The Walnut Advance from Walnut, Kansas • 1

Martin THE WALNUT ADVANCE. VOL. XV. WALNUT. CRAWFORD FRIDAY, MARCH.

18. 1910. -NO. 36 A Few of the Many Good Things Farmers Cash Store. W.

L. Douglas Fine Dress Shoes for Men. Queen Quality Shoes for the Ladies. Selz Shoes for Everybody. J.

V. Farwell's Fine Silks and Dress Goods. Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths, and Linoleums. Fine and Work Shirts, Pants, Overalls and Jumpers.

Ladies' Wrappers, Skirts, and Underwear. The Celebrated White Cat Underwear for Men. Paint, Oils and Wall Paper. Barbed Wire, Hog and Cattle Fence. International Stock Food for Cattle, Hogs, Ete.

Rock and Fine Salt. Seed Potatoes, Gurden and Field Seeds, AT THE Bran, Shorts, Oil Meal and Tankage. Flour from Six of the Best Mills in Kansas. To make a long Story short, come to the Store that Sells Everything you Need and buys Everything you Don't Need. New Goods Every Day.

J. A. CARLTON ON Mr. Robert Frazier and Mias Bessie Burns were united in marriage at the Baptist Parsonage in Girard, by Rev. M.

Yager, Wednesday. The young people will go to housekeeping at their home in Hepler at once. Mr Frazier is engaged in the restaurant dusiness at that place. They have a large circle of friends here who wish them every success and much happiness through life. The bride and groom were accompanied to Girard by the latter- sister, Miss Viola Burns and Mr.

Walter Berry, of Erie. Tuesday evening March 8th. the members of the Cirard Christian church gave a reception to their new pastor, Rev. J. W.

McLaughlin The new minister began his pastorate in Girard the first Sunday in this month and there has been four additions to the church under his uninistrv. Rev. McLaughlin is an able teacher and has had great success in his ministry. The Epworth League gave a farewell social in honor of Mr. and Mrs Clinton Gilbert, at their home Tuesday evening.

A lunch was served consisting of sherbet, cake and fruit. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert will he greatly missed in the League work, but we hope they will be as help in the new community as they have peen here. Every one enjoyed a pleasant evening considering the fact that, that wold be the last time that we would be intertained at their home.

Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jas, McFarland, Myrtle and Leona Farris, Eern Martin, Leota Martin. Sylvetta Bundy, Lois Morgan, Josie Eastham, Georgie Harper, Vinnie- Newton, Bessie Loomle, Helen Lyness, Hortie Yoho, and Cora Wood worth, Herbert Lyness, Elson and Gates Yoho, Jesse and Fred Bohlander. Willie Bassett, Clyde Kinsinger.

George and Lyman Jones, and Fred Eldredge. A pie supper was given by the Liberty school six miles north of Walnut Saturday evening. A large crowd Was present and the school realized several dollars from the sale of the pies. 'There was also a voting contest for the most popular young lady present, the prize for this, which was heautiful cake, was won by Miss Merle Patton. The chief entertainment of the evening was furnish.

ed by the Walnut Orchestra. The Celebrated Clover Leaf Spreader To take carelof the soil and to keep up itt fertility is a farmers first fluty. The pro duction of crops of whatever nature natureisanexhaustingprocess process Grains, Grasses, Vegetables and Fruits are largely composed of elements that are in the soil. When these are harvested the soil has parted with just so much of its producing power. it is a simple problem.

No soil, no matter how rich, can continue to produce paying crops unless some of the elements of plant growth are returned to it. The necessity of making these returns to the land may be delayed but can not be avoided. The soil is not to he looked upon as an inexhaustible mine to be drawn upon at pleasure, but as a reservoir which might quickly he exhausted, or as a tree yielding fruitonly through constant care and tending. 'The farmer is wise who has his eyes fully open to these facts. The reader is invited to call at our place of business and make an investigation of The Celebrated Cloverleaf Spreader For which we have secured the Agency for this Territory A full line of farm implements of up-to-date make always on hand at prices and terms that will please you.

