The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The Davenport New Era
"Ye Little Ole Home Paper
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Volume 8
DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1916
Number 38
Who will you vote for next Tuesday?
OEFICE
County Juclge_
County Attorney
Sheriff
Court Clerk
County Clerk
County Treasurer
County Superintendent
County Assessor
County Weigher
County Surveyor.
Commissioner 1st District ' Charles D. Hicks
Commissioner 2nd District ' L. C. Elliott
Commissioner 3rd District ' K. P. Stevens
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE—
IraE. Billingslea--
James A. Embry
George E. Arnold .
Henry Stoltenberg
Joe C. Pringey
R. P. Roope
0. W. Bass
Paul Prince
J. B. Cox....
Charles L. Herr...
DEMOCRAT CANDID ATE-
S. A. Cordell...
Roscoe Cox
W. G. Hall ....
Milt H. Taulbee
Ed Hillman
J. C. Comer
James FarrelL.
R. R. Harris
W. G. Morris..
Walter Sliinn
William R. Burford.
W. S. Marl in..
SOCIALIST CANDIDATE—
E. B. Moore
J. C. Long
S. M. Maston...
Geo. B. Cathan
W. G. Richie.
H. F. Betow
J. R. Rider
C. E. Withers
F. M. Renfy)
W. J. Bartell
J. J. Crall
W. F. Newnam
W. P. Dodrill
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Soldiers Endorse Embry
We, the enlisted men of Com-
pany B, first Oklahoma Infantry;
wish to inform the voters of Lin-
coln County that we unquestion-
ably endorse Lt. Embry for
County Attorney.
The reasons are that he is well
qualified to fulfill the duties of
county attorney; he has served
the people of Lincoln County as
Cierk of the District Court faith-
fully and honestly. He has serv-
ed his county in times of war
and his present services here on
the border are above reproach,
and we emphatically believe that
if he is elected he Will perform
his duty in that office in the same
spirit.
In a few more days he will be
honorably discharged from the
services of the United States and
will be speeding on his way home.
There will go with him a feeling
of tenderness and love from
every man in this company, for
he has been a father to us all.
Embry has made friends in
every company of this regiment
and many in civilian walks of life
who wish him the best of suc-
cess.
Every enlisted man in our
company has signed this and the
hope that we entertain is that the
voters of Lincoln County will
elect him as their attorney. Then
when dear old Company B comes
marching home we all wish to
greet our Lt. Embry in his office
fulfilling his duty as County At-
torney of Lincoln County.
(SIGNED)—1st Sgt. W. E.
Coombs, Sgts. W. S. Brown, Bob
Thompson, F. S. Parker, R. II.
Scott, L. E. Hoggs, Elmo Flynt,
C. R. McQuire, John Loekwood;
Corps. Earl Pidcock, Carson C.
Beck. Sam Townsly, W. R. Ham-
mock, Carl E. Matheyer, Elvin R.
Nash, Chas. Bouse; Cooks Harsel
Sweet, A. L. Sattler, Pvts. Har-
rison G. Handley, Plato M. Kim-
ball, Eddie Matheyer, Eldon
Hutchinson, .lake Rochat, John
F. Johnson, Cleason M. Dale,
James L. Park, Herbert Sublett,
Lewis P. Davidson, Paul Price,
E.O.Jones, Earl Dunn, William
M. Moore, Ernest R. Craft, Jim
Word, Fay Bartliy, W. F. Haw-
kins, Daniel D. Boone, John S.
Frisbie, Thomas C. Culver, Hir-
am Collier, Pearl Day, Clarence
Day, Walter J. Lawrence, Hor-
iceT. Groom, Chester Davis, Sam
J- Baidt, Lenard E. Murray, R.
B Starry, Roy T- Patrick, Samu-
el A- Pidcock, Clyde B Becknell,
W. E. Taylor, Hubert Wagner,
Chas Skaggs, Clarence Renfro,
Chas H Parks, Dewey Arnold,
Percy Benton, J. H Trotman, G
I Lacy, Edward C Newer, Har-
ry Hawes, Bill Liddell, Sam
Stack.
To The Voters
Of Lincoln County, Greetings:
small ones.
I have lived in this county for
the past twenty years, having
come here in 189b and have resid-
ed here ever since.
1 thanjt >'ou for past favors and
ii you elect me for your assessor
for the coming term, I assure
you I wiil do all I can to give you
a Square Deal.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Prince, County Assessor.
EMBROIDERY CLUB
On account of the voluminous
work at this period of the year in
the assessors office, I will not be
able to see very many of you be-
fore the coming election on Nov-
ember 7th, and I take this method
of getting a little better acquaint-
ed with you.
I am at present, County As-
sessor of this county, having been
elected in the election of 1914. I
have met a great many of the tax
payers since that time and have
tried to treat you all as fair as I
would have 1 iMeel for you to have
treated me under similar circum-
stances. I have assessed property
as near its fair cash value as I
possibly could, and have treated
all alike. The rich as well as the
the poor ale, and should be as-
sessed according to what they
own. I do not believe in showing
anyone any particular favors and
my motto is: A Square Deal To
A1K
Each person when assessed, has
beeu given a duplicate assessment
list, so that he can, by compai-
ing it with the roils in this office
see if the list on the rollsTs as it
should be.
I belive you all know how the
assessor is paid, by the county.
He gets a commission on the val-
uation of the county, and the
county does Qot hire any deputies
for him. He pays all deputy hire
from the commission allowed by
the county.
I have tried to appoint local
men in each township to do the
assessing, and will, so far as
possible, if elected, do so again,
for I believe a local man knows
what property in his neighbor-
hood is worth better than a man
that does not reside there.
