The Smith County Messenger from Smith Center, Kansas • 1

Vol. XXVII, No, 9 SMITH CENTER, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909. $1.00 Per Year mm IRemeiiiiber Shoe Roop I Midge's We carry a full line of "Up to Date" Farm Machinery, including the best from such lines as The International, Racine-Sattley, J. I. Case, Dempster, Emerson, Newton and St.

Joseph Plow Co. star 3gjlthest Quality lowest Prices Bate Bali. The Smith Center team went to Norton, Monday for two games with the salaried team of that town. The game Monday was very poor and one sided and won by Norton 9 to 8. Batteries, White and Agnew; Mc-Qrew and Poort.

Tuesday both teams played much different ball and a genuine ball game was the result and after nine innings of hard playing the score was 1 to 0 in Norton's favor. For the winning of this game, one Henry Earl Carpenter, who played behind the pitcher, de serves most of the credit. Batteries, Neal and Agnew; Moorebead and Poort. i Real Estate Transfers. The following is a summary of real estate sales, during the week ending June 15, 1909, as reported by Uhl Uhl, Abstracters: WARRANTY DEEDS.

Miller to Miller tract in Mahin to Ahlborn 80a in Valley-flOOO. Turner to Bunnell lots 15, 18, block 5 Weicherts Add Allen, et al, to A Blanch-ard Fpx and interest in 80a in Lane $640. A Moore to Peter Pyle lots 15, 16, block 3 Kensington $500. Clark to Clark l0a in Washington $25.00 etc. W.

R. Baker Dead. Editor Baker of this city received the sad news Sunday of the death of his father at Fort Scott, Sunday morning, June 13, 1909, and started Sunday noon to attend the funeral. The old gentleman bad been in poor health for some time and his death wae not altogether a surprise. We take the following from the Beloit Times: "The death of this aged gentleman, who was past 80 years old and a Virginian by birth, bring! sadness to the hearts of his numerous old time friends, where he was well known and held in high regard by nature of pleasant disposition, generous hospitality, and It Is truthfully said of him if he was your friend he was certainly a stauneh one.x Think You Are Hard io i Let us Show You Our Line 1 Perhaps you are, but that is a good reason why you should come where all kinds of Shoes for all kinds of feet are in stock readv for instant service.

Havins in stock full lines of Shoes IE3, from such good makers as Walk-over, Queen Quality, Selz Schwab Co. and Selby Shoe Co. "Ihe Burlington Duggy Man All Feet Look Alike to Ua Whether the short thick foot, the long slim foot, the high or low instep; you can be fitted here and a good fit means solid comfort to the feet and longer life for the shoes. Thus in the life work and death of these two pioneers do we note the apt illustration of many years ago, of aim who first observed "'Westward The Star of Empire Takes Its Way." lint-Marple. Last Thursday evening everything was a Btir at the Sheets salvation camp when at 5 o'clock occurred the marriage of Mr.

Lawrence E. Flint to Miss Pheobe E. Marple in the big tabernacle witnessed by about 30 invited guests. Vernon Broken Lines at Cost We opened the season with over 2300 pairs of Low and have had phenomenal sales on them; so much so that many lots are badly broken in sizes. All these go on the 3AROAIN was best man aud Miss Iluth COUNTER to he cleaned up quick.

Trie deceased gentleman was n- Bought Electric Show. A deal was cloBed last Saturday whereby fiob Meldrutn and Percy Adams becomes the owner of the electrio theatre at Phillipsburg and took possession last night. Theyare both good electricians and will no doubt give the people of Fbillipsburg a good show. Bob has been running the machine in the 6how here and will no doubt make a success of it out there, at least that is the wish of their many friends here. Death of Mrs.

Mary E. McCall. Mra, Mry F. McCall, died at the ome of her sor, J. B.

McCall, one He north of Lebanon, Kansas, Thursday, June 10, 1909, aged 75 years. The husband aud father having preceded her by oly seven week and both interred in' the Pries etery two miles west of Lebanon. Deceased was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, moving to Peoria couuty Illinois, when a small girl, She was married to Franeis McCall in 1855, moving to Page county, Iowa, in 1872, thence to Pawnee county, Nebraska, in 1882, and to th( home of the son J. B. in November iMt, where the last sad funeral ites of fcstfr father and mother have dace taken pjace.

