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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
COUNTY COTTON GOOD |
cotton can he Raised Here That is Pro-
nounced by Experts to beofa
Very High Grade.

The LEICESTER has at several times
made mention OF the cotton which Mr.
a. G. Rankin raised on little patch
of poor land near the cement plant
this summer. 1t grew and Aourished
and headed out well in a season when
nearly everything. else withered aud
faded and died II the crop viii doas
well ordinary seasons as il did last
summer it may prove to he "a valuable
addition to the crops of this county.
Already it has,developed intoa staple
crop in the southern cuuniic, of the
State
Mr.. Rankin recently sent some of
the balls from his patch to a friend at
Shreveport, Iowa, who is connected
with large cotton buying firm. Yes
terday he received letter iurcply and
giving an opinion on the samples
shown. The letter says, in part:
The sample balls of cotton which
you sent arrived and had the man
ager OF ourcotton department examine
them carefully, and he prOnuunces
/ them excellent specimens This cotton
| compares iavorably with that raised
! on the black prairie lands of Texas.
it is good 1 staple whichis better than
the average hill staple of the South.
This cotton should bring easily in
the Eastern market n cents pound.
u
This, however, would depend on the
gathering ana heginnin. You under
stand good quality cotton is often
made low grade cotton on account of
the way it is handled. If your land
will produce cotton like the samp-
les and you have good facilities for
handling it | see no reason why it
should not prove valuable and prof
| table crop.
| The cotton market now is low and
this price | am quoting you is on the
present market. We are expecting
better prices later in the season"
Which goes to prove what Mr.
Rankin mas been saying and the REG
lister swearing to, that Allen county
can produce a mighty good grade of
cotton In this connection it will be
OF interest to know that there is II
quiet little scheme afOot to make Il
trial on Il larger scale of the POSSIBLE
tiles of Allen county soil and an Allen
county season. y little company
will probably he formed and test
made. IT it proves success the ex-
pertinent will be repeated on still
larger scales'and in time the cotton
crop may rank high in favor with 10
cal agriculturists
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
NEosHo valley.


- - ANN'l4ps Correspondent.
Nov. 20, Samuel oakley and wife
Of Mo. spent Il week or two among their
friends here recently.
We early riscrs had our regular
morning work diversified by the Sght
of falling stars on Friday morning.
They did not descend'i in showers but
the Succ essiOn was SO close and the
intervals SO brief that the display was
an interesting sight.
u f. Young is at present night watch
at the power house Of the street car
line. He comes home early in the
morning and returns in the evening
VIM Hays one Of our early settlers.
INIT who has been away since 70 came
over from Mo- last week to visit his
brother Jackson Hays and his sister
Mrs Martha Horuty. His absence of
26 years made him almost unrecog.
nizable TO even those who were former
ly best acquainted with him.
On last Thursday morning j T. Col
glaciers little 10 month old daughter
whose sickness was mentioned hitherto
passed away Thefuneral was preach
>ed by Rev Hawkins at the church ON
Friday and the remains were laid to
rest in the Lola cemetery.
John Dickey has moved from the
Jones place 10 lola.
r. b Butler sold4 mules to Clint Eli
OF Humboldt not long siuce which h
will deliver the first of December.
Mrs G Cleaver was up to her daugh-
tsrs, Mrs O Heath at Liberty most of
lash week taking care of new grand
son that just arrived
Mrs j Heath OF Liberty was at Mr.
Culglaziers most of last week assist
ing in the care of her little grand
daughter during It's last illness
Numerous mail boxes now adorn.
rural route number,lr We feel conf.
dent thnt the requirements Of the pos
office department VIII be fully NETT
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22

The South Eastern Kansas Teachers
Association will meet in annual ses-
sion at O'Clock November - in Con-
vention Hall in TT. Scott, for three
days session. An interesting pro-
gram which can not help but prove
beneficial to every teacher has been
prepared and discussions of veXing
questions in every grade of school
will he given by noted educators.
Miss Olmstead OF the local schools is
anxious that as many Allen county
teachers attend us can arrange To do
SO. The railroads have given a one
and third fare on the certificate
plan. The city is planning elaborate
entertainment features, including at
tendance free at the concert of the
Boston Ladies' Symphony Orchestra
and foot bali game between TT
Scott and Kansas City. The elocu
tionary contest between representa-
tives from the high schools of Olathe,
Paola, lola, Yates Center, Chanute
Cotfeyville, Pittsburg, Glrard,, Par
sons, Altamont and FIT. Scott is also
on the program, A good time is as
sured and Il very profitable session.
Miss Mitchell, of this city, will have
charge of the Round Table.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
MRS. BONlNE'S TRIAL.
She is not Affected by InsinuatiOnS of
the States Attorney.


