The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-17

A Methodist preacher is a soldier
who goes where he is ordered, wheth-
er he wants to so or not. And a
Methodist conference is an memorable
officer, issuing orders from which
there is no appeal. Rev. A. ). Freed
is to leave lola and go TO Co1eyville.
Not because he wants to leave lola or
lola wants him to leave, but because
he is a soldier and his superior officer
has ordered him to report at Coffey-
vile. 1t is really too bad. MIR. Freed
has done a great work here. He has
almost rebuilt his church, materially
and spiritually. In the three years
he has been here there has never been
so much as a whisper of discord among
his membership. The church has
been absolutely harmonious and unit
ed. And he has made friends OF all
our people. We presume if it had
been asked for, a petition signed by
every man, woman and child in town,
could have been sent TO the Confer
ence to have him returned here. Not
because he is the best sermoniZer we
ever had, but because he is a genial,
friendly, simple hearted human man.
The REGISTER will miss him particu-
| larly, because he visited this office
three or four times every week and
brought us more news than anybody.
That was because he had been a
printer himself and he knows how it
goes. The whole town will be lone
some without him, and it will be a
long time before friendly relations are
again established between lola and
the Conference that sent him away.
AS his duties at Coffeyville begin next
Sunday, his congregation here held a
meeting at the church last night
which was at once farewell to the
| old pastor and reception to the new.
We 90 to press too early to report it,
but we know that the words of well
come which greeted Mr.. Hill were no
less sincere than the words of regret
| full farewell that were spoken to Mr..
Freed, for both came from the kindest
hearted people in the world.
| In our effort to get a chance at the county
| printing we offer to save the county more than
| 500 This sum represents the subsidy given To
the local Republican paper as result OF tnat
| magnificent majority of eleven. so mought II
Ue. We can stand it. How about the tax pay
| ers? ,
We find the above paragraph in the
Farmers Friend of last week, and it
is so glaringly false that it deserves
a word or two of comment. The coun-
ty printing was awarded to the REG
IsTER at the late meeting of the board
of county commissioners at fifty per
cent. of legal rates. The bid of the
Friend was forty per cent. of the same
price, thus making difference of ten
| 10 nf tho E,.;ao/Ifo nffar
In order that cut of ten per cent.
should make cover $780," the county
printing would have to amount to
more than $1,000. An examination of
the books in the office of the county
clerk shows that the entire amount
paid the REGISTER last year under
its contract (Which was the same as
this year) was S472. Is, and there is no
probability that it will be any more
this year. Just how the Friend can
figure out that ten per cent. reduc-
tiOn on $472.13 will amount to lover
$780," is problem in arithmetic that
is little difficult to solve. 1t is fully
equal to the other financial theories
of the Peoples party, and has great
deal of "fiat" and "per capita about
it. When the well known difference
in the circulation of the two papers
is taken into consideration, it will
readily be understood that the REGIS
TER'S offer was a long ways the
cheaper one of the two. We have not
made this statement for the purpose
of assisting the REGISTER, flor Mr..
Scott is abundantly able to take care
of himself,) but as matter OF justice
to the county board, one of the men,
bers of which body lives in this town
ship.-MOran Herald
Now that the editor is again at home
and giving the business of this paper
his personal and exclusive attention,
he hopes that the payment of subscrip-
tions-which was rather feeble during
the two months of his absence,-will
be resumed. There is not a business
institution in Allen county that has
been as lenient with patrons who owe
as the REGISTER has been. We have
borrowed money at interest to pay
bills and save dunning subscribers
who were hard up. But now that
good prices are prevailing and money
is getting plentier, it does seem as II
those who owe us might settle. We
appeal especially to some 200 or 300
subscribers who are in arrears from
two to ten years. Unless those who
belong to this class respond promptly
! to this call we shall be obliged to stop
their paper and put their bills into
the hands of collector.
Hon. L. b. Pearson was in town
. Wednesday. Which reminds us that
the daily papers of recent date very
grossly misrepresented him IN quot
ing him as saying that his private
business was of more Importance than
that of the State. What he did say
was simply that he had important
private business that he was anxious
, to get home to attend to, at the ear
, liest possible moment that the inter
ests of the State would permit. 1t
-. affords sus much pleasure to testify
. to the good standing of Mr.. Pearson
at Topeka. He was chairman of the
Fees and Salaries committee, which
had charge of several important
measures, and was member of sew
eral other good committees. 1t is safe
: to say that he was one of the 10 or 20
most influential Republicans in the
lower House.
From Mondays Coffeyville Journal
which publishes the list of appoint
ments of the Southern Kansas confer
ence of the NJ. f. church, we note as
follows concerning men whom Allen
county is acquainted with and inter
ested in: Thos. Pingry goes to Madi-
son. J. b. Ford remains at Grace
church, FIT. Scott. J. III. Price re-
} mains at Chanute. b. +. Cargay goes
to Thayer. j. w. II. Pyke, Buffalo
J.B. Seiss goes from Moran to Colony
: w. /. White remains at Humboldt