The Democrat-Topic. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 26. 1899.
NO. 42.
THE EAST
SIDE SCHOOL
ONE OF TUB STRONGEST ED
UCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
IN THE TEltltlTOKY
Supt. N. E. Butcher mill Assist-
ants Did Good Work.
One of the most successful terms
in the history of the EaBt Side
school closed Friday May 19th. The
school board deserves much credit
for employing teachers who are
meritorious; for we feel that the
Buccess of the school is due to the
faithful work of Supt. N. E. Butch-
er and his corps of excellent teach-
ers.
During the year 635 pupils en-
rolled in the schools. The Board
furnished a new room after holidays
and employed Miss Lucy Gilliam
as assistant primary teacher, aud
since January first 120 pupils have
enrolled in the primary rooms—61
in the first primary and 59 in the
second.
This year twenty-seven pupils
were promoted from the 8th grade
and thirteen from the 9th grade.
1 he names of those who' were
promoted to the 10th grade are as
follows: Estella Morter, Sallie
Goode, Carl Botsford, Mamie
Fisher, Katie McCarty, Robert
Win gate, Lynn Choate, Ilea Lind-
say, Katie Hardesty, Joe Ambrist-
er, Sam Ambrister, Julia Williams
and Clair Edwards.
In April some of the pupils from
the 7th and 8th grades took the ex-
amination for a Territorial Com-
mon School Diploma, of those who
took this examination the follow-
ing received diplomas: Pearl
Wingate, George W. j-angton and
Minnie Craig. One of the 7th
grade students, Fred W. Palmer,
took the teachers' examination in
April and received a certificate
with an average of 874.
The East Side School is a good
school and does thorough work as
the foregoing results will testify.
We are glad to know that Prof. N.
E. Butcher has been retained for
the coming year at an advanced
salary. He richly deserved this
compliment, and we predict a good
school for next year.
J. S. Lindsay bought the VVilnies
residence, in the uorth part of town,
Tuesday.
Attorney W. J. Jackson went to
Tecumseh Tuesday to attend to
legal matters.
Depot agent It. J. Morgan and
family are intending to visit New
York and Philadelphia this fall.
County Attorney Nicodemus is
in a happy frame of mind. It's a
girl. The little one arrived last
Sunday.
W. J. Heed was hero from Noble
Thursday.
Jay Wails was reported as getting
along nicely Tuesday.
Ed Anthony and J. J. Burke
went to Oklahoma City Sunday,
C, L. Botsford of Norman is vis-
iting friends here.—Oklahoman.
It. W. Choffin has moved his
family here from Lexington to re-
side.
The last half of this years tax
will become delinquent after June
15 th.
J. G. Flatt. of Simon, I. T., has
ontered the University for the
summer.
Miss Gertie Burford has returned
from Pauls Valley where she visit-
ed an uncle.
J, F. Elder, Ed Johnson, It. It.
Smith and Chas. Gorton shipped
hogs to Fort Worth Saturday.
J. P, Burford has been showing
several prospective land buyers
over Cleveland county this week,
Members of the Christian church
will elect new officers next Sunday,
having declared all offices vacant.
Miss Lucy Gilliam left Thursday
morning lor Missouri, where she
will visit relatives during vaca-
tion,
W. l. Jordan was here from
Linden Tuesday and ordered his
name enrolled on our subscription
list.
Mrs. M. II. Sendlebach arrived
from El Iteno Wednesday to visit
J. L. Voegeli and family for a few
days.
Parker Brothers will give an en-
tertainment at their home north-
west of town this evening. All are
invited.
Riley Hill and wife have a line
baby boy at their house. The
little fellow arrived Wednesday
afternoon.
I. A. Miuton will open an insur-
ance office at Perry in a short time.
He will not move his family from
Norman, however.
Mrs. C. L. Botsford is expecting
her sister, Mrs. Judge Martin, of
Atchison, Kansas, next Tuesday to
visit her a month or more.
J. L. Voegeli and wife will leave
Sunday for Kansas City Missouri,
where Mrs. Voegeli \till take
treatment from a specialist.
II. K. Stephens, of Bonham,
Texas, who is visiting liis daughter,
Mrs. Callie Welch, likes Norman
very much. lie will remain here a
month or longer.
Dr. Newman and wife and E. M.
Maphis and wife are intending to
leave next week for the Washita,
where they will spend a few days
fishing.
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| Near Junction, 10 West Ninth St., Kansas City, Mo.
CLEVELAND'S
TAX-PAYERS.
