without motive power. Harry let the horses go and went to the nearest neighbor and borrowed a gentle family broke riding pony and made the rest of the route horseback. The horses stopped in at a barnyard not far from the scene of disaster, going on either side of a tree and breaking up the connecting harness some. Harry has discharged the high stepper and is now trying out new material.

Frances E. Willard Day was observed in the city schools Tuesday afternoon. A program in (honor of the occasion was given. HOME LIFE. NOW the the air, nights and are it's nice growing to hug longer, the and fireside the in frost your is trusty rocking chair, with the good wife there beside you, feeding cookies to the cat, while the energetic children play the dickens with your hat.

it's nice to look around you, and to feel that you're a king, that your coming home at evening makes your joyous subjects sing So you read some twenty chapters of old Gibbon's dope on Rome, and you know what human bliss is in your humble little home! There is really nothing better in the way of earthly bliss, than to toddle home at evening, and to get a welcome kiss, and to know the kids who greet you at the pea-green garden gate, have been wailing, broken hearted, that you were two minutes late! There is nothing much more soothing than a loving woman's smile, when she sees your -legs climbing o'er the bargain counter stile! If you don't appreciate it, then the bats are in your dome, for the greatest king a living is the monarch of a home. -From Uncle Walt," by Walt Mason, Printed by Permission. 19 Years Ago. -Lawrence Thornton is enjoying the fun at Topeka this week. J.

T. Braddock, our next state senator, was in the city Friday last. Mrs. C. F.

Dewar and little son Ralph took in the sights at Topeka this week. --In listening to the voice of nature we note that the field corn is a little husky. -Frank Hamer, our efficient township trustee, visited our county capital Monday last on official business. -Landlord Stope is not enjoy ing his usual good health this week. His friends hope he will soon be his genial self again.

-C. R. Day's sale last week was a success. B. D.

Freeman, the auctioneer, reports it as one of the best sales of the season. -D. B. Bock advertised a public sale at his farm one mile south of Lamont. He had 61 head of live stock for sale.

The terms were nine months time, at 10 per cent interest, 5 per cent off for cash. J. W. Wood was the auctioneer. -Thursday eveniug the residence of J.

R. Curry was ablaze with lights, and the crowd of young people who gathered in honor of Miss Fannie DiBell enjoyed themselves thoroughly with music and other amusements. Fifteen Years Ago. -A. D.

Hiatt and wife are in Hutchinson this week attending the state G. A. R. reunion. -Postmaster Smith was in Chicago this week.

He left Saturday, returning Wednesday evening. -Martin Pritchard and Allen Standley returned yesterday from their Colorado trip. -Mr. and Mrs. Ed Martindale returned to Virgil again Wednesday, to be at the bedside of their soninlaw, Dr.

G. H. Black, who is still critically ill with typhoid fever. Robert Long returned to his home in Glencoe, Tuesday evening. Robert says times are good and crops prosperous in Oklahoma this year.

-Last Friday Grover Porter shot a large white pelican on their pond two miles west of town. It measured 7 feet 8 inches from tip to tip, and 4 feet 6 inches from point of bill to tip of tail. -M. I. Abbott was up from Eureka Monday inspecting and arranging for repairs on the property he recently bought.

It is the Martindale property on the corner of Main and Third streets. Brethren S. S. Convention. Program for Sunday school convention at the church of the Brethren near 88 school house, Oct.

3, 1915. 10 a. Sunday School 11 a. School address, 0. H.

Austin 11:30 a. "'The Primary Cause for this Sunday Grace Shirky Discussion--Song 12 m. Basket Dinner 1:30 p.m. -Devotional 1:40 p. -Topic, "Our Sunday School and Its Needs- -Organization," J.

L. Quakenbush 1:55 p. m. Lizzie Quakenbush 2:10 p. m.

"'To Be H. Smith Discussion Song 2:30 p. m. -Topic, "How Can the Sunday School Get More People Interested in the Study of the Homer Discussion -Song 3 p. "'How to Make Temperance Sunday Especially Interesting," G.

E. Shirky Discussion -Song Closing Exercises 8 p. m. -'The Christian's Gymnasium," O. H.

Austin To the Patrons of Dist. 79 All pupils expecting to enter the primary grades of the Madison Public Schools during the first term must enter within the next week. All children under school age visiting the schools must be accompanied by their parents, By order of School Board. L. L.

Lindsay, Pres. Mrs. Jennie Franks and little daughter arrived from Oklahoma City yesterday evening for a visit with her sisterinlaw, Mrs. Russ Burris. Mr.

and Mrs. C. A. David and Forest attended the circus at Emporia Monday and stayed over for the laying of the cornerstones of the new Y.M.C.A. and Masonic buildings.

Billy James and Clair Kelley will leave in the morning for Kansas City, where they will attend their last term at the Western Dental College. They called at the News office this morning and subscribed for the News in partnership, Mr. James paying the dollar and Mr. Kelley getting the receipt. Lou Bersie was in this morning to say that he was more than satisfied with A.

Harris' work as auctioneer at his sale Tuesday. Mr. Bersie reports that his stuff sold for considerabie more than he expected. Read all the ads..