The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-10

erty of my successor.
CHAs. F. SCOTT.
GOODBYE.
When q man has lived with news.
paper for nearly six years, worked
with it by day and sat up with it by
night, made it the object Of his
thoughts, the center of his hopes and
ambitions, 1t becomes in some way .
living, conscious thing to him, and he
does not lightly cast of the ties that
bind It to him. This 10 particularly
true. perhaps, when the paper is the
first that one has attached himself to,
when the association has been in the
main pleasant as well a. intimate, and
when one has been able to see salts
factory results from his care and at
tention.
It IL because all OF these conditions
have been present that I hesitated
much before taking the step that
renders the above announcement
necessary. THE ::REarsTER was my
"first love-" I became connected
with it October 1, 1882, without any
previous newspaper experience, and I
have given it my days and nights from
that day to this. And the work
that was put on it has not been
without gratifying result. Six years
ago the REGISTER had but . limited
circulation In the immediate vicinity
of lola, while it was rarely mentioned
or heard of outside of the county. 1t
now goes to every post-ofiice in this
county, the circulation having nearly
doubled; its exchanges find something
in it nearly every week that they con.
slider worth quoting, and it is perhaps
not putting the case ito stronglyto say
that it is at least as well known
throughout the State as any of its
country contemporaries.
While naturally, and hope pardon
ably, proud of the standing the paper
has attained, I recognize fully how
much of it's success has been due to
the hearty and substantial support it
has uniformly received from the citi.
Gems of lola and of Allen county.
There have been a few malcontents,
of course, who have seemed to regard
every evidence of the REGISTERS
prosperity as a personal affront and
have done what they could to break it
down; but they have been in q very
lonesome minority and their dey;ces,
as is written in the Scriptures, have
come to naught. In the main the
REGISTER has received substantial
encouragement and hearty good will
from the people on whom its life de-
pended, and its editor hereby tenders
his heartfelt thanks.
In leaving the REGISTER, I only
exchange one field of newspaper work
for another, having bought the Law
renee Tribune, daily and weekly, Of
which I assume charge next week.
The new field is . larger one and offers
opportunity for more work, if not for
more pay. Lawrence has the reputa-
ton, I know, Of being the graveyard
of newspapers; and it must be admitted
that good many have been buried
there. have sort of faith, though,
that the Tribune will stay above
ground.
The foregoing extremely personal
remarks may seem uncalled-for. But
when one has been in the habit Of
talking to certain lot Of people once
q week for several years, he comes
whether Justly or not, to think they
have q special interest in him ~ well
as he in them, and doesn't like the
idea of leaving them without . word
or two by way Of farewell.
And 20, Goodbye; and in the words
OF Tiny Tim, "God bless US, every
one"
CHAs. F. SCOTT.
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