Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-11
ON THE WING.
Who and What our Core
SpOndent Saw.

miles north west of Garnett. Out
side of which Mr.. Holloway controls
$50 acres, is an extensive farmer
and stock raiser, and devotes much
much OF his time to caring for this
stock. His horses consist of the
following strains, which are the best
in the world: Wasinger and Eclipse
Morgan aud McGregor; he has some
very speedy ones; has IS or 20
brood mares and the best blooded
stable horse outside of Kentucky,
which with but little training goes
a mile in two minutes and twenty
seven seconds. His Jersey herd
consists of about so, all ages, and
are beautiful. In this line Mr..
Holloway does good business.
His Poland China hogs are of the
best and purest blood. | was amaz-
ed at finding such enterprise on so
large a scale as is conducted by
Mr.. Holloway, no close to the city
of Garnet. He takes the AGITAToR.
John G. Warbritton lives on thu
Ed Stein farm 4 miles south east of
Garrett. He has recently married
This is his first year as farmer.
His crops are looking well, and
with that lovely companion to help
him he will certainly succeed, not
only this year but all along LIES
rugged pathway. John takes the
AGIrAroR and is a free.si yer Rcpub
lican.
Now, there is my old comradc
L. j. Fuller, who was Il member of
the Bloody Goth, Michigan infantry
all throuh the late unpleasantness.
He owns and operates farm OF 20
acres Just 3 IL miles northeast OF
Garnett. He came here in 1867.
This fall makes him 30 years a citi-
zen of bleeding Kansas and not tired
yet. In politics Mr.. Fuller can be
counted among the steadfast Popu-
lists, broad-minded in all things
His only aim in life is to leave to
HIS decendents when death calls him
some kind of an opportunity for
them to make an honorable living
Prof F. McClellen, who for five
consecutive school terms has pre-
sided over the Garnett schools, so
efficiently, his labors commencing
in the year 1892. and ending with
tits 1891 term, is busiy engaged
in packing his goods and preparing
TO start for his new field of labor at
CoffeyviIle, Kansas. 1t seems not
amiss fer me is say few words in
commendation of Mr.. McClellen and
the grand work he accomplished
during his five years labors in our
At the beginning of the
term in 1892 there were | / teachers
and 666 scholars enrolled, IS Of
whom were in the high room. At
The close of the fifth term 2 teach.
ers and 729 scholars were enrolled,
with 81 pupils in the high room.
During this time the Professor has
added to the high school course
The following studies: Latin, Eu.
glish History and Mathematics, so
That pupils graduating in,'lthese
,cools are admitted to the Fresh
nan classes of the State University
and all other Kansas colleges free
from examination. The schools ara
80 graded that pupils moving from
The Lougfellow district to the Irving
can be placed in their classes with.
out any loss of time The first
seven grades of the entire schools
Of our city are uniform throughout.
For fifteen years the writer has been
more or less closely identified with
tho educators of our state, writing
many of our best schoolf, studying
their methods from all the necessary
Knowing as do the
high standard of the KANSAS schools,
the per cent of the people who can
read and write, have no hesitancy
in saying that no schools in the
state of Kansas, or any other state,
can make better showing in their
school government than the schools
a.,