Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-18
MANY TEACHERS COMING.
Something About the Approaching
Convention.

| VVuv VAtluus
In view Of the approaching meet
| ing Of Kansas teachers here J. W
Hullinger, chairman Of the executive
committee, has issued the following
address to Abilene's citizens;
"The twelfth annual session of the
| North Central Kansas Teachers as
ISOLATION will convene in Abilene
Thanksgiving week, beginning Thurs
day night at 1880 and continuing in
session till Saturday noon, Dec. LIST.
1.-The district comprises the counties
of Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary,
Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Morris,
Osborne, Ottawa, Riley, Republic,
Saline and Washington-l4 in all.
Each of these counties will send dele
cations varying from ten to seventy
five while Dickinson county will I'M
doubleday add 200 more. The pros
pect is excellent for you to have five
hundred teachers subject to your hos
pitality for the period of two days.
The writer desires to pledge you his
word that they will deeply appreciate
whatever kindness you may be able
to bestow upon them.
1.-The hotels Of the city can not ac-
commodate more than from $50 to
l75 for lodging, while perhaps 70 to
100 more can be accommodated for
meals. This will make it necessary
for lodging to be secured for some
800 in the homes of the city. 1t is
desirable that those who furnish
lodging furnish meals also, ifpossible.
As for lodging, they only ask for
comfortable quarters while you need
not fear to put any reasonable number
say, from two to six i'm well ven
tilated room. Teachers are gregar-
ous and enjoy each others company,
GAS many can probably furnish
lodging without meals, would it notbe
good plan for some church or
benevolent society to serve meals,
selling B meal tickets for SIP Charge
% cents each for lodging. Please
understand, the teachers coming are
in no sense beggars. They wish to
pay for their entertainment. For
meals and lodging charge Is cents
per day However, many of the
towns in which we have met have
offered free entertainment for from
100 to 200 people, Persons coming
from the greatest distance are usually
assigned to such places, and as some
will be present who have from 1850 to
200 miles of railroad travel in going
and coming, free entertainment for
such would be undoubtedly accept
able. This is mentioned because
there are people in every community
who would furnish entertainment
free rather than charge for it.
Osborne City provided free enter
tainmenti junction City provided for
100; Beloit provided for limited
number; Concordia ditto. Mr.. Scott,
of Concordia, placed the rigs in his
livery stables at the teachers
service for couple hours on Friday
afternoon with a request TO "yislt
the city, Abilene has elegant resi-
dences, beautiful lawns and public
buildings of which any city of her
size may well be proud. Her citizens
could well afford TO take an hours
time To show these to her guests and
arrangements could easily be made
for all to be driven over the city at
one time. Yet this is merely sug-
gestive on the part Of the writer as a
cheap means Of eiIeetually adyertls-
ing your city in these fourteen
counties and in some 500 schools Of
this portion Of the State. Prof, j. II.
Niesley is chairman Of the committee
on arrangements and you probably
will hear from him ere long