The Iola register., 1902-04-18

law breaking. They will see how near
to enforcing that law they can come.
On the other side is that list of men.
For fl I'VE years the same men have been
in business more or less, opening up
after the storm, going into court or to
Jail, and they are evidently deter
mined to win. All the lodges of the
law have been used by them and they
have had the best of the fight hereto
fore
Between the two active forces is the
great maiority of people. Some be-
| lieve in strict enforcement of the law:
some believe in high license. But the
issue drawn that night is along new
lines. The joint men have the right
to use legal impediments, but the 9th
ers have the same right. Still when
it comes to hired negroes slugging
lola ministers who are looking to see
how near the law comes to being en-
forced, t. hardly seems probable that
the general public will hesitate.
STILL ISSUING WARRANTS
People are talking about little else
than the present war between the
temperance workers and the joint
keepers. Comments on the conflict
are varied, in some cases women stand
up for the joints and several pub
lie officials freely condemn the raid
ers, the newspapers and everybody
who isn't in favor of open saloons,
but take it over town generally and u
vote would stand about nine to one
that the public doesn't mind.
To be sure it is q dreadful shame
that a city like lola should be run by
a few cranks; but if they are running
it now, who was running it before
them? It's fair field and a straight
legal battle and the war is but begun.
Following up the beginning made
and already reported, the temperance
people have brought other complaints.
Rev. Merry swore out complaint in
Judge Potter's court, charging Jim
Allen with assault and battery. Jim
tried later. Mr.. Collins made sim
liar complaint against him in Judge
Hough's court with che same result.
Action has been brought in the
police court of the city against all the
men prosecuted in the district court
on information filed by the men who
t furnished the other evidence. The
e complaint reads like this;
g. -, being duly sworn, or
5 oath says that on or about the --
day of --, in the city of lola
e Allen county, Kansas, -
e did then and there unlawfully sell ol
= barter Intoxicating liquor within sale
0 city at the business house on let
e in block, known us tie -
$ house, to one ----- -, contrar,
i to the ordidance in such cases mad,
e and provided"
y The complaints thus made resultedlil
the issuing of warrants and the arres
# of the men, their bond being fixed a
5 500 on each count. If found guilt,
d they may be fined in any amount un
d der 800 and sent to jail for non-pay
,. ment of the same. The cases will b
e heard next Tuesday.
o OF these complaints thirteen wer
y issued by the police Judge as follows
e r. l.. Manley swears that Jim ALE
d sold to him on the 5th; Y. Birnbaur
Ie swears that VIM Speckbottle sold {
d him on the 9th of April and tina
e George bracket sold TO him the sam
day; II. A. Ewing that c. r.. McCarle
d sold to him on the Sth; Il. L. Mamie
m that G. II. McCarley sold to him o
'e The Sth, that John Kennedy sold t
y him on the 9TH; j. G. Spencer swor
t, that George bracket sold him on th
m 9th; A, G. Fetterly that l.. ID Mon
e gomery sold him on the 9th, and Ll
n man Ford on the 9th; S. A. Howar
Sc that John Kennedy sold him ou til
9th; A. Crotchet that Jim Mills sol
V. him on the 0th f.. w. Bennett thi
r, Jim Mills sold him on the 9th; S. 4
'e Howard that Lyman Ford sold him o
I'd the 9th.
a Thus far Jim Allen has received tt
% most attention having case lin eac
S. of four courts. The others have tw
y or three each.
ee The temperance people have reques
IS ed the commissioners not to remit IL
fines of the men now in Jail. TT
IN closed places are still watched and
rt is said other warrants will issue an
l. that men will be arrested as fast @
t. places open.
pr 1t is the strongest effort ever mao
It. to test the question in lola.
'n TEMPERANCE PEOPLE STONED