Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1904 Page: 1 of 16
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Pauls Valley Sentinel
'WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT."
VOL. I.
PAULS VALLEY, IND. TER., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1904.
NO. 5
COURT IN PAILS VALLEY.
Commenced Grinding the Grist
Monday Afternoon.
GRAND JURY NOW IN SESSION
An Exceedingly Large Crowd of Attorneys and
Witnesses in the City.
The spring term of the district court
convened in this city Monday after-
noon.
The first business transacted was
the selection of the grand and petit
juries. They are made up of the fol-
lowing gentlemen, and the grand jury
is now in session: v
GRAND JURY.
Thos. O'Dell, L. Sallee, Jas. Wolf,
J. C. Looney, Wm. Nation, Wm. Guy,
C. W. Edwards, Jno. Latimer, J. B.
Outler, J. W. Gaylord, Silas Burch,
Jas. Patterson, W. D. Gibson, J. W.
Pyburn, W. T. Hightower.
PETIT JURY.
R. Ross, W. A. Smith, Wm. Smith,
J. P. Greer, J. Johnson, Chas. Hilton,
Newton Butt, B. M. Wallace, W. A.
Clubb, A J Reed, J S McCoy, Tom
Welch, 0 B Magner, J T Harrell, A B
Pratt, J H Ivy, M Brady, F E Skaggs,
A J Pickens, B F Cornelius, E S Car-
penter, W H Bottoms, Tom Morton.
The following business has been
transacted up to the time of going to
press:
CASES DISMISSED.
Helettt vs Woods
Norris vs Etson
Pyeatt vs Cudd
Peeler vs Cudd
Vernon vs Mayes
Bishop vs Whitten
Buckholtz vs McHenry
Taylor vs McCann
Spain vs First Nat'l Bank of Pauls
Valley
Helm vs Skaggs
CASES CONTINUED.
The Cable Co vs Smith
Jackson vs Crummen
Randolph vs Moseley
Dodd vs Evans
Williams vs G C & S F Ry
Wynnewood Cotton Co vs Mat Wolf
Barrett vs Stewart
Eldridge vs Mitchell
Jackson vs Crummen
Whittle vs Dawson
By ford vs Keel
Jennie Paul vs Fleming
Bottoms vs Newbern
Dixon vs Raines
Erdwurm vs Johnson
Webster vs Lawrence
Hensley vs Johnson, judgment by
default, in favor for plaintiff to amount
of $334.
Love & Thurmond, jury trial, ver-
dict for plaifltiff in sum of $656.95
with interest.
Gardner vs Cattleman, judgment for
plaintiff
Pickert vs Jackson, judgment for
plaintiff
Whittle vs Dawson, judgment for
plaintiff of premises sued for
Rudisell vs Gafford, jury trial, judg-
ment for plaintiff
The case of Thompson vs Morgan,
an important land case, is now being
tried.
APPOINTED NOTARY PUBLIC.
Geo M Miller, Purcell.
NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.
The following incident proves that
things are not what they seem:
The good people of Purdy concluded
that it would be a capital idea to have
the Hon. isloman Pruiett address the
democratic club at that place. They
accordingly prepared an invitation and
dispatched the same in care of a mess-
enger, who drove a spanking good
team, and had the same delivered to
Mr. Pruiett. He thinking it would be
a good opportunity to dissiminate dem-
ocratic ideas and principles, accepted
and on Thursday last was driven to
that hospitable town. A splendid
crowd greeted the orator that evening
as he appeared before the foot-lights,
their good spirits and intelligent ap-
pearance was contagious and Mr.
Pruiett delivered himself of a great ef-
fort. He launched his strongest thun-
der-bolts, and most cunning arguments
into his crowd, but despite all this, des-
pite the flowery language, despite the
well rounded and carefully chosen sen-
tences, he could get but little hand-
clapping and cheers. He finally had
recourse to side-splitting stories, the
newest and most up-to-date yarns, de-
scriptions of scenes, at times touching
and pathetic, at others humorous and
laughable, but no enthusiam could be
worked out of that crowd. At the
close of his hour and a half, he quitted
the stage amidst comparative silence.
