S. C. SMITH.
[Capt. S. C. Smith served as Mayor and County Commissioner.]
First item is very puzzling. Possibly mother of S. C. Smith...
Cowley County Censor, July 1, 1871.
Mrs. S. C. Smith’s fine two-story business house was dedicated by our young folks last Friday evening. Although it was not spoken of until about seven o’clock in the evening, there was present a large and intelligent company.
Cowley County Censor, October 21, 1871.
WANTED! 1000 BUSHELS GOOD, SOUND, OLD GROUND CORN, FOR WHICH CASH WILL BE PAID ON DELIVERY. S. C. SMITH, WINFIELD, KANSAS, OCTOBER 7TH, 1871.
[COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS.]
Winfield Messenger, July 12, 1872.
Board of County Commissioners met in Co. Clerk’s office in Winfield July 1st, 1872. Present: Frank Cox, O. C. Smith, and J. D. Maurer.
Proceeded to act on the following Road Petitions.
One of S. C. Smith, granted with J. H. Land, D. A. Millington, and P. M. Wait, as viewers. Survey July 15th, 1872.
The following bids were allowed. One in favor of A. A. Jackson for expressage on Co. books $25.75, and County Clerk $1.50, one for J. D. Maurer, Co. Commissioners, $17.30; one for O. C. Smith $16.50; one for Frank Cox, $16.70.
Adjourned until July 15th, 1872. FRANK COX, Chairman,
A. A. JACKSON, Clerk.
Winfield Messenger, July 26, 1872.
S. C. Smith has corn for sale.
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Winfield Messenger, August 16, 1872.
Commissioners Proceedings.
Winfield, Kansas, August 16th, 1872.
Board of County Commissioners met in County Clerk’s office, pursuant to adjournment. Present: Frank Cox, O. C. Smith, and J. D. Maurer. Petition of Charles Parker for County Road was presented and granted with the following viewers: Daniel Hunt, W. Thompson, and John Nichols. Time of survey August 26th, 1872. New viewers were appointed on the old petition of Topliff, consisting of John Linton, Isaac Shedder, and H. O. Ward; Time of survey August 27th, 1872, and also on the old petition of Tipton, of O. Howard, Frank Speer, and R. A. Thompson; time of survey Aug. 28th, 1872.
Report of viewers on the Road of S. C. Smith was accepted and adopted and road ordered opened as reports by a majority of the viewers.
The following bills were allowed.
One of S. C. Smith, J. P. cost.
Winfield Messenger, October 25, 1872.
See the dissolution notice of Smith & Kerns. Mr. Kerns is in the law business at Abingdon, Illinois. Dissolution Notice.
The partnership existing heretofore under the firm name of Smith & Kerns is this day, October 21st, 1872, mutually dissolved. S. C. SMITH. W. H. KERNS.
The real estate business of the above firm having been transferred to the undersigned will be continued at the same place as heretofore under the name and style of
S. C. SMITH & CO.
Winfield Messenger, November 1, 1872. Front Page.
S. C. SMITH. REAL ESTATE AGENT, LAND SURVEYOR, AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Deeds, Bonds, & Mortgages are carefully executed.
Office, first door North of Post Office, Winfield, Kansas.
Winfield Messenger, November 1, 1872. Front Page.
D. N. EGBERT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Will promptly answer all calls, night or day.
Office in Smith’s building, next door to the post-office.
Winfield Courier, Saturday, January 18, 1873.
D. N. EGBERT, Jr., M. D., Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Smith’s Building, first door north of the Post Office.
Second Story, Front Room.
REAL ESTATE.
Winfield Courier, Saturday, January 18, 1873.
S. C. SMITH, Real Estate Agent, Land Surveyor, Notary Public, and Conveyancer.
Office: First door north of the Post Office.
Winfield Courier, Saturday, January 18, 1873.
Real Estate. S. C. Smith, the obliging and efficient real estate agent, called on us this week, and left his advertisement for insertion. He reports houses in demand and hard to find at any price. Mr. Smith is an active, reliable businessman, handling a considerable amount of lands and houses for sale and rent, besides being a heavy property owner in person.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 1, 1873.
S. C. Smith, Esq., of this place, drove one yoke of his cattle upon the scales last week, and they lifted the beam at 4,140 pounds.
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[PROCEEDINGS OF THE COWLEY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 8, 1873.
It was voted that the members meet May 5th, and plant trees on the fair grounds.
J. B. Fairbank, H. Silver, and S. C. Smith were chosen a committee to superintend the planting.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 8, 1873.
The Agricultural Society voted to plant trees on their grounds, and chose H. Silver, S. C. Smith, and J. B. Fairbank to superintend the same. Any person interested in the proposition, who may wish to take part in planting trees will, at any time, find someone of the committee ready to assist.
Stockholders, and others, are requested to meet at the grounds Saturday, the 17th inst., to repair the fence. J. B. FAIRBANK, Sec’y.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 4, 1873.
The directors of the Agricultural Society will meet at the Fair Grounds, Saturday, Sept. 6th, 1873, at 2 o’clock P. M. They earnestly desire that the Superintendents of all the departments meet with them to acquaint themselves with their duties. The following are the names of the various Superintendents.
Capt. E. Davis; A. Walton; J. H. Churchill; J. P. Short; John R. Smith; E. B. Johnson; W. K. Davis; A. S. Williams; Will S. Voris; S. H. Myton; Samuel Darrah; James Stewart; Jas. H. Land; T. B. Myers; Geo. W. Martin; W. M. Boyer; Max Shoeb; John Swain; S. C. Smith, Mrs. L. H. Howard; Mrs. J. D. Cochran; Mrs. E. Davis; Mrs. J. C. Fuller; Mrs. C. A. Bliss; Mrs. Fitch; Max Fawcett; J. O. Matthewson; H. B. Norton; D. A. Millington; E. B. Kager, C. M. Wood; T. A. Wilkinson.
The Superintendents are desired to study carefully the rules and regulations of the society so they may be able to render assistance to exhibitors.
Winfield Courier, November 20, 1873.
GRAND ANNUAL RE-UNION OF THE SOLDIERS OF COWLEY COUNTY,
ON THANKSGIVING DAY, NOV. 27, 1873.
A CORDIAL INVITATION To participate in the festivities of the day is hereby extended to all the soldiers residing in the county. The following PROGRAMME will be observed.
AT 10, A.M. THE Reception Committee will commence to make up the Roster and distribute tickets for DINNER To all whose names are entered thereon.
AT 11, A.M. SOLDIERS will fall into line, in marching order, on Main Street, the right resting on Ninth Avenue, under the direction of the officer of the day, CAPT. McARTHUR, And march to the COURTHOUSE Where an address of welcome will be delivered by Captain S. C. Smith, The Mayor of Winfield, and the organization of the Soldiers’ Union completed.
AT 1, P.M. SOLDIERS will fall in for dinner.
AT 3, P.M. THERE will be a meeting in the Courthouse, and addresses will be delivered by the following soldiers: Chaplain E. P. Hickok, Maj. J. B. Fairbank, Capt. James McDermott, A. D. Keith, S. M. Fall, Maj. T. B. Ross, Rev. N. L. Rigby, J. C. Bigger, Esq., and other soldiers present.
AT 7, P.M. THERE WILL BE A GRAND BALL! And dancing will be in order, to conclude the festivities of the day.
The proceedings of the day will be enlivened with appropriate music by the Winfield and Arkansas City Cornet Bands. A. A. JACKSON, Chairman Committee on Arrangements.
J. P. SHORT, Secretary.
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[EDITORIAL PAGE: MEETING OF THE VETERANS.]
Winfield Courier, December 4, 1873.
The Soldier’s Association met at Winfield Nov. 27th, 1873. After falling into line under command of Capt. Wm. H. H. McArthur and preceded by the Winfield Silver Cornet Band, they were marched to Hudson’s Hall, the place designated for the business meeting. The Association was called to order by C. M. Wood, President of the Association, who introduced Capt. S. C. Smith, Mayor of Winfield, who in a few happy remarks bade the heroes welcome to Winfield. The Secretary read the minutes of the meeting of October 18th. Col. E. C. Manning, chairman of the Committee to draft Constitution and By-Laws then submitted the following, which was read by sections and articles and after some amendments was adopted.
CONSTITUTION OF THE COWLEY COUNTY
SOLDIER’S ASSOCIATION.
ARTICLE I. This Association of Union Soldiers living in Cowley County, Kansas, shall be known as the Cowley County Soldiers Association.
ARTICLE II. Every union soldier or sailor who served with honor and was honorably discharged from the United States service, and now living in Cowley County may become a member of this association by subscribing to the constitution and paying the fees proscribed by the by-laws of the same.
ARTICLE III. The object of this Association shall be the perpetuation of memories of military achievements of the armies to which the members of this association belonged and to promote confidence and good fellowship among late comrades in arms, and protect and relieve as far as possible the needy families of those members of this society who may hereafter be called hence. And the welfare of the soldiers’ widows and orphans shall ever be a holy trust with this association.
ARTICLE IV. The officers of this association shall be designated as President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and shall consist of one President, two Vice Presidents, one Secretary, and one Assistant Secretary and one Treasurer, and the aforesaid officers shall be elected by ballot with a majority vote immediately upon the adoption of this constitution and by-laws, and said officers shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are elected. All vacancies in the aforesaid offices shall be filled by election.
Skipped the By-Laws, etc.
Winfield Courier, December 12, 1873.
The Co. Commissioners at their last meeting accepted the Courthouse. And the contractors, Messrs. Stewart & Simpson, take this method to return thanks to their bondsmen, S. C. Smith, Charley Black, R. B. Saffold, Hiram Silver, S. H. Myton, Rice & Ray, J. J. Ellis, J. D. Cochran, M. L. Read, J. C. Blandin, John Lowry, and C. A. Bliss, for the confidence reposed in them when they were entire strangers, and to say that they are honorably discharged from any further obligation on account of the Courthouse.
Winfield Courier, February 20, 1874.
It will be seen by reference to Mayor Smith’s card in another column that the city authorities have proposed a fair and honorable adjustment of the jail difficulty to the county board. They cannot expect more than the entire control of the building and its occupants.
[AN EXPLANATION RELATIVE TO JAIL BY MAYOR S. C. SMITH.]
Winfield Courier, February 20, 1874.
An Explanation.
Winfield, February 17, 1874.
EDITOR COURIER: As a misapprehension seems to exist in the minds of some in regard to the ownership and occupancy of the jail in this city, will you allow me through your columns to make a statement of the facts in the case.
On the 19th of April last, a written contract was entered into between the City of Winfield and the County of Cowley, according to the terms of which, the county was to build a Courthouse at Winfield at a cost of $10,000 county orders, or $8,500 cash. The City of Winfield was to erect a city building at the cost of $2,500 in which was to be a jail for the accommodation of both city and county, and the city was to give to the county the free use of the jail for the confinement of prisoners, so long as the county should want it for that purpose. Both buildings were built according to contract, each costing something more than the specified sum. The city building is two stories high. On the first floor are six cells with grated windows, and four of the cells have iron doors; the doors of two are of hardwood. The second story is finished as a hall. On the completion of the jail, the key was delivered to me by the builder, and at the request of Sheriff Parker—he having a prisoner ready to occupy the jail—I delivered the key to him, since which time the city has never had control of the jail proper. The city has held possession of the hall over the jail, which has been used for various purposes by permission of the city.
I presume that the misapprehension that exists arises from the fact that J. M. Young, who was acting jailor by appointment of Sheriff Parker, and afterwards by Sheriff Walker, was also City marshal; but the city never claimed any control of his acts as jailor, nor did he receive any instructions as such from the city authorities. Since the escape of the prisoner Rucker, the Sheriff deeming it necessary that the hall over the jail should be constantly occupied, the County Commissioners asked for a conference with the City Council, which was immediately convened for that purpose. At this conference the city offered to give to the county the use and control of the entire building, both stories, on condition that the prisoners of the city should be taken care of without expense to the city, except for board which the city would pay for. I believe the city has honestly and faithfully complied with the terms of the contract, and even offered more than required. S. C. SMITH.
Winfield Courier, April 3, 1874. Editorial Page.
THE CITY ELECTION.
One year ago, one, or rather two, of the most disgraceful elections it has ever been our misfortune to witness, was held in this city. Crimination and recrimination—mis-representation and calumny—was then the order of the day; issues were made that were no issues at all. So far as we were concerned we had in the multiplicity of candidates, only, what might be termed, a personal preference, we said then, and time has vindicated our assertions, that there could be no significance in that election, any farther than to elect our best citizens to fill the various municipal offices. On the other hand, it was claimed that the settlement of the suit then pending in the supreme court between the citizens and the town company depended on that election.
It is no part of our object in this article to discuss the merits or demerits of the town site difficulty any farther than to say, in passing, that every sensible man knows by this time, that difficulty cuts no figure in our municipal election, nor can it be affected in any manner, no matter who our city fathers may be. Then if the town site question has no bearing, and political faith seems to be out of the question, it is clearly the duty of every good citizen to support and vote for men who will best promote the interests of the town and the welfare of our people. Captain S. C. Smith has been the acting Mayor of the city for almost a year last past, and so far as we know, he has made a good, careful, and efficient officer, guarding well the interests of the town. We are therefore in favor of the election of Mayor Smith, believing that his experience will better enable him to discharge the duties of the office, than any new man, no matter how well qualified.
In the election of the council we, in common with others, have our preference. Although that preference is not of such a character that we could not support almost anyone of well known honesty and ability. We only ask that the same test be applied to candidates for council that would be demanded in our choice for Mayor.
Let us for once, in the history of Winfield, lay aside our petty spites and quarrels, which has a tendency to sour the sweetest temper, and mar the usefulness of the noblest and the best, and unite on men and measures, that will make Winfield what she ought to be—the city of Southern Kansas.
Let us have peace.
Winfield Courier, April 10, 1874.
Winfield City Officers.
The following are the officers elected in this city last Monday.
Mayor: S. C. Smith.