Washington, Nov. 2l.-Mrs. Ida
BONNIE listened with calmness and
smiles, this morning, to District At
tprney Taggart's statement Of how in
his opinion, James Ayres met death.
Taggart warned the jury that they
they must not be swayed by sentiment
for the defendant, who never WINGED,
as he dramatically related the details
of finding the body, Taggart laid spec
ial emphasis on the closeness of the
relations of the defendant and Ayres
which permitted her to go to hisrooms
whenever she felt so disposed, whether
he was there or not and in all hours
of the day and night. He insinuated
that the woman pursued AyreS with
attentions.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
/ depends on you.

Monday was the opening night of
the Feast of Osiris and the attendance
was close To 900 The big tent was
we'll lighted. well heated aud held the
crowd without Il bit of trouble,
The opening exercises were interest
ing. The orchestra played aud Osiris
and isis attended by numerous gods
and goddesses who had their big bmif
in on the ancient Egyptians, paraded
on the stage. Mayor Campbell turned
over the keys of the city 20 Osiris and
he has them yet unless Isis robbed his
pockets that night, He thanked the
Mayor and greeted the people.
Life was not slow in the tent from
the minute you entered the door.
More people were looking for YOU with
n tip as to the best place to invest II
dime and get a dollars 5 worth of fun
than YOU thought you knew. You
could have your fortune told 10y the
gypsies, see Big Liz, guess at two
historical characters, Clara Barton
and Martha Washington, eat chile
and lies, dig in the Klondike for
gold, shot at the shooting gallery for
i prize, buy buttons and flowers or
secure a prize package at bargain
At the big rattle,
There was candy and all manner of
Kings to eat from a square meal to Il
hand out.
The booths where the merchants
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
COUNTY NEWS
LIBERTY.
Mrs. FLORA E. JouvsoN. Correspondent

NOV. ". We were very SOrIN 10
hear of the death OF children of j.
Coglazier and ED Cleaver of Salem
last week The bereaved parents
have our heartfelt sympathy in their
aifliction.
Mrs. Alice Townsend receiv ed the
sad news of her fathers death Sunday
morning. Mr.. Porter lived near Bur-
lington. The cause of death was
heart disease. Mr.. and Mrs. Town
send left for there Monday morning
TO attend the funeral,
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. q. Heath
Monday Nov.llt boy. Both moth
er and babe doing we'll
Miss Olmstead called on our school
Monday.
The first meeting OF the liberty Lit
erary society was quite success.
The question as to whether it was best
TO elect the president by electors or
by the direct vote ot the people was
ably discussed. There was some dis
turbance and altogether too much
noise but it is TO be hoped there will
he no further trouble along this line.
Curtis Cornell lost COW Friday the
result of cutting the horns TOO deep
in dehorning and she hled '" death.
He lost fat hog the first of ne week
by another hog worrying it 10 death.
J. Murphy and family visited Mrs.
Mortimore across the river Sunday
and Monday Mr.. Murphy accompanied
by the Catholic priest of Piqua attend
ed services at Mrs. Mortimore's.
Hester Castator spent Saturday with
Florence Hildebrant.
Some of the boys went coon hunting
Saturday night and caught a good
appetite for breakfast next morning.
The Kansas City journal man ac-
companied by Mr.. Ayling the rural
mail carrier was delivering and sell
ing boxes in this vicinity Monday
Lee ROush purchased box from him
r. Kramer visited r.tHildebrandts
Sunday.
ID. w. Jones says as he was canvass
ing for mail boxes there were quite a
number of inquiries made for farms 70
rent along the rural routes. He
thinks it would be a good advertise
ment for the farms If the owners woul d
buy boxes and place them for use of
the tenants Renters are anxious for
mail conveneuces And there might
' be better class of renters secured
this way.
There will be a dance at j. Cornell
Wednesday night.
Andrew Johnson visited We scribe
and family Sunday and we were all
photographed also our residence 10y
Mr.. Powers of lola.
d. w. Jones and son have baled
To- lNl al
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22

