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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
VOL. XX
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912.
NO. 37
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DEATH OF JOHN TAYLOR
OCMED TUESDAY
One of Norman's Most Promi-
nent Business Men.
Funeral Today
V ieslay shortly after 12 o'clock the
people In Norman were shocked to
lcarnof the sudden death of Mr. John
Tavlor, which occured at his h im • on
the corner of Gray an<i Porter avenue
Mr. Taylor had been, In his usual
state of health coming down to bis
store Tuesday morning; but about
9 o'clock he be pan to feel Indisposed
and thought he would go home, going
past tbe butcher si op he purchased
meat for dinner. On reaching home,
his wife was not in mid he went up
stairs and laid down on his b*d. In
ashoittlme his wife came in, and
hearing some one calling she stepped
out on the porch, to see who was call-
ing, thinking It inlgh be Mr. Peter
Burke, over at Mr. Maguires. She
did not know or think about her hus-
band helng i'i the bouse. She linally
real zed that it was her husband who
was calling and hastening up stairs
she quiCKly realized that Mr. Taylor
was in a serious condition.
Tht family physician was hastily
ealied over the telephone answering
at once, and going quickly to the
home, arriving about lu o'clock He
found Mr. Taylor perfectly conscious)
but complain ng f a severe pain in !
the back of the head. When isked
by Mr. Taylor if he thought that h -
w s striken with meningiiis or ap-
oplexy, the doctor said he hid not ex-
smined him sufficiently to tell. He
gave him h hyp dermic to relieve
paiu and Mr. Taylor asked him "bow
long it wou d be before the medicine
would take eft-ct, saving, that pain
was so intense tnat he did aot think
that he could stand it for 15 or 20
minutes," the time the physician said
it would he ntcessary to give the
medicine to act. In a short time the
doctor told .Mrs. Taylor i-he might
send for the children as she had re-
questtd to do, and in sio sho t a time
did the end couie, that clothes had
not been removed. Hh remained con-
scious aimosi to the end and asked
the doctor to stay wi>h him until the
end or until his condition changed.
And he never left the bedside until
death claimed Mr. Taylor at about
11:40 a. m., less than 2 hours from the
time be realized he was stricken.
Mr. Taylor moved with his family
to this city from Ashland, Kansas,
about ten yeirs ago engaging iti the
Hardware bUfiriess in the firm cf
Hullum, Taylor & Minteer and in this
business he was engaged :;t the time
ofhisdeatb. He'.vas recognized as
a good buslne-s man and prized highly
as .a citizen, and as ui iny -were hwird
to express themselves on learning of
bis death, ''one of the best citizen's
and men in Normae." He took an
active interest in educational ami
church affairs being at the time of
his death, a member of tbe Hoard c f
Education and an K der in the firs
Presbyterian church. Hi' 'eaves a
wife and three child en, two boys and
one daughter, nearly grown to young
manhood and womanhood, in the Cni-
versity and high school.
The funeral services will be held at
the family residence tliii aftermon
at - o'clock, conducted by l!ev. S. R.
Henry of the First Presbyterian
c.lurch, and the boly interred in the
family lot in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Report of Committee on Charity
The following report is given bv
the committees appointed from each
church list Thanksgiving Day to look
after the po r. deceived I>y public
nollection $0,111; recri ed iioic Min-
uet onU Lvinber Oo. $10.00; rece ve I
from Norma;; Milling .V Gr>ln C t,
1 .0U; rec-ived fiom <>k'a. Sanitar-
ium Co., $"> 00; received (mio C. H.
li-ssent Ho 00; received Iron Chi".
Lauer *•"> 00; reeeiv <d fr.jm i. '. .Innis
coal purchased i 0'i; /rooci i-*s $'24 .'i."i
bed cloth tig etc. purchas d $!!.50
Total $47.tfi
Number or fimilies helped nine.
15 side the above cadi exienditures
there have been distributed over
four l'ii il e.i art'cles of clothing.
Keturns From Murket
W.N. Kucter has remrnel froui
lh>* SH Ij'it's market, where he -pen
l>«t «et k n buv'ng n-.eichanJUe for
his large i-tore in Norman.
Mr. Huckt r bought an exceedingly
large line of nc« snr njr goods which
are daily arrivli g He bought right
and Is selling ritht. Do-I't fail to
visit duckei's.
A Skin Game
The following is a letter received I
from the promoter of a company
whose object Is to operate a large j
"catianch"ln one of the northern I
cities, offering to sell stock.
