Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-27
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.



At the annual meeting of the Kansas
Bankers association at Fort Scott last
week alarm was expressed at the
branch banking scheme as proposed by
some of the eastern bankers. 1t was
declared to be an effort to supplant the
local banks and control the banking
business of the country. President
Sawyer, in his annual address, declared
that bankers pay more taxes in proper
ton to their property than any other
class of taxpayers Secretary Harper
reported an association mem bership of
1S3, which shows an increase of 81 in
the past year. Resolutions were adopt
ed in favor of the abolition of days of
grace" of all commercial paper. The
bankers also placed themselves on rec
ord as opposing the establishment of
postal savings banks.
Rebekahs Meet at Wichita
The twelfth annual Rebekah assem-
bly, of Kansas convened at Wichita last
week. 1t was one of the largest ever
held in Kansas, 2S6 lodges being repre-
sented, with membership of Ii, 1870,
showing an increase of 1885 members
in the past year. The officers for the
following year are:
President, Mrs. Mary E. King Burlingame;
vice president Miss Katie Watkins Lawrence;
warden, Mrs Mary z. Needem, Clifton. The
appointed officers are: Chaplain, Mrs Sarah
M Hanna, Kansas City; marshal, Miss Matte
Jones. Mound City; conductor, Mrs. Sadie
Brown, Kingman; inside guardian. Miss Kitty
Squires, Galena; outside guardian, Mrs. Efi9
Shriver, Harper.
And They Were Married.
While Howard M. Koontz, of the
Twenty-frst Kansas, was stationed at
Chickamauga camp last summer he
was taken i'll with fever. Miss BERTHE
Greer, who was a member of the Girls
Relief society, of Chattanooga, waited
on him and they fell in love. Recently
Koontz was appointed a lieutenant in
the Fourty-fourth regiment at Fort
Leavenworth. The regiment has been
ordered to Manila, and Miss Greer
recently jOurneyed from Chattanooga
to Fort Leavenworth and the couple
was married. Mrs. Koontz will go to
Manila with her husband.
Trial Conducted by Telephone.
A novel proceeding in a Justices
court was held in Chapman. The de.
PENDANT was wanted for assault and
escaped before the warrant was served.
He secured Senator Hessin, of Manhat-
tan, to defend him. Hessin called up
the county attorney at Abilene and the
justice at Chapman, pleaded guilty for
the defendant, heard the fine assessed
and sent the fine and costs by the next
mail and the case was ended.
Tt Wants Financial Aid.
The College of Emporia is in debt,
and mass meeting of the citizens was
called to consider ways and means to
help the college out. The sum of So, 600
is to be raised by the citizens on or be-
fore January 1 and deposited in the
bank, with the understanding that if
the synod does not raise the remaining
$751; by May each subscriber shall
have the right to withdraw his money
from the bank.
Abandoned His March.
Carl Brown, who led Coxey's army
to Washington, and who arrived at
Wichita from Denver on his second
march, declared his march off. He
notified his men he would go no
further. Brown is the son-in-law of
Gen. Coxey, and ever since the march
of the industrial army to the national
capital he has been planning another
march, which was to have startled the
world.
Souvenirs and Medals for Soldiers.
Among the souvenirs being prepared
for the Twentieth Kansas volunteers
upon their arrival home is letter from
the Kansas G. A. r. department con-
tanning the greeting from the soldiers
of the civil war to those of the Spanish
American war. The G. A. r. depart
ment also proposes to have enough
medals made out of captured cannon
to supply each volunteer with one.
An Agent Brought to Grief.
r. S. Witter, travelling agent for
Sabetha nurSeryman, was arrested for
unique swindle. He kept sending in
big orders and drew his Is per cent.
commission promptly. In due time,
however, the nurseryman began to re-
ceive notices from railroad agents that
the nursery stock shipped out was un-
touched, and an investigation showed
that Writer'S orders were bogus.
Too Much Idle Money.
The Exchange bank, of Stockton,
notified the bank commissioner that it
had gone into voluntary liquidation.
The owners claim that banking is not
profitable. There is little demand for
loans, and idle money by the millions
is lying in the bank vaults. In the
meantime the fixed charges of the
banks, such as rent, clerk hire and in
surance continue just as usual.
Kansas Apples for Paris.
Secretary Barnes, of the Kansas Hor-
ticultural society, is collecting apples
of the finest quality to be used in a
fruit display at the Paris exposition