The matter bore so heavily upon
him that he finally asked his genial
host with whom he was spending the
night what was the matter with that
crowd; if he had done or left undone
anything at which they could have
taken offense, to which the old man
replied:
"Nothing, my boy, that I knew of,
unless it was your political views."
"My political views, thunder and
lightning," exclaimed Mr. Pruiett,
"was not that a democratic club I was
addressing?"
" Why certainly it was, my boy, but
you may not understand that the dem-
ocratic club out here consists of the
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and
three members. That crowd was a
republican audience. Democrats are
mighty scarce in these parts."
AMERICAN GIN BURNED.
FOUR ADDITIONAL JUDGES
Bill Providing for Them Has
Passed Senate.
STRONG EFFORT BEING MADE
SUPPOSED TO BE OF INCENDIARY
ORIGIN .
The American gin was consumed by
fire at an early hour this morning.
When discovered the lower floor was a
seething mass of flames and beyond
the control of any power to extinguish.
However, the fire boys responded
quickly, considering the trying condi-
tions under which they are forced to
work, and soon had two streams of
water playing upon the large seed
house adjoining the gin, and the other
nearby buildings. Hard work on the
part of the firemen saved all the ad-
joining buildings, and this morning
only the ruins of the larger gin build-
ings tells the tale of the fire fiend.
Mr. Hall the manager of the gin is
in Lawton and the Sentinel is unable
to learn the real loss or the amount of
insurance.
The fire was undoubtedly of incen-
diary origin as there had been no fire
about the property for several months.
THE SHOW CAME.
Buckskin Bill with his motley array
of grafter performers came to Pauls
Valley as per advertisement last Tues-
day. A large crowd greeted the after-
noon performance but at night the va-
cant seats were very much in evidence.
Not only was the big performance very
bum, but the side-show from Creole
Sue down to the Egyptian hooche-
kooche dancer was of the same hue.
The gambling games within the
side-show arena were plentiful and
the suckers roll looks like thirty cen's
today.
The manager of the show was ar-
rested for short-changing the patrons
but for want of evidence was not held.
A man by the name of Shappell, a
hanger-on with the aggregation was
also took in by Deputy Marshal Jones
of Healdton, has been indicted and is
now in jail.
The show came to Pauls Valley and
we will be glad to see it again soon—
we don't think.
MASONIC LECTURE.
Hon. H. M. Furman of Ardmore will
speak at the court house next Monday
evening on "Symbolism of the Corner
Stone." Everybody invited, especially
the ladies.
To Establish United States Court at Six
Additional Towns.
Washington, April 19.—The house
today considered the substitute bill
reported from the judiciary committee
Friday providing for the appointment
of three additional nisi prius judges in
Indian Territory and giving United
States courts exclusive jurisdiction in
all probate matters. The bill also pro-
vides for holding terms of court at
Checotah, Hugo, Weleetka, Comanche,
Duncan and Grove. The Senate will
immediately take up this bill and a
strong effort will be made to enact it
into a law before congress adjourns.
COME DOWN.
B. M. Wallace and D. W. Koontz
have been summoned to serve on the
petit jury at Pauls Valley court and
will serve next week in that sleepy old
town.—Lindsay News.
We can excuse you, Trillingham,
for this sally, because we know that
wind-jamming is out of your line. Take
a day off and come down to the
"sleepy old town" and we'll meet you
at the train with an automobile. A
few hours here will open your sleepy
eyes «.nd the next time you write of us
it will not be from hearsay.
HERE'S HOPIN'.
L. L. Powers of Uncas, 0. T., writes
us that he 'is the proud papa of a nine
pound boy and requests us to put his
name on our subscription list. We
will do so with pleasure, and hope that
Mr. Powers and wife, formerly of this
city, will have health, wealth and hap-
piness, and that the boy may soon be
big enough to whip his daddy.
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT.
Several young couples enjoyed a
half-holiday last Friday on the banks
of Kemp's lake. Late in the evening
they returned, sunburned and happy,
telling the usual fish stories, but the
finny tribe didn't even know they were
out of town.
CLEARED $77.00.
The ladies of the Endowment Socie-
ty of this city at their Bazaar last Thurs-
day cleared the tidy sum of $77. The
SENTINEL is pleased to report the
success of the ladies in their great
work.
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