"To start with, we .vill collect, say, I
100,000 cats. F.ach cat will average
twelve kittens a year. The skins wi !
sell for from 10 cents for the white
ones to "3 cents for the pure black.
We will h ve about twelve mil-
lion akins to sell at an average of ,'k>
cents apiece, miking our revenue
about $10,000 a day gross. A man can
skin fifij c.its a day He will charge
$2 a day for his labor. It wilt take
about one hundred men to operate
tht ranch, thertfore the profit will
be abou $9,800 a day
"We will fe'd ibe cats on rats and
will stari a rat ranch adjoining the
cat ranch. The rats will multiply
four times as fast as the cats, ai d if
we start with 100,000 rats we will have
four r ts a day for each cat, which is
sufficient. We will feed the cats on
rats, and in turn will teed the rats
on the carc isses . f the cats, thus giv-
ing each at onr-fourth of a cat It
will be seen by theee figures that the
husine-s win be self-aci ing and auto-
matic. Th cats will eat the rats and
the rats will eat the cats, and we will
get the skins."
JUDGE J. M. MANSELL JUDGE MATHEWS GIVES
OUT FDR CONGRESS OPINION IN TAX CASE
F. VNillhims Passes Away
morning of last week, at
PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY
ELECTED YESTERDAY
Dr. Brooks of Boston Has Ac-
cepted. Now On His
Way to Norman
Will Make an Active Campaign
in the Big Fifth Con-
gressional District
After a careful inves1 igition of
political conditions in the llfth con-
gressionpl district, Judge J. W. Man-
seil authorizes us to announce his
candidacy for the democratic nomi-
nation for depresentatlve in Congress
from this district at the coming pri-
mary election.
Judge vtansell was born In South
C'aiolina and raised in Wood county,
Texas. His earlv education was re-
ceived in a country school in his home
county. Afterwards, be attended the
Sam Houston Normal at Huntesvllle.'
Texas, where he graduated. Later
he attended the Lebinon Law School
He was admi ted to tbe bir and be-
gan th • practice of law in the year
1899. He came to Oklahoma at the
openinir of the Kiowa and Comanche
Boosting of Tax Values Un-
constitutional Declares
the Judge
In an opinion handed down by Judge
Prank Mathews presiding at Altus,
he held that, "the State Board of
Equalization had no right to boost
values, that the same was confiscat-
ory and an unconstitutional usurpa
tion of power." Tbe boosting of val-
ues by tho County Equalizition Board
falls within the same ruling.
In Cleveland county, for the past
year, the value of real estate was
"boosted" by the State and County
Equalization boards, over 00'« and
the value of personal property was
'boosted even as high as 200%
bv the sameboards. This illegal
"boost" was done no doubt for the
purpose of denying to the tax payers,
the protection afforded them by the
tax rate provision in the State, con-
Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, of
Boston, has been tendered anil
accepted the Presidency of the
Oklahoma State University. He
is now on his way to Oklahoma
to take charge of the institu-
tion.
Dr. Brooks is one of the fore-
most educators of America.
Two years ago he was presi-
dent of the National Education-
al association. He is about 45
years old, and has a family.
country, settling at Hooart where he : stitutlon.
still resides. The people in the state should have
At the beginning of statehood, lie , claimed the protection guaranteed to
was elected county judge, which p<>- them by the State Constitution by
sition he still h ilds. He has sto id for ' refusing to pay the 1911 tax as charg-
a strict enforcement of all laws, and • ed up to them. The big Interests in
believes that as long as a law Is on , the State will avail themselves of the
the books it should be enforced Then , constitutional protection afforded;but
if it is a good law, it can be enforced; ' the farmer and small tax payer can-
otherwise, the people will find that not afford to go to the expense to se
i ut and rep al it. cure re lei" in the courts. No wonder
I jln politics, he has stood squarely I the people in tho state are becoming
I for d mocratie principles. He is no [more deeply interested in the tax
I compromiser and beiieves in fighting (question.
I to the end for those things which he i When the people come to under-
believes to be right. If lie wins, he | stand the same a number of wide
wants all the spoils, while if defeated, mouthed politicians in this state, who
he is wi'ling for the successful party | seem to he more deeply interested in
to take it all. : tbe matter of creating additional of-
He believes in tbe rul ■ of the peo- ! lices to be filled by office holders draw-
pie, and that they can select candi- ing a salary, than in how to adminis-
dates for i he various offices better
than a few in n can for thcro
.fudge It
Friday
his home in Clinton, Oklahoma sur-
rounded by nearly all of the members
of his family, Judge B. F. Williams,
at the ripe old age of 84 years passed
peacefully away after a brief illness. '
In 1893 the Judge and bis family j
moved to this city and resided here i
until about two year" ago'vhen he
ceased the active practice of his pro-
fession and took up his residence at
Clinton, to be near some of the mem-
bers of his family For a number of
years prior to coming to Normrn he
practiced law in Texas serving
county attorney and two' terms a
District Judge. After locating in
Norman be was elected anu served
two terms as Probate Judge.