Police Judge: N. H. Wood.
Councilmen: Samuel Darrah, J. D. Cochran, H. S. Silver, J. P. McMillen, and R. B. Saffold.
[CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.]
Winfield Courier, April 24, 1874.
The City Council met at the Courthouse April 20, 1874, at 7 p.m. Mayor S. C. Smith in the chair. Councilmen present: J. P. McMillen, H. S. Silver, S. Darrah. Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
On motion, S. Darrah was duly elected as President of the Council for the ensuing year. H. S. Silver, S. Darrah, and R. B. Saffold were appointed a standing committee on finance for the ensuing year. S. Darrah, J. D. Cochran, and J. P. McMillen were appointed a standing committee on streets and sidewalks.
City Council Proceedings.
The Mayor, with the consent of the Council, appointed the following city officers for the ensuing year. M. L. Robinson was duly appointed City Treasurer; J. W. Curns was duly appointed City Clerk and qualified as such. T. H. Suits was appointed City Attorney. Z. T. Swigart was duly appointed City Marshal.
The bill of A. J. Jones for services as policeman one day and one night, $3.00, was audited, allowed, and ordered paid. Bill of Burt Covert, $12.25, for boarding prisoners was referred to the finance committee. Fee bill "City of Winfield vs. Adolphus H. Green" of $36.40, was referred to the finance committee.
The sealed proposals for the City Printing were opened and rejected. The clerk was authorized to ask for new bids.
On motion, the Clerk was authorized to advertise for bids to build sidewalks along 9th and 10th avenues, where they have not been built as required by ordinance.
The time fixed for the regular meeting of the City Council was the first and third Mondays of each month.
On motion adjourned to meet Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock a.m.
J. W. CURNS, Clerk.
City Council Proceedings.
Council met in pursuance of adjournment April 22nd, at 9 a.m. Present: Mayor Smith, and councilmen Cochran, Silver, Darrah, and Saffold. The Clerk being absent, R. B. Saffold was chosen as Clerk pro tem.
The bids for the City printing for the ensuing year were then opened and read, and the contract awarded to James Kelly, editor of the Winfield COURIER, he being the lowest bidder.
On motion a committee of three were appointed, consisting of McMillen, Cochran, and Silver, to provide a "pound" for the city and have the same enclosed. On motion, adjourned.
R. B. SAFFOLD, Clerk, pro tem.
[CITY ORDINANCES: WINFIELD.]
Winfield Courier, May 8, 1874.
Ordinance Number 34.
An Ordinance providing for street crossings in the City of Winfield.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Winfield:
SEC. 1. That street crossings shall be constructed on the south side of 10th avenue across Millington Street and across Loomis Street, and on the south side of 9th Avenue across Millington Street and across Loomis street.
SEC. 2. Said crossings shall be four feet wide laid on three stringers 2 x 6 inches and shall be made of native hard word lumber 1 inch thick on the established grade.
SEC. 3. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect on and after its publication.
Approved May 4th, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Ordinance Number 35.
An Ordinance repealing section (8) eight of ordinance number (10) ten of the City of Winfield.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and councilmen of the City of Winfield:
SEC. 1. That section eight of ordinance number ten be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication.
Approved May 4th, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
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Winfield Courier, May 8, 1874.
City Council Proceedings.
The Council met at Sheriff Walker’s office May 4th, 1874, at 7-1/2 o’clock p.m. Present: S. C. Smith, Mayor, and Councilmen J. P. McMillen, R. B. Saffold, S. Darrah, and H. S. Silver. J. W. Curns, Clerk. Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
The Council met at the office of S. C. Smith May 5th, 1874, at 8 a.m., in pursuance of a call. Present: S. C. Smith, Mayor, and Councilmen Darrah, McMillen, Saffold, and Silver. The call was read which was as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Winfield.
We, the undersigned, members of the City Council of the City of Winfield, would respectfully request that you call a special meeting of said council this 5th day of May, 1874, at 8 o’clock a.m. for the purpose of considering the matter of granting a dram shop license to R. Ehret. (Signed) J. F. McMILLEN, H. S. SILVER, R. B. SAFFOLD.
R. Ehret then presented a petition asking for a license to keep a dram shop; on motion the petition was granted and ordered that a dram shop license be issued to Reinhard Ehret for the period of one year from May 1st, 1874, on the payment of $300 to the City, said tax to be paid semi-annually; And further that the said Reinhard Ehret be required to give a good and sufficient bond in the sum of two thousand dollars to the City of Winfield, as required by law. On motion adjourned, J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
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[ORDINANCE NUMBER 36: LEVYING AND COLLECTING LICENSE TAX.]
Winfield Courier, May 22, 1874.
Approved May 18, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, May 22, 1874.
Mayor Smith, Miss Hatch, and Rev. N. L. Rigby and lady, are on a visit to the Kaw Indians. We don’t hardly know what to think about it when two unmarried persons go off on a long visit with a minister and his wife, but the report is circulating that Mr. Smith is prejudiced against single blessedness. Some ill-favored individuals also report that the trip to the Territory was to save paying license. We don’t believe it however and shall take every opportunity to contradict such report.
Winfield Courier, May 29, 1874.
Mayor Smith, Miss Hatch, Rev. N. L. Rigby and wife, returned all safe from their visit to the Kaw Agency.
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[CITY ORDINANCES NUMBER 37 AND 39: WINFIELD.]
Winfield Courier, June 5, 1874.
Ordinance Number 37.
Relating to Dog Tax.
Ordinance Number 39.
An ordinance amendatory of ordinance No. 36 Relating to general license tax.
Approved June 2nd, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
[CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS MAY 18, 1874.]
Winfield Courier, June 5, 1874.
Council met at Courthouse May 18, 1874. Mayor S. C. Smith in the chair; Councilmen present, H. S. Silver, S. Darrah, J. P. McMillen, and R. B. Saffold. J. W. Curns, Clerk. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
The bonds of Joseph Likowski and Reinhard Ehret to the City of Winfield as dram shop keepers were presented to the Council and on motion were approved.
Finance committee asked further time on the bill of Thos. H. Benning. The bill of J. W. Curns for service as Clerk, and stationery $9.23, was allowed.
The application of Z. T. Swiggart to have his salary raised from $35 to $50 per month was referred to the finance committee.
The petition of J. C. Weathers to have the grade lowered between 10th and 12th Avenues on Main Street was referred to the committee on sidewalks.
On motion order number 195, on the treasurer of Winfield in favor of J. M. Young, marshal, was canceled.
An ordinance providing for the levying and collecting of license tax was read by sections and duly passed; the vote on passage stood, ayes McMillen, Darrah, Silver, 3; nays 0.
On motion council adjourned. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
The council met at the courthouse June first, and there not being a quorum present, council adjourned to meet June 2nd, at 4 o’clock p.m. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, June 5, 1874.
[Published June 5th, 1874.]
Ordinance No. 38.
An Ordinance relating to the pay of City Marshal and Street Commissioner.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Winfield.
SEC 1. That the pay of the City Marshal of the City of Winfield shall be $40 per month.
SEC 2. That the pay of the Street Commissioner of the City of Winfield shall be $10 per month.
SEC 3. That the above sums be allowed the City Marshal and Street Commissioner for their service, from and after the first day of May 1874.
SEC 4. That said sums shall be in lieu of all fees.
SEC 5. That all fees of the city marshal shall be paid into the treasury of the City of Winfield.
SEC 6. That ordinance Number thirteen be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC 7. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its publication.
Approved June 2nd, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
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[PROCEEDINGS OF MEETING HELD RE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.]
Winfield Courier, June 19, 1874.
Mayor Smith, Dr. Mansfield, and D. A. Millington were appointed reception committee.
Winfield Courier, June 19, 1874.
City Treasurer’s Report.
The City of Winfield in account with M. L. Robinson, Treasurer, June 15th, 1874.
RECEIPTS.
May 29 By S. C. Smith, license real estate agent: $2.50
[CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JUNE 2, 1874.]
Winfield Courier, June 19, 1874.
The Council met at the courthouse June 2nd in pursuance of adjournment. Present: S. C. Smith, Mayor, and councilmen McMillen, Silver, and Darrah, J. W. Curns, Clerk.
The committee on Marshal’s salary reported favorably on allowing the Marshal $40.00 per month for his salary, provided he charge nothing for removing nuisances. On motion the report was accepted and approved.
An ordinance in relation to the pay of the City Marshal and Street Commissioner was read and duly passed. The vote on the final passage was ayes McMillen, Darrah, and Silver, all the members present voting in the affirmative.
The committee on the petition of J. C. Weathers and others to have the grade on Main street lowered reported unfavorably thereon; on motion the petition was referred back to the petitioner.
A petition was presented signed by Wm. F. Marshal and others asking that a dram shop license be granted to A. G. Vinson. Two remonstrances against granting gram shop license (unless every requirement of the law be strictly complied with) were presented, signed by S. H. Myton and others and one signed by John McQuiston and others. On motion the petitions were all referred to a committee consisting of H. S. Silver, J. P. McMillen, and Samuel Darrah.
A petition was presented asking the council to call an election to determine whether the city should issue scrip to purchase the grounds of the Winfield Cemetery. On motion the petition was referred back to the petitioners.
An ordinance in relation to dog tax was passed; vote on passage was as follows: Ayes McMillen, Silver, and Darrah.
The bill of Z. T. Swigart of $50 for services as marshal and street commissioner.
Bill of Wm. Allison of $6 for printing was presented and referred to finance committee, and severally allowed and ordered paid.
On motion the council adjourned to meet June 15th, 1874, at usual hour.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Council met at courtroom June 15th at usual hour, and there not being a quorum present, adjourned to meet Wednesday at 4 o’clock p.m. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
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[THE 4TH AT WINFIELD CELEBRATION.]
Winfield Courier, July 10, 1874.
After dinner several toasts were proposed, and responded to, by Judge Ross, L. J. Webb, Col. Manning, Capt. S. C. Smith, and L. T. Michener.
Winfield Courier, July 10, 1874.
City Council Proceedings.
City Council met June 17th, at 4 p.m., in pursuance of adjournment. Present: Mayor S. C. Smith and Councilmen S. Darrah, H. S. Silver, R. B. Saffold, and J. P. McMillen. J. W. Curns, Clerk.
The minutes of last meeting were read and approved.
The committee to whom was referred the petition of A. G. Vincent, for dram shop license, reported the petition not sufficient. L. J. Webb asked leave to withdraw the petition, which on motion was granted. L. T. Michener then asked leave to withdraw the remonstrance against issuing dram shop license, which on motion was granted.
The sealed bids to build sidewalks were opened and read. Mr. L. Lippmann having the lowest bid, the contract was awarded to him. On motion the committee on sidewalks were empowered to contract with Mr. Lippmann to build such sidewalks as are necessary to be built.
The bill of J. W. Curns for one month’s services as Clerk, allowed: $8.33.
The bill of J. W. Curns for dog tags, allowed: $9.75.
Mr. R. B. Saffold offered the following resolution, which on motion was adopted.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to procure for the city six ladders, to be placed at different business places along Main street, where the use of water buckets can be had, said ladders to be the property of the city and to be under the control of the City Marshal, to be used in case of fire. On motion R. B. Saffold, S. Darrah, and H. S. Silver were appointed a committee to procure said ladders.
On motion adjourned to meet at the next regular meeting at Curns & Manser’s office.
S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. Curns, Clerk.
Winfield Courier, July 24, 1874.
Council Proceedings.
Council met July 6th, 1874, at usual hour. Mayor S. C. Smith in the chair. Present: councilmen S. Darrah, R. B. Saffold, and H. S. Silver. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved.
The committee on sidewalks reported they had contracted with L. Lippmann to build the sidewalks required to be built.
Committee on ladders to be used in case of fire, reported they had completed the same. They were instructed to place the ladders at such place or places as will be most convenient in case of fire.
The bill of Calvin Gay, of $40.00, for six ladders was allowed.
A petition was presented asking the council to call an election to take sense of the voters upon the proposition of the city purchasing the ground of the Winfield Cemetery Association, and issuing scrip and bonds to pay for the same.
On motion the petition was referred to a committee consisting of R. B. Saffold, H. S. Silver, and S. Darrah, who were instructed to examine and report at their next meeting.
Bill of Z. T. Swigart for $50.00 was allowed.
On motion council adjourned to meet at next regular meeting. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, July 24, 1874.
[Published July 24th, 1874.]
Ordinance No. 40.
An Ordinance to protect property in the City of Winfield.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Winfield.
SEC. 1. That it shall be unlawful to sell or give away any fire crackers within the corporate limits of the city of Winfield. Any person violating the provision of this section, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars for each and every offense.
SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful to fire off fire crackers within the corporate limits of the city of Winfield. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction, be fined five dollars, or imprisoned in the city jail not less than twenty-four hours, nor more than seven days for each and every offense in the discretion of the court.
SEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication.
Approved July 21st, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, August 7, 1874.
City Council Proceedings.
Council met at council room July 20, at usual hour. Present: Mayor S. C. Smith and councilmen Silver, Darrah, and Saffold. J. W. Curns Clerk. The minutes of last meeting were read, and after being corrected, were approved.
The committee to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of Winfield, asking the council to call an election, reported unfavorably on said petition, which report was received and the committee discharged.
It was moved and carried that further action on said petition be deferred until the next regular meeting, an ordinance providing for the protection of property was duly passed.
Being no other business, council adjourned. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, August 14, 1874.
We were shown by Mayor Smith a postal card received by him from J. O. Mathewson, who now resides at Los Angeles, California, in which he says the hottest day during the month of July was but 90 degrees, which was on the 29th of the month.
Winfield Courier, September 25, 1874.
Council Proceedings.
The City Council met at the council room Sept 21st, at usual hour. Present: Mayor S. C. Smith and Councilmen S. Darrah, J. D. Cochran, and H. S. Silver. J. W. Curns, Clerk. The minutes of the last Meeting were read and approved.
The balance of Lippmann’s bill as referred to the finance committee was presented, and reported favorably thereon, and allowed $75.60.
