The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-10

Reports have been circulated by
some of my competitors that I am not
closing out my business but merely adj
vertising to sell off goods like some
sacrificing or special sales to catch
trade. Such is not my fix. But in
Justice to myself and to set some of my
competitors at rest, I will repeat what
state in my ad., that I am positively
now selling out my entire stock OF dry
goods to quit business for at least one
year. have no accumulated old goods
to dispose of but my goods are new and
fresh and all paid for and at least %
per cent. cheaper. That is what GUS
TONERS admit after shopping around to
other stores. B. T. Rodman.
A. J. Clark. who is sitting as one of
the Judges in the Benton-Ewing con-
test. is one of BentOn's bondsmen, and
as such may be liable to pay all the
costs should Mr.. Benton be defeated.
Now we do not doubt that the appoint
ment of a person thus interested was
merely an inadvertence on the par OF
Judge Allison, that Benton had moth
ing to do n it'll it, and that Mr.. Clark
will be entirely honest in his rulings,
regardless of his interest. But we are
mighty glad it didn't happen to be
the other way. If it had been shown
that Mr.. Eckley was pecuniarily inter-
ested in Ewing's election and he had
vet been retained on the board, when
would the democrats have got done
bowling about it?
It is evident that the only hope of
those who are seeking the removal of
the county seat, is to accomplish their
designs by arousing q prejudice against
lola. They can't talk five minutes in
favor of LaHarpe, but they can talk
hours against lola. Not against the
locality, but against the people, their
"selfishness," their "rings," and all
that sort of thing. Now if there was
the least ground in truth for this kind
of talk, we would not protest, but
there is not. We challenge any one
to point out a single fact that would
give evidence of it. When has q move.
ment been made, for the interest and
benefit of the whole county, that lola
did not do her full share, even If she
did not originate it? What neighbor.
hood anywhere in the county with q
church to build or any other charitable
work to do. has ever come to lola for
help and gone away empty handed ?
It has not been two weeks since q sub
scription paper was circulated on our
streets and literally signed to repair
damage done by the recent cyclone.
What business men have been more
liberal and lenient in their dealings
with the farmers when short crops
brought them hard times, than have
the business men of lola? What town
has been more earnest in its co-opera-
ton with every plan that seemed to
putes? What town has stood more
firmly for good order and the enforce
ment Of all the laws? We hope the
people of the county will seriously con-
slider these questions and honestly ans
wer them. If they do 80, the verdict
must be in favor of lola. They cannot
fail to see that the present Outcry
against lola is not founded on truth,
but is inspired by jealousy and spite
and is used for q sinister purpose. 1t
is as contemplate and criminal to
a town as it is an individual
and the attempt 10 do 80 should be met
with just as stern rebuke.
There has been considerable talk
this week among the business men oil
our town, of organizing q joint stock |
for the purpose of joining In |
with the Carriage Works company and |
that business on q much |
larger scale. The idea is to form q |
with paid up capital of $685.
BOO which would repair and fit up a ]