He was a man held in high esteem
both as ii citizen and a lawyer where
ever he was krown. He is survived
by his aged partner in life nnd ten
daughters and two sons, all married
and in homes of their own. His two
sons followed the profession of their
father, I he oldest being a prominent |
lawyer in Texas and tbe youngest I
B. F. Williams, .I r., is one of the
DISTRICT COURT PRO-
CEEDING VERY RAPIDLY
Many Cases Disposed of This
Week. Colby-Stoval! Case
Up Next Monday
In the District Court tbe wheels of
justice are revolving steadily and the
dally grist of cases tried and dispos-
ed of are not clogging the hopper,
Judge McMillan having the conn
j machinery running too smoothiv io
clog and swiit enough to make the
attorney's stir about, if they would
get their ^rist ground at this term of
court, for the Judge will not suffer
j the court machine to run to merely
grind out expense for the tax payers.
Tbe jurors came in Monday and
were sworn and empanelled and were
made fit and ready for service, in as-
sisting in the disposal of such cases
as required or might need tbe service
of a jury. A few of the jurors cited
to appear failed to show up for duty
leading members of the (beland ' anJ Jud«e McMillan fined each oneof
county bar and one of the noted crlm-1them M'°° for
inal lawyers in the State.
The funeral was held from
home Clinton last Saturday.
the
Republican Slate Convention
The republican State Convention t o
eiect delegates to tbe National Con-
vention and select a National Com-
mitteeman, meets in Guthrie today
and th e distant rumbling the people
in this county may hear today is not
thunder; out just tha heavy oononad
ing the Hoosevelt Hough R ders are
pouring into the retreating postmast-
ers and federal office holders, at
Guthrie. The battle for Hoosevelt
delegates to the Nitiona' convention
was won long b fore tbe convention
assembled, the county conventions
having in truded about three fourths
of the delegates to the S ate Conven
tion, for Hoosevelt. but the scrip for
National Committeeman must be
fought out in the convention, in a
three cornered contest between
I'riestly and Perry as Hoosevelt candi-
dates and Harris as the Taft candi-
date.
The victors in to day's contest in
Guthrie will be among the slain and
vanquished in the Chicago conven-
tion battle to be fought in turn the
victors in Chicago will be numbered
among the slain and vanquished in
the November battle to be fous>bt at
the polls. An intern"Cine war in the
republican parly has been precipitat-
ed bv i he hurling of "Teddy's" hat
into the ring and many predict that
in case he and his followers fail to
win victory at Chicago in June, that
a new political party will he ushered
into being with Mr. Hoosevelt as its
Moses to lean ihe way to a higher
and better purpose, than to cringe
Icfore the kings of special privel ge
in this country.
GREAT ROOSTER CON-
TEST VOTE OFFER
The Big Booster Vote Offer is
Announced Today, Will
Expire March 28th
by the
old convention system. He believes
that all candidates from president
down should be nominated by primary
eleetion. He is a lirm believer in the
initiative, referendum and also the
recall.
Heb-lieves that io both state and
nation too much money is being t >ken
away from the people in the wty of
taxes. That tbe democratic party,
which has always stood for economy,
should at once show ihe people that
it is sincere and intends to fullil its
p edges by reducing the expenses
in every legimate way possible. He
is opposed to larg^; expenditur s for
army and n ivy, and bslieves it better
if tbe money is taKen from the peo-
ter the affairs of the State in an
economical manner for the tax pays-
ers wi 1 be invited to take a long and
ns tch needed rest.
It is true Gov Cruco's administra-
tion, will be held responsible lor the
high taxes in the state, but as a mat-
ter of fact his administration should
not be held; but should be given cred-
it for doing so well in holding down
State taxation as it has been able to
do, under conditions inherited from,
the previous administration of state
affairs. Tho Oklahoma State legis-
latures have been ixtremel; liberal
in creating sources of State expendi-
tures. necessary to be met by tax-
ation.
Oklahoma is greatly in need of a
state legislature that would be tinc-
The lirst jury case called was en-
titled il. M. Hefley vs. the City of
Norman and after the jury was chosen
and two witnesses examined h dis
agreement as to pleading and what
could be proven under same arose
among the lawyers, finally winding
up in the jury b-ing discharged and
the attorneys given further time to
get ready for trial.
