The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 15, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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VoJ. 8. No. 19
DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1916
$1.00 per year
MITCHELL ON THE JURY SUTE ™ ™"w,",t8S A FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND WHY A GHANO SURPRISE
. Pho Ql'jfo R/\0 n#l r\f A .riiim.1 I
I lie State Board of Agricul-:
tune hits placed the stamp of ap-
Davenport is known as the
seat of justice for Oklahoma No nroval on the form of education j we tried to tell the people of
trouble to get a jury in Daven- j derived by students at the State Davenport some of the reasons
port that will give a just verdict; rair School at the Oklahdtoa why w, :,holl-d havo a 4lh
according o the law and the j State Fair, to be held September .Ju'y celebration. Here are some
evidence whether they are sworn 123 to 30. I more reasons:
.p, ■'. . I ' |1,!| ,z' V '1|!1,'1S "• county igt. Because a large majority
JntirLl "f case and contests in the Boy,' and Girls' j of the farmers celebrate the 4th,
appealed from a County Seat clubs are given tuition and inci-j regardless of weather or crop
dental expenses free, and alsoj conditions, provided there is a
participate in a vane.1 program celebration . hear enough thai
of amusements while attending they can get to it.
the school. The addition of two | 2nd. Because if we pull off a
new clubs this year assures a j ,)ig) iive-vvire celebration this
larger attendance than ever be-1 year it wili be a good advertise
Court to the Court of Judge
Telephone Price of Davenport.
There could be no objections to
the jury chosen so they were ac-
cepted by both attorneys.
After the jury was sworn the
Judge told the Attorneys to open
fire The lawyer with tan shoes
was just a second ahead of the
lawyer who needed a hair cut.
It was a q parrel from the start
both talking at the same time
and continued to talk overtime.
They kept chewing the rag with-
out saying much of anything for
seventy-one minutes, when the
Court arose and asked them
what they were talking about.
Neither of the lawyers could tell,
neither could any one else.
The lawyers were pretty well
tired out and there was a dead
calm, broken only by the rattling
of the coin in the hands of the
Court for juror fees. Fifty cents
apiece was ready for the jurors
as soon as a verdict should be
rendered The Jury asked for
evidence so they could get thru
and get their money. Nothing
of great importance about the
introduction of the evidence.
That's the tame part o" the trial.
The ginger part comes when the
lawyers get to fussing. The jury
asked Judge fe'ephone Price to
limit the time of tie lawyers so
we could get our money ami get
back to chopping cotton again
The Court limited them to two
hours on a side. We closed our
eyes and dreamed of eternity, as
it was close upon us.
The lawyers didn't have much
to talk about but tin y could not
afford to miss an opportunity of
talking, si they made the buggy
again with tlinr tongues The
fore.
The course will be limited to
four days this year and will not
include as much schoolroom work
as heretofore. More attention
will be paid to delving in the
more practical subjects and for
this purpose the students will be
divided into squads under the
direction of teachers. Lessons
in judging live stock and exami-
nation of exhibits will receive
more attention than in previous
years, the board taking the stand
that the purpose of the course is
to teach the young people the
practical phases of information of
every day use and value.
BASE BALL DOPE
No doubt the Depew aggrega-
tion can frame up some kind of
an excuse for not making their
appearance in Davenport Sunday,
but it is the opinion of the man-
In the last issue of the New Era I great National Holiday? Had
the Declaration of Independence
not been signed on . the 4th of
July, 1(78, there would probably
have never been such a town
Davenport.
So if the farmers are going to
celebrate the 4th anyhow, why
not get together and furnish
them an entertainment here at
home instead of going some-
where else? That would be a
good way to advertise the town
do things for the pleasure and
benefit of the farmers, because
that is where you get what little
ment for the town and go to dis-
pi o\ e quite strongly the circu- money that does come your way.
lated report that Davenport
dead town.
3rd. Because it would show
the patriotism, energy and pro-
gressivenesj of the businessmen
and citizens of Davenport.
When we first suggested this
celebration, we were met with
the plea that Davenport had been
in the habit of celebrating the
anniversary of the town instead
of the 4th of July. Of course, all
of the citizens arc proud of Dav-
enport anil it is only natural that
they should wish to celebrate its
birthday. But why should they
put this celebration ahead of the
If you keep what the farmers
want they will not go elsewhere,
but if they have to go the Stroud,
Kendrick, Chandler and Sparks
for their 4th of July celebration,
they arc liable to get to going to
these places to buy their grub
and clothes.
