The Weekly Press from Olcott, Kansas • 1

t. 0 WEEKltY PRESS. C. W. FAIRCfflLD, Eiitar.

OLCOTT, RENO County, KANSAS FRIDAY, June 21 18891 VOL. 1,1. 3i THE OI.COTT WILL CELEBRATE. C. W.

Fairchild, Sec.and Treas, R. A. Davis, President. LG OTT TOWN COMPANti (I ncorp orated, 1887.) OLO OTT now offers special inducements to parties wishing to become bona Ada residents; will also give big inducements to parties starting in business in this city, that is not represented or overdone whether) mercantile, miningjor manufacturing. Tho recent hanging of Nat 0.

'iphant by a mob at Topeka is ing uisenssod at great length roughout tho state. Mob violence a serious law for any newspaper advocate or attempt to justify, liiie Oliphant was a criminal and he facts in hi case and his admis-ions gave the mub ample evidence' i' a clear case ol guilt, yet, as a pro-edent, the state would have beeii' natter off had the deed not been ne. Wo have laws to protect us they should be adhered to ven in the most aggrivated cases.1 'hen violence of this kind is onco1 dhered to and receives the least vord of encouragement it is again, itilized when proot is not as ind an innocent man is hanged a i result of a mob's wild frenzy. The tanging of Nat C. Oliphant wasin-tcusable, his hanging in the Capi-jlol'thcsiato was a disgrace and he precedent established and re-" living the support of some of our est papers will bo given in account Kansas has not been ho scene ot lawlessness for years.

Mie has been considered "a law a- idirig state where a Tlunmiervillo rageJy would not havo been enact-d, or a bald knobbcr excused un-ler our law; but let another such in occureme happen and see whal, result will be. -White Cap.s. lourished in Indiana for a' because they received a par-ial endorsement. They became a terror in certain districts in Ohio Tor the same reason, and innocent parties were beaten and shamefully illtreated under a mistaken idea of i ho faiit governing the case, and it would' be the 8atne here, the thirst for blood, for vengence, for fame, for human life, when once is hard to appease, hard to control. Kansas does not wish to be' aime an Arkansas or a Texas, and hence she should cunsilt tho protection of the law not mob! violence.

OLCOTT'S LOCATION. This beautiful young city is located at the junction ot the gr Gat lroHs Denver, Memphis and Atlantic and the Kansas Southwestern ra loott is the objective point of a proposed branch 01 the Missonri Pacific railway, known i THE DIAMOND LINE. as. good trading in This secures direct communication with Kansas City and St. Louis via Wichita.

This city is located in the most fertile valley in Re 10 county four miles trom the county Olcott is situated near the cO three counties. This insures for our town a shipping point. Elaborate preparations being made. Committee chosen ami ml nt work. Ol lastMonday evening a meetin, was liel i for the purpose of takin into consideration the feasibility Fourth of July celebration.

Join A. Wilson was chosen charamai and C. W. Fairchild See. Alter i thorough discussion it was deeide to build a shade 100 xlOO feet, net: he ball ground for the acoomod.i tion of those who participate in th celebration.

The following per nous were selected as members each committee. Finance-C, L. Ely, W. Joy and E. Kuflle.

Grounds-l B. Wotei aud W.N. Davis. Music T. C.

Howard, It. B. Wo ten, Miss Lou Fairchild, Miss Annie Ellis, Miss Liazio Barnes am Mesdames Hansen and Kuflle. Speaking Ye Editor Jean Hansen. Amusements John Wilson, W.

N. Davis and R. B. Woten Program Messrs. Kuflle, Joy and Decoration Mesdames.

Hansen Fairchild, Ely, Woten Barnes, Z)avis, Herald Blakliiv- and Osborn. Marshal ol the day N. Davis. The vnrious excep the last named one, will report at the next meeting on Monday even ins the z4th inst. at the bcJiooI house.