Eight children, two sons and Big: daughtors survive to mourn with the many friends and relatives. You Know VJ hat That Means Sheets bridesmaid. These young people are both members of the salvation army and loft Friday to join their comrades atGaylord, Kansas. May theirs be a life of peace and happiness Dr. Hislop John Hlulop died at his home in Lebanon last June 10, 1909, after an illness of.

a couple of weeks. Dr. Hlslop was one of the first doctors that came to this county and has practiced medicine at Lebanon all these years. He was the first doctor that ever prescribed adose of medicine for the writer about twenty-five years ago. He leaves besides one son, Oarnetr, many friends to mourn his death The funeral was held at the house Friday and the remains interred in the Sweet Home cemetery beside.

his wife. gaged for some time in the hotel business at Cawker City, later moving to Beloit about the year 1892. He had charge of the Brunswick Hotel about 7 years. Later he went to Eureka, where he engaged in the same business. For the past few years he has been living in Ft.

Scott with his son, pete Baker, who is engaged also in the same business, which he learned of his father. Besides the aged widow and one daughter at home, there are five sons left to mourn their loss, as follows; W. R. Baker of Stockton; Ben Baker of Smith Center; Pete and Mitt Baker of Ft. Scott; and Mike Baker." Are Wt'a Race of SavagM? The continual preparation of Nations for war, the millions spent in idleness in time of peaoe to prepare for war, all this constant hallow herself in the best of stand, 'ng at this offlice by getting a neighbor to BUb" scribe.

Remember this. one new one and you are at libel, ty t0 take the best chair in the office, Put your feet on the office table or nna 'e the dinner table at home, spit ovV the marble floor while reading the exchanges, and otherwise act np in such unseemly manner as salts the occasion. sent. subscriber has his receipt and should know just when his subscription expires. Consult this receipt and comply with the postal regulations.

Its easy, light, pleasant and profitable and every newspaper always has a good word and pleasant recollections of that class of patrons. The Messenger is steadily gaining about war, is all an indication that we are yet removed from the savage by only a very few generations. In fact there is every day throughout the world of active human progress, abundance of evidence that even the most advanced cauoasion lias much of the savage in his every move and motive toward his fellow men. in circulation among the best class of readers. We cover the countv Mahin Mahin make the lowest farm loans and pay the money when the papers are signed.

2-tf The Messenger only $1 a year. news of Importance and any friend What is more natural than that or subscriber can nlaca hlmsfilf nr all this constant war talk and prep aration in time of peace, would event ually bringb about just what Gen. Shermau once described as h-11. It is surely true that all such work Most of the Women in this 00 tends all the time to arouse the smouldering savage in the human breast. Why spend millions to place the very chip on your shoulder that you are only waiting for the other fellow to knock in order to have an excuse to start trouble.

Taxing honest labor out of millions to Bupport a continual war display whose only educational effect must, in the naturef things be, to bring about government by force the final conclusion of which is war. And thus, we try to make ourselves believe that about every so often war, force and bloodshed, is an actual A bran new line of -Ladies Wool SEcirts- in all the new shades and styles, and at prices so low, that to see them means you will buy. If you are at all interested we ask but one privilege, and that is to let us "show you" the goods and prices will do the rest. Come and see them before the best things are gone necessity. With all our great educational in stitutions, is it possible that a gov Section Use no Flour hut Ours TFor years, Madam, Gaylord Flour has been the best flour made In this part of Kansas.

As a matter of fact there is no better flour in the world. M- years we have sold flour in this community and the jT good house wives here have learned by experience that it is the best flour they can buy. We want more of you ladies of Smith Center to know about this good flour. We want you to know what wonderfolly good bread, cakes and pies it makes. Try It At Oun Risk 1 We want you to know that it is BETTER than the flour you know best.

So we make you this offer: TIBuy a sack, use half of it. If you don't like it, if yon have any fault to find with it, take the unused 24 pounds back to your dealer. He will give you baok the price of the full sack and you will have the a pounds free. if hundreds and hundreds of Kansas women had not FRQVED that our flour is good, we wouldn't dare make such an offer. Would we? Buy your trial sack today.

GAYLORD MILLING CO.f GAYLORD, KANSAS WALKER SON DISTRIBUTORS OF GAYLORD FLOUR. If -2 ernment must do, exactly what that same government would and does fine and imprison individual for doing? And if so, are we consistent in dealing with the individual. Why should government pursue the same savage course for the development of war, fight, shoot aud kill, that it denies the individual? Subi and the New Postal Ruling. We have been a little surprisled at the number of people who are well pleased with the new ruling of the postal department that presumes that every subscriber to a newspaper (s reading bis own paper and not the publishers. That is the pay in advance ruling, or a statement from publishers showing each and every G.

lUCHAM AN en nm i First Door South of State Bank Smith Center, Kansas one just where he stands so that no big billa may be run without Lid con.