The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1916
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LIFE IS NOW CUR SCHOOL
By Clemmie Jone.
DEWEEY M. TRYON
The guy that made the County
sit up and Lake notice, by taking
off four gold : ledals and winning
the County Meet for Davenport,
KWBALL—DAU6HERTK
For many and many a century,
in fact, since the creation of hu-
man species, man Ii .s be< n strug-
gling and wrestling with the
countless thousands of burdens
and imperfections and, a!-; ve all.
the biting shackles 'if ignorance
i and sin placed upon him by the
| wise and all-seeing Creator.
Gradually, as time drew on,
I civilization drew apace, man be-
gan to leave some ol his burdens,
1 having realized that "procrasti-
| nation is the thief of time." Pro-
I gress is perserverance, Man
began to take advantage of the
fact tliat life is now our school.
From this he has advanced from
the old fire-pan musket to the
smokeless, soundless, modern
automatic; from the use of animal
hides for clothing to the rich
robes and magnificent wearing
apparel of modern time::; from
the cave provided for him by
nature to the log cabins, palatial
residences and sky scrapers of
today; from the poor, wretched
. creature, eating his fellow man,
too ignorant to clothe himself
properly or to know that canni-
balism was a crime against his
Creator, to this lovely stage of
civilization. He has advanced by
means of his natural abilities and
by the aid of schools. Now his
children attend the magnificent
schools and universities that exist
in our land, and can learn in six-
teen short years what it took
thousands and thousands of long,
weary years to acquire.
Thus we see man has risen step
by step, foot by foot, yes, even
inch by inch, by taking advantage
of his opportunities and never
putting off till tomorrow what
fie'tele jcou'(' bave been done today
, ,, .. " Strikingly similar, yet vastly
graph opera Lot -a tin Santa re , . ; ,
. , , , , , different, has been our historv.
station at . liev have de- ... , , .
, , , We have been taught since in-
parted foi .i -r.oft visit among .
, , lancy how precious our minutes
relatives • IV: r; -Midwater . . . ... , , ,
, .. in school life an' We have had
Daily Gazett1 , ,, . ,
..it, , advantages that our forefathers
We might adi io tin- account
Gale Kimball, of Yale, and Miss
Dale Daugherty, oi Ripley, were
united in man ti, b Rev. S. A.
Phillips, pastor oi the United
Brethren church Wednesday
afternoon, May 17, 1916, at the
home oi Mrs. Sadie Pointer, in
the presence of few friends.
Miss Dan . is tiie only
daughter of Ir. an 1 Mrs. Daugh-
erty, of k ; and is held in
high esteem ir. II w ho know
her. Mr. Kimba
that Gale ■ ■ f Mi and Mrs.
J. M. Kimba I, north of Dai 'Mi-
port, that In is well known and
well lil. - i I: most veryone in
the in : ilii .! In
manj frien-.!- h ■: e
long and happj sail
Bay.
and that his
wi-h him a
on Marriage
dreampt not of, yet what we
have learned in our short lives,
it has taken them exactly since
time unknown to learn. What
we have gained our little bit of
knowledge from is the accumu-
lated educational wealth of years.
We owe unspeakable thanks to
i our dear teacher.-, for their inter-
est concerning our intellectual
welfare; to the Board of Educa-
The farmers of tlj c immunity tion for providing the best in-
are done plant •••■;• > and are structors; to our dear parents,
hoping to ra- . a rood crop. ) the patrons of the Davenport
Mrs. Wrignt and son John; schools, who have made our
visited at tin Town ely home: graduation possible; that we, th«
Sunday. eighth grade class of 1916, stand
1 Clevie Cupp today able to realize that "Life is
it with Belle I now our school."
and attended ;
THE PROGRESS OF EDUCATION
By Samuel C. Messer
Mankind was placed in this
world to do go"d. This great
! mission is not confined to the few
to a minister here and a states-
man there but to the whole
human race. The still voice of
God is whispering through the
! portals of the mind of every liv-
jingsoul, bidding them wcrk in
His vineyard today. There is
none exempt from duty. Every
one, be they ever so humble, has
an important part to perform in
the advancement of the world.
Let us all, then, be found at our
posts of duty with energy, with
action with determination;
shoulder to shoulder with the
great army of progression, roll-
ing the mighty wheels of educa-
tion and truth over the foul
weeds of ignorance, with its at-
tendant miseries of vice and
crime.
Through the medium of the
printing press the leading men of
today have become acquainted
with all the discoveries and in-
ventions former generations have
ever made. To these they have
added their own theories, specu-
lations and discoveries, and they
have made the present age an
age of progress. They have
made deep researches and per-
formed their parts well. But
now the heads of many of our
noblest minds are becoming sil-
vered o'er with gray. They will
soon pass away and sleep the
silent slumber beneath the sod as
j their fathers have done before.
