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VOLUME II VATES CENTER, WOODSON COUNTY, KANSAS JANUARY 1914. NUMBER 14. The government has issned a warning to the whole country to beware of raw pork and raw pork products. It is alleged by the gov. erument that whomsoever tastes raw pork is almost sure to get trichinosis.

Maybe you never heard of that before. If not, then it shows that you are comparatively new and fresh on earth. Years ago, when the most of us who are getting old whether we admit it or not were young, the cry went forth to shun pork, pork of all kinds, boiled, fried, coasted or raw, for, we were warned, the meat of the unclean hog was full and running over with the germ that meant death to the 1111- suspecting devourer of hog. It has been many years since the warning was sent broadcast before, and probably the reason why it has been quiet so long because 110 one ever died of the disease, SO far as authentic records were concerned. Trichinosis was like infantile paralysis, and milk sickness--always over in some other country.

However, the warning against eating pork recalls the story of the Jew who went into the restaurant and ordered ham and eggs. "Why," said the writer "you must not eat pork. Did not Moses forbid The knowing Hebrew raised his hand palm upward and giving it shake answered, know about that. Moses he have cattle to sell. Possibly this new warning against pork comes from some one who has a cattle ranch.

Lawrence Gazette, Is a city capable of running its own public utilities? good many people fear it is not capable. Some of these go even so far as to think that if a city tried to operate the plant it would not be able to supply enough gas in winter; that if a city took over the street railway system it might run the system into bankruptcy and a receivership; that if a city acquired the telephone service there would be much complaint by subscribers; that a municipal electric lighting plant might have to charge as high a rate as ten cents a kilowatt hour to the average user. In fact, the extreme skeptics concerning municipal operation of public utilities fear that a city might make almost as much of a mess of the utility business as the private companies make of it. -Kansas City Whenever it is undertaken to displace love with eugenics trouble will come. The world is not going to give up its love, there is too much at stake.

Eugenic considerations are perfectly proper, but they are not everything. There must also be love unions. Mere healthful unions must not be taken in place of love. Love is the predominating force this world and it must be left intact. What must be guarded personal L111- cleanness, must be is personal honor but be there all the while.

world would worse than thing that could imagined. loveless world and Godless world is one and the same Lawrence Journal. The Lawrence World December 23 issued in magazine form that thing beauty and forever. called "Lawrence and and is a souvenir edition commemorating semicentennial of the Lawrence massacre. It has 132 and the cover, is richly illustrated and artistically printed and is filled with matter of much interest.

Let us start out with this new year happy aud hopeful--doing the best we can to make life worth while, to ourselves and others. Our good friend, Justice Alfred W. Benson of the Kansas supreme court, gets back at us very nicely in a friendly letter that shows the heart of the fine Christian gentleman he is. After cordially thanking the Journal publisher and "wishing for you and your Journal a happy and prosperous New Year," the Judge wfites: "I have one objection to your article, You say, 'Judge Benson, formerly of Ottawa' etc. I am glad to say I am still of Ottawa, and hope to enjoy a quiet evening of life there.

where I settled when a young man, and where so many of my dear friends make the town too good to Ottawa owes much to the public spirit and activity of Judge Benson, who materially aided in her upbuilding both physically and socially, It is such fine clean able men as the judge who have placed Kansas so high in the sisterhood of life states and have made in the state worth while. The first bunch of mortgages covering seed wheat furnished from the seed wheat club arrived yester day at the office of Charles M. Sawyer, bank commissioner and treasurer of the fund. from Ness county. Other mortgages will come in from the other counties in the next month.

The cost of handling the $30,000 that bought 36,000 bushels of seed wheat for 1,064 farmers probably will not ex ceed $10, Commissioner. Sawyer said yesterday. It may run over that amonut if some county should fee charge a for registering the mortgages, but so far the counties have been recording them without fees. The acreage of wheat was increased 50,000 acres through the efforts of the club last fall. -Topeka Capital.