The bill of J. W. Curns for services as Clerk and stationery was duly allowed, $9.33.
Moved and carried that the Clerk certify up to the County Clerk the assessment made against the lots in the city on which sidewalks have been built by the city of Winfield.
Being no other business, on motion adjourned. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
[THE "CARPETBAGGER" STARTS A NEWSPAPER: ALEXANDER.]
Winfield Courier, October 22, 1874.
THE "CARPETBAGGER."
Prospectus:
A new paper is soon, if ever, to be started here by Lillie, Smith, Alexander & Co. As we have not been taken into the confidence of the managers, we of course cannot tell just to a "brilliant em," how many feet wide by yards long the new paper is going to be. We suppose, however, that it will be something near a 19 column paper, and will contain about 700 pages nonpareil. It is to be issued regularly when started, once in two years, or as Alexander gets run out of Leavenworth and carpet bags back to Winfield. It will be perfectly independent in politics, having no interests to serve, save that of the P. O. "Ring," and other peculiar interests of its managers. As its name indicates it will be ready at all times to pack up its carpet bag and go back to Leavenworth.
Its motto is to be taken from Alexander’s celebrated 4th of July oration:
"God Bless the Grangers!"
As near as we can find out the editorial staff stands about as follows:
J. C. Lillie, editor in chief.
J. M. Alexander, agricultural editor.
S. C. Smith, financial editor, with occasional contributions from T. K. Johnston, Dr. Dobson, and others.
As a ready writer Mr. Lillie has few superiors, as witness his "My say so," something over a year ago. On the subject of agriculture, Alexander is well posted, having practiced skinning the farmers for thirty odd years, he knows a thing or two on that subject. On finances S. C. is up with the times, having probably loaned as much or more money than anybody in Cowley County.
As to the honesty of the management, we have nothing to say. What if they did try to steal Allison’s subscription books, and start their paper on his ruins. That was but a clever coup de plume which will better stand excuse than investigation.
True, the new paper will be called a bastard by some ignorant people; but suppose it has not been blessed with either father or mother, its foster-mother, Alexander, is an experienced wet nurse, who will no doubt raise the bantling to a respectable standing in society. Of course, we write this "prospectus" without our host, as the Carpetbagger may never make any more of an appearance than it now does behind Read’s bank. But as we always hate to be behind in this matter, we give it the benefit of this advertisement.
Winfield Courier, November 12, 1874.
[Published Nov. 12th, 1874.]
Ordinance No. 41.
An Ordinance defining the duties of the Marshal of the City of Winfield.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Winfield.
SEC. 1. That it shall be the duty of the City Marshal of the City of Winfield to execute all processes directed to him by the Police Judge of said City of Winfield.
SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the City Marshal of the city of Winfield to attend to the collection of all dog taxes and license taxes in the City of Winfield and to execute all ordinances relating to the same.
SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the City Marshal of the said City of Winfield to execute all ordinances relating to stock which are now or may be in force in the City of Winfield, by taking up, impounding, and otherwise dealing with the same as may be required by such ordinances.
SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the City Marshal of the City of Winfield in addition to the duties specified in 1, 2, and 3 of this Ordinance to do whatever may be necessary and not inconsistent with his duties as such marshal; to preserve the peace of the city of Winfield, and to protect private and public property within its limits.
SEC. 5. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication.
Approved November 11th, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, November 19, 1874.
[Published November 19th, 1874.]
Ordinance Number 42.
An Ordinance in relation to license tax in the City of Winfield.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and councilmen of the city of Winfield.
SECTION 1. That any person or association of persons coming within the provisions of ordinance number 36, shall be allowed to take out and obtain a license, after the first day of November of any year by paying into the city treasury half the sum proscribed by said ordinance.
This ordinance shall be in force on and after its publication.
Approved November 16th, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
Winfield Plow and Anvil, November 19, 1874.
IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, J. M. ALEXANDER, EDITOR.
Business Directory.
S. C. SMITH. REAL ESTATE, Agt. Large quantity of land for sale cheap, on times to suit purchasers. Also agent for the best Fire Insurance companies of the east. Office over Requa’s clothing store, Main street.
Winfield Plow and Anvil, November 19, 1874.
S. C. SMITH, NOTARY PUBLIC, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT.
RENTS BUILDINGS AND PAYS TAXES FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
Makes Deeds, Mortgages, etc.
Agent for the following First Class Fire Insurance Companies:
Continental, of New York.
KANSAS, of Leavenworth.
AMERICAN CENTRAL, St. Louis.
GLOBE, Chicago, Ill.
Office first door north of Post Office.
Winfield, Kansas.
REAL ESTATE.]
Winfield Plow and Anvil, November 19, 1874.
LAND FOR SALE
BY
S. C. SMITH,
Real Estate Dealer,
WINFIELD, KANSAS.
N W quarter sec. 6, twp. 33, R. 4.
3 miles southwest of Winfield. Terms, one-third cash, balance in one and two years, at six percent interest.
N. E. quarter sec. 28, twp 33, R 5.
8 miles southeast of Winfield. Price, $325.00, one third cash, balance in one and two years, six percent int.
W. half of the sw. quarter sec. 3, twp 30, R. 4.
Price $150.00. One-third cash, balance in one and two years, six percent interest.
N. W. quarter sec. 24, twp 31, R. 2.
Arkansas bottom land, some timber, price $450.00, one third cash balance in one and two years, six percent interest.
S. W. quarter sec. 9, twp 33, R. 6.
On Silver creek, well watered and well improved.
N. E. quarter sec. 20, twp 31, R. 3.
Hedge rows broken, 12 acres in cultivation.
S. half N.E. quarter and N. half S.E. quarter sec. 19, twp 32. R. 5.
Sec 14, twp 34, R. 4.
Well watered and timbered, half mile from Walnut river. Good stock ranch.
S. W. quarter sec. 31, twp 33, R. 5.
N. E. quarter sec. 31, twp 33, R. 5.
S. E. quarter sec. 31, twp 33, R. 5.
The above three quarters lie on Walnut river 8 miles South of Winfield. 80 acres fenced, 30 acres under cultivation, 35 acres of timber. All first class bottom land.
S. E. quarter sec. 24, twp 33, S. of R 4 E; 25 acres under cultivation, house 14x30, 6 acres fenced.
WINFIELD PROPERTY
Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18 in block 149, in the city of Winfield; vacant.
Lot 5, block 168, city of Winfield; residence lot with small house.
Lot 7, block 86, city of Winfield; residence lot with good house.
Winfield Plow and Anvil, November 19, 1874.
Advertisements in this Issue
S. C. Smith, real estate and Insurance agent. Advertises some very valuable real estate for sale.
Winfield Plow and Anvil, November 19, 1874.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
City Officers.
Mayor.—S. C. Smith.
Councilmen.—J. D. Cochran, Samuel Darrah, Hiram Silver, R. B. Saffold, J. P. McMillen.
Clerk.—John W. Curns.
City Attorney.—W. P. Hackney.
Marshal.—Z. T. Swigart.
[CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS: NOVEMBER 16 & DECEMBER 7, 1874.]
Winfield Courier, December 31, 1874.
Council met November 16th, 1874, at usual hour. A quorum being present, after reading the minutes of the last meeting and approving the same, the following business was transacted.
T. H. Johnson and W. M. Boyer were placed in nomination for the office of Police Judge to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of N. H. Wood. A vote was taken which resulted as follows: For Johnson, R. B. Saffold, S. Darrah, H. S. Silver, 3. For Boyer, J. D. Cochran. Mr. Johnson having received the highest number of votes cast, was declared duly elected Police Judge for the balance of the year.
T. H. Suits presented a bill of $30 for services rendered the city, which was allowed and ordered paid.
It was moved and carried that the police judge, elect, be required to give bond to the city of Winfield in the sum of five hundred dollars.
An ordinance in relation to license tax was read and duly passed, the final vote on passage as follows: ayes, Cochran, Silver, Saffold, Darrah, 4; nays 0.
On motion a committee consisting of Saffold, Silver, and Cochran was appointed to revise the city ordinance in relation to the duties and pay of the city Attorney.
T. H. Suits appeared and resigned the office of city attorney.
On motion W. P. Hackney was duly appointed city attorney for the balance of the year.
On motion adjourned. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, Clerk.
Winfield Courier, December 31, 1874.
City Council Proceedings.
The city council met Dec. 7th, 1874, at the usual hour. Present: S. C. Smith, mayor; J. C. Cochran, H. S. Silver. R. B. Saffold, S. Darrah, councilmen; J. W. Curns, Clerk.
The minutes of the last meeting were read, and after inserting the record of vote cast at the meeting Nov. 16th on the election of T. H. Johnson, police judge, were approved.
The following bills were reported and referred to the finance committee, approved and ordered paid.
Bill of Z. T. Swigart for services as marshal for the month ending Nov. 24th, $40.
Bill of J. W. Curns, for services as city clerk for month ending Nov. 24th and Dec. 7th, 1874, $16.33.
On motion the committee on streets and sidewalks was instructed to contract at once with someone to fill the grade on Main Street.
An ordinance in relation to the time of the meeting of the city council was read by sections and duly passed, the final vote on the passage of the whole was: ayes, Saffold, Cochran, Silver, and Darrah, 4; nays, 0.
An ordinance in relation to saloon license for the sale of intoxicating liquors was read by sections and each section adopted as read. The vote on the final passage was as follows: ayes, Saffold, Cochran, Silver, and Darrah, 4; nays, 0.
On motion the clerk was instructed to procure and file away for the use of the city 25 copies of the Winfield COURIER in which said saloon license is published.
On motion adjourned. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, December 31, 1874.
City Council Proceedings.
Council met November 2nd, 1874, at usual hour. Present: S. C. Smith, Mayor; J. D. Cochran, H. S. Silver, S. Darrah, R. B. Saffold, and J. P. McMillen, Councilmen; J. W. Curns, Clerk. The minutes of the last meeting was read and approved.
A bill in favor of J. H. Land of $3.00, being for to recover the proceeds of the sale of a certain hog, sold by the marshal of the city of Winfield, was presented and referred to the finance committee and duly allowed.
The fee bill of the city of Winfield vs. V. B. Beckett for $16.50 was referred to the finance committee.
An ordinance defining the duties of the city marshal was read by sections and on motion was passed. The vote on the final passage was as follows: ayes, Saffold, Darrah, Silver, McMillen, and Cochran; nays 0.
N. H. Wood appeared and tendered his resignation as police judge of the city of Winfield, to take effect Nov. 7th, 1874.
On motion adjourned. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. F. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, January 14, 1875.
City Council Proceedings.
Council met December 21st at council room. Present: S. C. Smith, mayor, H. S. Silver, J. D. Cochran, R. B. Saffold, and S. Darrah, councilmen; J. W. Curns, clerk.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved after which the following business was transacted.
L. Lippmann presented a bill of $20.63 for building sidewalks, which was referred to finance committee and reported unfavorably on.
The bill was rejected on account of its not being signed by Mr. Lippmann.
C. A. Bliss presented a bill of $20.62 for building sidewalks along lots 4 and 5 in block 150 in Winfield, which was referred to the finance committee and reported favorably thereon. On motion the bill was allowed.
Bill of George Gray for removing dead dogs, was referred to finance committee.
A. Rich presented a bill of $15 for grading Main street, which was rejected on account of the city having no contract with Mr. Rich to do said grading.
A petition asking for a sidewalk from Main Street along the north side of lot 1 in block number 110 and extending across lots 17 and 18 in block 110 in Winfield was presented, signed by Mrs. C. M. Bradish and others, which petition was received and referred to the committee on streets and sidewalks, who reported favorably thereon; the petition was granted and it was ordered that the owner of said lots be notified to build said walks within 30 days from this date.
Messrs. C. A. Bliss and Enoch Maris appeared and asked the council to make provision for the purchasing of a lot in the cemetery grounds for the use of the city, in pursuance of which, it was moved and seconded that a committee of three, consisting of S. Darrah, R. B. Saffold, and H. S. Silver be appointed to confer with the cemetery committee in regard to purchasing a part or the whole of said cemetery. Motion carried.
Motion carried to adjourn to meet Dec. 22, at 4 o’clock p.m. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Council met December 22nd at 4 p.m., in pursuance of adjournment. Mayor Smith presiding; councilmen present, R. B. Saffold, H. S. Silver, and S. Darrah.
The committee on streets and sidewalks reported that they had contracted with John Austin to fill the grade on Main street at the price of $45, which had been completed according to contract and reported favorably on the work. On motion the report was adopted.
John Austin presented a bill of $45 for grading main street, which was referred to finance committee, who reported favorably thereon and on motion the bill was allowed.
The committee on (dog) pound was instructed to procure a pound at once.
On motion adjourned. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, January 28, 1875.
City Council Proceedings.
January 4, 1875.
Council met at usual hour. Present: S. C. Smith, mayor; J. P. McMillen, H. S. Silver, S. Darah, councilmen; J. W. Curns, clerk. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved.
G. T. Swigart presented a bill of $40 for services as Marshal for the month ending Dec. 24, 1874, which was referred to finance committee and reported favorably, and allowed.
Finance committee asked further time to report on the fee bill of City of Winfield against Beckett, which was granted.
Committee on pound reported they had procured a pound from Nate Roberson at the rent of $1 per month, which was accepted.
Cemetery committee asked further time to report on purchasing a lot in the cemetery.
Being no other business, on motion adjourned. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. Curns, City Clerk.
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Council met January 18th, 1875, at usual hour; there not being a quorum present, adjourned to meet Jan. 25th. J. W. CURNS, Clerk.
Winfield Courier, February 11, 1875.
JANUARY 25TH, 1875.
Council met at 7 o’clock p.m. in pursuance of adjournment. Present: S. C. Smith, mayor, R. B. Saffold, S. Darrah, H. S. Silver, councilmen, and J. W. Curns, clerk. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved, after which the following business was taken up.
Bill of Z. T. Swigart for services as marshal for month ending January 24, 1875, of $40.
