Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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cleveland county enterprise.
VOL. XXIII
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1^14.
NO. 12
Getting Fierce
Last week one of the republican
standpatters and an old war-horse
living in the northeast part of the
county informed us that one even-
ing as he and his wife were return-
ing home, and as they stepped to
open the gate to turn into their!
farm, a sinel! of earrion was no-
ticed and upon making an investi-
gation he found that a socialist
platform had heen dropped at his
gate post.
The Captain was furious and de- j
elared that if he could only find j
the enemy who had deposited that'
corpse at his gate, the war in tier- j
many would look like a skirmish
when he met the enemy face to
face. Mr. Houchin was suspected
as the guilty party, but he denied
all connections with the affair, but
said that he had seen E. Duffy go-
ing in the direction of the Cap-
tain's home and suspected that he
might be the responsible party.
Monday, while in this city, E.
Duffy, when accosted by the writer
admitted that he had left several
socialist platforms at the gates in
the northeast part of the county,
and in one particular instance he
remembered that his attention was
attracted by a strong stinch and
remarked to a party with him, "for
disinfecting purpo :es if no other, a
socialist platform should be left at
the gate."
County Court Convenes
October Third
W. 0. W.
Entertains Friends
A number of friends met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. >1. A. Oliver,
on Route 1, Sunday evening, the
occasion being the twenty-first
birth day aniversary of their son,
Samuel. Those present were Messrs.
0. E. Dye, Jeff Roberts, Roy
McReynolds, Hugh Roberts, John
and Richard Dye; Mesdames ('. B.
Dye, Jeff Roberts, John Dobbs
and C. B. Dye: Misses Esther and
Vira Dye and Grace Dobbs; and
Master Daily Dye. The company
was entertained with graphophone
selections. Candy was served by
the hostess, Mrs. J. A. Oliver,
Chas. Hocker and wife, of Pur-
cell, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Hocker's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Bailey.
Prof. L. C. Snider left Thurs-
day for Chicago, where he will
attend the Chicago University
the present year. Mrs. Snider
and child who have been visiting
her mother in Indiana for some-
time, will join Mr. Snider in
Chicago.
J. G. Williams, of Snyder, has
purchased the J. A. Tarr prop-
erty on E. Gray, through the
real estate agency of A. Mc-
Daniel. Mr. Williams and fami-
ly have moved here for the bene-
fit of our schools.
The following is the assignment
for the October term of the county |
court:
MONDAY, OCTOBF.R • >TH
State of Oklakoma vs. R. U.
Kay.
City of Norman vs. Lawrence
Leffler.
City of Norman vs. Ben Leffler.
City of Norman vs. Ben Leffler.
City of Norman vs. J. B. Mc-
Kinney.
State of Oklahoma vs. C. E.
Paul I.
State of Oklahoma vs. C. E.
Pan II.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER GTH
City of Norman vs. Tilmon Es-
tep.
City of Norman vs. N. L. Ho-
baugh.
City of Norman vs. .lohti Brock-
hans.
State of Oklahoma vs. W. H.
Lassiter.
State of Oklahoma vs. Decater
Poster.
State of Oklahoma vs. Decater
Poster.
State of Oklahoma vs. Roy Wag-
goner.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH
State of Oklahoma vs. Roy Wag-
goner.
State of Oklahoma vs. Devro
Ard and Bob Phillips.
State of Oklahoma vs. Cleve
Yandall.
State of Oklahoma vs. George
Bennett.
State of Oklahoma vs. Roy Saw-
yer.
State of Oklahoma vs. Sam Todd.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH
G. W. Giles & Son vs. The A.
T. & S. P. Ry. Co.
Nora Haynes vs. S. A. Todd,
I et al.
Stone Printing and Manufactur-
| ing Co. vs. Harry L. llaun, et al.
E. L. DeGolyer vs. Mrs. I. N.
i Webb.
J. M. Naill and Mary Naill vs.
[ J. C. Adams.
W N. Rncker vs. .1. P. Casey.
The Farmers Store Co. vs. J. 0.
Talley.
First National Bank, Noble, Ok.
vs. M. Perkins, et al.
FRIDAY', OCTOBER 9'1'H
G. Knowles vs. A. W. Sch-
wartz.
W. W. It inkle vs. Win. Kime.
C. G. Giles vs. M. P. Patterson.
I Samuel B. Blackburn vs. '1. W
Abshier.
S. K. McCall vs. R. L. Risinger.
Call in and see us and get ac
i quainted with our new institution.
—The Security State Bank.
