Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVtLAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
VOL. XXIV
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 12, 1915.
NO. 6
Mr. and Mrs. Glass
Arrived Wednesday
Death of M. F. Patterson Ward Says Something
Parents arc Still In Doubt
the Identity of the
Child
as to
Mr. and Mrs. ("has (ilass and
Police Lieutenant -lames F. Hoo-
ney arrived yesterday morning
from Jersey City, N. J., in re-
sponse to telegrams, describing
the boy held at the home of City
Marshal Pledger, thinking it was
their son, who was kidnapped from
Berkely, Pa., a small place near
Jersey City, on May 12, three
months ago today.
When the party arrived at the
home of Mr. Pledger, they could
not believe it was their child,
while they said it was in every
way exactly like their missing son,
James Glass, his eyes, ears, nose,
hair and even to the marks were the
same, but in some way they seem
to maintain a feeling that it was
not their child, however they are
still in the city investigating the
matter, hoping to learn where the
child came from.
Robt. N. Mellor, from whom the
officers took the boy last Friday,
says the child was left at his home
by a Mrs. Elbow, who claimed the
little fellow was her boy, and not
being able to provide for it left it
with them for adoption.
A hearing before Judge Wolf
was scheduled for this morning,
but as Sheriff Piekard was work-
ing on some clues that he felt
might clear up the matter, he ask-
ed for a continuance for eight days
which was granted by the court.
Mr. M. F. Patterson, aged 52 j
years, 7 months and 15 days, died
at the University Hospital in Ok-
lahoma City, Tuesday at 6:30 p.
m. Mr. Patterson had been suf-
fering with kidney trouble for sev-
eral months and had been at the
hospital for the past, month for
treatment in the hope of recovery,
but gradually got, worse until visit-
ed by the death angel Tuesday.
The deceased was a most highly
respected citizen, au industrious
man, a large latid owner, and a
very prosperous man, a kind and
loviug father and true and noble
husband. He had resided with his
family in the Franklin neigh-
borhood tor many years, where
he was well known and admired by
all.
The remains were brought to
Norman Wednesday, the funeral
services being conducted by his
former pastor, Rev. 8. H. Berry,
of Blanchard, at, the M. E. church,
South, at 1 o'clock, this afternoon,
interment being made in the 1. O.
O. F. cemetery.
He is survived by Mrs. Patter-
son and eight children, three sons
and five daughters, Earl Alon-
zo, Franklin, Pearl, Neva, Eva,
Marie and Venice.
The Enterprise joins the many
friends of the family in extending
sympathy.
I uOll I. Dal '111) . ti *4-1,
Ti., t i his willingness to tote fair with
vote I ever cast. I 11 stack up my , .
. , . . . the other departments in the State,
judgment against yours any *">>«
Fine Rain Monday
One of the finest rains this year
fell in Cleveland county Monday
morning.
It was a 2 1-4 inch rain, and
thoroughly soaked mother earth to
a fine depth. The rain was great-
ly appreciated, as it was a great
help, especially to the feed crops.
QUEER QUIRKS OF NEWS
Hagerstown, Ind. — While ar-
ranging the vines on her porch,
Miss Clara Thornburgh of Brood-
dale felt, something strike her hat
and a snake which had dropped
from overhead began coiling
around her body. Miss 'I horn-
burgh tore the snake from her and
killed it. It was 5 feet long, of
the coperhead family.
New Haven, Conn.—When Mrs.
John Jacob Astor passed through
here with her pet poodle, Mizzie,
she sent the dog to a hotel in care
of her chauffeur. At dinner the
man ordered a $2 steak to be cut
into small pieces and served to the
dog. The waiter was aghast but
did as he was ordered and pocketed
a handsome tip.
Surprise Party at Ad.ilr's
A surprise party was given at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
Adair, at their beautiful country
home, .'li miles east of Norman,
Wednesday evening by Mrs. Adair,
in honor of her husband's forty-
fifth birthday anniversary. Those
present were Messrs and Mesdames
Jim Stogner, Thos. Holing, Scott
Simmons, S. M, Walters, D. M.
Graves, Clias. Bruehl, Chas Adair,
Chas. Gower, Mr. Verge Meyer;
Mr. B. F. Irving, of Boston, Miss
Olive Boling; Miss Dover, of El
Reno and Dr. Kate Harris, of
Oklahoma City.
Mr. Adair was the recipient of
many beautiful and useful presents.
Card games were enjoyed by
those present, while excellent vic-
trola music was rendered.
Refreshments consisted of ice
cream, cake and lemonade.
All present report a most pleas-
ant evening.
Soldiers Go To Encampment
Company A. Engineers and Sig-
nal Corp A. left Thursday morning
in a special train for Chandler,
where they will attend the annual
encampment of the Oklahoma Na-
tional Guard. They will be gone
two weeks.
Patronize our advertisers.
J AS. 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
-■pet^Kiiclv^rl 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.