In the cases of the State vs. O. G.
! Marsee, Gail Brown, and Walter
llaynes, the prisoners were arraigned
Sand en'.ered pleas of "not guilty "and
cases set down for trial.
In the case of State vs. Ollie Modi
n plea of guilty to petit larency w is
entered and a line of #25.00 and cost
was imposed by the court.
Lucy Hawkins was granted n di-
vorce from Geo. A. Hawkins as her
On every t20.00 in subscription
money any candidate turns in from
now untill tbe above date, the will
receive 50,000 FIUCE VOTES.
in addition to the regular schedule j
of votes. On every *15.00 25,00(1 free j
votes; on every $10.00 10,000 free votes ! petition prayed.
and on every $5.00 5,000 tree votes, i l.iuiao Cole whose case for divorce
1 hi- is a important period for candi- ||was trie 1 during last term but court
dates who are striving to win one of
the Special Prizes, and especially will
be of aid to thnte who have just en-
tered tbe contest. Any candidate
ran tnke the lead within the next
twelve days by taking full advant-
age of this offer.
p'e, to spend it in the way of interuar'-Uired with a spirit of frugality, and
improvement", hut he Is unalterably with thecourage to lopoff all unneces-
opposed to extravagant and needless i saiysiate appendages,however.useful
appropriations. ! saint may be to the office holding class.
At the Kiowa county democratic —
C. H. Jeff reus Dead
C. II. Jeffress, aged 70 years, died
at the home of bis daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Graham, west of Noble in McClain
county Friday. The funeral wascon-
ducted from his residence in Noble
Sunday
Mr Jeffrets was for several years
Justice of The Peace at Noble, and
was a highly respected citizen. His
friend- were numbered by his ac-
qu timaneet.
The deceased issurvived by a widow
three sons and two daughters.
J. M.
school-
I)r J.
Wails
convention, held at Hobart on Feb-
ruary lTtb, 1012, at whii h there were
present two hundred and thirty-two
delegates, the following resolution
was passed to-wit;
"Resolved that we heartily endorse
and approve the proposed candidacy
of our esteemed fellow citizen, Ilcti-
.1. W. Mansell, for congress, and we
hereii pledge him the enthusiastic
support of the democracy of Kiowa
county, -h uld he become a candidate
and we recommend him to the demo-
cratic voters of the li tti congression-
al district of Oklahoma, as being ho
able, active a <1 worthy champi in of
progressive principles, popular rights
and personal liberty "
Judge Man-ell will make an active j ir. Cleveland county and sentenced to !
campaign and will try to visit every ! twoatid one-half years for mayhem !
portion of the district. He invites \ secured a reversal of the case last ''
his opponent to meet him at any of j Wednesday, from tbe criminal court
his appointments, wlice he will give | of appeals, based on faulty insiruc-j
him an opportunity to defend his ! lions of the trial court.
H.
Reversal Of Case
Charlie Havlll, who was convicted I
Primary Ticket
The City primary will he held
Norman Tuesday, March 13, 1912.
The democrats tiled are:
First Ward -Councilman:
Moomau and P. R. Durkee
hoard, John Taylor.
Ward Two--Councilman:
Pruning.
Ward Three Councilman:
A. Davis; school board, J. t
and T. E. (lenient.
Ward Four—Councilman:
Chastian, Oscar Holland and Joe
Daniel: school board, li. F. Wolf.
Republican candidates:
First Ward Councilman: 1!. F.
Goe.
Sei ond Ward Counciknati: H G.
Lindsay; School board, Chns. Standlcy
Third Ward -councilman: C. M.
Keiger; school hoard, L. T. Monnett.
Fourth Ward—Councilman: Geo '
I A. Smith; school hoard, 1!. I.. Mof-
! feu.
hor the outlying district Ceo. \\ The hearing on the motion
j Miller filed for member of school I for t0()ay at 9:00 a. m
!board.
"
withheld the granting of the divorce,
hoping that the young couple might
become reconciled came up agiln
aud no reconciliation having been ef-
fected a decree of dlyorce was grant-
j ed from Court la nil Cole and a divis-
ion of property msde as per settle
| ment effected.
I The jury lu the W. T. Adams vs.
j VV. L. Lurry case returned a verdict
J for the defendant into court Wednes-
day morning.
