The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-29
A LIVELY DUNKARD TOWN.
Quinter Is a Thriving Village in Cove
County.

County.
Quinter, Oct. 29.@The Dunkards
are numerous in the vicinity of Quin-
ter. There appears to be two factions
support two churches The church
here was erected in 1888, and cost
about $4,000. It~has membership
of about 220. Rev. d. A. Crist is the
pastor, who is assisted in the church
work by Rev. T. E. George, who is
thoroughly educated and bright. The
other denomination owns a church in
the country, valued at about 81, 800,
and has membership of about So
Rev. ]. B. Wertz is pastor, assisted
by Rev. John Wade. 1t is said there
are between rs and 80 heads of fam
lilies among the DunkardS in Qu1nter
and vicinity, and the large proportion
of them own from a quarter section to
one and two sections of land. And
the pastors, too, own farms. and work
on them. Rev. Wertz owns section.
The Dunkards who own two sections
or more land are D. A. Crist, j. b.
and Henry Wolf, Jacob Reinecker,
D. H. Ikenberry and S. H. Jamison.
One of the prosperous merchants IN
Quinter is a Dunkard, D. D. 1kenber-
ry. who is erecting brick business
house.
This town was first named Rushton,
in 1885. Later it was changed to
Familton, and it went by other names
from time to time. Finally the Dunk.
one of their prominent preachers IN
Pennsylvania, and the name was final
| ly adopted.
Quinter is in Cove county. 1t is
| one of the prettiest, cleanest towns in
northwest Kansas. N. G. Lewis and
| w. H. Wigington control the Demo-
cratic end of politics in this section OF
| the county while the Samsons look
| out for the Republicans. 1t isn't
| known who fixes the political fences
| for the Square Dealers.
The Samsons control the state
| bank and the lumber business. Ihey
started a private bank here as early
as 1887, and in 1907 the State~bank
was incorporated. The deposlts
reach over $4,000 L. H. Samson is
dent, r. H. Samson, cashier, N. A.
| Miller, assistant cashier.
OF the crops tributary to Qulnter
the two elevators expect to hanoIe
from rs to 100 car loads OF wheat.
Last year they handled lbs car loads.
Corn is fairly good the estimated av-
erage being 80 bushels an acre some
fields will run as high as 40 bushels:
The improvements in Quinter for
the year 1907 In b 0dn Will nr reat
subscriptions a first class system or
cement walks have been built.
Ouinter has State bank, two ele,
vators, lumber yard, three genera
| plement dealers, drug store and motel
| It has three churches and claims the
best school house in Cove county
hniIt- of brick. J.sR. Mohler is .prtn-
cinaI assisted by Miss Elvira Maben
and Miss Maud Custer. The double
store building of Fuller & Wanzer,
who carry hardware and furniture, is
| a credit to a much larger town, as Is
also the general stores of Lewis q
Fritts DID. Ikenberry and A. "A.
Stephens. Nv
neonle stand together in every enter
prise for good of town. Republicans
and Democrats pull together for the
towns prosperity. The town not pc
| ing Incorporated, they subscribed lip-
nro1Iv To build first class cement walks
re the town continues to advance ror-
ward as it is now doing, incorporation
will come in another year. AND the
neonIe are talking for newspaper,
and thew want a Grinnell RECORD TO
boom Quinter. 49,
The grain industry is conducted by
u n Wigineton and V. A. t'rltts.
Tbev have never been known to let
wagon load of grain get away. 1ne
forT1ar has such confidence in the
town that he has just competed
"a 600 residence, while r. II. samson,
| one of the pioneers, is pulloans
noodern home at cost OF over So,uoo.
Another of the pioneers or Culnter
| &c M Wickiser, who has met Win
SJ,cb good luck to increase MS popu-
lar CITY hotel to more than oouple rs
FORMER capacity. The wish Is a1lol.s
bis natrons that Mr.. and MIS- Wick-
iser NAV continue to prosper as lieS
| crow older and better loohihs'