If we keep on in the same old
rut we will never advance or
progress any. If we haven't
been celebrating the 4th it would
be a good plan to try it.
Let's not be content with a
little 2x4 picnic as heretofore.
Let's have a rousing, good, old-
time 4th of July celebration.
Practically everyone in town
was surprised Saturday morning
to hear of the marriage of Sam
Grigsby at Tulsa, Friday, June 9.
The young lady in the case was
Miss Mollie Reeves, whose home
is in lexas, but she has been vis-
iting lor some time at the home
of her • brother-in-law, Win-
Hickman, southwest of Daven-
port. They went to Tulsa Fri-
day where the ceremony was
performed.
Sam has been here for over a
year and everyone that knows
him likes him. He is the pro-
prietor of the Cash Grocery and
Meat Market and making, so far
as we can learn, a successful
business man. He says that his
intention now is to settle down
herein Davenport and become a
citizen in reality.
We haven't the pleasure of the
acquaintance of the happy bride
but are willing to take Sam's
word for it, and we wish that
they may ever find life in each
other's company a genuine pleas-
ure.
EMERY FOR ATTORNEY
WILL MY CHILD TAKE
Oil. KING'S NEW DISCOVERY?
| DOES SLOAN'S LINIMENT
.The best answer is Dr
New Discovery itself.
King's |
It's *a
ager of the local team that it was pleasant sweet syrup, easy to
on account of either a yellow take. It contains the medicines
streak or a white feather. j which years of experience have
_ , ~ proven best for coughs and colds,
the first team defeated the | Those who have used Dr. King's
scrub team Sunday afternoon 4 New Discoverv Ioil,rcst are jts
toO. But, after all, it was a j best friends. Besides every bot-
pretty good game.
Wellston 1st vs Davenport
here Sunday afternoon.
THE EMBROIDERY CLUB
tie is guaranteed. If you don't
j get satisfaction you get your
money back. Buy a bottle, use
j as directed. Keep what is left
for cough and cold insurance.
Adv.
The Embroidery Club met at
the home of Mis. C. II. Hesser
Wednesday afternoon, June 7th.
spokes and neckyoke and bolts Mi"u!es re;ul a'ul roll
,.n ii. • called. Special guests were Mrs.
Henry Seymour and Miss Bertha
Keep your weeds cut.
B.
Grigsby was in Avery
,, , ... ,, . icaueii nnftciui iim ; wpivmi>. I uesuay on busllic
were all measured with then
tongues until the jury felt that , in u. ii. Nickell -ays for
the lawyers were mostly tongue. . 111,1 '1" to tell the peopit that it rained
tich about that 'I't'slmieuts were served. Next
week the club meets with Mrs.
U. E. Nickell
HELP RHEUMATISM?
Ask the man who uses it, he
knows. "To think I suffered all
thege years when one 25 cent bot-
tle of Sloan's Liniment cured me"
writes one grateful user. If you
have rheumatism or suffer from
neuralgia, backache, soreness and
stiffness, don't put off getting a
bottle of Sloan's. It will give
you such welcome relief. It
warms and soothes the sore, stiff
painful places and you feel so
much better. Buy it at any drug
store, only 2oc. Adv.
Drain the frog ponds.
Will Nash has been on the
puny list for the past few days.
They told u> 50 much about that
buggy that w could not absorb
it by the ear channel so we open-
ed our mouth- and took it into
our system ; v the chicken chan-
nel.
While the I awyer who needed i S
a hair cut w ad In-, sing tl.c js
jury there was a i.impe le The
spectato ; who had as mibled to j:
I
whistle announcing the incoming £•
Mr. and Mrs, Ezra Brown of
Stroud visited last Friday at the
Dye home.
Swat the (lies.
ES5®3IEl!^
of the afternoon train. I'hej
went to see it , me in alter
which the\\ returned and s-at with
much patience during the pro :
longu -d argument.
The verdict was a compromise. U
We gave the Plaintili what we >
thought was hi due, which wa>♦>
thirty-five dollai . . V.'e al -o ''
gave the it >n \ who wore the
tan shoe what w thou lit was
bis due, which was nothing.