Student Furniture
We have a large and complete line of new and
up-to-date Furniture, especially for students rooms
such as library tables, dressers, beds, and our line
of rugs is the most complete to be had.
In fact we can till your wants with anything
in the furniture line at prices that will please you.
Come in and sec us and inspect our line o!
FURNITURE
The Government, the Farmers Hope
In Present Crisis.
MEYER, MEYER
& MORRIS
The government at Washington is the only power adequate
to deal with the cotton situation at the present time, and quick
and definite action on the part of the government is imperative.
"It is money that our farmers want and must have if they
are saved from bankruptcy,and. not wind-jamming," as Con-
gressman Thompson aptly puts it in a letter just received."
So far the Government at Washington has failed to do any
thing practical to aid in the unfortunate situation in which the
farmer has heen placed by the present unlooked for European
war.
Extraordinary situations demand extraordinary remedies.
It is the prime duty of a government to protect its people and to
devise ways and means of affording such protection. To side-
step the situation by falling back on financial precedents, and to
endeavor to place the onus of dealing with the situation on the
shoulders of others-"Buy a Bale" Clubs and such like expedi-
ents- is not only sidestepping the full duty of government, but
playing pitch and toss with the daily bread of the faimei>.
As we said in our article in last week's paper, the European
War is responsible for the present condition of the Cotton Market
and the war must end before the condition is relieved and pend-
ing the war the bulk of the present crop must be stored and held
by someone, and the Government is the only force strong enough
to do the holding without great loss to the farmers who produced
the crops.
Even the speculators cannot hold it without government
aid, and why should the Government extend aid to the specu-
lators, thus enabling them to reap a golden harvest at the ex-
pense of the producers. Let the Government aid be extended
direct to the producers. All of the arguments thus far advanced
against the Government's giving aid direct to the producers on
such an occasion as now exists are orthodox but useless. Statis-
tics show that for the past ten years the average price of cotton
has been 12 and 1-2 cents and that the increase in production is
hardly keeping pace with the increase in consumption. I his
being true, there is no reason why the government should not
accept 12 and 1-2 cents as a safe basis and advance to the pro-
ducers direct on warehouse certificates as much as $4;> per bale
of emergency currency without interest and hold the cotton for a
year if necessary, the expense of I onsing and insuring the cot-
ton to be taken out when finally sold and balance remaining be
paid to the owner of the cotton housed. If cotton was still in
the warehouses at seeding time next year the farmers would
voluntarily cut down the acreage, for they would realize that the
cotton they held in the warehouses would seriouslv affect the
price of the new crop.
Charles R. Barrett, President of the Farmer's Union, and
who is ardently urging that the Government adopt the plan we
have outlined in last week's article and in the above article, cer-
tainly voices the feelings of the farmers iu the following article:
"Our farmers are beginning to feel that the govern-
ment which they largely created, which they have ''her
ished and nurtured and fought and worked for, does
not in the face of the greatest crisis in their history,
show for them a proper feeling, and hesitates to take
the action which will save them and all these interests
and industries which are dependent upon them If the
government fails in this emergency, and our cotton
farmers and tobacco farmers, who are all iu the same
boat, are allowed to go to final destruction, there will
be left in the minds of multitudes of our people a feel-
ing of bitterness, which will he many years in disap-
pearing. And there is no occasion for it. 1 lie gov-
ernment has the power, the credit, the resources, and
can in twenty-four hours remedy the situation.
Congressman Thompson, in his letter we received Monday.
assures us that as a member of the congressional committee
evolving plan we have outlined in an article last week and al-
luded to ill this, he is pressing with vigor for its adoption, but
they are confronted with the opposition of the Federal Reserve
Board, because its adoption would affect a change in the hedei-
al Reserve system. Even a bill extending emergency currency
to the state banks, which passed the senate a few days ago that
met the requirements imposed on National banks, is meeting
with active opposition of the Federal Reserve Board and the
Secretary of the Treasury.
To a democrat the above news is no doubt startling. .Mon-
ey issued direct to the people without the intervention of Na-
tional banks is a cordial democratic doctrine, and used to be if
not now. of the democratic party. The policy of the republican
party was to skin the people through the medium of the Nation-
al banking system in open violation of the 1 S. constitution.
In attempting to force the emergency currency through the
National banking system to the people would seem to us a fol-
lowing in the steps of the republican party by the democratic
party and result in the emergency currency issued being used for
the benefit of the banks rather than for the people.
With a President and both houses of Congress, the demo
cratic party is on trial, and the people expect to see democratic
doctrines carried out.