Bill of J. W. Curns for services as clerk, for month ending January 8, $8.33.
Bill of William Bartlow, $18.20 for building sidewalk across Loomis street, was presented and referred to committee on finance, who reported favorably thereon, and they were severally allowed and ordered paid.
The finance committee reported favorably on the ice bill of the City of Winfield against V. B. Beckett, and the following order was made. "That said fee bill be paid as per bill and not in excess of the amount therein charged to the parties entitled to the same, and that the same be paid under protest."
On motion the city attorney was instructed to draw an ordinance for the construction of sidewalks along the north side of lot 1 in block 110 and along lots 17 and 18 in block 110.
On motion adjourned. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, February 11, 1875.
Mayor S. C. Smith contemplates visiting California next month with a view to locating in that salubrious clime.
Winfield Courier, March 11, 1875.
City Council Proceedings.
WINFIELD, February 15, 1875.
The Council met at the usual hour. Present: S. C. Smith, Mayor; H. S. Silver, S. Darrah, J. D. Cochran, R. B. Saffold, Councilmen; J. W. Curns, Clerk.
The minutes of the meeting of February 1st were read and approved.
Ordinance No. 47, in relation to animals running at large, and to repeal sections No. 2, 3, 4, and 5 of ordinance No. 4, was read and duly passed. The vote on the final passage of said ordinance was, yeas, Saffold, Silver, Darrah, and Cochran.
Johnston & Lockwood presented a bill of $3.25 for stationery, which was allowed.
The mayor recommended that the fine assessed against W. M. Boyer for violation of Ordinance No. 1 be remitted, on the grounds that the offense charged was not a violation of the spirit of said ordinance. On motion the fine was remitted.
W. M. Boyer appeared and remitted his fees in the case of the city of Winfield vs. A. H. Green, being $6.30.
The acting Police Judge, T. H. Suits, presented a fee bill of $19.95, for fees in case of the city of Winfield [next part of minutes torn out of paper. Only portions remained.]
E. C. Manning presented ___________ the fine assessed against him ____________ Ordinance No. 1, be remitted, which was granted.
Moved and carried that a committee of three be appointed to employ an attorney to attend to the suits pending in the District Court in which the city is a party, and that the committee be authorized to fix the compensation for such services. Messrs. Saffold, Darrah, and Cochran were appointed on said committee.
The committee on Cemetery reported that they had accepted the donation of Mr. L. E. Moore of a lot in Valley View Cemetery, and presented the deed for the same. On motion the committee was discharged.
It was moved and carried that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the Winfield Cemetery committee in regard to any proposition they may make with reference to their Cemetery. Saffold, Cochran, and Darrah were appointed on said committee.
Being no other business before the council, on motion adjourned.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, March 18, 1875.
S. C. Smith gave the City Council an oyster supper at the St. Nicholas, on the eve of his departure for California.
Winfield Courier, March 18, 1875.
Mayor S. C. Smith and M. W. Everleth have departed for California. In the removal of Mr. Smith from our town, Winfield loses a very useful citizen. Mr. Everleth was also a very good citizen, but not so active and prominent as his companion.
[DISTRICT COURT DOCKET: MARCH TERM.]
Winfield Courier, March 18, 1875.
CIVIL DOCKET. FIFTH DAY.
No. 482. S. C. Smith, vs. Ed. C. Fisk.
No. 497. S. C. Smith, vs. J. C. Weathers.
Winfield Courier, March 18, 1875.
[Published March 18th, 1875.]
Ordinance No. 48.
An Ordinance providing for the holding of an Annual Election for City Officers.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Winfield.
Sec. 1. That the place for voting for city officers, at the annual election to be held in the city of Winfield, on the 5th day of April, A. D., 1875, for the ensuing year, shall be held in the building situated on lot No. 12, in block No. 109, in the said city, being the property of C. A. Bliss & Co.
Sec. 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Winfield COURIER.
Approved March 15, 1875. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
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Ordinance Number 49.
An Ordinance repealing Ordinances No. 36 and 39, providing for taxing different kinds of business for the city of Winfield.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Winfield.
Sec. 1. That Ordinances No. 36 and 39 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of May, A. D., 1875, and its publication once in the Winfield COURIER.
Approved March 15, 1875.
S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, March 25, 1875.
City Council Proceedings.
March 1, 1875.
Council met at the usual hour. Present: S. C. Smith, Mayor; R. B. Saffold, J. P. McMillen, H. S. Silver, Councilmen; J. W. Curns, Clerk.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
M. Miller presented a bill of $6.00 for one padlock.
A. T. Swigart presented a bill of $40.00 for services as Marshal for the month ending February 24, 1875, which were referred to the finance committee, who reported favorably thereon, and said bill was allowed.
On motion the finance committee was instructed to examine the Police Judge’s docket and ascertain whether the fines collected have been paid over to the city treasurer.
On motion adjourned. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
[DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT COURT CASES.]
Winfield Courier, March 25, 1875.
482. S. C. Smith, vs. Ed. C. Fisk; judgment for plaintiff.
497. S. C. Smith, vs. J. C. Weathers, judgment for plaintiff.
[WINFIELD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.]
Winfield Courier, March 25, 1875.
Notice.
There will be a meeting of the stockholders of the Winfield Cemetery Association on Wednesday, March 31, 1875, at W. H. H. Maris’ store. All persons owning a lot in the Winfield Cemetery are stockholders, and entitled to vote at the meeting. A full attendance is requested. The following is a list of the said stockholders.
JOHN B. FAIRBANK, Secretary.
One of the stockholders: S. C. Smith.
[PORTION OF LETTER FROM FORMER MAYOR S. C. SMITH.]
Winfield Courier, May 6, 1875.
A Bad Sell.
Through the kindness of Curns & Manser, we are permitted to copy an extract from a private letter received by them from Ex-Mayor S. C. Smith, who is now at Los Angeles, California. Mr. Smith is a close observer of men and things, cautious and reliable, and his statements should and will receive considerable weight. Here is what he says about the over-much lauded California.
"Everything is red hot here. Hundreds of emigrants arriving, some blessing the country and climate, and others cursing the newspapers for bringing them here where there is nothing to do. It is a worse place than Kansas for one without money, and whether a better place for one with it, I am not sure yet. Respectfully Yours, S. C. SMITH."
[COWLEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.]
Winfield Courier, September 16, 1875.
CIVIL DOCKET. SECOND DAY.
S. C. Smith vs. James C. Weathers.
CENTENNIAL ISSUE.
WINFIELD COURIER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1876.
The city of Winfield was incorporated Feb. 22nd, 1873. The first city election was held March 7th, 1873, at which W. H. H. Maris was elected Mayor.
A. A. Jackson, Probate Judge.
O. F. Boyle, J. D. Cochran, H. S. Silver, S. C. Smith, and C. A. Bliss, for Councilmen.
The Council chose S. C. Smith, its President; J. W. Curns, Clerk; M. L. Robinson, Treasurer; C. W. Richmond, Marshal; and J. M. Alexander, Attorney.
The first annual election was held April 7th, 1873, and the same persons were re-elected to the various offices, excepting that S. Darrah succeeded C. A. Bliss, and the Council re-appointed the same persons to the other offices, with the exception that W. T. Dougherty succeeded Richmond as Marshal.
The second annual election was held April 8th, 1874. S. C. Smith was elected Mayor; N. H. Wood, Police Judge; and S. Darrah, J. D. Cochran, H. S. Silver, R. B. Saffold, and J. P.
McMillen, Councilmen.
CENTENNIAL ISSUE.
WINFIELD COURIER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1876.
NEWSPAPERS.
There are at present four newspapers published in this county, three of which, the COURIER, Plow and Anvil, and the Cowley County Telegram, are published at Winfield; and the fourth, the Arkansas City Traveler, is published at Arkansas City. The first paper published in the county was the Cowley County Censor, the first number of which was issued at Winfield, Aug. 13, 1870, by A. J. Patrick, who was the editor and proprietor. The Censor was a six column paper. The first two numbers were printed at Augusta, the type having been set up here and sent in galleys to Augusta. Number three was printed here on the historical press of Kansas, the history of which is given by S. S. Prouty as follows.
"Rev. Joseph Meeker brought the first press into Kansas Territory. This was in 1834. Mr. Meeker was a missionary to the Ottawa Indians. The Ottawa Mission was near where the town of Ottawa now stands. Mr. Meeker, a long time prior to the commencement of settlement by the whites, printed a book with that press.
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"The State of Kansas should recover that Meeker press and preserve it at the capital. Kansas will have a centennial some day. From Meeker the press passed into the hands of George W. Brown. In 1857 Brown sold it to S. S. Prouty. Prouty owned the press for years, and used it in the publication of the Freemen’s Champion and the Neosho Valley Register. Prouty sold it to S. Weaver, who used it at Lecompton. From thence it went to Cottonwood Falls, and from thence to Cowley County. It is now supposed to be in the Indian Territory, on its march of conquest. It was a Seth Adams manufacture, oval at the top. There were twenty stars on it, indicating that at the time of its manufacture there were twenty states in the Union. This was in 1817, as the twenty-first State was admitted in 1818."
Prouty’s supposition that the press was in the Indian Territory was not correct. About eighteen months ago it was sold by S. C. Smith to W. H. Kerns, Smith having taken it under a chattel mortgage given by Kerns in January, 1873. Kerns took it to Missouri, where at last accounts he was publishing a paper with it.
Winfield Courier, May 18, 1876.
CAPT. S. C. SMITH, ex-Mayor of Winfield, returned to his "old love" last Saturday. He is now located at Los Angeles, California, and only comes back for a short visit. He still owns valuable property in our city and county, that the frowning, frozen peaks of the "Rockies" can’t keep him from visiting annually. The Pacific air evidently agrees with him, as he is looking hale and hearty.
[ORDINANCE NO. 40.]
Winfield Courier, June 22, 1876.
Ordinance No. 40.
An Ordinance to protect property in the city of Winfield.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Winfield.
SEC. 1. That it shall be unlawful to sell or give away any fire crackers within the corporate limits of the city of Winfield. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars for each and every offense.
SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful to fire off fire crackers within the corporate limits of the city of Winfield. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined five dollars, or imprisoned in the city jail not less than twenty-four hours nor more than seven days for each and every offense, in the discretion of the court.
SEC. 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication.
Approved July 21st, 1874. S. C. SMITH, Mayor.
J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
Ordinance No. 40 was passed July 20th, 1874 (See Journal A, page 55), and published July 24th, 1874, in the Winfield COURIER. J. W. CURNS, City Clerk.
I. B. F. Baldwin, Clerk of the city of Winfield, do certify that the above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 40 as appears on page 48, book A, record of Ordinances of the city of Winfield. B. F. BALDWIN, City Clerk.
Winfield, June 20, 1876.
Winfield Courier, September 14, 1876.
S. C. SMITH, Esq., has again put in an appearance. His visit is synonymous with that of the "Rocky Mountain locusts." He came from the east and they from the west. His large land interests will keep him here for a few weeks.
Winfield Courier, December 14, 1876.
CAPT. S. C. SMITH is circulating a petition for a county road, to begin at the end of the bridge, run in a westerly direction across the bottom to the township line. He thinks he has discovered a better route than the one traveled. We hope he has, as the present approach to town on the Wichita road is outrageous. The petition is being signed by a majority of our citizens.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 3, 1877.
WINFIELD CITY OFFICERS.
The election of city officers at Winfield last Monday resulted in the following vote: For Mayor—R. L. Walker, 119, Dr. Davis, 82. Police Judge—J. W. Curns, 197. Councilmen—Wilson, 201; Jackson, 195; Baird, 197; S. C. Smith 122; Cliff Wood, 106; Charles Black, 88; S. H. Myton, 89. The first five were elected.
Winfield Courier, April 5, 1877.
The city election on Monday resulted in the choice of the following officers for the ensuing year: For Mayor, R. L. Walker; for Councilmen, A. G. Wilson, S. C. Smith, A. E. Baird, C. M. Wood, and H. Jochems; For Police Judge, John W. Curns.
Winfield Courier, April 5, 1877.
The Railroad Meeting.
On Tuesday evening a red hot railroad meeting was held at the Courthouse. The house was full. S. C. Smith was chosen chairman and W. M. Allison, secretary. A report of what had been done to secure an east and west railroad was made, and the steps thus far taken cordially endorsed. Enthusiastic speeches were made by several gentlemen. Perfect unanimity prevailed. Canvassing and Finance committees were raised and the following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved, That we, as citizens of Winfield, hereby pledge our confidence, sympathy, and assistance to each of the committees appointed by this meeting for the prosecution of this canvass.
Resolved, That we, as citizens of Cowley County, will each put forth our utmost endeavors to carry out and complete the M., P. & E., W. B. railroad enterprise now before us.
Winfield Courier, April 12, 1877.
WINFIELD, KAN., April 4, 1877.
City council met at the city clerk’s office, April 4th, 1877.
PRESENT: D. A. Millington, Mayor; M. G. Troup, H. Brotherton, T. B. Myers, and C. A. Bliss, councilmen; J. E. Allen, City Attorney, B. F. Baldwin, City Clerk.
Minutes of all previous meetings not approved were read and approved.
The following bills were read, approved, and ordered paid.
Judges of City election—C. A. Bliss, $2.00; T. B. Myers, $2.00; H. Brotherton, $2.00.
W. O. Lipscomb, Clerk of City election: $2.00
O. S. Record, Clerk of City election: $2.00
T. J. Jones, painting engine house: $12.00
Finance committee reported favorably on bill of Mr. Frank Williams, referred to them at last regular meeting of the council, and on motion the bill was allowed and ordered paid.
Committee on streets and alleys reported on the report of the road overseer and stated that so far as they could ascertain the report was correct, and that they had seen all the delinquents who promised to work or pay the money when called on.
On motion of councilman Troup, the report was received and the marshal instructed to notify all who were delinquent on road work, and that any who did not work, when notified, or pay the same to the marshal within twenty-four hours thereafter, that he make complaint before the police judge against such persons.