Receiver made Cutler the statement to the meeting of depositors of the failed National bank last Friday evening that but two persons, himself and the expert ac. countant, know anything definitely as to the assets and liabilities of the bank, and that they have told 110 reporter or any other person anything as to the financial condition of the bank. He further said that no one would be told until a reporter had been made to the acting comptroller--and then a statement to the public would be made. This means that the voluminous cles published in the dailies were based on surmise, and but little better than street rumors. The four directors know little more than the rest of us for it was a one- man bank, They don't meter everything in Osawatomie.

Keith Clevinger sent out last week with the of his Osawatomie Graphic a prose poem breathing out clean and inspiring Christmas thoughts, carried words well suited bur- The message WAS neatly card convenient land respects was worthy the season, Greatest Gift, the the shop the young fellow The works not water company making progress We told the property is improved the the money city donates to company. While money donated is respectable sum and is a heavy drain on finances of the city it makes the upbuilding of the plant slow process, A meeting of Progressives of this, the Fourth congressional, district was to be held Emporia this week, to talk over matters of interest in the district. The Journal can give 110 particulars of the meeting this week but will tell you about it next week, NEWS CHANGES HANDS The Yates Center News has to a certain extent changed ownership. W. I.

Trueblood instead of R. H. Trueblood holds the place of sen10r partner in the firm, Trueblood Stephenson, proprietors of the News. The Journal phoned R. H.

Trueblood Monday evening as to this disposal of his interest in the paper and he stated that the disposal was made some weeks ago, though it was modestly, announced for the first time last week: by change of 011e letter in one line of the subhead -the briefest salutatory ever. The new part owner is a brother of R. H. Trueblood and has been employed 011 the News the greater part of the past dozen years. He is a competent printer and a good citizen.

R. H. Trueblood, who has been for so many years one of owners of the News, is yet the editor. The change is quite a surprise to the many acquaintances of both men. No reason was given by R.

H. Trueblood for the change. DEPOSITORS' MEETINGS. The two meetings of depositors in the failed bank, one called for Friday evening of only depositors and the other for depositors and stockholders 011 Saturday, were largely attended and both meetings reached virtually the same conclusion, as evidenced by the commit tees from the two meetings holding a joint meeting and making joint recommendations, as you may note by their signed call in this Journal. The Friday evening meeting chose H.

Carmain as chairman and R. N. Kemmerer secretary. J. C.

Culver was chairman and Dr. M. S. Reynolds secretary of the Saturday meeting. The Journal is glad to note the harmony in action of the two meetings, and the fine courtesy of Receiver Cutler in responding to the request of the depositors with a plain straight talk, This same Mr.

Cutler would be all excellent man to continue in the re- ceivership. 1100 telegraphers on the Frisco railroad struck this week for highwages and shorter hours. The railroad company, before the strike went into effect, took out the tele graph instruments, replacing them with telephones, and connecting up with the Bell system, It now looks as though it was up to the telegraphers to find other jobs. You will not find much reading matter in the Journal this week. The editor has been visiting, and really ought to be fired for loafing.

Tom Romberger went to Alice ville Wednesday evening for a coltple days of Christmas bliss 111 of company with the Best Girl in the World. Tom little knew was in store for him--but came to pass that while in company with his bunch of human sweetness both were deliberately shot three times. Tom is almost out of danger, now, and holds the result of the shots- kodak pictures--as among his most precious treasures. There was a record beating crowd in this good old town Satur. there takett they were tied just anywhere -on all the side streets.

unacquainted with the way fariners come to town in Vates Center would have thought sure that a circus was in town. The walks and the stores were filled with people. Mr. and Mrs. C.

Phelps tained their children and grandchildren at dinner Christmas. day. were around Teams hitched the square as long, as there was room, and after the room was Joe Lewis was over from Fort Scott this week visiting friends. Monday evening J. B.

Dobyns, dealer in dry goods, turned his stock over to A. C. Kelley, with Hauser Garrison Dry Goods Wichita, as trustee for his creditors. Mr. Dobyus places his liabilities at $3,000, with a stock ing $3,500.

He says the Wichita house 1S his largest creditor, other creditors being chiefly St. Joseph and St. Louis houses. He lays his failures to a continued line of hard luck, and says it is in no way connected wit we the failure of the Na-1 tional As soon as he can make the necessary arrangements he expects to move to Springfield, Illinois. H.