! You, my young friends, will soon
; be called upon to take their plac-
es in the world. You will have
greater advantages left for you
than have ever been left for any
previous generation. Fit and
I prepare your minds, that you
may be every way w.orthy of
J sires who have gone before.
Through the work of the rising
; generation we look forward to
the great inventions in the future,
People study, reflect and learn,
and, depend upon it, the spirit of
true progression will never (lag.
As has been said before, this gen-
eration is wiser than that which
: preceded it, and the next genera-
i Lion will be wiser than this The
noble system of free schools is
CLEUATUS TEMS.
who you are cheating.
In this world, and in this age,
time is money. Few realize the
vast amount of time wasted and
frittered away in frivolous pleas-
ure, Now 1 do not mean to con-
demn all pleasure, f do not wish
to advocate your going about
with long faces as though you
wer ■ marching to the execution-
er's block, or as though one foot
was in the grave and the other
on the edge, for pleasures and
merry smiles are what brings
happiness into the world- But
be particular in your choice of
pleasure, for there are many
kinds- Avoid the low jest, or
vulgar slang sometimes used to
raisi a laugh at the expense oi
others. A thoughtless jeer
sonn,times wounds deep. You
cannot afford it. Because some-
one has made a serious blunder,
or has met with misfortune, do
not seek to make him an object of
ridicule. It is unmanly, ungen-
tlemanly and unjust. As a man
and a brother, lend him a helping
hand, or encourage him with
kind and sympathizing words.
Make it your motto to "do unto
others as you would have other.?
do unto you." By so doing you
become true and faithful, pui e
and good. It is the sum and sub-
stance of all commandments; and
it is the full and complete duty
required of man. It will gain
you friends and neighbors every-
where; and just so sure as you
live, they will help you on, higher
and higher, until you may stand
: apidly raising the United States J 0,1 ,he verV I>i'ma< lo of fame It
to th ■ foremost rank among the:LS ,'ll> lI U(' a Christian, a
learned nations of the world. lcon<,U0I'°1 and a hero.
The public school is now in reach
of 'most every one in the land, it
A CORNER OF THE READ-
ING ROOM OF THE LIB-
RARY OF THE OKLAHO-
MA AGRICULTURAL AND
MECHANICAL COLLEGE
AT STILLWATER. ,
This library receives over
40') of the leading periodi-
cals of this and foreign
countries and has over 22
thousand bound and 50,0( 0
unbound periodicals. It is
the largest library in the
state and is one of the lead-
ing ones in the Southwest.
The New Era goes to this
library and is read by at
least two of the students.
: world committed to your care.
Resolve this hour to prove your-
selves well worthy of the great
trust. The young men who will
be statesmen, governors and
presidents in the year of 1935 are
now among us. They are not
found among those who frequent
saloons, pool halls and gambling
ileus; they are today leading vir-
tuous lives, eager in the pursuit
of knowledge. The great book
of nature lies before us all, and
inwardly the cry conies welling
up in our bosoms: "Shake off
this lethargic sleep of inaction!
arise! go forth and learn."
COURTING IN DAVENPORT
armer" Mitchell
By
Last Monday all kinds of hon-
ors came to Davenport. Some-
parties had been in court in other
I parts of the county, but being
unable to obtain justice, came to
the peace loving town of Daven-
i port. We do not now recollect
'of anyone being displeased with
I that which was done in Daven-
: port.
I'he case was called in the court
of Justice Telephone Price.
One of the contending parties
called for a jury. Judge Price
(didn't know who to select as the
best men of the community as
ther are -o many, but he got
! six good men—mostly
I past or present.
jury asked th< Court if this bom-
bastic talk should be considered
or stricken from the jury. The
Judge quietly remarked that the
lawyer's speil was not worthy to
go to the jury, and there was
another calm.
The ruling of the Judge was so
prompt and impartial that the
attorneys did not ask to save an
objection. The Judge had the
law in his mouth and the evidence
in his ears. His dignity com-
manded the silent respect of all.
One of the parties made a
prayer in his petition to the
court. Don't think the other
party has ever written a prayer.
In Chandler the Court sends
the jury upstairs for their delib-
erations, but Judge Telephone
Price, in the largeness of his
heart, gave the jury the use of
the court room while he went
out in the hall and slid down the
bannisters.
We want to be on the jury the
next time, as it is lots of fun and
pays a half a dollar a day and no
dinner.
STATE FAIR PREMIUM LIST
The forerunner of a big and
prosperous State Fair the 1!)1<>
Premium List, has been issued
and is ready for distribution.
All rules and regulations and
premiums in twenty-three depart-
farmers,! ments for the tenth annual Okla-
homa State Fair and Exposition,
The enormous number of book;
and papers published and cireu
Irene F
spent Sund; ui
anil Bei tlia \\ ati
church at !>:-
Bess Town sly,
and Minnie \ .
program . t )a\
night.
