Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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cleveland county enterprise.
VOL. XXIV
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1^15.
NO. 5
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Students Express
Appreciation
s
Whereas, We are now nearing
the close of the largest and most
successful Summer School ever
held by the University of Oklaho-
ma. We the pupils feel it a privil-
ege and a duty to publicly express
our appreciation for the many ef-
forts that have been put forth by
the following persons and organi-
zations of Norman to make our stay
here both pleasant and profitable.
Therefore, be it resolved: That
we express our appreciation:
First: To President Brooks for
the pleasing reception he has ex-
tended to the student body, and
to the kindly interest he has mani-
fested in their work.
Second: To Dr. Phelan, Director
of the Summer School, for splen-
did lecture program, for his most
excellent plans and his untiring
energy in their execution, also for
his ever-readiness to offer any ad-
vice and assistance to those who
have sought him.
Third: To the entire Faculty for
the interesting, painstaking, and
thorough manner in which they
have presented their work, and the
general interest they have shown
at all times in our progress. Also
for their thoughtfulness and lib-
erality in providing for us an
excellent water-melon feast.
Union Graded School
The first election to be held un-
der the new union graded school
law, was held in the southern part,
of the county on July 23 rd, with
the following result:
For
Ward Replies to Hess
26
11
i,'
ii
53
113
Against
3
4
6
9
13
35
Lexington, Oklahoma, July 20.
Cleveland County Enterprise,
Norman, Okla.
I would like to say to the tax-
payers of Cleveland county in re-
ply to the article in the Democrat-
Topic July '23, 1915, that Cleve-
land county's dictator, W J. Hess,
is dodging the issue.
It seems that when he op-
ened up this controvery that he was
going to prove to you that
District fil
District fiS
District 55
District 54
District GO
Total
There was some controversy as j I was' unfit for your county com-
t.o whether the election carried or j missioner and charges me with vot-
not, until an opinion was given by ; ing against appropriating $500.00
the Attorney General- ! for a county demonstrator to which
The law says: "Should a ma- j I plead guilty and that is not all I
jority of the voteis of each separ- j voted against,
ate district of said special meeting
vote in favor of forming a union
graded school district they shall at
that meeting organize by electing
a director, a clerk and a member,
who shall constitute the board of
the union graded district."
The Attorney General construes
the above to mean that it only re-
will state a few
of the things I have voted against
and am willing to leave it to your
judgment as to whether I voted,
to the best interest of the taxpay-
ers or not. The first thing 1 voted j
againist was awarding W. J. llessi
the contract for the county print-j
on the ground that J. (). Fox nn-1
you don't prove it you will stand
condemned before the people for a
false accusation. Well 1 admit
that Mr. Hess carried my an-
nouncement in his paper but it cost
$5.00 every time he did it. 1 want
to give Mr. Hess credit for telling
one truth, J. J. Ward and 1 did vote
against him doing the county print-
ing. It seems to be a crime for
me and J. J. Ward to vote togeth-
er, but it is all right for Mr. Fox
and J. J. Ward to vote together.
They voted together for the appro-
priation for the farm demonstrator
and several other things, but Mr.
| Hess don't criticise Mr. Fox and
accuse him of lining up with the
] republican party. Can yon seethe
I point? He didn't get the county
printing that is the matter with
Mr. Hess, and he would like to stir
up strife between Judge Swank and
me for political reasons.
Now Mr. Hess the people know
that I supported Mr. Swank and
the balance of«the democratic nom-
inees. I went out and worked for
the ticket the last two races that
Rescind Real Estate Raise
Commissioner J . A. Fox and S.
A. Ward, Assessor .1 N. Brown
and Deputy L. L. MeComlt went to
Oklahoma City Saturday for an in-
terview with the state equalization
board, in regard to the raise of
Cleveland count} property.
After a talk with Auditor How-
ard it seemed almost useless for a
further interview, but Commis-
sioner S. A. Ward said he was not
willing to leave without a further
interview, as the raise was unjust,
so they returned to the office, and
after disussing the matter again,
District Court News
The following cases were tried
in district court last week:
The case of State vs. E. -I Mays,
charged with embezzlement, was
dismissed on motion of the county
attorney. It was the opinion of
Mr. Grigsby that evidence was not
sufficient to proceed further with
the case, consequently it was
dismissed on his motion.
The case of Mrs. E. J. Neal vs.
J. A. Holmboe, suit for damages
for personal injury, resulted in a
verdict for $200 for the plaintiff.
The case of C. L. Barnes vs.
Tecumseh Silo Co., suit, for labor
was given the
Mr. Howard informed him that
he would make a motion to rescind I debt. Judgment
the action of the board on the 5 j plaintiff.
percent raise on real estate as soon j Earl Minteer vs. Mrs, Julia
as the board met, which he did, i Taylor et al, suit for specific per-
and his motion carried unanimous-! formance. The verdict was in
favor of the plaintiff.
This will mean a valuation of
$313,000 less for the land owners
I of this county to pay taxes on,
| which is quite an item.
T , , XT „ | Mr. Ward deserves special credit
Judge Swank made. Now Mr. „ , . ...
tor Ins efforts in the matter.