I have, with the help of one
deputy, done all of the office
work and I have done a great lot
of the field work, having assessed
two of the townships and all of
the towns, except a lew of the
Mrs. Obv Olson entertained the
Embroidery Club on Wednesday
afternoon, October 25th, having
as an additional guest Mrs. C. J.
Peterson of Grantburg, Wiscon-
sin. The house was attractive
with black and yellow, suggest-
| ive of Hallowe'en, and autumn
leaves in their gorgeous colors
were inclined in festoons about
the dining room. Autumn col-
ors were carried out by the table
decorations. The center piece
was a basket piled high with the
fruits of the season in a nest , of
red and brown leaves. The
i placards were broom-riding
witches. After a short business
session, a half hour was given to
the study of the history lesson,
Indians being the subject. Mrs.
i Hall will be the leader next week
H,when the Club will meet with
Mrs. W. P. Woodruff. The
i hostess served a delicious two-
course luncheon at four o'clock,
the favors being black and yel-
| low caps.
A Woman Hung
Her arms around her husband's
neck and persuaded him to go
I and pay up his subscription to the
Davenport New Era, and thus
prepare for her happiness and
enjoyment for the coming year.
tacular pageant, "Persia, or the
Pageants of The Thousand and
One Nighs." In this gorgeous
display more than 1,350 persons
participate. The Oriental music
incidental to the production is
rendered by 350 musicians, and
3,500 costumes are worn in the
various actions of the pageant.
The circus program will be one
of unusual novelty and variety.
More than 480 arenic artists will
appear in the various acrobatic,
aerial and riding numbers, and
an army of (ifty of the funniest
clowns on earth will keep the
audience convulsed with laugh-
ter. Among the new acts to be
offered for the first time this
season are four great troups of
Chinese artists, presenting a com-
plete Chinese circus, replete with
thrilling aerial and acrobatic
feats. The famous Hanneford
Family, N champion riders of
Europe, are another new impor-
tation, as is also Signor Bagong-
hi, Italy's famous dwarf eques-
trian. More than twenty train-
ed animal acts will be included in
the program, headed by Pallen-
berg's two marvelous troupes of
trained bears.
The Barnum & Bailey Circus is
larger this season than ever be-
fore and requires 89 cars to
transport it. It carries 1,400
persons, 785 horses and a greatly
enlarged menagerie of 108 cages
and 41 elephants.
FARM FOR RENT
11 u mi. west of Davenport, 5
mi. east of Chandler on Ozark
Trail, 160 A. farm; 80 A. to culti-
vate, 10 A. in alfalfa, 30 A. prai-
rie hay meadow and balance pas-
ture. I will rent for & and }.—
Mrs. W. E. Lynges, Chandler,
Okla., R. F. D. 6, phone 155 W.
line out of ("handler.
Barnum-Bailey Circus
At last the welcome news has'
been announced that the youngs-1
! ters and oldsters of this Vicinity j
Kv ill have an opportunity to visit (
the Barnum & Bailey Greatest
| Show on Earth. This great cir-
«'us will be within easy travelling 1
j distance when it exhibits in
Shawnee on Nov. 4th.
This year Barnum & Bailey an-
nounce an all new novelty circus,
composed of more foreign actsj
than ever before. An important i
feature is the new, Oriental spec-
A TOWN BOOSTER
We did not realize to what ex-
tent the buildings of the J. W.
Graves Co helped the looks of
the town till we were out in the
country south-east one day last
week As we were returning
we noticed that the Graves build-
ings showed up real well and
gave the town quite a metripoli-
tan lool*. The Graves Co., thru
their present local manager, Mr.
C 11 Hesser, has spent an en-
ormous sum of money on new
buildings and otherwise improv-
ing their property here since the
first of the year-
.v'.-
Coiton House Burns
Wednesday afternoon at about'
two o'clock the cotton house at
the R. C. Jones Cotton Company's
gin here, of which T. L. Lewis is
the local manager, caught fire
and burned to the ground. The
tire was caused by a match that
happened to be in some cotton
that was being put into the house
through the suction pipe. The
match scratched against the tin
and caused the fire which was
not noticed until it was past con-
trol. The employees of the gin
and a number of volunteers form-
ed a bucket brigade and kept the
fire from catching any of the
other buildings. As soon as the
fire burned down enough so the
men could stand the heat, they
began putting out the burning
cotton, thereby saving a large
quantity of the precious lint.
The loss is estimated at $5,000.00,
and is practically covered by in-
surance.
Another reminder that we need
a good system of waterworks-
A Hallowe'en Social
About sixty young people at-
tended the Hallowe'en social giv-
en at the pleasant country home
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. John-
son on Tuesday night, October
31st, from 8 till 11:30 o'clock.
The guests were met and given
the glad hand of welcome by four
j ghosts, who proved to be Misses
Inez and Vida Richie, Minta Cage
and Ezma Johnson. The house
was beautifully decorated with
orange and black crepe paper,
black paper cats and witches,
autumn leaves and pumpkin jack-
o'-lanterns. Among the amuse-
ments of the evening were the
Mystic Pool, and fortune telling
by the witch, who was Ira John-
son. Piano music was furnished
by Misses Anna Price Bland and
Ruby Olson, and the Davenport
Cornet Band played a number of
selections. Lunch, consisting of
sandwiches, cookies, pumpkin pie
and Japanese punch was served
by two ghosts—Roscoe Wilson
and Ira .Johnson—and was great-
ly enjoyed by the guests. Every-
one had a delightful time and
left at 11:30, declaring Miss Ezma
to be an ideal hostess.
Mrs. Arch Caves was shopping
iu Chandler last Thursday.
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