have their displays are not the least
interesting part of the show. Henry
Steyer has u handsome booth OF can
ned goods and bottled wares. 1t is
the only grocery display and is II
credit to him.
Jim Barton has neat booth .Hlled
with toothsomc cakes and other
pastry.
The American Racket has booth
filed with toys that made Osiris and
Isis and the followers want to quit
their Jobs and play
j. Herring has one of the haudsomest
booths, filled with cigars. pipes and
tobaccoes.
The Globe has a lovely booth with
"a few neat articles of the II. ) H..
brand, The booth is finished in white
and pink.
Ramsay Is others have dainty dis
play Of linens.
The lola Flour Mills exhibits flour
and meal
Alternately has handsome piano
on exhibit.
Phil Heigle. "A new dealer, has II
handsome display of harness ana sad o.
dies that is "A strong announcement to
the public that he is here with the
goods, wherever he may he located.
The our Way shows coffee urn
and other indications Of being able to
drive away hunger.
c. II. DeClute has handsome
booth, showing an extensive display
OF shoes and clothing.
T. Is. Shannon SHOWS a buggy. stove
and bath tub.
The tent proves a popular place to
spend an evening and visit with
your friends. 1t costs but one dime
to get in and you may stay as long as
you wish. You can spend IL dollar
without the slightest effort but you
don't have to If you can refuse the
opportunities of pretty girls.
Tho attendance at the Feast of Osi-
rlS Tuesday exceeded that of the
first night. For sometime the capacity
of the tent was strained but the crowd
managed to circulate and there were
no calamities. The patronage of the
booths was as good as before, slighth
changes being made in the program.
The prize of 49, picture for ladies
and of new hat for gentlemen offered
to the persons making the best score
at the shooting gallery has stimulated
| theIpatronage there and that night Il
good deal of shooting was done.
The gypsies have good time. They
are well known young ladies ana when
friends insist on knowing them in spite
OF paint and disheveled hair they are
uncertain whether to consider il u
compliment or not.
George White broke out Tuesday
He had q supply of live Holsters
oysters, clans, shrimp craw dads
and other dclicacies at his stand and
anyone who will kill one of the beast.
in a single handed conflict is given 4
] tpapf
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
Perhaps a Cement River Bridge

The officers of the lola, TT. Scott Il
Western have asked the lola Con-
crete Company to figure on Il cement
bridge over IN" Neosho river for their
line, It is 10y far the largest contract
the comparatively new firm has had to
figure on and the members are not vet
prepared 70 say whether they feel like
tackling 1t or not. The bridge over
Rock Creek which they built for the
electric line is certainly Il beauty and
far more substantial and durable than
the ordinary iron bridge. Butte span
the Neoshu would mean a mighty hard
job Of getting in the piers and the
arches would have 20 he high in or
der TO permit the passing OF the large
body of water in time of hood. II is
to be hoped the scheme may berealized
but for Il good many reasons incmd-
ing the coming on Of the cold season
seems improbable.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22

And that on the second day of next
month we will have our mail delivered,
II convenience that we will certainly
appreciate.
Quite a number of Mr. Colglaziers
relatives were down from Neosho Falls
to attend the funeral of his little girl.
Walter Crook has moved to Erie.
Perry Peck was over from the North
west corner Of Woodson county last
W eek.
The death angel again visited our
neighberhood Sunday morning and
took from the home of Edgar Cleaver
and wife their little boy Harvey who
was two years old the first part of this
month. Rev Hankins conducted the
funeral at the church on Monday at ] |
o'clock.
A magic lantern show was held at
Neosho valley Monday evening.
Mr. Scott Mckinley and wife were
up from Humboldt to attend the fuurr-
al Of r Cleaver's little boy Monday.
Grandpa Leek went TO Oklahoma
some time ago to make his home with
his son II j Leek but become discon-
tented and returned hither.
a week ago last Monday Victoria
Steel took down with what proved to
he typhoid fever although her present
condition is not such as to Justify any
great alarm. Her friends will he OPP
pressed with sense of uneasiness un-
Til her recovery is complete.
J ID Hardin came very near losing
nice young mare by feeding corn
fodder to her the first of the week.
Mrs Mcfarland of lola has been in
in the neighborhood for the past two
weeks.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
Buy YOn a Home Cheap.

Sec the lots in the Travis addition
% Gas City. Desirable location.
prices.reasonable, no smeler smoke.
addition all pped with gas and furn.
.shed AZ same rate as gas in lola,
Terms $4,000 $1,000 $50. 90 500. 90 with
payments of ten dollars down, Bal
NICE to be paid in terms to suit pur
'haser,
For particulars write to Miss Sada
Travis LaHarpe, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
STILL In POSSESSION

rIthr ln.ps AsAOciRtIOn

So Scrups-M cRhe Press Association.
Washington, Nov. 81 Captain
Perry, of the battleship Iowa from
Panama cables today that every thing
is quiet at Panama. Transit and tele-
graph communication are open again.
rhe rebels are holding Colon and are
quiet.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
Contracts West Of Town

Whether the tt. Scott, lola d West
ern ever builds through 70 Florence or
not it is surely going to build west to
Piqua where it will connect with the
decentralization City branch of the
Katy, At the recent Injunction hear
ing Mr., Henderson said that bridge
timbers had been ordered for the
bridge over the Neosho and now it
seems that grading contracts for work
between here and Piqua are being let,
The TT. Scott Tribune says; John
Fairman was IN the city today He
says that he and his nephew Frank
Fairman have dissolved partnership
and than Frank is now engaged in
grading the Fort Scott, lola q West.
ern road through lola, aud that he
has secured Il contract for grading
two miles of the road east from Piqua.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
WERE SHOT By MISTAKE
Two Men Seeking Work We're Mis-
taken for Chicken Thieves.

