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Spring Hill New Era XXXII SPRING HILL, KANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915. NUMBER 9 Many People who do not feel or underftand the personal urge of getting ahead, of accumulating for future investment, do understand and appreciate results. When their neighbor by careful and systematic effort has accumulated a sum sufficient for an investment they may wonder how he accomplished it on his limited income but they do appreciate that he has a start. You can get a start by using our bank account plan. Come in and let us show you how easy it is and how it works for your future betterment.

Farmers State Bank SPRING HILL, KANSAS iT Local and Personal News. Laundry at Jack Burn's Barbers Shop. Basket sent every Wednesday. You will find many pretty hand made Christmas gifts at the M. P.

Christmas Shop. A pair of those warm Blankets at the Grange Store will keep you warm these cold nights. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wilson and W.

C. Palmer returned last Saturday from Grand Pass, where they had been the past week. J. H. Waterson and Miss Tina 1 Merdick went to Belleville Saturday, where they were united in marriage at the home of and by Probate Judge J.

M. Livingood. The Press is pleased to join the many friends of this happy couple in extending congratulations and best wishes for a happy and prosperous -Munden Press. The Swastika Circle met with Mrs. James Russell on Thursday afternoon of last week.

Several members were present and the afternoon was spent in pleasant conversation and doing fancy work. On account of the busy season it was decided to postpone the meetings until after the holidays. Refreshments in two courses were served. Mr. and Mrs.

(V. W. Rhinehart entetained a number of relatives at dinner last Friday in honor of Mr. and Msr. J.

HI. Waterson of Munden, Kas. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merdick, Mr.

and Mrs. Geo. Kevan, Mr. and Mrs. C.

E. Balley, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ricketts, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Waterson and children, Claude and Helen, Mrs. L. H. Merdick of Colony, and Mr. and Mrs.

J. H. Waterson. 2 WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS A Few Days More and the ings Will Be Up. Is Your Buying Done? Fancy China and Cut Glass at Net's Drug Store.

Electric Toasters and Electric Irons at the Grange Store. Rev. Fred Mayes will preach at the M. P. church Sunday morning and evening, Dec.

12th. Furnished room to let, in Geo. Cook house at corner of Cherry and Main -Mrs. Laura Nolte. A big dance in Grange hall Christmas night.

The public is cordially invited to attend. Admission to dance hall 75c. Pictures--Every picture you buy here means something, not the ordinary kind, but pictures of Davis Son. Mrs. M.

F. Newton went up to Kansas City Tuesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. E. P. Davis, at the Elsemere Hotel, for a few days.

What makes a more acceptable gift than a Thermos Bottle, a Flashlight or a Waterman Fountain Pen. The line is complete at Neff's. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hines, Mr.

and Mrs. J. R. Lemen and Mrs. Roy Payne drove up to Kansas City last Friday and saw "The Passing Show" at the Shubert.

The Harmony Circle of the M. E. church will give a social in the church parlors Saturday evening, Dec. 11th. They have aprons to sell.

A parcel post booth and will serve a cafeteria lunch. Music. Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Waterson left last Saturday for Muskogee, to visit a short time with Mr. and Mrs. F. B.

Stem. From there they will go to Sleeper, to visit relatives. They will return to Spring Hill before going to their home in Munden, Kas. Mabel Elizabeth Neff, the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Homer H. Neff, celebrated her third birthday anniversary Saturday by giving a party to a few of her little friends. Each guest was requested to speak a piece and all responded readily. Refreshments were served at kindergarden tables and the little folks had a very delightful time. Those present were Dorothy and Salome Rose, Ruth Armstrong, Katherine Roofe, Oleta Markham, Mary, McDaniels, Mary Susan Dickey and Ernestine Wilson.

Merdick-Waterson. Last Saturday evening, November 20th, at home of Judge Livingood occured the marriage of Miss Tina Merdick of Spring Hill, to Mr. J. H. Waterson of Munden.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merdick of Spring Hill, and is quite well known in this vicinity, having made her home near Munden for some time. Mr. Waterson is a well known and prosperous farmer living near Munden.

After a honeymoon trip to Missouri in their car Mr. and Mrs. Waterson will be at on a farm north of Munden. -Belleville Democrat. Mr.

and Mrs. Waterson arrived here last week from Munden, having made the trip in their car, "'The Hudson Six." They have many friends in Spring Hill who join in wishing them a long and happy married life. Broke! A Friend In Need Is a Friend Indeed Do you need anything? READ THE HOME PAPER. It will tell you where to buy in town. It will tell you where to sell.

The Home Paper Boosts Home Trade BOOST THE BOOSTER The "Fellowship" dinner which was held in the basement of the M. E. church last Saturday at noon was well attended. Five long tables, with a seating capacity of from 18 to 20, were made ready and filled at the first call to dinner, while some were compelled to wait until a table was empty and made ready. The business session of the Third Quarterly Conference was held at in the main auditorium of the church.