1
verd ct except the lawyer «'
tan shoes
The lawyer-and a part of the
jury went home in tin sani" c;n\
all praising the good roads upon
the "Better Way.''
Mrs \\ ill Hamm and children
and Mrs Irving Stacy h t l ues-
day afternoon for their old Ken-
tucky home, to spend the sum-1
mer. J he men folks are figuring
on some yood times.
"GREATER THAN FIRE LOSS"
By PROF. H. H. KING
Kr.niai State Agricultural College*
LACK of paint causes a great-
er annual loss through de-
terioration than the aggre-
gate Kansas fire loss for twelve
months. Yes, there is much
more reason for a real "Clean
1'p and Paint Up" campaign
than the average layman would
at first recognize.
Paint, as has often been said,
nerves more than the n: iv pur- "r!
In ie of docorati i. Its principal 1"
value lies in the fact that it pro-
longs the life of the surl'aros i"
painted.
Wood and iron, on exposure
to the air, und rgo a slow proc- 'i
ess of oxidation, which Just as |:!
Burcly destroys them as though i'i
they were set on fire, the dlf- in-
ference being the speed at which
the reaction occurs
Wo take out insurance to cov- M
er loss by fire and should just as fej
surely put on paint to cover loss U
by decay. It takes very little
calculation to discover the ap- l>ij
pa>ently astoundin; fact that ,
the loss through lack of paint-
u| ing Is greater In Kansas thau m
the loss by fire.
When the property owner
conies to a full realization of the
true reason for painting there
will be no neod for public-gplr
tted peoplo to back up a N'a
tional Campaign for such a put
pose.
felkiH-KMlUtllMii
We offer our readers a column Claude Edwards and Eddie
<>l poullry news on page three Jones were at the County Seat
011 business Saturday.
It was reported that the Chap-
man farm was entirely under
water Vs edne.-da,\ morning.
CHANDLER ROUTE SIX
We are having plenty of rain,
which is going to put the farm-
ers behind with their crops, as
the grass grows faster than the
cotton.
Mr and Mrs. Venner Rounsa-
vell, Gertrude, Erma and Hoy
Rounsavell and Flossie and Hur-
bert SutI spent Wednesday even-
ing at the Bell home.
Misses Delia and Flora and
Jimmie and Harry Rogers spent
Saturday night and Sunday at
the Wasson home.
Sunday SchooJ Convention was
held at Stone and a large crowd
attended.
Miss Flossie Sutt and Chester
I.vans spent Sunday evening at
the Bridge home
Roy Bruce spent Saturday and
Sunday at the Hill home.
Laura and Ainie Wasson, Erma
Rounsavell and Flora Rogers
spent Sunday afternoon at the
Bell home.
A party was given at the
Dooley home Saturday night.
About seveuty-Iive were present
and spent a very delightful even-
ing.
B. H. Gibson and family have !
moved to the R. D. Edwards!
farm just west of town.
We are printing
cai .Is for the Sock
a quantity
li-t Party t
week,
itee3,
sweep
tall
announcing the
I luy contemplate
nomi-
B. H. Christy announces the
arrival of summer by sporting
a brand new Panama hat.
ol Lincoln Countv i
Misses Lillie Jones, Anna
ams and Willa Harvey,
M'issrs. Claude Edwards D
and John Gardner attendee
! :>ildreu's Day program at
Gi ove Sunday afternoon.
BAD TO HAVE A GOLD HANG ON
We have just received a letter
from our friend Jim Embry, stat-
ing that he will be a Republican
can idate for the nomination for
County Attorney. Jim has a
a reputation as one of the most
upright young men of the county
Oak and we predict that he will sue-
cei I our good Democratic friend
Str.eter Speakman as County
Attorney.
Ad-
the
Maci
on,
ome
Tar-
i the
Don't let your ca
rack your system and be
chronic when Dr Bell's P a
f foney \\ dl help you. It hea
inflammation, soothes Ihe cough
ant! loosens the phlegm. You
breathe easier at once. Dr.Bell's
Pine-1ar-Honey i.^ a laxative Tar
• \\rup, the pine tar balsam heals
•he- raw spots, loosens the mu-
cous and prevents irritation of
the bronchial tubes. Just get a els.
bottle of Dr. Hell's Pine 'lar- ag<
A CLEAR SKIN COMES FROM WITHIN
iluney today, it's guaranteed to
help you. At druggists.—Adv.