If the government does not come quickly to the relief of the
farmers in the present emergency, the price of cotton is more
likely to go down than up within the next few months, for then;
is no indication that the European war is going to terminate foi
months and a market for cotton be opened up and the farmer?
cannot under present arrangements hold cotton until the mark
els of the world open up.
Art* you a Woodman?
Do you Belong to the W. O. ?
It' you do you are a stockholder
in a great organization and an
equal partner in the great fund of
$23,000,0(10
If you were a stockholder in a
bank with this amount of cash and
were given notice to attend a meet-
ing of the stockholders, would you
attend the meeting to look after
your interests.
We hold a joint meeting of the
W. <> W and Woodmen Circle on
Oct. 7, at 7 :•'{<> p.m. the purpose of
which is to lav plans to strengthen
the order and put it in the best
possible shape for our encampment,
which is to be held in Norman,
Oklahoma, in July 101.
You have a special invitation to
meet with us on the above date.
All members of W. O. W. and
Woodmen Circle aie urged to lie
present.
First Presbyterlim Church
The hours of service are as fol-
lows: Sunday school, 10 a. til.
Dean -1. 11 Felgar. Kupt
Public worship 11 a. in. and H
p. m.
Subject for morning sermon,
Religious Experience as an Intel
lectual Stimulus.
Evening sermon, Contagion of
Character as Exemplified in the
relations between Elijah and Eli-
sha.
The Sunday school is providing
classes in Bible study with special
reference to the needs of I Diversi-
ty students. The young women's
lass will be taught by Dean •! S.
Buchanan, and the young men's
lass by Mrs. Alexander.
The young people's meeting is
at 7 p. tn. Students, visitors and
strangers in the city are especially
invited. Members of the church
are urged to come and make every-
body welcome.
Frank M Alexander, Pastor.
University Enrollment 950
Enrollment at the University be-
! gau Tuesday and at time of going
to press today the enrollment had
reached I'.iO, an iubrease of about
J00 over the corresponding days of
last year.
Many are coming in on every
train and it is thought the enroll-
ment will reach 1200 by the end of
this week.
Mow the Parkings
During this week a great many
citizens of Oklahoma will be in
Norman looking for rooms for their
children who are to enter the
University. If these men and
women receive a favorable impres-
sion of the City,many of them will
decide to move to Norman. The
impression that a stranger forms
is largely dependent upon the ap-
pearance of the streets and yards.
Weed-grown parkings are especial-
ly distressing. We urge therefore
that all residents, and particularly
1 the owners of vacant lots, make
(immediate arrangements to have
I the parkings mowed, and the
rubbish removed, especially in
| the University quarter of the
City. A State Association for the
beautifying of cities has been
formed; Norman cannot afford to
lag behind in this movement.
Landon-Doolen
Mr. Raymond Landon of Fresno,
California, and Miss Stella Doolen,
of this city, were very happily
united in marriage Thursday even-
ing. at five o'clock at the home of
the bride's mother, Mrs. Z. N.
Doolen, in West Norman, Rev.
K. Ii Ownbey officiating.
The groom is a graduate of the
University and a very popular and
enterprising young business man,
while the bride is a most charming
and accomplished young lady.
They left at fi:30 that evening
for Fresno, California, where they
will make their home, the groom
holding a position as a pharmacist
in that citv.
W. H. Atkerson has returned
from an extended visit with
friends and relatives in Texas.
Riley Taylor, who is in the U.
S. Navy, and is connected with
the United States Cruiser "San
Diego," arrived Saturday for a
visit with his father, J. F. Tay-
lor and family. He has served
two years and is home on a thir-
ty-day furlough.
A very pleasant afternoon af-
fair was given by Mrs. M. A.
Floyd at her home on College
avenue Thursday evening, in
honor of her cousin, Miss Mary
3ryson, of Kansas City, Mo. A
book contest was the main fea-
ture of the afternoon, in which
about twenty-five young ladies
took part.
Attorney B. R. McDonald was
here from Pawhuska Friday,
visiting his many friends and
transacting business.
W. Swank and wife, after a
very pleasant visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Moore, at Enid,
returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Remmert and
daughter came in Sunday from
Lone Wolf for a visit with Mrs.
S. W. Hutchin. Miss Remmert
will attend the University this
year.
H. O. Miller, .las. Lawrence,
Jim Stogner and others attended
the agricultural fair at Lexing-
ton Saturday. They say the dis-
play of farm products was cer-
tainly fine.
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