A. Weide, trustee, and H. F. Lauber, treasurer, of Center township were among our pleasant visitors Monday afternoon. As one result of their visit the Journal publishes this week the report of Center township for the year, the first.

township in the county to comply with the law in a verified statement of receipts and disbursements for the year ending December 29, 1913, Mr. Lauber also gave us a dollar on subscriptiou. Ed Stockebrand and Ira Weide took their wolf hounds and rode over to Humboldt on Christmas, to meet Charlie Wilson, who also has a pack of hounds. On the way over they raised a wolf from covert, and after a straightaway run got him. Wilson also picked up a wolf, while on his way to the place of meeting.

After the meeting they were unable to raise anything. Lawyer F. J. Oyler of Iola and Lawyer Jake Shepard of Fort Scott attended the meeting of the depositors of the failed National bank tast Enday evening. They had no deposits in the failed bank--but Leach of them had an abiding interest in the depositors.

Both made denunciatory and advisory speeches. These licenses were issued by Probate Judge Woodside: December 19, Geo. Kress of Neosho Falls and Merle Eichorn of Vernon; 22, Leland Hall, Rose, and Bea Puckett, Buffalo; 23, Ralph Gordon Marlin and Roxy Blanche Wolfe, Buffalo; 29, Herbert E. Alvoid and Erma Steiner, Yates Center. Mr.

and Mrs. Neal Ritter of Kansas City, Missouri, came to Yates Center Christmas day to visit Mr. and Mrs. Fred Southard. They went home Monday night, Mr.

Ritter and Fred are old college chums and they just talked every hour full of holes- where the words pushed through. Misses Caroline and Martha Brandt of Emporia came to Yates Center last Saturday on a visit to Mrs. Ed Stockebrand and othering friends. Their father, Rev. Brandt.

was years ago pastor of the Yates Center Evangelical church. C. T. Weide has been picking and packing oranges out in California. He sent a case to his son Ira, one to his daughter Mrs.

Chas. Opperman and one to Rev. Rodewald and the fruit was fine, You notice we say was. F. O.

Drake and Estie Drake, both of. Quincy but not related, were married by W. B. Woodside, probate judge, Wednesday, December 24, 1913. The marriage, took place in the Judge's office in Yates Center.

Judge Foust was over Monday from Iola holding court. He was accompanied by his grandson Kenmeth Foust, home. from the state university for the holidays. Kenneth had a fine visit with Glenn Stotts and other college friends. Mr.

and Mrs. Ora (Shurtleff returned Monday to their home in Dillwyn, after a delightful Christmas time in Yates Center with home folks. Ora was here a week and his wife two weeks. Death of Mrs. Kimbell Harriette Louisa Hartley was born in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, February 23, 1848, and died at her honte in Yates Center, Kausas, Tuesday evening, December 23, 1913, aged 65 years, and to months.

She was married at Stratford onAvon in February, 1873, to Richard Kimbell. They came to the United States in 1873, settling in Aurora, Illinois, where they lived three years. They came to Woodson county in 1878, the family residing in or near Yates Center ever since. Mr. Kimbell died May 13, 1909, and his body was laid to rest in Graceland cemetery.

Both had been from their youth members of the Episcopal church, Mrs. Kimbell be. ing especially active in church work hand in lodge work in the Eastern Star, of which she was long a menber, until her husband's death, grief, illhealth and advancing years put a period to all her activities. Mrs. Kimbell was an honored member of the Eastern Star and the Fraternal Union as well.

Failing health had so weakened the citadel of her life that Mrs. Kimbell had been an invalid for the past year, and was confined to her bed for eighteen weeks just prior.to her death. The funeral service was held at the Episcopal church in Yates Cen ter at half after two in the after110011, Wednesday, December 24, conducted by Rev. Watts, catechist in charge. Burial was beside the body of the husband in Graceland cemetery.