Since Mr. W.J. Hess has seen
fit to continue his very gentleman-
ly(?) attack upon my record as
county commissioner in his Demo-
crat-Topic of August 6, I feel that
it, i: due to my constituents to ex- .
plain as clearly as 1 can my posi-
tion on the many accusations made
by Mr. Hess in that article. Mr.
Hess has not made a direct accusa-
tion against me for fear of incrimi-
nating himself which lead me to re-
turn one of his compliments, "Some
coward aren't you W. J." You
knew you couldn't prove so yon
insinuated—just, your natural way
of dealing with facts.
That little bridge talk of yours,
let me say and I dare you to refute
the truth of any assertion I make.
I received a check for $50 from the
A. L. Greenburg Iron Co. ofTerre
Haute, Indiana, in 1912; so did
W. R. Jennings and J. A. Fox.
All boards of county commissioners
all over the state received them. I
returned my check with the others.
Shortly afterward mine was return-
ed to me. I have a witness that I
burned that check, I never re-
ceived any check in July of this year
but I did get one in March 1015.
That is at my home in a dresser
drawer and it is going to stay there
forever if I want it, to. Sure thing,
it will never be cashed nor has any
check ever been cashed from those
people by me and never will. It,
was sent for transportation and
marked to that effect. We have
never bought one dollar's worth of
goods from that company. I have
never been to Indiana,'did not take
any trip there in 11112 or since and
have never favored that, particular
bridge company with my vote for
supplies from them. Their price
was too high and I'm for economy
and unless they make a fair price
they will never get my vote for an
order I trust that this clears up
such a serious accusation. If it isn't
the truth I will quit my place as
commissioner, much as I desire to
serve in that capacity. I worked
hard for the place and I will defend
anything that I have done.
You say, "Fifth: Against allow-
ing a special deputy in the county
judge's office which carried." De-
ception! Yes, but whose on the
batting end. I voted against the
hiring of a man for that place.
Was it for personal gain or for sav-
ing to my constituents? Didn't the
county judge read law to the board
for two hours showing where he
was allowed a special deputy. Did
I show any backbone? Ask the
other two gentlemen of the board as
to my position on the matter. Tell
about it in your next issue. Stick
to the record and tell the people
whom you are misleading what the
real truth is, if you can.
Never have I voted for the letting
of the county printing exsept to the
lowest bidder. How many bids
were you to make on the letting of
the printing in 1912$ One and that
was all, but after a little maneu-
vering you learned that yon had
been underbid, so you rushed in
with a second. Some business
man. But you got away with it
Why was J. 0. Fox awarded the
contract this year? State in your
next issue what the contract of
1915 on printing is and whether it
means better service to the taxpay-
ers and how it compares with what
you received last year.
Since you have dug up a private
matter of business in regard to a
farm Implement that you claim I
backed down on, let me ask you a
j little question and I would be pleas-
ed to have you tell the world the
j exact truth. A longtime ago when
| an election was being held in regard
' to the establishment of a county
I high school at Lexington, did you
i receive $50 from a Lexington cit-
izen to let up on he fight you were, Organization of Highway
making on the proposition and did | Commissioners Dept.
you leave Norman on the day of the
election f Hid you sell out for that j
$50 when they would have paid you Perhaps no better illustration can
$200. Did you quit the home folks , i,e given by what is meant, by "effi-
wlio were opposed, almost to amati, ,.jent service" and "cruel economy"
to the establishment of a county , tlte present administration
high school in Lexington? If you | than was witnessed in the organiza-
did, tell your readers and friends j tionofthe Highway Commissioner's
about it.
1
An Interesting Addi-
tion to Rural Life
office, which has now been turned
| over to the new Commissioner,
About that county fair. .....
willing to leave it to a vote of the h}P0Vge Noble formerly State Game
farmers whether they want to spend j Warden.
$1500 to $.1000 for a fair. That
would be a fine piece of business
wouldn't it? If you were a farmer
like the rest of us perhaps you
could realize how an honest dollar
should be spent. I voted right and
I say that 75 per cent of the farm-
er-voters agree with me. A fair is
a fair and it's all right but the best,
exhibition of fair-minded is a good
bank roll in the fall.
You can rare and pitch all you
want to but my record will sustain
me in everv case. I don't bar any
When the State Highway law
took effect in the latter part of June,
Governor Williams declared him-
self against immediately filling all
the vacancies provided for in the
different divisions of that depart-
ment and he realized that he need-
ed a man of recognized executive
ability to reorganize the depart-
ment and put it in working shane
I under the provisions of the new
! Highway law.
In making his selection he proved
itne
and at present 1 feel certain that
the majority of my constituents are
for instead of depriving any of them
of a competent man for that duty
j\ ui lll> ruiiBUiueuiB aic ... . . .
L. „ , "j ■ , . :f; he took his private secretary, Col.
satisfied. I invite the closest cnti-
, , A. N. Leecraft and a stenographer
icism of my record. You can spend , ...
,, , .. . . from his office and placed them in
all the tune you want to poring!' 1
. . ■ . i the Highway Department,, thus de-
over it, search out my mistakes, ........
