Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-05-26
Reply to 81. Cantrel B."

pen of Banners illustrious scribe and no
BILE Judge. In his closing remarks, he
says: 81 shall not again stoop to reply to
such stuff; it is too low down."
Here we will remark, why did you not
think of these happy thoughts just prior
to entering into the business of shooting
this 'fstuff," and trying to destroy the
reputation of the Coilyer school board?
1t seems, from reading his last article,
that his honor, the Judge, is knocked out
of time, and has left tie field. We feel
sorry for you. You opened Inc E-e so
vigorously, and managed your guns so
CALAMITY, that we supposed you were
worthy of our STEEL
''He who fights and runs away
Lives to fight another day."
Hon. Mr.. Judge, we made you one fair
and honorable proposition, in the last
paragraph of our letter, in order to settle
this matter now in hearing, and you have
rejected it. The reading public will I'M
derstand that this case now in hearing is
one wherein Rev. J. G. Elliott, Method
list preacher, and J. Cantrel B., repor-
ter from Banner for the Western Kan
sas World, have charged the Collyer
school board-R. G.. Kessler, T. K. Phil
lips and James Power-with having closed
the school house against one J. G. Elliott
to preach in. We will say right here that
we denied the charge by saying, (after
several letters had been written-by J.
Cantrei b. "They are false and must
have been put in circulation by the cleo
trio scribe or his ally from some selfish
motive" :. This denial and the PROPOSE
ton above mentioned have been set aside;
and the Judge comes out in his last letter,
and uses the following language: 'Now,
Mr.. Editor, am not reporting the items
of news from Banner to crafty the sordid
appetite of Collyer falsifers," etc. This
charge is grave one to make, and cause
to be circulated through public news
paper like the Western Kansas World.
Therefore, as a former proposition has
been ignored, the defense will make an
other to the prosecution in the above
case, and let the public judge who the
real falsifers are in the case now pend
ing:
We, the Collyer school board, do SOL
EMMY pledge ourselves, that if ]. G. Ell
lott and J. Cantrel B., of Banner, can
prove before any competent tribunal or
before any designated parties that we, as
a school board, did close the school house
in Collyer against said J. G. Elliott,
Methodist minister, We will resign our po-
sitions as officers of said school district;
and further agree to have our names pub
lished in large capital letters for one year
in the Western Kansas World,
published in Wa-Keeney,
Trego county, Kansas, as follows:
r. G. KESSLER, Director,
Tx. PHILLIPS, Clerk,
JAMES POWER, Treasurer,
FALSIFIERS.
And that in case you fail to prove, as
you have charged US, and that we can
prove to the contrary, that we did not
close the doors of the school house
against ]. G. Elliott at the time specified,
then you are to place your names in like
manner, in the same newspaper, and for
the same time, as follows:
J. G. ELLIOTT, Minister M. E.
Church,
J. CANTREL, B., Reporter,
FALSIFIERS.
And we do also agree that the losing
parties must pay for the publication of
said names.
Now, gentlemen, we mean business.
You have accused us of grave offense,
and we propose this method to let the
public see who shall take their little dose
of medicine. We have lived here in Coll
yer for ten years, trying to make an hon.
est living and prosperous home for our
selves and families; and we do not pro-
pose to let any one, without just cause,
assail our good names and call us falsifi-
ers as long as we can grab the butt end of
q pencil and defend ourselves. And we
wish to repeat, from our former state
ment, that we candidly believe that, had
his honor, J. Cantrel B.. called upon the
school board in question. he never would
have caused to be published the articles
we find in the paper with his signature
thereunto attached.
Now, Mr.. Editor, the judge has ap-
pealed to you in his last article by saying:
II shall not again stoop to reply to such
stuff; it is too low down." To call your
neighbors falsifers is low-down work, and
we feel sorry that one of your reporters
has SO fallen from grace. But we say to
you, Mr.. Editor, we are here to defend
our good names, believing the defense of
his name to be the pride of any true
American. We viii also say to the pros
ecution in this case that we are loaded at