Mr. and Mrs. C.
and lilt. m < i
day at tL. C i
Mrs. G. \\
kited among our people attest the
lact that ours is a reading and
| thinking nation. The desire for
knowledge is on the ir"rease;and
step by step scientific prog: es-
forward. A hundred
ic Priess
mded the
„ Monday
SUMMER
By one of the Eighth Graders
Its sun rises over the eastern
hills and shines on the meadows
Douglas of sparkling grass. The bird- in
:ted Sun- the tree tops turn their head.- v
me- the sun in cheerful song and
Hall and children brighten the world the whole
spent Tuesdav aft
Mrs. A il Crouch.
Minnie vd.u
with Mas and v.ai tin:
moon
with
Wil lis Town
spent Sund;.
Douglas.
Ollie Land;
Kendrici- ti:
qfDon't go l
to take a nap.
day long. The droopy flowers
raise their feeble heads to look at
Sunday n,e beautiful sun the life and
impson. peace of summer. Its <ong ol
;,oy Cupp birds, its great trees, it- beds of
Cordues moss >ts beautiful (lowers,
combined with its showers, all go
to make up the most beautiful
was here from : season of all the year.
k the first of the week.
j Rev L. H. Brown and familj
OUR WEEKLY DOH'T: h;ive moved heie from Stroud.
Rev. Brown is conducting the
pi iyt'1 meeting protracted meeting at the Baptist
!church
this week.
is a blessing our forefathers en-
joyed only to a very limited ex-
tent. Attend it steadily while
you may; for remember, of all
, time, youth is the season to gain
. instruction. Never speak harsh- i,novin^
ly or unkindly of your teacher, .vears ago the bare thought
Aside ii om your parents he is the
I best friend you have on earth.
Before you condemn him, pause
and reflect- Has he taught you
ai ything low, vulgar, immoral
.oi mean? No. Have you per-
formed your pari properly? Have
you studied because you took an
interest in it? Because you saw
its benefit? Because you loved
i it? And was your whole mind
and attention given to the work?
If not, you have no cause to com-
plain, for unless you work for
your elves with a willing determ-
ination to succeed, you will not
advance, though you attend the
best schools for forty years.
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| worthless It must be gained by of progress, and that they have
your own free-good-will. The barely learned the ABC of scieno .
-chool room is emphatically the Young men and women, you
| place for work. Ere you waste | will soon have not only the ship
|your time, seriously ask yourself |of state, but the destiny of the
A none of these si \ men wear j to be held September 23 to :#),
Hi" ludge wot- them together outlined. A copy may be
h' ca-i 1 hey all took ofl secured free on request to I. S.
the.r hat and held up their hands Malian, Secretary, Oklahoma
to be sworn, but alas! The Court City.
had forgotten the form of the New features this year are the
he i epeated a part of the Cotton Show, the Milk and cream
® s ' fayer which he hadn ti Show and a model dairy house to
id the jurj was as be conducted by goverment and
i. idj to 1 the case as though state dairy departments.
•' ''th bad been given. Many thousands of dollars are
steam engine had scarcely found
.i place in the brain of nan.1'lov.
were made of wood, and hoe
with handles inserted through
eyes- Who had dreamed of tin
electric telegraph, the mowing
machine, the sewing machine, and
the ten thousand other great in-
: ventions that crowd the pages of
discoveries of the nineteenth cen-
tury? No one. The age of geni
us. enterprise and learning had
not developed itself. Great minds
have studied, thought and reas-
oned all their lives to bring about
the present state of human
knowledge; and now arrive at
the conclusion that they are tak
eli d
1,1 x e been tried j listed foi premiums in the live
, verdict rendered in ten stock classes. Two new clubs
but fo1 11 couPle •" out have been added to the Boys' and
11 Girl- club contest, Crop Rotation
ieilting their clients These and Peanut. The "breeding"
s are windy fellows, and, has been included in the Boys'
■il"1 w Pig club, offering many prizes
tingui hed citizens as the i for breeding records.
nd the ever-abiding Amusement features are more
spenser, with a host of numerous than in previous years*
Auto races for two days, harness
and running races four days, foot-
ball, bands, Hippodrome show
and the Jones Exposition Shows
on the Midway are mentioned.
The spectacular "Last Days of
Pompeii," a pantomine and fire
works night spectacle, with three
hundred people,will be produced
each night, for the first time in
Oklahoma.
o had assembled to see
could see, they just lit
let out windy utterances,
blew away about spavined
s and politicians and icy
and so many other irrevel-
ncompetent and immaterial
that the Court—our own
Judge Price—expectorated out of
the window and then raised his
| hand for the lawyers to give us a
rest. And there was a great
aim. But who ever heard of a
lawyer keeping still very long at
a time. They soon broke out
again. They faced each other
and for a time we thought there
i might be a fistic carnival. The
Millions of little green bugs
filled the air all day Monday-
One of the wise heads of the town
remarked: "I don't know what
they are called, but they are IF —
^in oats."
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