, . . ,, , ,, pnvmg himself of,two needed era-
tell your readers about tliem but be
certain to stick to the record. I
fully appreciate your cleverness in
saying these things so witty but if
you dealt in facts I am afraid you
would fare rather poorly in excit-
ing any great amount of opposition
to my official acts.—S. A. Ward,
County Commissioner.
A CROWD OF MERRY
SHOPPERS AIL MORNING
The Result of Many Unusual Val-
ues Offered During the
Big Sale
Friends
Meet
at
Rucker's
Rucker's was crowded with
throng of merry but diligent shop-
pers during the entire morning,
which clearly demonstrated the val-
ue of giving REAL bargains when
you have a sale.
And there were many bargains.
And so many participants realized
ployes, doubling the work on those
employes remaining in the Exe-
cutive Department, but securing
for the Highway Department just
the right man to straighten out its
| difficulties and put it in efficient,
I working order. By the first, of
j August, Col. Leecraft bad provided
| the rules and regulations for col-
j lecting the automobile tax, supplied
the necessary license tags in due
I form, opened up the book and col-
[ lected approximately fifty thousand
| dollars as a beginning for the high-
! wav fund. With the department
organized and in running order, he
was ready to hand it over to the
permanent incumbent of the office
i *
and go back to his duties as secre-
tary to the Governor without his
labor having cost the Highway De-
a | partment a penny and without the
i-1 expenditure of any additional mon-
eys for salaries beyond those al-
ready charged to the governor's
department. This extra work was
done at a sacrifice of the conveni-
ence and personal comfort of every
body in the executive department
The Extension division of the
University of Oklahoma will offer
to every Rural Community in Ok-
lahoni for six months of the next
school year, October 15 to April
16, the following program for each
month.
First Week: Debating Club or
Literary Society. All necessary
assistance given by the University.
Second Week: Agricultural Club.
All necessary assistance will be
given by the County Farm Demon-
strator or the Extension Division
of the A. & M. College.
Third Week : A Community sing-
ing. An instructor will be fur
I nished at cost for two weeks to
] teach singing and organize a sing-
ing society.
Fourth Week : An Illustrated Lec-
ture. The lectures are secured
from the University of Wisconsin.
The slides are all colored and are
the finest attainable.
The total cost of this service is-
only $72.00. There is no cost
whatever to first two programs. The
cost of the music program is $60.00
for the entire year, including the
instructor. The cost of the lec-
tures is only $2.00 a month, or
$12.00 for the entire season.
The winters program of six lec-
tures offers to every enterprising
community a substantial addition
to the interest and enjoyment of
rural life.
For particulars address your
ounty Superintendent.
lay or friction. In addition to the
credit due Col. Leecraft and others
for their extra services on behalf of
the State, the governor's efficient
secretary has won the especial grat-
i it.ude of automobile owners and
| good roads enthusiasts throughout
i the State for the courtesy, ability
and good judgment displayed in
putting the important new high-
way laws into effective working or-
:ler.
ment was accomplished without de-
this that they called friends who I from the governor down, but it was
had remained at, home over the (lone without grumbling and the
phone to tell them the news that work of organzing the new depart
no ad or circular could give.
The sale on "Amoskeag" brand
of Madras. Ginghams and Outings
was heavy, but our supply was
large and we have several hundred
yards left to sell at 7 l-2e a yard.
Which is 2 l-2c to 5c less than the
regular price. Then there is the
10c dress crepe which had a large
sale at half price.
Following the advice that we
have always offered there were a
large number of friends met at
Rucker's this morning to shop to
gether.
Meet your friend at Rucker's.
Atlanta, Ga.—The Arnold fam-
ily is well represented in the state
legislature by three brothers, Nat
I)., Dr. R. J. and O. 11. Arnold.
Each comes from a different coun-
ty, while a cousin, Zach Arnold,
is also a member of the same body.
Their father was a member of the
Georgia legislature before them.
Get a new map of Cleveland
County, at Enterprise office.
Death of J. M. Burch
News reached Norman Tuesday j
evening of the death of J. M.
Burch, formerly of Norman, who
died at his home in Altus, at 11:00
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He
was about 65 years of age.
His ^on Wyatt received the news I
of the death of his father, and left,
immediately for that city. His i
death was caused by a paraletic
stroke.
Mr. Burch was for years one of
our best citizens.
Orange, Cat.—'Cherrie Pie Day'
was celebrated at Man/anola by a
free distribution of cherry pies.
Nearly 10,000 pies were given
away to visitors.
Big Cut In Prices
On Shoes
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 IVIayer-no better shoes manufactured.
Mens' and boys' felt bats, values $1.50 to $:i.50. £■! A A
Your choice for - '
Mens' fine dress shirts $1.00 to $1.50 values to re-
duce stock ..... — ■
During this month you will find some of the very best
bargains in Merchandise ever offered in Norman by visit-
ing
Whitwell's Farmers Store
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