Itislool: h to think you can
gain a good clear complexion by
the use of face powder. Get at
the root of the trouble and thoro-
ly dense the system with a treat-
ment of Dr. King's New Life
Pills. Gentle and mild inaction,!
do not gripe, yet they relieve the j
liver by their action on the bow - j
Good for young, adults and I
d- Go after a clear complex-
ion today. i.jc at your druggist.
—Adv.
See us about Nyal Remedies to
run you till fall.—Owl Drug Co.,
E. B. Moore.
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP
To Remove 'Tor Rent" Signs
By E. T.TOBEY
Pr« idcnt Real Kitatr Bureau
Little Kocli, Ark.
IT ig not surprising that
houses which aro for rent
should ho without tenants, be
cause in most cases such Iioubcs
aro unpainted, the steps aro
rickety and the porches not in
repair.
The number of vaaant houses
In any city is largely due to the
negligence of tho landlord him-
self I recently took two ladies
out, trying to lind for them a do>
sirable six or seven-room Iioubo
to rent. I was unable to find
anything to Buit them, either on
my own list or 011 the lists of
other reul estato firms, and
theso ladies were not exacting
In their wants. They were shown
a few houses of tho desired
siie, but tho houses were not in
good condition. It is true that
some of the landlords say they
aro willing to make certain re-
pairs for a good tenant, but it
lias been my experience after
years in the business, that it is
best to put your liouso in attrac
tive shape first and you will
quickly get a tenant.
Houses that aro kept re-
paired and painted not only
rent better, hut they greatly iin
prove tho looks of the city.
Chandler, Oklahoma,
June 8th, 1916
Mr. Editor:
Please announce to your read-
ers my candidacy for County At-
torney upon conditions noted be-
low subject to action of Republi-
can Primary.
If elected 1 will enforce the
criminal law, and in all civil mat-
ters wherein Lincoln county is a
party, I will demand for it the
same consideration that I would
for an individual client.
I will endeavor to preserve the
integrity of the County against
ou, le schemers who seek to in-
duce any part of our County to
secede.
I o avoid inc iveniencing wit-
nesses and to minimize expense,
preliminaries and in ;uiries will
be held before the nearest Justice
of the Peace when conditions w ill
permit.
Care will be exercised in ad-
vising the County Commissioners
and other Departments of County
Government as to the law, and
written opinions will be furnish-
ed any official or citizen of the
county desiring same in matters
wherein it is proper for the
office to give advice.
My experience in handling
court matters and disbursing of
court funds has suggested proper
methods ol holding down costs
in criminal cases, and if elected, I
will go to the scene of the crime,
and determine what witnesses
an; of value, and in no instance
will I issue "Corte-blanche" sub-
poena for the whole neighbor-
hood from which to select the
necessary witnesses.
The office will give special at-
tention to those offenses tending
to demoralize boys and young
men, and the unlawful furnishing
of liquor, cigaretls and oppor-
tunities to gamble will be prose-
cuted uncompromisingly, the
person furnishing being treated
as the offender. Special mention
being made of these crimes for
the reason that a large prepon-
derance of other crimes spring
from and are traceable to this
( lass of lawlessness, and strict
enforcement of these statutes
suppresses other crime. One
bootlegger will propagate any
number of murderers, robbers,
forgers, embezzlers and wife-
beaters, and if I become your
attorney it will be my purpose to
put the ax to the root of the
whole business The law and
courts of this state have care-
fully prescribed and defined con-
dition - and who shall receive in-
toxicants, and as to Ihese matters
the office will have no concern-
Trusting that I may have your
support on the above proposi-
tions, submitting my former con-
duct with reference to pre-elec-
tion promises made you hereto-
fore as evidence of my good
faith, I am,
Respectfully yours,
JAS. A. EMBRY.
If anyone needs any undertak-
ing work done phone me at my
expense at Chandler, day phone
134, night phone r>3, and I will
come at once in a car to wait on
you-—N. P. Myers, Chandler Ok-
lahoma.
Miss Lois Hall
Kansas Sunday.
'turned from
OUR WEEKLY DON'T:
Cf Don't be a pessimist; if there
isn't enough salt on the potatoes,
| there is plenty on the table.
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Tryon, W. M. The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 15, 1916, newspaper, June 15, 1916; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109369/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.