The committee reported unfavorable on the petitions of Mr. R. B. Wait, asking the vacating of certain streets and alleys in the city. Councilman Troup moved that the report of the committee be received and that no action further be taken in the matter by the present acting council. After considerable discussion on both sides of the question, the motion was carried.
The yearly report of the city treasurer, filed with the city clerk, was read and on motion received, and the city clerk instructed to have the same published in the Winfield COURIER, and to file the original in his office, to be delivered, together with the vouchers accompanying the same to the next city council.
The council then proceeded to canvass the vote held on April 2, 1877, for the election of city officers, resulting as follows.
R. L. Walker, having received the highest number of votes for Mayor, was declared duly elected.
John W. Curns, having received the highest number of votes for Police Judge, was declared duly elected.
A. G. Wilson, A. E. Baird, H. Jochems, C. M. Wood, and S. C. Smith, having received the highest number of votes for councilmen, were declared duly elected, and the city clerk instructed to furnish each of the above named persons with a certificate of election.
On motion the Council adjourned sine die.
B. F. BALDWIN, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, April 12, 1877.
WINFIELD, KAN., April 6, 1877.
City Council met at the Mayor’s office pursuant to a special call of the Council April 6th, 1877.
Present: R. L. Walker, Mayor; A. G. Wilson, H. Jochems, A. E. Baird, C. M. Wood, and S. C. Smith, Councilmen; B. F. Baldwin, City Clerk.
The Clerk read the call for the special meeting and the Council proceeded with the special business by electing S. C. Smith President of the Council.
The Clerk read the following appointments made by the Mayor for the subordinate city offices for the year: City Attorney, J. E. Allen; City Clerk, B. F. Baldwin; City Treasurer, J. C. Fuller; City Marshal, J. D. Cochran.
B. F. Baldwin thanked the Mayor for the appointment of City Clerk, but owing to business of his that employed all his spare time, withdrew his name and suggested the name of Henry E. Asp to the Mayor, who was appointed.
On motion of Councilman Wood, the council proceeded to vote on the confirmation of appointments by ballot, resulting in the unanimous confirmation of the appointments except that of Henry E. Asp, as clerk, which stood three for and two against. A majority having voted for all the appointments, they were declared duly appointed.
The Mayor appointed three standing committees for the year, as follows, to-wit:
Finance Committee. S. C. Smith, H. Jochems, and A. G. Wilson.
Committee on Streets and Alleys. A. E. Baird, H. Jochems, and C. M. Wood.
Fire Committee. C. M. Wood, S. C. Smith, and A. G. Wilson.
There being no other business for which the meeting was called, on motion the Council adjourned. B. F. BALDWIN, City Clerk.
[COWLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.]
Winfield Courier, April 19, 1877.
Jurors—[Each paid $1.50.]
T. R. Bryan, M. G. Troup, J. H. Finch, B. M. Terrill, S. C. Smith, F. S. Jennings.
Winfield Courier, April 26, 1877. Editorial Page.
STATEMENT OF THE R. R. COMMITTEE.
The undersigned, a railroad committee chosen by the citizens of Winfield, having learned that certain persons opposed to the projected road from Parsons to Winfield and advocates of a road from Emporia to Arkansas City, via Nennescah, have circulated reports that Messrs. Eskridge and Young, at a conference with the committee holden a few weeks since, offered to so modify their proposition, that county bonds voted in aid of the Emporia road via Winfield should not be issued until a certain part of the road should be built in Cowley County, we positively deny that any such offer has ever been made to us by Messrs. Eskridge, Young, or any other person authorized by them.
They insisted that bonds should be issued and placed in escrow.
We further affirm that this committee never refused to entertain a proposition from the Emporia road, but on the contrary at the very first conference with the representatives of this company, we offered to support $100,000 in county bonds for their road (allowing townships chiefly interested to make up the $20,000 additional), providing the objectionable conditions were withdrawn.
We made this offer in good faith and in no way contingent upon any east and west proposition.
This is much better than the terms they are now pretending to accept from the townships to which they are now making propositions and shows that if bad faith exists anywhere, it is on the part of this company and indicates a deliberate purpose to discriminate against Winfield.
The committee never have withdrawn this offer and the only difference between this committee and the representatives of this road is that we would not give the $20,000 additional and they would not consent to the withdrawal of the escrow and litigation clauses.
Messrs. Eskridge and Young never asked for a public meeting to be held in the interest of this road.
S. C. SMITH.
W. Q. MANSFIELD.
FRANK WILLIAMS.
J. E. ALLEN.
D. A. MILLINGTON, acting for E. C. MANNING.
M. L. ROBINSON, acting for J. E. PLATTER.
Winfield Courier, May 10, 1877.
Messrs. S. C. Smith, Frank Williams, J. L. Rushbridge, and E. C. Manning went to the Longton, Elk Co., railroad meeting last Tuesday. They returned Wednesday evening and report Longton Township solid for the Parsons road.
Winfield Courier, July 5, 1877.
A new sidewalk was put down in front of S. C. Smith’s building, occupied by the cigar factory.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 22, 1877.
Mr. T. K. Johnson, Chairman of the Republican Central Committee of this county, with his amiable wife, and Mr. S. C. Smith, paid this place a visit last Sunday. Mr. James Simpson, Charles McIntire, Mr. Devore, and Mr. Stewart were also here. Mr. Johnson is fast becoming one of the most popular men of the county.
Winfield Courier, October 25, 1877.
Dr. F. H. Bull, dentist, late of Burlington, Iowa, has opened rooms upstairs in the S. C. Smith building to practice his profession. He is a first-class dentist, as many who know him will testify.
Winfield Courier, October 25, 1877.
F. H. BULL, DENTIST.
Rooms upstairs in S. C. Smith’s building.
Office days: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday.
Winfield Courier, January 17, 1878.
Royal Arch Masons.
At the regular convocation of Winfield Chapter No. 31, Royal Arch Masons, held at Masonic Hall, Monday evening, January 14th, the following officers were installed for the ensuing year.
W. G. Graham, H. P.
John D. Pryor, K.
S. C. Smith, S.
M. L. Read, Treasurer.
C. C. Black, Secretary.
W. C. Robinson, C. A. H.
James McDermott, P. S.
S. H. Myton, R. A. C.
J. W. Johnston, M. 3rd V.
Perry Hill, M. 2nd V.
H. Brotherton, M. 1st V.
F. Gallotti, T.
After the installation, an address was delivered by P. H. P. John D. Pryor (which will appear on our outside next week), and the companions repaired to the Central Hotel and sat down to the best spread of the season. The supper was good and the occasion enjoyed by all present.
Winfield Courier, March 28, 1878.
ED. COURIER: Will you allow me space in your paper, as a member of the city council whose action has been so severely criticized of late, to correct some statements which I believe to be erroneous, viz: that none of the licenses granted by the council are legal, for the reason that none of the petitions presented contained the names of a majority of the adult citizens. It is very true that the petitions as presented did not contain as many names as the remonstrance, as presented, but unfortunately the remonstrance contained the names of more than forty persons, whose names also appeared on the petitions, and I submit to any lawyer that these names could not properly appear on the remonstrance, or at least should not be counted as remonstrants, but must be counted as petitioners, because having once signed a petition no subsequent action of the petitioner could annul that petition; besides this, there were on the remonstrance twelve or more names of persons not citizens, or minors. If anyone doubts these statements, I can produce the names and figures.
After striking from the petitions and from the remonstrance the persons only who were known not to be citizens or known to be minors, and from the remonstrance those who had signed both, it was found that one of the petitions contained several more names than the remonstrance, one the same number, and one considerably less. Licenses were granted to the two first, for which action I hold myself responsible, having voted to grant them after carefully examining all the names. There was a list of some forty names of remonstrants whom no one could vouch for, but they were all counted. The other members of the council believing that many of the names on the remonstrance were not properly there, after having the third petition amended by additional names, granted a license. From that action I dissented, and likewise opposed the transfer of a license to another person than the one to whom it was granted.
I think it must be conceded that with such data as the council had at their command, it was a difficult and delicate task to decide just how many constituted a majority, and there might be an honest difference of opinion. If some of our best citizens found it so difficult to decide for themselves whether to sign a petition or a remonstrance that they signed both, might not there have been some difficulty with the council in deciding which were in the majority?
I would not have troubled you with this article were it not that I think most men will believe a plain statement of facts rather than hastily formed opinions. Some men believe in nothing but their own infallibility; for their opinions I care not. S. C. SMITH.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 10, 1878.
T. K. JOHNSON and S. C. Smith, two of Winfield’s best citizens, made us a short call last week, and renewed their subscriptions to the TRAVELER.
Winfield Courier, October 17, 1878.
S. C. Smith, having resumed the Fire Insurance business, starts out with the old and reliable Niagara of New York. If you want your property safely insured, he will attend to it in the most satisfactory manner.
[WINFIELD BUSINESS.]
Winfield Courier, March 27, 1879.
The following is a list of the principal business firms of Winfield.
LAND, LOAN, AND INSURANCE AGENTS.
A. H. Green.
Gilbert & Jarvis.
S. C. Smith.
Curns & Manser.
C. H. Robinson.
[WINFIELD COURTHOUSE.]
Winfield Courier, April 24, 1879.
THE COURT HOUSE.
Under this head the Semi-Weekly dishes up a column and a half editorial to prove that the county ought at once to go to a large expense in building additions to, and in remodeling the courthouse.
It says that "whoever is responsible for building the courthouse where it is, with a swamp between it and the business portion of the town, demonstrates his unfitness to be entrusted with public interests, and has a small soul; that "Winfield has in days gone by been cursed by incapacity and cupidity;" that the courthouse, the schoolhouse, and the lost bridge "are the ear marks that indicate jobbery and rascality, "the indubitable evidences of "gigantic fraud" in those responsible for their construction.
About three months ago the editors of the Semi-Weekly came to this place utter strangers to the people of this city and county and found the city so prosperous and promising, the result of the labor and exertions of its earlier citizens, that they concluded to establish themselves here and reap a part of the harvest these earlier citizens had sown. Finding that in their gleanings they did not at first accumulate sheaves very rapidly, they concluded that the fault must be in the rascality and incapacity of those whose labor sowed the seed, and hence, we have this wholesale attack upon our best and most valued citizens.
The persons who projected and carried out the building of the courthouse and jail were W. H. H. Maris, then Mayor; S. C. Smith, R. B. Saffold, C. A. Bliss, H. S. Silver, J. D. Cochran, S. Darrah, then councilmen; J. M. Alexander, city attorney; Frank Cox, of Richland, John D. Maurer of Dexter, and O. C. Smith, of Cresswell, county commissioners.
Fifty-eight leading men of Winfield were most active in this matter and guaranteed the title to the courthouse ground and many prominent men of the county approved the measure.
The persons who projected and carried out the building of the schoolhouse were John B. Fairbank, District Clerk, J. D. Cochran, Director, S. H. Myton, Treasurer, and some others.
J. P. Short was the trustee and O. F. Boyle the treasurer by whom the contract to build the bridge was let, and during most of its construction, and H. S. Silver, E. S. Bedilion, and B. F. Baldwin were the township officers who made the final settlement with the contractors.
Here we have an array of names honored in this community, names of men never before charged with rascality and incapacity, men in whom we older settlers believe and trust and yet the sages of Mt. Pulaski in three short months have seen through all these men and found them guilty of incapacity, unfitness, jobbery, rascality, and gigantic fraud.
It may be that these gushing freshmen meant to attach these pet words to other than those mentioned above, to the members of the "Old Town Company, or rather Town Association," for instance. If that is the case, the records are open to inspection and we state distinctly that no member of the Winfield Town Association had any connection whatever with the building of the courthouse except to give a deed of the half block of land on which it stands to the county, and two lots on which the jail stands to the city, (all they ever agreed or were ever expected to give) in compliance with the bargain between the city council and county commissioners, that the county should build a courthouse and the city a jail in which the county should have a right to keep prisoners. One of them protested against the building of the courthouse.
One member of that Association, Fuller, was district treasurer when the contract for building the schoolhouse was let, but Myton succeeded him before the work commenced.
The original plan of the schoolhouse was made by John B. Fairbank, District Clerk, who requested Millington to help him in drafting and making specifications and estimates, which he did, but that plan was finally widely departed from in the construction, and therefore Millington is not entitled to a particle of the credit of that structure.
Millington only, of that Association, had anything to do with the letting of the contract and building of the bridge. He was temporarily the township clerk at that time and claims his share of the credit with his colleagues, Short and Boyle, and with other leading men of the town.
We challenge Mr. Conklin or anyone else to show that any member of the Town Association had any connection whatever with the building of either of these three structures except as above specified.
Now as relates to these three structures, built at that early day when there were no civil engineers or architects within reach and to procure such would cost such large sums, when everything was high and hard to get and when our citizens were beset by every kind of hardship and discouragement, we think these structures, though not beautiful nor even sufficiently substantial, were very creditable monuments to their enterprise and energy, the terrible denunciations of our neighbors notwithstanding.
Now, Mr. Semi-Weekly man, we expect you, we challenge you to state precisely what were the "gigantic frauds," the jobberies and rascalities, which you charge in such sweeping and general terms, as to stigmatize the whole community at that time. Be specific and give the names of those who perpetrated them. If either of the gentlemen we have named, or any other citizen is guilty, give us the name and make specific charges against him that he may have a chance to defend himself. Then no longer make assassin and cowardly attacks in the dark, calculated to bring odium upon almost every man of note in the city without giving anyone an excuse for defending himself.
It is a very poor way to secure the desired additions to the courthouse to endeavor by misrepresentations and charges of fraud against the entire business population of Winfield and thereby making Winfield odious to the people of the county.
If you really desire the improvement you advocate, we would suggest that you examine the records of the past and give the facts.
Winfield Courier, July 3, 1879.
Mr. S. C. Smith brought to town from the field of Mr. Hill, last Monday, a stock of corn measuring ten feet six inches in length and three inches in circumference, with several ears starting. This isn’t so bad for field corn at this time of the year.