Fire at Baptist Church
to carry
A
or, J. 11
der bid him, anil surely that vote
quires a majority of those voting was not in keeping with tne dicta-1 |Iegg jf yQn ftre going to ,,.v to
he election. Itor's instruction and he has been;
I prove me unfit for county eotumis-
T. Barber was elected direct- sorely displeasd with me as county Ljoner [ ask yon jn (jle' ,mim. „j- • K- Carrier was a business vis-
mmissioner ever since , sense to g0 to the re,0„,s itor in Norman yesterday.
Corbett, member. j Second: I voted against plaeing j for ym)r testimony. You can't Horn—To Mr. and Mrs. Bennie
They were here Monday making : the under sheriff on a salary $75.00 L, the pp()ple by merely making | Owens, a little daughter, Wednes-
arrangements for the voting of per month instead of working for; .lssel.^jol1s " day morning.
bonds in order to erect, a school | the fees as the law provides.
house in the center of the district. | Third: Against approving the
Fourth: To the Norman Mill
ing & Grain Co. for the donation widows and Orphans j clerk on the grounds that he is not;
of large quantities of ice used at j County Support a stenographer as the law provides
our picnic and for our water-mel-, he should be, but wish to say
ons.
your
merely
j assertions
Mr. Hess you have made mention | If it is a wedding invitation you
of my actions when making esti-' want, we have the tvpe and know
| appiontnient of the deputy court | mate to pay depntie8i 1 wU, state | h
ow to do the work that will satis-
Sixth: To the Young Peoples
Union for their excellent reception
and entertainment extended us.
Be it further resolved that, as
we go forth to our various places
of labor, we pledge to the best in- i
terest of our University an earnest, |
lasting support, and to all whoi
have contributed to our betterment
while here, a kindly remeberanee.
Signed by,
H. L. Allen
F. E. Van Slyke
C. B. Quicksall
J. R. Campbell
J. W. Tyler.
t ' his behalf that he has filled the po-, . ,
Norman, Okla. July 31, 191;>! ... ,. , .... „ ' we would go bad,
j sition well and paid tor all the
There has been hied in County , ,. ,
stenographic work.
Oklahoma Day in Manitou
Sunday August 22 has been de-
signed as OKLAHOMA DAY in
the churches in Manitou, Colo.,
when all residents of this state are
invited especially to the services.
The state days at the churches are
proving attractive affairs. Many
people will meet many friends from
their home towns or neighboring
ones there.
Court up to the present time the
applications of the follow ing named
widows, for pension, to wit:
Mrs. O. J. Williams, Post Office
Norman, Okla
Mrs. Gertie Akin, Post Office
| Noble, Okia., R. F. D. 1.
Mrs. Fannie MeCalip, Post Of-
fice Noble, Okla.
Mrs. Louise Shelton, I'ost Office
Norman, Okla.
Mrs. Edna Stover, Noble, K. 2.
Mrs. Ruby De Graffenried, Capi-
tal Hill.
Mrs. Lillie Pickett, Lexington.
Mrs. Dora Watson, Lexington.
Which if no protest be filed on
or before August 10th, 1915 judg-
ment will be rendered granting
them partial support.
B. F. Wolf,
Judge of the County Court, of
Cleveland county, Okla.
We have just received a full line
of new job type,and are better than
ever prepared to do your printing.
Come in and see us.—Enterprise.
Judge J. W. Linton returned
home Friday evening from a
months' visit with friends and rel-
atives in West Virginia and Ohio.
Mr. Linton says that he visited
more than five hundred relatives
on the trip and had a most pleas-
ant trip.
Subscribe for the Enterprise.
Fourth: Against t he. employment
of a clerk in the sheriff's office to
keep his books.
Fifth: Allowing a special deputy
in the county judge's office which
carried.
Sixth: Against the free town-
ship and county fair which would
have cost any where from $1500.00
to $3000.00 under the provisions of
the free fair law. You can see 1
am just making mention of the
propositions I have voted against.
It seems that the propositions 1
voted against are the ones he wish-
es to impress on you are wrong.
You may judge for yourself as to
whether they are to the best inter-
est of the taxpayers or not, and
the records will snstaian me in the
above statements.
Now, I ask the questions, why
don't he publish the records and
arrived at
Mrs. Jack
All parties
Col. Il l' Brendle vvjis in from
the truth of the matter. When we \ fy.—Enterprise.
were making our estimate tempo- Born A little bov
rarily with the understanding that the home of Mr. and
over our work Foster Sunday night,
and reconsider and make any | !lre doing nicely
changes necessary. I proposed to
make an allowance to the treas- ...
.. .. , , . i 9-1-east Monday, transacting busi-
urer for the first deputy $6o pet-
month for nine months and $1(10
for the second deputy two months j
and that was taken that way, and
also proposed $50 per mouth for
the second deputy in the county
clerk's office and that was accepted
that way, but when we were re-
The fire department was called
to the Baptist church yesterdav .if
ternoon about 4:30 o'clock.
A fire of unknown oiigin had
gained but little headway when the
fire boys arrived, and it took only
a few moments to quench it. The
damage done was about $15.00.