Dr. Hanson, the new district superintendent, presided, at which time reports were read or given by the pastor for the church, and by the different workers for the Sunday school. At 3 o'clock Rev. McCullough baptized and received into the communion and fellowship of the church four persons, Mrs. Letta Johnson, Mrs.

Ora Fisher, Miss Mildred Tisdale and Miss Vera Johnson, making a total of 17 that have been received into the church as a result of the revival meetings which recently closed. At the conclusion of the business session Dr. Hanson, the district superintendent, gave an inspixing address upon the 'Forward Movement" campaign which has been inaugerated among all the churches in the Kansas City district. The day was enjoyed by all and will be remembered as one of the "Red Letter" days of the M. E.

church at Spring Hill. M. P. Christmas Shop. The Fellowship Dinner.

The ladies of the M. P. church will give their annual supper and Christmas Shop, Saturday, Dec. 18th. The doors will be open for the bazaar at 3 o'clock.

Serving will commence at 5 o'clock. Supper 25c. Everybody come. MENU Roast chicken Cherries Dressing Cake Creamed potatoes Pickles Gravy Salad Bread and Butter Coffee. The largest and best box of Stationery you ever saw for 25c now on sale at Neff's Drug Store.

Toilet and Manicuring sets at Neff's. The Corner Stone to the House of Success (-IS-) A Bank Account Why Not Lay the Corner Stone TO-DAY? Come in and Start Ba ank Account Spring Hill Banking Company new life in the matter of good roads and that the the building of a 365- day road across the county will be one of the most exciting and interesting propositions that the people have undertaken in years. With Pittsburg and Girard and many of the farmers pulling together there is little doubt about the hard road being built in that county in short order when they get well organized. Cherokee county is fortunate in having about 60 miles of gravel road in the county and around the lead mines is enough gravel to build the entire road through Kansas. That county will make a gravel road along the route in short order when they get well organized.

Cost of Rock Roads THE PASSING OF COL. J. T. BURRIS Olathe Pioneer Helped Frame Kansas Constitution in 1859. Col.

John Taylor Burris, whose death occured in Los Angeles last Saturday, was one of the members of the Wyandotte convention of 1859, which framed the constitution under which Kansas was admitted to the Union, veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars. He was 87 years old. Colonel Burris was born in Butler county, Ohio, coming to Kansas in 1858 and establishing a law office at Olathe from where he was elected in 1859 "Free State" delegate from Johnson county to the Wyandotte convention. He was chairman of the schedule committee and one of the signers of the constitution under which Kansas gained admittance to the Union. In the spring of 1859 he represented Johnson county in the last territorial Legislature of the territory of Kansas In 1860 he was made a sergeant in Lincoln's bodyguard, leaving it only to become lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Kansas Volunteer Infantry.

A year later he was made colonel and placed in charge of the Leavenworth post. At the end of the war Colonel Burris was appointed first United States district attorney for the State of Kansas. In 1866 he became speaker of the lower House of the State Legislature, and three years later was appointed judge of the Tenth Judicial district, of which Wyandotte was then a part. From that time until he retired from public service, at 80 years old, he was one of the leaders of the bench and bar of Johnson county serving continuously for twenty-five years as county and supreme judge of the State of Kansas. He made his home at Olathe for fifty-three years.

He is survived by four daughtersMrs. Jennie B. Phillips and Mrs. W. H.

Beeman, both of Los Angeles, Miss Jennie Burris of 3810 East Eleventh street and Mrs. C. A. Timmons of 1041 Cleveland street, Kansas City. The death or Colonel Burris leaves only two surviving delegates to the Wyandotte convention.

They are Benjamin Simpson of Paola, who was secretary of the body, and Samuel E. Hoffman of St. Louis. Mr. Hoffman is connected with the Merchants' Laclede National Bank there.

Thomas Tuggle Dead. Thomas Tuggle died last Friday, Dec. 3d, at his home in Los Angeles Calif. The cause of death was paraly. sis.

He was a brother of Mrs. Thos. Williams and 35 yearsago ran a blacksmith shop here. He is survived by wife and children. Don't fall to read the announcement of Mrs.

May Person's and W. 0. Craddock's closing out public sale, on page three of this issue. For Sale -One Duroc Jersey male hog, two years old, weight about 400 pounds. W.

Harper, phone 5415 Spring HIll. 12-10t2. The Goodrich Drug Co. of Des Moines have placed their full line of Velvetina toilet goods with Homer Not. STRONG SENTIMENT FOR HIGHWAY The Chief Objection Raised by the People Along Proposed Route Is First Cost.

The enthusiasm and desire for the Jefferson Highway to be routed through eastern Kansas is being manifested all along the route from Kansas City to Joplin. The fact that an arrangement was made between Kansas and Missouri, that the State showing the most miles of 365-days-in-the-year road on next Labor Day shall be the official route has spurred everybody to immediate action. The time is short and this particular season is not a good time to build roads but it is a splendid time to do the preliminary talking and complete all arrangements for the necessary funds so that when the early spring opens the contractors can start the work with a rush. People are peculiar. It takes great emergencies to move them to big deeds.