Winfield Courier, August 5, 1880.
Telegram: Among the large sheep herders of Cowley County are: A. D. Crowell, Winfield, 4,000; Mr. Raynold, Winfield, 1,700; Ezra Meech, Walnut, 1,200; S. C. Smith, Winfield, 1,000; Jake Stalter, Rock, 2,500; Mr. Parks, Grouse Creek, 2,440; Dr. Wright, Omnia, 2,400. Besides these there are a number of persons who have flocks, ranging from 100 to 1,000, which will bring the aggregate well up to 40,000.
[ENTERPRISE GOLD AND SILVER MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY.]
Winfield Courier, August 12, 1880.
At the meeting of the Directors of The Enterprise Gold and Silver Mining and Smelting Company, of Sherman, Colorado, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year.
Hon. W. P. Hackney, President.
John Service, Vice-President.
T. K. Johnston, Treasurer.
E. P. Kinne, Secretary.
F. Gallotti, General Manager.
Advisory Board: S. C. Smith, M. G. Troup, John D. Pryor.
Special Executive Committee: T. K. Johnston, E. P. Kinne, F. Gallotti.
Winfield Courier, August 19, 1880.
Winfield is partly depopulated by the great exodus to the Knight Templars triennial reunion in Chicago. Last Saturday and Sunday the trains were loaded with excursionists, many of whom were taking this opportunity to visit friends in the east with the excursion rates for fares. A great many went from here whose names have not been given us, but the following are some that we know of: Dr. W. G. Graham and wife, Capt. S. C. Smith, E. P. Kinne, J. E. Conklin, Capt. James McDermott, Rev. J. Cairns and wife, Rev. J. A. Hyden and wife, J. D. Pryor, R. D. Jillson and daughter, Mrs. D. A. and Miss Jessie Millington. C. C. Black and wife, J. W. Johnson and daughter, J. P. M. Butler and wife, Miss Jennie Melville, G. H. Buckman, J. C. and Miss Ioa Roberts, Will Baird and wife, Mrs. N. L. Rigby, Jacob Nixon and wife, J. S. Hunt, and T. R. Bryan.
[THE WOOL GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION.]
Winfield Courier, January 13, 1881.
At an adjourned meeting of the Cowley Co. Wool Growers’ Association, held at Winfield January 8th, 1881, the following business was transacted.
Mr. Service being temporary chairman, secretary’s report of last meeting was read and adopted.
Names of members read and fourteen others added.
The following officers were elected by ballot for the ensuing year.
President: N. L. Rigby.
First Vice President: S. P. Strong.
Second Vice President: John Stalter.
Recording Secretary: A. C. Crowell.
Corresponding Secretary: S. C. Smith.
Treasurer: A. H. Doane.
Messrs. Smith, Silliman, and Chaffey were appointed by the chair to act as a committee to select one from each township in the county to act as an executive committee.
Messrs. Stalter and Eastman were appointed by the chair to act as a committee to select and assign subjects to be discussed at the next regular meeting.
Motion was made and carried that Mr. Ezra Meech be appointed as a delegate to the State Wool Growers’ Association that is to be held at Topeka on the 18th inst., and Mr. Rigby as alternate.
Motion was made and carried that three and not more than five be appointed by the chair as a committee to visit the various flocks of sheep throughout the county and report regarding their condition, management, etc.
Messrs. Chaffey, Meach, Smith, Eastman, and Crowell were so appointed.
After remarks by Mr. Linn regarding the Eaton Tariff Bill now before Congress, a motion was made and carried that the corresponding secretary be instructed to request our representatives to Congress to favor said bill.
Motion was made and carried that the first clause of the constitution be so amended as to read, "Cowley County Wool Growers and Sheep Breeders’ Association."
Motion was made and carried that the corresponding secretary be instructed to collect the petitions already distributed and present them through our Senator to the State Legislature.
Adjourned to meet at 10 o’clock, m., March 5th, 1881. A. D. CROWELL, Sec’y.
Winfield Courier, February 17, 1881.
SHEEP FOR SALE. Six hundred well wooled wethers, three years old. Inquire of S. C. Smith or address John Norris, Winfield, Kansas.
Winfield Courier, March 10, 1881.
At the Wool-Growers’ meeting Saturday, Mr. Smith read a carefully prepared estimate of the number of sheep in the county. There are 69,200 owned by 110 persons or firms. The largest flock is 6,500. There are four flocks of between two or three thousand, fourteen flocks of more than one thousand and less than two thousand, and twenty-five flocks of more than five hundred and less than one thousand. It was decided to have a public sheep shearing and a committee was appointed to select the place and time at which it should be held.
[REPUBLICAN CITY CONVENTION.]
Winfield Courier, March 31, 1881.
RECAP: Judge Soward and Ed Greer were appointed tellers. On motion of Hackney, delegates were requested to deposit the ballot on the call of the secretary. Nominations being in order, the following gentlemen were placed in nomination for mayor: T. R. Bryan, S. C. Smith, J. C. McMullen, and M. G. Troup. On the fourth ballot Mr. Troup was nominated.
On motion rules were suspended and Lovell H. Webb was nominated for city attorney by acclamation.
T. R. Bryan received the nomination for city treasurer, and S. C. Smith for treasurer of the school board by acclamation.
For police judge J. T. Hackney and James Kelly were nominated. Mr. Hackney received the nomination.
For justice of the peace, Capt. Tansey was nominated by acclamation.
For constables: J. H. Finch and Capt. Siverd, by acclamation.
Fred C. Hunt was made chairman of the central committee, when the convention adjourned.
[ELECTION RETURNS.]
Winfield Courier, April 7, 1881.
The result of the city election of last Tuesday is given in the table below. Names of candidates on the Republican ticket are in Roman, Citizens ticket in small caps, and on both in caps.
SKIPPED ALL THIS BREAKDOWN...
FOR MAYOR: M. G. TROUP AND J. B. LYNN.
TROUP WON: MAJORITY 28.
FOR CITY ATTORNEY: L. H. WEBB, O. M. SEWARD.
SEWARD WON: MAJORITY 27.
FOR CITY TREASURER: T. R. BRYAN.
BRYAN WON: MAJORITY 483.
FOR TREASURER, SCHOOL BOARD: S. C. SMITH, J. D. PRYOR.
PRYOR WON: MAJORITY 17.
FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE: J. H. KINNEY, W. E. TANSEY.
TANSEY WON: MAJORITY 84.
FOR POLICE JUDGE: JAMES KELLY, W. E. TANSEY.
TANSEY WON: THEY SHOWED MAJORITY OF 1...CONFUSING!
FOR CONSTABLES: H. H. SIVERD, J. H. FINCH, J. T. QUARLES, B. McFADDEN, E. P. HICKOK.
SIVERD WON: MAJORITY 58; AND
J. T. QUARLES WON: MAJORITY 106.
FOR COUNCILMEN: JOHN MOFFITT, M. L. READ, A. H. DOANE.
JOHN MOFFITT WON: MAJORITY 57; AND
M. L. READ WON: MAJORITY 22.
FOR SCHOOL BOARD: J. E. PLATTER, N. L. RIGBY, J. L. HORNING, AND E. P. KINNE.
N. L. RIGBY WON: MAJORITY 3; AND
E. P. KINNE WON: MAJORITY 4.
[THE NEW CITY OFFICERS.]
Winfield Courier, April 21, 1881.
On Monday night Mayor Troup gave his nominations for city officers in the council. The names offered by him were: For marshal, James Bethel; for city clerk, D. C. Beach; for street commissioner, C. M. Wood, for city engineer, S. C. Smith. The council confirmed the appointments of Beach for clerk and Smith for engineer, but refused to confirm Bethel as marshal. A resolution was passed requiring the marshal to perform the duties of street commissioner in addition to his own, and reducing his salary to forty dollars a month. The council then went into executive session on the marshal question, which resulted in the appointment of Mr. John Burris. Mr. Burris is a good man, and will fill the position to the satisfaction of all, if he decides to accept the appointment.
Excerpt...
[FRANK MANNY’S LETTER: PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.]
Winfield Courier, May 5, 1881.
S. C. SMITH,
City engineer. I have taken considerable pains to ascertain the situation of the sheep interest in this county. A year ago there were about 40,000 sheep in this county. Recently I got actual enumeration of 69,500 sheep in the county, and there were probably many that I did not get. The sheep are about two thirds graded merinos and one third native Colorado and Missouri.
A large majority of the bucks are nearly full blood merinos called thoroughbreds. I think the wool crop of this county this spring will amount to 350,000 pounds and will net $70,000.
Winfield Courier, May 26, 1881.
Messrs. M. L. Read, S. C. Smith, Captain Lowry, and M. L. Robinson have purchased the grove west of town, known as Lowry’s Grove, and will improve and throw it open for the benefit of the public as a park.
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[COWLEY COUNTY: FROM THE LEAVENWORTH TIMES.]
Winfield Courier, June 9, 1881 - Front Page
RIVERSIDE PARK.
Winfield, behind the large cities of the State in nothing, has taken a step ahead of them by the establishment of a pleasure ground for her citizens, to be known as Riverside Park. The park grounds include forty acres, situated but a quarter of a mile from the depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and is easy of access from all parts of the State, from the fact of two lines of railroads running into the town. A splendid flagstaff has been planted in the middle of the park, from which will float the national colors, while a fine fountain of unique design is also to be erected. The river here affords splendid opportunities for boating, and a steam pleasure boat is to be put upon the waters soon, in addition to which will be several small boats, which will be let out to parties for a reasonable consideration. Rustic seats will be placed all around and through the park, which, with the beautiful, shaded and winding walks, fine lawns, the pleasures of the river, the luxuriant velvet grass upon the finest camping ground in the State, will render it the most favored spot in all the West. The citizens of Winfield have taken hold of the matter in earnest, and what they undertake they never fail to put through. A fine flag pavement is now being put down between the city and the park, while the highway between the two constitutes as fine a drive as can be found in the State.
The ground comprising the park was purchased a short time ago by Captain Lowry, Captain S. C. Smith, Messrs. M. L. Robinson, J. L. Horning, A. Spotswood, and M. L. Read, who give it to the city free, for the purpose of holding public gatherings of all kinds, Sunday and public school picnics, camp-meetings, and other pleasure and business assemblage. These gentlemen have shown a public spirit that is commendable, and deserve, as they have received, the thanks of the people of the city, for whom they have done so much.
This park is, without doubt, the finest place in the State for the holding of camp-meetings, as there are high and dry places for the putting up of tents, and shaded by lordly monarchs of the forest, making it delightfully cool and pleasant in every way. Over three miles of winding drives are now being built, which will add materially to the beauties and pleasures of this place. The spot selected for this park is in every way a delightful and superior one, and it will prove a joy forever, to no not only the good people of the enterprising city of Winfield, but to the whole State as well.
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[RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE FLORAL CYCLONE.]
Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.
S. C. Smith $10.00
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[VISIT TO WINFIELD: "CLIFF" - COMMONWEALTH REPORTER.]
Winfield Courier, June 30, 1881.
At the depot, I met Will. Garvey, formerly of Topeka, who said in the same breath that had inquired how long I was going to stay, "Do you see that park off there? Well, M. L. Robinson will take you over to see it in his buggy." We went uptown, and, sure enough, in fifteen minutes I was seated in Mr. Robinson’s carriage, and ten minutes afterward was being shown all over one of the most beautiful parks in the State.
It lies a quarter of a mile west of the A., T. & S. F. depot, on the north bank of the Walnut River, and consists of forty acres of grand old trees, and aspiring younger ones not yet freed from the clinging vines which make shade and add a grotesque and charming appearance to them. The place is named Riverside Park, and is the property of M. L. Read, the banker, Mr. M. L. Robinson, his nephew, Mr. S. C. Smith, and Mr. Lowry. They have had a force of men in it cleaning out the underbrush, and locating and clearing drives all the spring, and have really succeeded admirably.
There is a long drive and a promenade along the waters’ edge, covered by the shadiest of trees, and allowing glimpses of charming scenery upon either bank of one of the most beautiful of Kansas streams. Other drives run at all angles in and about beautiful groves, affording a ride of more than ten miles within the enclosure. The trees are full of birds, which are protected and fostered. A speaker’s stand will be placed for the 4th of July, when the park will be used for celebration purposes. This stand will consist of a stone twenty feet square, placed upon pillars of masonry, and will be donated by the proprietors of the celebrated Cowley County stone quarry, Messrs. Holmes & Co. The river affords a fine boating course, and boats will be placed upon it at once. A steamboat is being secured, which will make excursions up and down the river. Riverside Park is certainly a great improvement.
Another park has been cleared at the north end of the city, which is also at the disposal of the public, though owned by private gentlemen. I believe it is owned by the other bank, and that there is considerable rivalry between the banks for the approval of their respective efforts for the public good.
Winfield Courier, July 14, 1881.
Capt. S. C. Smith has left for the wilds and coasts of Maine to rusticate in the sea breezes and mountain zephyrs during the heated term.
[WINFIELD ABROAD.]
Winfield Courier, August 25, 1881.
Capt. S. C. Smith is on the coast of Maine.
[OUR TICKET - REPUBLICAN.]
Winfield Courier, September 15, 1881.
Mr. L. B. Stone, the nominee for treasurer, is an intelligent gentleman. The fact that he was nominated over a tried officer in whom every man in the county had perfect confidence is proof of the strong faith which the people had in his credentials.
A. T. Shenneman has earned a wide fame by his efficiency during the current term and his popularity with the people rendered his reelection to the office of sheriff a foregone
conclusion.
No one had the hardihood to contest the nomination of Capt. J. S. Hunt for Clerk or Jacob Nixon for Register of deeds.
Capt. N. A. Haight has proved his capacity and efficiency as a surveyor by two terms of service and none would oppose him.
Dr. Wells is known as an accomplished physician and surgeon and probably no one would have been more acceptable as the nominee for Coroner.