Marriage License
The following marriage license
have been issued the past week :
Franklin I'ierson, 25, and Bet-
tha Brockhouse, 23, both of Nor-
man . They were married by J udge
Wolf.
Berton J. Howkins, 24, and Inez
Pamplnm, 23, both of Oklahoma
City.
ness. lie reports a fine rain Sun-1
day, and says crops are surely \
looking fine.
The New Ideal club held its reg-
ular meeting at the home of Mrs.
S. I. Smith last Wednesday after-
Judge Wolf will hold a term of noon. There was a large attend-
court at Lexington on the 16tli. j ^tiue of members, and special
l'robate cases will be heard on that guests were: Mesdames Goe, Lar-
date. The regular September term j key, Allan, McDaniel and Miss
viewing our estimate I proposed to will convene about the 20th, when McDaniel. Out of town guests
change the estimate so the treasur- jury cases will be heard. were Mrs. Hayes, of Palacious.
er would have one deputy all the
time and make no allowance for
a second deputy and that carried.
The next was to consider the allow-
ance made for the deputies for the
county clerk where it was proposed
to place the second deputy back to
$60 per month and was carried
without my consent. Now 1 ask
if I alone am to be blamed for the
last mentioned changes. Now Mr.
Hess you stated that the county
show me up? He often mentions officials got wind of what I did. I
the records but tails to publish | ,]on't.know whether they <1 id or not
them. He knows he can t mislead neither do 1 care; they haven't got
you it lie publishes them, lie only any strings on me but I do know
refers to the records in a way to y0U can't prove that they consulted
JAS. D. MAGUIRE
Everything in Hardware
Bain Farm Wagons
Anchor Buggies
Charter Oak Stoves
Oliver Steel Plow, riding and walking
Black Hawk Planters
Deering Binders and Mowers
■ Established in 1889
Sole agency for the celebrated Keen
Kutter cutlery and edged tools. Our
lines are recognized as the best of
their kind and are fully guaranteed.
leave a false impression.
Now, Mr. Hess if,my record is
bad why don't you publish it? The
people are wanting to know. Of
course he denies being a dictator
tint you can see he is dictating the
way for you to cast your vote here-
after for someone else in order that; ords.
he may get some special favors |
that he can't get through me. 1 am
a strong believer in the policy of
equal rights to all and special fa-
vors to none which is too bad for
Mr. Hess.
me in regard to the matter.
Now in conclusion I sincerely
ask the tax payers to investigate
the records for themselves and see
whether or not I have stated things
as they are and join me in demand-
ing the dictator to publish the rec
Yours truly,
S. A. Ward,
County Commissioner.
II. II. Jacobs left Saturday for! Texas, and Mrs. Meeker, of New
Chicago in response to a message Mexico, who made interesting talks
Mating that his mother died near regard to their home towns. A
that city Friday. I lis many veiT delicious two course luncheon
friends greatly sympathize with was served.
him in the loss of his mother.
The ladies of the Christian
church will have a special depart-
ment at Rucker's Saturday. They
will serve punch. They will be glad
to have their friends call and see
them.
Deputy County Treasurer J . L.
Corbett, after a short vacation
spent at Sulphur, and with his
parents east of Lexington, returned
Sunday.
Patronize our advertisers.
Bond Issue Carries
The bond issue election, which
Well all ot you that read the | was Monday carried by a small
majority of the voters of the city,
but by a very large majority of
those voting.
The bonds voted for was $(>000,
which amount will be used to build
a City hall and fire station.
The following was the vote by
wards:
For Against
Ward 1 .81 5
Ward 2 -56 5
Ward 3—Prct. 1 4') H
Ward 3—Fret. 2 35 H
Ward 4 .09 9
Topic know the information he got
from J. J. Brown in regard to me.
But inspite of all the misrepresen-
tation Mr. Hess has made, J. J.
Brown is a Ward man. Mr. Hess
saiil that he felt awfully slighted
because I didn't call at the office of
the Democrat-Topic July 10. Well
Mr. Hess I don't do business with
any but honest, upright and truth-
ful gentlemen. Therefore I beg to
be excused from calling on you.
Mr. Hess says he is only eriti-
icisiiig me forgoing into a midnight
j deal with a republican. Now when
didl ever go into a deal with a re-
- ! publican, 1 demand the proof and if
j Big Cut In Prices
On Shoes
0
To reduce our stock of mens', womens' and chil-
drens' low cut, and Boy Scout shoes, a reduction of 25
per cent in prices will be made on all such shoes in stock
during August.
This is your opportunity to secure for the next three
months foot wear, seasonable shoes at real bargain
prices. Our line of shoes for the most part are the Cel-
ebrated Peters and Mayer-no better shoes manufactured.
Totals 290 35
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Mens' and boys' felt hats, values $1.50 to $3.50.
Your choice for
Mens' fine dress shirts $1.00 to $1.50 values—to
duee stock
SI .00
75c
During this month you will find some of the very best
bargains in Merchandise ever offered in Norman by visit-
ing
CS3
Whitwell's Farmers Store
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Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1915, newspaper, August 5, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108514/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.