Nv scupps-McRar Press Association
Chicago. Nov 81, Charles and John
Miller, brothers and Canadians, who
We're seeking work in suburb at
Lyons this morning were shot and
fatally wounded by Robert Coburn %
farmer who mistook them for chicken
thieves.
The age-herald., 1901-03-31

tween Captain Kidd and his burghers' Rem Rapalye and Rip van Dam' at the house of Dianna Mietjen, In Broadway Kidd discloses to them a plan to seize the colony for the House of orange. All Kidd asked, in event of success, was temporary governorship and orders from Holland.
 The confab is interrupted by the dellV- cry of letter at the house demanding Kidd's surrender at Boston. threatening him with being outlawed if he disobeyed. The Dutehmen decline to entertain Kidd proposal, and he sails away, mad as hornet
 His lieutenant. Bendthebow, who has been having a love affair with Diana stepdaughter Amanda, is 10th to leave. While the sloop is going up the East rlVer Kidd calls Bendthebow to him and says he is tired of piracy and intends to give it up, incidentally hiding his treasure chest.
 He adds that there is one thing he must send over the ships side with cannon ball tied in it's midst. This IS ms black flag In good time his chest IS taken ashore in this remarkable way:
 1t is put in a boat with Kidd and Bend thebow and four rowers, the chest Tn their midst" As Mir, Astor makes no fur- ther mention of burying the chest, his fin their midst was probably it's resting place, temporarily at least. And that the last you hear of Kidd. The story ends in a wedding
 The last story in the book Madame Recamier's Secret" suggests toilet preparation for the preservation or per ennial youth But it is not.
The age-herald., 1901-03-31
THE AGE-HERALD SUNDAY MARCH 31. 1901

regularly laid out and graded. water works is being constructed and water will be distributed free.
 There is a library with 1500 volumes, Womans Christian Temperance Club and a Woman's Suffrage Club; for, be 1t known, the Fairhopers believe in the equal distribution of civic duties, bur dens and honors. Each woman member has a vote in the election of officers and in the referendum elections.
 Each certificate entities husband and wife to vote each. The president is George M. Bancroft, the vice-president is Mrs. J. A. Woods, rorperly an active woman's suffragist in Iowa.
 The town Is governed by an executive council of five members, who serve with out compensation, with the exception O the secretary, who gets $100 a year. The treasurer is paid s25 per annum.
 The town has undertaken considerable public work the most ambitious being the construction of a wharf 1,5O0 feet long out into the bay. This structure was built with d loan secured upon cer- tificates bearing 6 per cent. interest. Ii cost S1,400, and has paid for itself, and affords an annual revenue of $40O to the association.
 The community is now building s5009 steamboat, to ply regularly between Fair- hope ana MoDlle U IS DeHlS pulie eh- tirely by the Fairhopers, out of timber cut on the reservation, and the funds are being secured upon the same plan as that adopted in financiertng the wharf.
 It may be of interest to know that there is an excess of mariaS cable and unmar- ried women in Fairhope. Several of these operate farms, and all are self-surport- ing. Rents are cheap. town lot 50X 100 feet, rents for S year. Farm land brings thirty year per acre Ike gently 5000 additional acres have beer secured on option, making the entire hold ing of the association about 4,5O0 acres.
The age-herald., 1901-03-31
Count Tolstoi Said To Be Dying.

St. Petersburg Cable to the N. Y. World
 Dispatches received here from Mos COW represent Count Leon Tolstoi's s condition as desperate. The novelist loses consciousness several times daily. The nature of the great novel, ists illness is not revealed in the tele- grams, but it is well known here that for the last two months he has not been able to partake of anything but fluid food. Friends here say that he has cancer of the stomach, which at times gives him indescribable tor lures.
 Despite his sufferings the count is in cheerful mood. Tn connection with his sufferings his conversation with a friend not long since is recalled He said them
 T am feeling better and, to tell the truth, I am rather sorry for it, as love to be i'll.
 Sickness and suffering destroy what is mortal in man, but, as take it, solely to prepare him for something
The age-herald., 1901-03-31

better And, lowering his voice, he continued: Don't let Sophie Andre jevna (rhe countess) hear us-be- tween you and me, I wouldn't like to get well again. If do, promise yod to write down the thoughts on life and death-that have crystallized in my brain during the past weeks while lay here prostrate, undisturbed, happy Their upshot is that death is but an accident, an episode in our present existence, while life itself never terminates.
 Hence, death has nothing terrible for me; it porlends only an intermezzo in my eternal life. As the slave looks for the liberator, so I look for death look for it any moment, would well come it under all conditions and cir cumstances. And when it does come shout of joy shall arise from my breast like that escaping the mouth of a newborn babe entering upon the