HESS HARDWARE WALNUT, KANSAS -Miss Ethel Landers, teacher in the intermediate room in our city schools is suffering a complete nervous break: down from the effects of the mumpand her strenuous work in the schoolroom. School was dismissed in her room last week but Miss Nelie Balla has been secured by the board to take up the work until Miss Landers can he on duty again. Rev. B. Brown tilled his regular appointment at the Baptist church Tuesday evening He presched A very interesting sermon from the life of Job.

Rev Brown is rn excel ent speaker and everybody should make an effort to hear him The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows gave a farewell banquet at their hall Saturday evening for four of their esteemed members, Mr. and Mrs J. Gilbert and Mr. and Clinton Gilbert. The Erie Daily Sentinel is conducting a voting contest and the following young ladies of this city and vicin ity has been nominated by their friends as candidates for some of the nine or more phizes which will be off ered 10 the winners: Misses Ester King, Hazel Thompson, Julia Stephans, Alma Poisett, Vera Vandervort and Fern Martin.

Rev. and Mrs E. Kitchen are a tending the the annual conference which is being held at Ft. Scott this week. The members of his two churches, at this place and at ville, have every reason 10 believe that he will be returned to this charge for the next conference year.

It is agreed by all Farmers that a Manure Spreader is the most important piece of machinery on a farm. Buy a Success the only Spreader on the market that has a solid Oak Frame. Sold by Robison Bros. FROM THE HEPLER ENTERPRISE. OBITUARY.

Elizabeth Markbam Gentle was born at Hepler Nov. 4, 1877 and died at her home six miles north east of Hepler March 15: 1910 aged 32 years, 4 months and fifteen days. She was married to Kelso S. Gentle June 30, 1910. To this union were born 6 children; 3 boys and 3 girls.

Two 0. whom died in infancy and 2 boys and 2 girls are left motherless, namelv: Nancy, aged Merle aged Mary aged Glenn aged 2. She was converted and immersed into Christ twelve years ago. Mrs. Gentie was one of the nine children of Joseph and Rebe- COGHILL'S BREEDING STABLE.

HAMILTON. A fine black stallion. No. 32,549, registered in Percheron Stud Book of Amer. ica.

Terms: $10.00 to insure living colt. PRIZE. 3 years old. black, 16 hands high, weight 1600. $8.00 to insure living colt.

BLACK WARRIOR Is a black Jack with mealy points, 5 years old in June and stands 15 hands high. Terms: $8.00 to insure living colt. BLACK BOB: Is a black Jack about 15 hands high and a good breeder. Terms: $7.00 to insure living colt. 'The animals described above will make the season of 1910 at my barn 1 mile sonth and 1 1-4 miles east of Porterville, Kansas.

Care will be taken to preyent accidents but will not be responsible should any occur. Money is due if mare is transferred or removed from neighborhood. ALBERT COGHILL, Owner and Keeper. cca Markham. Father, mother, a sister and two brothers have gone before.

Two sisters and three brothers are left namely: Amanda Melntosh, of Kingman, Sol Markham and Ansil. Markhan, of Hepler; Mary Dowler, of LaHarpe, Kas, and Clyde Markham, of Syracuse, Kas. All -were present at the funeral with the excepticn of Clyde. The husband is left without a loving companion and tne little children without a mother. Hepler is still on the improvement list and new feature in the business districts is the evidence of freshly painted signs Mrs.

Fred Thonhoff is reported very sick in Colorado. Farmers on Route 1, are nearly through sowing oats and have begun plowing for corn. Miss Bessie Sheplor of Kansas City, arrived the latter p.rt of last week and has taken a position at the millinery establishment of Miss Belle Wilson Miss Sheplor is an expert trimmer, and will remain during the spring and summer season. -Downs News. Miss Sheplor informs us that she likes her work and that she is getting along splendidly.

She sends her best regards to her many friends here. Grandma Holaman writes from Bronson expressing her kind regards to her many friends and relatives who remembered her and her brother, T. L. Bradbury, with a post card shower on their eighty-fourth birthday March 8. They received over 200 post cards from all parts of the county, Illinois, Oregon, Colorado and Kansas Perhaps they are the oldest twins in the state of Kansas.

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