A lull attendance is asked Let us one and all take hold ami make this a Fourth of July celebra-- tion worth remembering. Weshai be prepared to print the prograpi in our next issue, uooa speaKers win be secured if nossible and came and amusements of different kinds- elected for your enjoyment. Wt expect a big crowd and are prepar-ine accord ingly. A hearty invita tion is given to all. Very C.

W. Fairchild, secy. The Nickerson Argovj is devoting considerable space, hero-of-late in delendingher position on drunkenness and prohibition. It says it is in favor of prohibition, and also says, "we believe that a man who fills himself with thi damnable stuff ect. deserves as much, or more, punishment th the man who sells him whisky or any other intoxicant." Here is an admission that prohibition is a failure, but also an assertion that the Argosy'ja on the popular side, but in favor of having a c'ause annexed prescribing a greater punishment for the prohib bition drunkard than the man who runs the Kansas dive or slum and entices the drunkard in, knowing the weakness of his will and strength of hip appetite.

The Ar. goiy might well be in fav.irof such a clause were we in a license state where ths sale of liquor is legalized, out in Aansas, no Journal, especial ly a prohibition Journal, should advocate a measure of this kind. The man who sells whisky in a prohibition state is a criminal at heart and his nefarious business is practiced in the dens and out-of-the-way places, where only the criminal would bide, there he conducts his illegitimate bjsiness, and Bells his "damnable stuff," and layshis plans for ruining the very persons the law was made to protect. Should he be punished? Oh, no, the Argosy says; net near as heavily as tno poor devil who is lured there and buys. While we are anti-prohibitionists we uo not go as tar as mis proniui-tosy organf?) does; we believe that .1 tr .1...

inal who, while we have our present law, takes chances that only a criminal would take; he is a great criminal, and violates a known law, and does it expecting to receive a prescribed punishment and willing to lie in jail until his fine and costs are remitted. For such men no pity should be wasted, no lenien-ch asked, especially by a prohibitory organ. 72 COMPANY WILL GIVE FREE THE TOWN ASLOCATIOfr For any industry ot material interest totnetown urges correspondence with those who are desirous of engaging3m3businessSor seekingSinVestment COME TO OLCOTT AND GET A HOME. At a station on the Santa Fe, not a thousand miles out of Wkhito tho agent overslept himself bno morning, and the 4 a. m.

mail came thundering in he sprim? fVrn his couch, grabbed his pantaloona in( one hand and the mail ba. in the other and started for the platform. Ho was only half awakp; the conductor shouted ''all aboard," and so. out he bounced just as the train pulled out, threw the trouwrs in at' the mail car door, and then stood there in the pale, silvery moonlight with a drtamy expression on his face and a the calf of his right leg and tried to get into the mail bag. Ner-raska State Journal.

They can't get off such stories that on our agent here. as Weller Foster was over Sunday. Wellcr doesn't believe in the old saying that timothy and clover can't be grown in Kansas. He says the. only reason it don't grow is because, the farmers don't sow it.

He gave us a timothy head 11 inches long and well filled, he says he has as fine a stand of clover as one would wish, to 6ee. We have been asked if Hon. J. N. High-paid his portion of the campaign expenses last fall.

The member of the executive committee trom this place says he did not pay a red, but that Hon. II. M. Wisler paid over $o0. The reason, we suppose; he did not pay anything, he expected to be out of Reno county before the session of the legislature was, over and he would let old Re.o pay for his election.

We further unde.v. stand that Mi. High recefved cial aid from the parties to divide, the county, and then he did not refund the money, but betrayed the very men who put up the money. There may be some pretty rich developments in this matter before another election, as we understa that documentary evidenco is in existence to prove all that is intimated above. Argoty.

No man should pay rent when he can have a home of his! ownjjby coming 4o Olcott. Our valley is the most productive of any jin the state. Our large drops receive the admiration of the farmer. IF YOU WAJNT TU MAJfcLbi iiJN iiN Jo 1 JVLEiNT i the company will sell lots in any part of the city on and at a low rate of interest. Now is the time to makeSanjiin-ve3tment that will insure the return of a good profit on your For.

further particulars call on or address Olcott Town Company. Kansas Olcott.