Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
sharon Items.

OHdIOu 1IcIlSs
The two most interesting topics are. wheat
sowing and the Strip. z
The weather continues dry and wheat that
! is beng sown now will not much of il. germin-
ate until we get rain. Wheat that WAS sown
| couple OF weeks ago is growing nicely and viii
make some pasture, but it needs rain
Elder Hopwood has been employed as prin-
cipal of the sharon school. He also breaches
for the Christian church. He was very well
liked when be was here some years ago.
1t looks now as though one half or over of
the voters of this township will try to take land
in the Strip. Many of them are persons who
do not own any real estate and are actually de-
sirous of a homo, but there are many others
who have enough property here to attend to
and ought to leave the land in the Strip entire
ly for the benefit of those who have not even
dwelling house Of their own. And there would
be plenty of such destitute people to occupy
all the good land in the Strip.
AT the Baptist tabernacle last Sunday there
were two excellent discourses by Elder Tilbury.
the pastor. One discourse was Immediately
| after Sunday School, from Deuteronomy, 10th
chapter, and 1lth verse; and the other was in
the evening. from Matthew, 9TH chapter, and
Goth verse. At the time this church building
was dedicated there were two hundred and fifty
dollars promised to finish paying for the build
ing. The secretary, VIM. Wilson. desires ali
who subscribed and have not paid. to pay in
the amount promised at once. because the
money is due and the parties to whom the
church owes 1t are anxious for their money.
Il am sorry to write that it is commonly re-
ported that part of those who have already
left here have left debts behind. This is a very
dishonorable way for man to leave coun-
try. Possibly some were 100 poor to pay what
they owed, but then how much better it would
be to go to the creditor and tell him the cir
cumstances and haye fair understanding,
than it is to slip away without seeing the man
who has had confidence enough in you to sup
ply your wants On cretit. am told that l., s
Smith and j. ID. Fair heave each of them, lost
some lately by parties who owed them, slip
ping away without settling and thereby rob-
bling them of their lust dues and also conf
dence.
AS the time draws nigh for opening the
Strip, the excitement increases and it would
seem that more are making up their minds TO
compete for piece of Undle Sans domain
There are many who do not need any more
land than they already have who will try to
get an additional farm in the Strip and some
VINO have never followed farming in their life
Will try TO get quarter section in the Strip os-
tensibly for home, but really for the purpose
OF accommodating wealth. In this struggle for
land it seems that each competitor will try to
get as good claim as there is and those who
are going TO take land for speculative purpos-
es are, if anything more anxious to get the
best claim than the poor man is, who actually
needs home where he can make living for
his family. In case like this fail to see any
difference in the members of the different
churches, although each denomination claims
to teach the purest doctrines and to stand
more nearly on bible ground than it's sister de-
nominations; yet | fail to perceive that the
members of any church are distinguishing
themselves by desire to see others get the
best claims. Although we have been taught
all our life 10 love our neghbors as our
selves" LET each esteem other better than
himself" I'm honor preferring one another"
and many other Divine precepts from Gods
holy law, yet believe that, with very few ex-
ceptions, there will be about the same degree
of selhshness exhibited in this race for land by
members of the Baptist. Methodist Presbyte-
rian, Christian, Catholic and all other denom-
nations as there will be by worldly people.
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