S. C. Smith, it is felt, will keep the interests of the county safe in his hands as Commissioner.
Winfield Courier, September 22, 1881.
S. C. Smith returned from Maine last Friday, and when we told him what a job the Republican convention put up on him in nominating him for commissioner, he said it was a compliment for which he felt duly thankful, but had he been here, he would have declined. He is a public spirited man, however, and we guess he will stand it.
Winfield Courier, November 10, 1881.
But one Republican in Cresswell township scratched Mr. Shenneman, and but one in Silverdale. Mr. Stone carried Mr. Maris’ own township with 14 to spare. Capt. Smith’s majority in the 1st commissioner’s district will be over 500. The straight Republican ticket sweeps the field.
[RECAP OF ELECTION RESULTS.]
Winfield Courier, November 17, 1881.
FOR COMMISSIONER [S. C. SMITH/F. W. SCHWANTES]—
S. C. SMITH HAD A MAJORITY OF 516
Cowley County Courant, November 17, 1881.
RAMS FOR SALE. A fine lot of Merino rams now in town, for sale at low figures. Inquire of S. C. Smith or A. D. Crowell.
Cowley County Courant, November 17, 1881.
S. C. SMITH, LOAN AND INSURANCE AGENCY. Office on Main street.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 4, 1882.
J. S. Hunt, A. T. Shenneman, Jacob Nixon, and S. C. Smith, county officers elect, have filed their official bonds. The securities are good. Courant.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 4, 1882.
The County Commissioners began their regular session Monday noon, and have not concluded yet; there being considerable business before the Board, remitting erroneous taxes, road matters, etc. Mr. S. C. Smith, the newly elected commissioner, will take his seat at this meeting. With such men as Mr. Smith, Harbaugh, and Bullington, we think the county’s interests will be well cared for.
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[THE NEW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: EDITORIAL.]
Cowley County Courant, January 12, 1882.
Mr. S. C. Smith, the newly elected member, is too well known in this city to require any comments or recommendations. Representing considerable property interests himself, he is ripe in business experience, and is well known among our citizens as possessing ability of the first order, and is respected for inflexible adherence to what is right, regardless of personal or political considerations. He has often been requested to accept important offices, but has as often declined, and his present position was thrust upon him while he was out of the State. There is, in our mind, no question but that the interests of this city will be carefully watched over, nor any doubt that all sections of the county will receive a like attention, unmixed with prejudice or partiality. These considerations lead us, as said, to think that the new board will justify all expectations.
Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.
We have an excellent board of County Commissioners consisting of Henry Harbaugh, chairman, from second district; L. B. Bullington, from third district; and S. C. Smith, first district. The people will rest easy in full confidence that their business will be attended to in their interests under such a board.
Cowley County Courant, January 19, 1882.
A demand of S. C. Smith for $90.41, has been allowed against the estate of Elias Beaver.
Cowley County Courant, March 30, 1882.
Dr. Jones and S. C. Smith gathered up their cannons yesterday afternoon and started out to deliberately murder all the game they came in sight of.
Cowley County Courant, April 13, 1882.
Sunday Riverside Park was thrown open for vehicles and during the day probably three hundred buggies and carriages, including baby carriages, passed through the gates, and hundreds of people on foot were going and coming all day. It is safe to say that two-thirds of the city’s population visited this popular resort during the day. The blue grass that was sown last fall has made a splendid stand and with proper care will soon cover the entire surface when the grounds will be simply perfect. If future generations don’t erect a monument to the memory of Messrs. Read and Robinson, S. C. Smith and Capt. Lowery, to whom they are principally indebted for this institution, they will neglect their duty. In the meantime we would like to see this generation chip in and put up some rustic seats and otherwise adorn the grounds which they will use so much the coming summers.
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Winfield Courier, June 15, 1882.
FOURTH OF J. U. L. Y.
On Tuesday evening the citizens met at the Opera House to hear the report of the executive committee on 4th of July celebration. The committee reported as follows.
On Grounds and seats: A. T. Spotswood, Jas. H. Bullen, A. Wilson, S. C. Smith, W. O. Johnson, and H. Brotherton.
Winfield Courier, August 10, 1882.
IT IS SETTLED.
We Are to Have a Creamery, the First and the Best in the State.
The Stock Made up and the Work to Begin at Once. The Town is "Waking Up."
Last Saturday the final subscription to the Creamery stock was made and the enterprise became an assured fact. We fully believe that it will prove one of the best investments made in the county and furnish a valuable market for the dairy products of Cowley.
Mr. M. W. Babb, the originator of the enterprise, came here about a year ago and, after visiting various creameries throughout Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, came home with the necessary papers and information and went to work, aided by a few of our public-spirited citizens; among whom Mr. J. P. Baden was first and foremost, with the success before mentioned. The following is a list of the stockholders.
S. C. Smith, 2 shares, $100.
[ASYLUM FOR THE POOR.]
Winfield Courier, August 31, 1882.
PROPOSITION TO ESTABLISH ASYLUM FOR THE POOR.
We, the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, at a regular session of said Board, there being present at said session H. Harbaugh, Chairman, and S. C. Smith, members of said Board, and J. S. Hunt, County Clerk, on this 7th day of August, A. D. 1882, do here, and hereby, unanimously declare, and determine, that we deem it advisable to purchase a tract of land in the name of Cowley County, Kansas, and thereon to build, establish, and organize an asylum for the poor of said county. Therefore be it resolved unanimously by said Board that there be assessed on all the Real, mixed, and personal property of said Cowley County, Kansas, liable to taxation for raising a County revenue, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, and that the proposition for raising of said sum, shall be submitted to a vote of the people of said Cowley County, at the general election to be held in said county on the 7th day of November, A. D. 1882, at a poll to be held in each voting precinct of said county to be opened for that purpose on that day. And that if a majority of all the votes cast at said election for said purpose, be in favor of such assessment, that then and in that event there shall be assessed on the taxable property of said county a rate of tax levy for the year 1883 sufficient to produce one-half of said sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, and for the year 1884 a rate of tax levy sufficient to produce the other half of said Ten Thousand Dollars.
Be it further resolved by said Board of County Commissioners that the Sheriff of said Cowley County be, and he is hereby ordered, and directed, to proclaim, and make known, as the law directs to the qualified electors of said County the time and place for holding said election for the above and foregoing proposition. And be it further Resolved that the style of the ballots for said election shall be as follows: Those in favor of said proposition shall have written or printed thereon the words, "FOR THE ASYLUM FOR THE POOR," and those opposed to said proposition shall have written or printed thereon the words, "AGAINST THE ASYLUM FOR THE POOR."
Done by order of the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, this 7th day of August, A. D. 1882. J. S. HUNT, County Clerk and Clerk of said Board.
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Winfield Courier, December 14, 1882.
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY OF WINFIELD, DEC. 4, 1882.
Council met in regular session, Mayor M. G. Troup presiding.
Roll called: Present, Councilmen Read, McMullen and Gary; City Attorney and Clerk.
The following bills were presented, allowed, and ordered paid:
S. C. Smith, services City Eng.: $12.50.
Winfield Courier, January 11, 1883.
Capt. S. C. Smith was elected chairman in the organization of the Board of County Commissioners last Monday. This is as it should be. He is the only member who has the experience of service on the board, and his ripe experience, wide culture, clear and independent judgment and devotion to the best interests of the county, render it peculiarly fit that he should occupy that important position. Capt. Smith is an early resident, has been active through all the early struggles, and has had the fortune to secure the confidence of all and the enmity of none.
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Winfield Courier, February 1, 1883.
A Monumental Fraud,
With an Attempt to Make Anti-Prohibition Capital,
And Establish Glickeries in Winfield.
A PETITION AND REPLY.
The following petition was circulated last week by Frank Manny, taken to Topeka, and presented by him to Senator Hackney.
One of those who signed the petition: S. C. Smith.
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Winfield Courier, February 8, 1883.
The Evidence Before the Coroner’s Jury and the Verdict.
The investigation by the Coroner on the body of young Cobb was commenced Thursday morning and lasted until Friday noon. The courtroom was constantly thronged with people during the inquest.
The following is the verdict of the Coroner’s jury.
"An investigation began at Winfield, in Cowley County, Kansas, on the first day of February, 1883, and continued to February second, before me, H. L. Wells, Coroner of said county, on the body of Charles Cobb, there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereunto subscribed. The said jurors, upon their oaths, do say, That the said Charles Cobb came to his death on the morning of February first, 1883, by being hung by the neck from the R. R. bridge of the K. C. L. and S. R. R. across the Walnut River, in Cowley County, Kansas, at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. In testimony whereof the said jurors have hereunto set their hands, this 2nd day of February, 1883. T. R. Bryan, A. E. Baird, James A. Cooper, S. C. Smith, Henry Brown, A. D. Hendricks.
"Attest: H. L. Wells, Coroner."
Winfield Courier, April 5, 1883.
Chairman Smith has been having the improvements on the Courthouse square completed. It is now nicely leveled up and the walks are finished. The next thing in order will be tree planting, and in five years Cowley will have one of the finest public squares in the state.
Winfield Courier, April 5, 1883.
The Opera House caucus of Monday night nominated Capt. S. C. Smith for county treasurer (and the other caucus endorsed him unanimously). It was then stated in the latter caucus that the Captain would not serve, beside, he is county commissioner and the law provides that no city officer shall hold the office of county commissioner and he is certainly more useful in the present office than anyone could be as city treasurer. T. R. Bryan was then unanimously nominated for city treasurer. The citizens ticket was printed with Capt. Smith’s name on it, and notwithstanding he posted notices that he was not a candidate and would not serve and none seemed to object to Bryan 219 votes were polled for Smith.
Winfield Courier, April 12, 1883.
County Commissioners.
The board met Monday morning. Chairman Smith and Commissioner Johnson present. Considerable routine business in the way of witness and pauper bills was taken up and passed upon. In the afternoon Commissioner Walton came up and the road cases were taken up. Justice Young of Tisdale appeared before the board and asked that the county furnish each Justice of the Peace a copy of Daslers compiled laws as the present session laws now in their possession are broken and generally of no value. He urged it as a matter of economy to the county. T. H. Aley was appointed trustee of Otter Township vice C. R. Myles, deceased. Mr. J. F. Wallace was awarded $30 road damages.
Winfield Courier, May 3, 1883.
Strayed on April 29th. A span of gray mares about twelve years old, heavy with foal. One has lost an eye. Finder will be rewarded by leaving information with S. C. Smith.
Winfield Courier, May 17, 1883.
Where the Money Came From.
The following are the cash contributions to the general editorial entertainment fund. More was raised than was used and those who subscribed first took more than their share, so that others had to be somewhat limited in their contributions to give others a chance.
S. C. Smith: $5.00.
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[FAIR.]
Winfield Courier, May 24, 1883.
That the name of this corporation shall be "The Cowley County Fair and Driving Park Association."
That the estimated value of the goods, chattels, lands, rights, and credits owned by the corporation is ten thousand ($10,000) dollars; that the amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, and shall be divided into two hundred (200) shares, of fifty ($50) dollars each, non-assessable above face value.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names, this 3rd day of May,
A. D., 1883.
(Signed) A. T. Spotswood, W. S. Mendenhall, J. B. Schofield, A. H. Doane, Charles C. Black, Ed. B. Greer, D. L. Kretsinger, Wm. J. Hodges, S. C. Smith.
STATE OF KANSAS, COWLEY COUNTY. )ss
Personally appeared before me, a notary public in and for Cowley County, Kansas, the above named: A. T. Spotswood, W. S. Mendenhall, J. B. Schofield, J. Wade McDonald, Ed. P. Greer, D. L. Kretsinger, A. H. Doane, Wm. J. Hodges, and S. C. Smith, who are personally known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument of writing, and duly acknowledged the execution of the same.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my notarial seal, this 4th day of May, A. D., 1883.
LOVELL H. WEBB, Notary Public. (My commission expires Sept. 8, 1883.)
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[FOURTH OF JULY.]
Winfield Courier, May 31, 1883.
Committee on Grounds: S. C. Smith, D. L. Kretsinger, E. P. Greer.
Winfield Courier, May 31, 1883.
Wool Growers’ Meeting.
The Wool Growers of Cowley County met on Saturday, May 26th, at S. C. Smith’s office in Winfield. On motion, S. C. Smith was chosen chairman, Ezra Meech, Sr., corresponding secretary, and J. C. McClelland, recording secretary. A letter was read from David Harpster, of Fowles, Ohio, urging the organization of a National Wool Growers’ Protective Association. Mr. Raymond moved, and was seconded by Mr. Stalter, to recommend the organization of a State Wool Growers’ Protective Association. Motion was carried. Motion made and carried instructing the corresponding Secretary to have certain extracts from an address from the Ohio Wool Growers’ Association, published.
Adjourned till three weeks, at 7 o’clock p.m. J. C. McCLELLAND, Secretary.
Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.
The committee on grounds for the Fourth of July decided to sell eight privileges for refreshment stands at $25 each, first come, first served, also two circle swings at $10 each. Persons who want stands had better apply to Capt. Smith, chairman of committee, at once, or they may get left, as only eight will be admitted.
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[JULY 4TH.]
Winfield Courier, July 12, 1883.
It is estimated that ten thousand people were in attendance, which estimation is placed below rather than above. In fact, the "woods were full of ’em."
The sickness of Col. Whiting interfered somewhat with the regular course he had mapped out, but everything went off smoothly. Capt. S. C. Smith, R. E. Wallis, Geo. H. Buckman, Chas. C. Black, and J. P. Baden did faithful work in the formation and carrying out of the program. Especially was this the case with Charlie Black, in whose hands the amusement business was placed.
Winfield Courier, July 19, 1883.
Wool Growers Meeting.