When a fire sweeps away a home, or even a town, the people rise to the emergency of the occasion and rebuild quickly, and better than ever before. Most people never know how strong they are or how big they are in doing great deeds until they have been tested. Excitement and enthusiasm and rivalry are the things that move communities to surprisingly big accomplishments. The conditions under which Kansas is to get the Jefferson Highway and 3 5 the big prize that awaits the State when the contest has been won are sufficient to move everybody along the line to get his shoulder to the wheel and pull together for success. Johnson county is wide awake in the fight and reports indicate that the county will have its part of the road provided for at an early date.

The farmers of the county are holding meetings and discussing the matter, and committees of their own neighbors are out with petitions for the road. Miami county is aroused, and the farmers are anxious to be on the route. There are several proposed routes through that county and it may require a little time to select the best route, but it will probably result in there being several "'365-day roads" being built across that county in the near future. And if this should be done it will be the greatest blessing that ever came to Miami county. The home people will build the roads and the home people will get the first use and the greatest benefit from them.

Lion county is moving slowly but the microbe is at work and the farmers are discusing the matter and the towns are striving among themselves to see just where the road can be built first as there are two proposed routes through the county. It is believed that the campaigns will soon be underway and that Linn, as Miami county, may have two hard roads across the county as a rusult of the enthusiasm. Bourbon connty is the most fortunate of any. Like Germany, she was prepared for this "war," and it will not be a very hard task for the county to meet the requirements. The county has now about 15 miles of rock road on the Jefferson Highway and arrangements are being made to complete it across the county.

Crawford county is aroused to greater action in this good roads movement than she ever was before. Many of the old timers in that county feel that the people have taken on The chief objection raised by the people along the proposed route to building rock roads is the first cost. Some opponents of rock roads have been industrious in circulating the statement that they will cost at least $10,000 a mile and further telling that it will tax the farmers along the route at least $10 to $20 an acre. letter from the county clerk of Bourbon county says that the 45 miles of rock road in that county cost on an average of $4,000 a mile. A letter from the county clerk of Allen, where they have about 35 miles of rock roads, says the county commissioners let contracts for all their roads and the lowest price was $3,200 a mile and the highest price was $3,600 a mile.

The cost depends largaly on the distance from the road to rock supply. Under the Hodges law, which is to govern the building of rock or oiled roads, the township pays 25 per cent and the land adjacent the remainder or 75 per cent. Under the Hodges law, if the couuty commissioners deem the road of general public importance they can pay for part or all of it from the county funds. Under this section the commissioners of Shawnee county are paying 25 per cent of the total cost of all the rock or concrete roads in that county and the balance is paid by the townships and land adjacent, as per above proportion. At a cost of $4,000 a mile for rock roads without the county aid it would leave $3,000 to be paid by the adjacent lands and $1,000 by the townships.

By taking a strip four miles wide there would be 2,560 acres to the mile. By dividing cost equally it would be $1.13 an acre. The commissioners have the power to equalize this according to the benetits to the lands. By this it means that land near the road would probably pay more than lands two miles away. If the county commissioners would pay 25 per cent of the cost it would pay $1,000 of the cost and leave only $3,000 to be paid jointly by the lands and the townships.

In this way it would leave the townships to pay $750 a mile and the lands $2,250 a mile or less than 88 cents an acre for the total tax. The law also provides that any land owner who so desires may have ten years in which to pay the road tax. In this way the people can pay one-tenth of the tax and have the road built and pay the other nine-tenths while they are using the hard roads. History shows that a rock road through a community increases the value of the land from $5.00 to $25 an acre, as well as making the more desireable even if they are not for sale Closing Out Sale. John Foote, who lives on the old D.

J. Ramey home place, miles northwest of town, has decided to quit farming, and will hold a big closing out sale on next Tuesday, Dec. 14th, at which time he will sell 200 head of fine young stock, consisting of 30 head of horses, 75 head of cattle, 100 head of hogs, also farming implements, corn and hay. This will be the largest public sale held in this community in a long time. The stuff is all good and the stock is mostly young and in fine shape.

See big bills for full particulars or adv. on last page of this paper. No Kansas Booze Insanity. Fewer than 3 per cent of the persons committed to the Kansas hospitals for the insane, and to the Parsons hospital for epilectics, were adjudged insane as the result of the use of alcohol. This is the statement of J.

W. Howe, secretary of the State board of control, in a statement compiled showing the causes of Insanity in the 871 patients admitted to the three institutions in the last fiscal year. When we look over our stock of rockers it seems we might say we have put the "Rock in Rockers." Every kind is represented in our stock, even to the ones for the babies. -E. Davis Son..