Tbe Harbert vs. Holland case was
set down for trial on the 27th.
| George Poster, by his counsel Wolf
Jand Dudley, served notice on the
County Attorney Tuesday, that an
application for a change of venue in
his murder case would be made to
ludge McMillan on March lwtb, al-
leging that he could not obtain a fair
trial in Cleyi land county.
William George was arraigned in
the District Court Tuesday on an in-
formation filed by the County At-
torney, charging him with the murd-
er of Will Aobot' His attorneys II
F. Wolf and Tom Mayfield asked fur
time to plead and filed a motion 11
set aside tho information for the
reason that defennant had been com-
mitted to th ! Asylum in 1009 anil
never legally released therefrom.
was set
Publisher and Merchants Prize
Contest
the standing of can-
The Colby-Stovall
set for March 18th.
record
J. A Mclntlre l:or Sheriff
With this issue of the En erprise
appears the announcement, of J. A.
Mclntire, of Norman for the demo-
cratic nomination for Sheriff of
Cleveland county.
Mr. Mclntiro was born and rais d
in Ark os s and moved to Ok ahoma
seventeen y^ar- ago, and for ihe p ist
Conntv Attoinei Graham and D puty ] th11te. n yeirs has be^n a resident of
Sheriff Higbee, and be will be return-1 Cleveland coun'y. He conducted a
ed to the penitentiary to serve his i butcher business in Norman for four
sentence of two years for burglary | years, which was n success, and for
committed in C tnanche county In 1 the past two years his had charge
Revokes Parole
The Governor revoked ihe parole of
upon app'ic tlon of
Aaron Croxto i
He low
didates in the Publisher
Havill engnged in an encounter | Merchants Prize Contest,
on tbe streets of Norman with J.
Vandiveer, ex-representative, and in
the sctiffie, the latter lost a portion
of an ear.
J. H. Dudley and Judge li. F. Wolf
represented Havill in the case.
and
murder case is
ISoth sides have
j had their witnesses subpoenaed and
I it Is very probable that the case will
J (>o to trial when called. There are
j many witnesses nil both sides and the
trial will consume considerable time.
liuby Bartholomew .
Sadie Hyde Heavers
Kathrine Osterliaus .
Baptist Ladies Aid
i Judith Lindsay
! Virgil George
Water Main* In ! Leona Grotts
The work of putting in the nc« Qrice Bumgarner...
harmer* Store Closed
1 J ~
' -p|le pai-mer« Co-Operative Slot e
1H4,050I closed Tuesday morning being
151,1 111 I unable to longer hold out. The as-
114,415 ! sets and liabilities of the store, we
■so Q3Q I understand are about evenly balanc-
55,1140!
1910 He is he d here in jail on a
charge of felonlou- assault commu-
ted ne r L xington. A letter to bis
par ner i > the f> rm r chvge where-
in he assed him to com • to Lexing-
ton and help roh some places there
ff II into the hands of t hf officers, an 1
his record was investigatnl with tho
the above reeti t.
of th' fire department in this city
; ml i.as in d an excellent record in
that capacity.
Mr. Wlnt r. will in a fe w weeks
i-t-(fin an active c tmpaigo. He is em-
inei'ly quallflel for the position
h • seeks, and if nominated at tbe
primary, August nib, will he elected
by n large majority in November.
water mains, in this city has been
completed and the drilling of tbe two
additional wells at the water station
is in pi ogress An abundance of fine
fine water In Norman next summer is
assuied Last summer the supply-
was limited owing to the fart that
the capacity cf the cltv wells wns not
suffic ent to meet the n. cds during
the dryest and hottest periods for
domestic and lawn purposes. The
lawns had to be sacrificed also many
of the shade trees.
I'se Mayfield's enid tablets.
Katie Kier
Ethel Monica 1
Willa Barker
Mary Black, Noble..
Newcastle Baptist Ch.
J ed; but the stockholders did not
. think It advisable under existing
40,il'io | conditions to continue store longer
40,750 [for the reason that it was hardly
18,485 | thought, that on a cash basis, store
7,505
8,710
1,575
1,075
would make anything or even keep
even for the next eight months A
good many people will regret to see
tills store gooet of business in Nor-
man.
Meniorlol fcxerclses Waived Preliminary
On Monday evening. March 18, at j Win. D. George was arraigned be-
7:30 o'clock, memorial exercises in! fore Justice Linton Saturday, and
memory of the late il F. Williams j through his attorneys Tom Mayfield
Sr., and W.J. Jackson will be held , and Judge il. F. Wolf, waived pre -
in the District Court room , liminary, and was bound over to the
The public is invited, , dsslrlct court without ball,
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