The wool growers protective association of Cowley County met at 2 o’clock p.m. S. C. Smith chosen chairman, the committee on constitution reported. The constitution was read and adopted. The following officers were elected: President, S. C. Smith; Secretary, J. C. McClelland; Corresponding, Secretary, G. E. Raymond; Vice president, Arthur Swain; Treasurer, John Stalter. On motion the President and Corresponding Secretary were appointed a committee to draft a memorial to circulate for signers and present before the next congress, making legislation in the wool growers interest. Another was carried to instruct the Corresponding Secretary to have printed a number of circulars and distributed among the various wool growers associations throughout the state. Moved and carried that the COURIER and Telegram be requested to publish the proceedings of this association. Adjourned till first Saturday in September. J. C. McCLELLAND, Secretary.
Winfield Courier, July 26, 1883.
WINFIELD CHAPTER, R. A. M. Meets in Masonic hall on the 2nd Monday evening in each month. S. C. SMITH, H. P., W. G. GRAHAM, Secretary.
Winfield Courier, August 16, 1883.
Capt. Smith returned from his western trip Wednesday. He took in the reunion at Denver, all points of interest in Colorado, and the tertiomillennial at Santa Fe, and returned much improved in health. He reports a delightful trip.
Winfield Courier, August 30, 1883.
Those Courthouse trees are a constant source of pleasure to all who look at them. Never have we seen trees thriftier or grow with greater rapidity. This is due to Capt. Smith’s careful attention, and the people will thank him for this work from the bottom of their hearts in less than four years.
Winfield Courier, November 22, 1883.
ROLL OF HONOR.
We publish below the roll of old soldiers in this county drawing pensions from the government for injuries sustained on account of service, with monthly rate of allowance. It shows that there are one hundred and forty-six soldiers in the county drawing pensions, and that the government pays to them monthly the aggregate sum of $1,509.66-3/4. This is a record that no county but ours can show. It is certainly one that "Cares for him who has born the brunt of battle and for his widows and orphans."
LIST OF PENSIONERS, COWLEY COUNTY.
[NOTE: THEY GAVE THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATE FOR EACH ONE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS HARD TO READ AND MANY ARE LONG, I HAVE SKIPPED.
LISTING "Number of Certificate." MAW]
1. NUMBER OF CERTIFICATE.
2. NAME OF PENSIONER.
3. POST OFFICE ADDRESS.
4. CAUSE FOR WHICH PENSIONED [SOMETIMES ABBREVIATED].
5. MONTHLY RATE.
6. DATE OF ORIGINAL ALLOWANCE...NOT ALWAYS GIVEN.
Smith, Samuel C., Winfield, wd rt arm, $6.00, March 1865.
Winfield Courier, December 27, 1883.
The Cowley County Wool Growers’ Association will meet at the office of S. C. Smith on Saturday, the 29th, at 2 o’clock p.m. A full attendance is desired, as business of importance will be considered.
Winfield Courier, December 27, 1883.
More Water Works.
At the council meeting last Friday evening, the special committee on water works made the following report.
To the honorable mayor and councilmen of Winfield.
The undersigned having been appointed by his honor, the mayor of said city, as a committee to inspect and report on the condition of the Winfield water works, respectfully submit the following.
We find the engine house and coal shed required by section 3 of Ordinance No. 167 to be of the required capacity, of good material, and well constructed.
The works were submitted to the tests required by sections 3, 4, and 12 of said ordinance on the 17th and 18th days of December, 1883, with the following result, viz: The pumping capacity of the works were tested by measuring the depth of the water in the reservoir and after two hours pumping, measured again, when there was found to be an increase of depth of five and one eighth inches, which indicates a pumping capacity of one million and twenty-five thousand gallons in 24 hours. Said reservoir being 103 feet higher than Main street and capable of storing two millions one hundred thousand gallons of water. The boiler is of sufficient size to make with easy firing ample steam to supply the pumping machinery.
By actual test and measurement by triangulation we found the works capable of throwing six streams through fifty feet of 2 ½ inch rubber hose and one inch ring nozzle sixty-five feet high from six of the highest hydrants on Main street.
We believe that the pipe system is of the required length and capacity, the pipes are of good quality and properly laid, and that the hydrants are such as are required by ordinance.
The meaning of section fifteen is somewhat ambiguous. If practicable, simply means passable, then no doubt the section has been complied with, but it would seem that the present condition of the streets and alleys might be considerably improved.
We believe that the works throughout are thoroughly constructed and if maintained in their present condition will furnish the city and citizens with an ample supply of water for all necessary purposes.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
T. R. BRYAN, S. C. SMITH, CHARLES SCHMIDT.
The committee, having failed to report on whether the water was "pure and wholesome," "and the reservoir capable of storing" two million gallons of water, the report was referred back to them for a report on these points and the mayor instructed to appoint two additional members to the committee, one of whom should be a physician. The members of the original committee say they have reported all they can in the matter.
It seems to be the strong sentiment of the council not to accept the works until it is ascertained whether or not the reservoir will store two million gallons, and the city fully protected on all sides.
Winfield Courier, December 27, 1883.
Runaway Boys.
The two boys spoken of several weeks ago were returned to their father, Geo. W. Smith, of Montgomery County, last Monday. Chairman Smith wrote the Commissioners of Chautauqua County, who hunted the father up. The father says in his letter to Capt. Smith, that the boys left home on the 5th inst., and that he had been searching everywhere and had dragged all the creeks in the vicinity. The first notification he had of their whereabouts was through the publication of Capt. Smith’s letter in the Sedan papers. He sent money to pay for their return. The little fellows’ statement about their parents being dead was a very cleverly conceived falsehood. They were apparently satisfied with their present situation and not over anxious to return. There have been some twenty applications to adopt one or both of them since the former publication regarding them.
[Given below is earlier article. MAW]
Winfield Courier, December 13, 1883.
Little Waifs.
Two little boys, nine and six years old, came in on the train Thursday evening, hunting for a brother and sister whom they say lived here the last they heard of them. They got on at Elk City. The little boys say their parents died some years ago, since which time they have lived with a stranger. Last week he told hem he did not want them longer and the little fellows trudged off to find their brother. They walked three days before reaching the railroad and the kind hearted railroad boys brought them on here. They are now with Marshal Herrod, who will provide for them until their friends can be found or a place secured for them. The names are Smith and their brother is a tinner. They are bright little fellows and do not seem to feel their position severely.
Winfield Courier, January 17, 1884.
Commissioners Proceedings.
S. C. Smith was elected chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Cowley County for the ensuing year.
The chairman of the board was instructed to have six evergreens set out on the courthouse grounds.
Winfield Courier, January 17, 1884.
Commissioner Irwin came over from Windsor, Saturday, and on Monday took his place on the Board. Mr. S. C. Smith was re-elected chairman of the Board. Mr. E. I. Johnson retires carrying with him the best wishes of his associates, and the public, whom he has served faithfully during his term as commissioner. A more honest, conscientious, faithful officer has never filled a chair in the Courthouse.
Winfield Courier, February 7, 1884.
Coal.
A coal company has been formed for the purpose of prospecting for coal here. Quite a large sum has already been subscribed to prosecute the work and it is the intention of the company to begin work as soon as the necessary boring machinery can be secured. This enterprise is a most important one for our City. There is no doubt but that our town is underlaid by coal deposits and all it needs is enterprise to develop them. The following gentlemen are the incorporators: W. P. Hackney, M. L. Robinson, B. F. Cox, J. L. Horning, C. C. Black, J. M. Keck, O. M. Reynolds, C. L. Harter, S. C. Smith, and Geo. Emerson.
Winfield Courier, February 14, 1884.
More Fires.
Again, on Sunday evening, an attempt was made to set fire to property in the city. A lot of hay was stuffed under the rear end of Hendricks & Wilson’s hardware store and ignited. It was done about half past seven o’clock in the evening. Mr. James McLain, who has been acting as night watchman, first discovered and put it out. Shortly before, when walking across Manning Street and Tenth Avenue, he passed a man who was walking hurriedly. As soon as he passed, the man broke into a run, and a moment after McLain discovered the fire. When he turned, the man had disappeared in the darkness. What the object of these incendiaries is cannot be defined. The fire in the Hodges barn could have injured but little business property if successful. The fire started in the Shenneman barn, immediately after, when the hose was handy and hundreds of people standing around to use it, could not have been set with a very villainous intent to destroy, as the destroyer might have known it would be put out in a minute. The setting of the Sunday evening fire early in the evening, when everyone was about, showed a lack of deep intent to do great injury. However, our people have resolved to put a stop to it, and to that end the following paper has been prepared and duly signed, and the total sum of $222.50 goes to the person who runs the fire-bugs in.
We, the undersigned, promise to pay the sum set against our respective names as a reward for the apprehension and conviction of any person or persons engaged in setting any incendiary fire in the city of Winfield, either heretofore or hereafter.
S. C. Smith contributed $5.00. Total raised: $222.50.
[COMMISSIONER’S PROCEEDINGS.]
Winfield Courier, February 21, 1884.
Office of the County Clerk, Winfield, Kansas, February 12th, 1884.
BOARD met in regular session agreeable to adjournment of January 16, 1884. Present: S. C. Smith (Chairman), Amos Walton, Commissioner, County Attorney, and J. S. Hunt, County Clerk.
[RICHLAND TOWNSHIP: ELECTION.]
Winfield Courier, May 22, 1884.
RECAP RICHLAND TOWNSHIP ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
May 17, 1884, special meeting Board of County Commissioners, came Adam Stuber, a resident taxpayer of Richland Township, praying that a special election be called for the purpose to subscribe to the capital stock of the Kansas City & Southwestern Railroad Company $12,000, to aid in construction of the line of railroad from Kansas City, Missouri, through the county of Cowley and through Richland Township to the south line of the state of Kansas, in Sumner County, Kansas, by the way of Winfield, the said railroad company proposing to first construct the portion of its said line of railroad from the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad north or northeast from said county of Cowley through Richland Township by the way of the Winfield, etc. Election asked to be held June 23, 1884.
Board of County Commissioners: S. C. Smith, Amos Walton, J. A. Irwin. J. S. Hunt, County Clerk.
SAME TYPE OF PETITION FOR WALNUT TOWNSHIP. Dated May 18, 1884. Election to be held June 23, 1884.
[OLD SOLDIERS: JULY 4TH.]
Winfield Courier, June 19, 1884.
Fourth of July—Attention Old Soldiers.
The Grand Army of the Republic and all old soldiers are expected to assemble at Post No. 85, over Baden’s dry goods store, in Winfield, July 3rd, at 3 p.m. sharp and march to the Fair Grounds, where a bean supper, dress parade, and grand camp fire and torch light drill will take place with other amusing army exercises. The following committees have been appointed by Post No. 85 to carry out the programme for the 3rd and 4th of July.
Executive Committee: T. H. Soward, H. H. Siverd, J. H. Finch, A. E. Davis, and Geo. Crippen.
Invitation Committee: C. E. Steuven, J. E. Snow, and A. B. Arment.
Committee on Program: S. C. Smith, W. E. Tansey, and Capt. Wakefield.
Committee on Quarters: J. C. Long, Sid Cure, and C. Trump.
Reception Committee: H. L. Wells, C. E. Steuven, Capt. Wakefield, A. E. Davis, and J. E. Snow.
Torch Committee: H. L. Wells, C. Trump, and Dr. Stiles.
Committee on Police: J. H. Finch, chief police on fair ground, J. E. Snow, and B. W. Stout.
Committee on Music: Geo. Crippen, H. W. Stubblefield, and J. W. Arrowsmith.
Fuel, quarters, and rations free of charge to all old soldiers and their families. A jolly good time to all old veterans without money and without price. Come.
Winfield Courier, July 17, 1884.
Winfield will be represented at the Minneapolis Reunion by the following persons, so far as we have been able to ascertain: C. Ferguson, J. E. Snow, R. Amrine, L. B. Stone, A. R. Wilson, M. G. Troup, J. B. Schofield _____ Smith, T. J. Harris, N. A. Haight, A. G. Wilson, Thos. Thompson, S. C. Smith, and S. Cure. Delegations from other sections of the county will congregate in this city and all take a special train Sunday morning.
Winfield Courier, August 14, 1884.
Dwelling house for Sale or rent. S. C. Smith.
Winfield Courier, August 21, 1884.
County Commissioner.
We have heard it stated that Capt. S. C. Smith would refuse a nomination for County Commissioner for a second term. We now state authoritatively that such is not the truth. He will not solicit the Republican nomination, will not ask anyone to support him, and if the convention should see fit to tender him its nomination he will accept, and, as a matter of course will be re-elected and continue to be one of the best County Commissioners Cowley County ever had. We believe his course in that office has met with universal approbation by his clear business judgment displayed on every occasion, his firmness in the right, and his earnest work for the best interests of the county in which he has expended his time without stint and with very little remuneration. It is customary to endorse a good officer by giving him a second term and it is the only way that such approval can be substantially expressed. A failure to compliment such a one with a re-nomination is an expression of disapproval. It is only human that such an officer should desire some expression of approval such as a re-nomination would be, and we therefore assume that Capt. Smith would appreciate such a demonstration.
During his present term, his pay under the law has been limited to the merest pittance. Now, from next January the pay will be increased enough to made it an object financially for a man with moderate views as to salary to hold the office, and it is but just that he should be given one term with reasonable pay after serving one term without it, and it is not the square thing to change to a new man the moment that it pays.
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Winfield Courier, August 28, 1884.
REPUBLICANS IN COUNCIL. THE TICKET COMPLETED.
The delegates of the county convention of the first commissioner district organized by the election of W. P. Hackney, chairman; and J. C. Long, secretary, and the following ballots were had for commissioner: 1st. S. C. Smith, 16; E. M. Reynolds, 12; J. W. Millspaugh, 5; D. L. Kretsinger, 3. 2nd. Smith, 18; Reynolds, 13; Millspaugh, 5. 3rd. Smith, 19; Reynolds, 12; Millspaugh, 5; and S. C. Smith was made the nominee by acclamation.
[DISTRICT COURT.]
Winfield Courier, October 30, 1884.
S. C. Smith, J. B. Evans, and H. H. Martin were appointed commissioners.
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Winfield Courier, November 20, 1884.
City Government.
Following bills were ordered paid.
S. C. Smith, services as city engineer, $17.75.