Four children, Edward of Vates Center, Harry Hartley of Dodge City, Mrs. Caroline Reynolds of Humboldt and Miss Frances Louise of Yates Center survive. All were present: at the funeral, All Yates Center and many throughout Woodson county grieve with the stricken ones in their sorrow, and the many friends sorrow in sad remembrance of a faithful and loving wife and mother, a kind and helpful neighbor and a stead. fast friend gone from us. Death of Mrs.

Sharp Elizabeth Graves was born in Claiborne county, Tennessee, April 10, 1824, and departed this life Wednesday, December 24, 1913, aged 89 years, 8 months and 14 days. She was married to Levi Sharp January 29, 1840.1 To this union were born eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, five of whom, with the husband, preceded her to the other world. Those livare Sarah J. Sharp of Neosho, Missouri, Nancy Fennimore of Battleground, Washington, R. A.

Sharp of Yates Center, Edwin Sharp of Nortonville, Herbert Sharp of Los Palos, California, and Ruth S. Jones of Indianapolis, Indiana, She also leaves, two brothers and one sister to mourn her loss. One brother, of Atchison county, was by her side in her late illness, and present at the funeral service. In 1840 she moved with her husband to Missouri and later to KanSas. 1876.

she came to Yates In Center and resided here her death, The funeral service was at the Christian church at half after two in the afternoon December by her pastor Elder W. F. Kohl. Mr. and Mrs, J.

A. Thoroughman and daughter Miss Pearl, who came home from college for the holidays, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Hal Isett at Buflington. Mrs.

Foss of Vates Center visited yesterday with her sister, Mrs. D. E. Bush, of this city.Iola Register, 29th. Death of Dr.

Orendorff Dr. Charles Orendorff died at his home in Yates Center, Kansas, Friday, December 26. 1913. Charles Orendorff was born in Tazewell county, Illinois, June 10, 1832. His parents, Enoch Thomas and Roxanna Orendorff, were Ily settlers in Central Illinois.

He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1862, and was married to Mary F. Hurt in December, 1865. Of this union two sons, OHs and Vernon, were born. These. with their mother survive him.

For fifteen years the home of Dr. Orendorff had been in Colony, but for the past year his residence had been in Yates Center. The funeral service was held at the home of Vernon Orendorff Sunday at half after two in the afternoon, and was conducted by Rev. N. A.

Shedd. Burial was in Graceland cemetery. Dr. Orendorfi was a man of clean life. His friendliness and his fine character brought him the friendship and regard of all who knew him.

The ones bereaved have the loving sympathy of their many friends. To All Persons Financially Interested in The Yates Center National Bank The committees appointed by the depositors of the Yates Center National bank to represent their interests held a joint meeting Monday. The matter of trusteeship was discussed and deemed unfeasible. As had been outlined at previous meeting, the matter of a local receiver for the defunct bank was considered and the committees agreed that such action would be satisfactory to the majority interested. They were of the opinion that J.

W. Depew, whose recommendation for appointment 88. receiver had been placed before President Wilson. and others, is a man suitable for the place. Mr.

Depew, however, has reconsidered his consent to serve in that capacity and. stated to the committees that he declined to serve if appointed. The committees then agreed upon other recommendations for the appointment of receiver. These will be made known at a meeting which is called for Saturday, Jan. 3, 1914, at 2 o'clock p.

in the court room. Every one interested. is expected to be present. At such time the names of those who have been recommended as receivers by this joint committee will be presented for consideration. Star.

L. W. Knotts W. H. Wiriek: J.

W. Jarratt J. T. Bayer G. W.

Morris A. H. Carmain G. E. Bowen J.

J. Klein C. R. Ingraham Joint Committee. well That was delightful family reunion the home aud Mrs.

who Fred Mr. Frevert 85 November, happily, with good evening Their are son. Frevert, wife anti son Roberta Gas City, and. their Mmes. R.

N. daughters, F. F. Stockebrand and H. F.

and families were present. It was a joyous 00- casion, As soon as the first snow fell Farmer Kelley scurried into town to winter quarters, making his move on Sunday and creeping into his home by the back way. Mrs. D. IF.

Wilson has been considerably worse in condition the past few days. Her many friends are quite concerned about her..