THE ASSESSMENT OP SEVER-
AL TOWNSHIPS COM
PLETED.
A List of Individuals Assessed
$800.00 and Over on Person-
al Property.
The assessment of Cleveland
county for the year 1899 is almost
complete.
From Deputy County Assessor
W. J. Hess, the Democrat obtained
some information regard the as-
sessment.
Case, Little River, Lexington
townships and the cities of Nor-
man and Lexington have been com-
pleted.
Following will be found a list of
individuals who are assessed $500
and over on personal property
alone in the townships and towns
named above:
little hivek township.
J. L. Bohannon ♦ 040
J. C. Dowd 665
T. L. Harper 535
J. L. Swailes 1110
lexington township.
It. M. Itountree $ 715
B. Weitzenhofler 640
J. G. Thompson 725
J. C. Hawk 676
J. D. Hollowell 685
Cyrus Butler 962
lexington city.
B Abernathy ♦ 650
C. D. Bowden 1023
Chas Greenmore 829
Hine Bros. 700
Wm. Isam 1592
James Bros. 2060
T. W. Keller 500
Geo. P. Johnson 500
Little & Smith 1000
J. L. Little 1010
Mill A Gin Co. 800
J. M. Massey 511
M. N. Moseley 500
J. F. Peck 500
Itountree & Wynne Bros 1200
C. .r. Satienecker & Co 800i
Turk & Kauffman 500
H. R. Tobias 1025
Weitzenhoffer & Turk 1200
norman city
Jas Allen $ 780
Ed Anthony cfc Co 3210
Barbour & Sons 650
Blake 4 Reed 1(KX)
W. J. Brown 1980
W L Choate 1700
Citizens' Bank 17145
Democrat-Topic 060
Davis & Son 630
John Essex 510
Elledge Bros & Philips 1250
M L Howarth 005
J A Hullum 1190
M J Johnson 800
Kendall Bros 5500
Bessie McGinley 1040
McGinley & Berry 3000
E. M. Maphis 2550
Mills Bros it Wiard 500
Austin McGlathey 500
J D Maguire 2795
J A Miller 1000
Norman Mill & Grain Co 1300
Norman State Bank 9885
Norman Lumber Co 5015
Norman Oil Mill Co 500
M C Runyan & Co 2530
Reed & Harper 1425
H W Stubbeman 1000
South Texas Lumbbr Co 1825
Turk & Co 2000
C F Teel 500
Voegeii & Seiidelbach 1500
W T Vowel 1 560
Cy Williams & Co 1400
C Wheeler 500
W T Wallace 2310
R J Weeks 525
D B Wynne 1040
case township.
Clay Johnson $ 785
J W Stowe 530
Ned Hopkins 565
j Attorney C. L. Botsford attended
court at Tecumseh this week.
"Coon" Bible was up from Nor-
man yesterday.—Oklahoman.
Mrs. I. M. Prickett and little son
are visiting friends in Shawnee this
week.
The "Bean Auction" given by
the Ladies Aid Society of the
Baptist church, Wednesday eve-
ning netted fifteen dollars.
T. J. Scott was out north of town
Sunday. "1 was surprised to seo
the condition of crops. They are
in excellent oonditiou," said he.
Dr. Thacker weut to Oklahoma
City Thursday to attend the meet-
ing of the Territorial Medinee As-
sociation, and returned Friday
morning.
L. W. Hocker bought two hun-
dred head of beef cattle at Fort
Worth Monday. Ho shipped them
to his ranch in the Chickasaw
country.
Carl Botsford will leave next
Tuesday for Delphos, Kansas,
where he will visit relatives for the
summer. He will make the trip on
his wheel.
Ward Sims, a son-in-law of Win.
Hayes has returned from Arizona.
The Democrat did not learn
whether or not Mr. Sims intends to
make his home here.
A. Kingkade is having a house
built on lot seventy in Larsh addi-
tion owned by Ed Johnson. The
house, when completed will be oc
cupied by Dr. J. A. Davis.
Austin McGlathey is at Lexing-
ton, Arkansas, in the interest of his
patent wagon brake, where he is
doing nicely. lie ordered his
paper sent to him at Lexington.
Mrs. Bergland has brought suit
against her husband, A. Bergland.
She charges cruelty. Wolf &
Grigsby are Mrs. Bergland's at-
torneys and Newell & Jackson, the
defendant's.
Supt. E. L. Cralle, who is visit
ing with Kentucky friends and
relatives wrote Prof. J. A. Cowan,
under date of May 10th, saying he
was having a great time, lie will
lie home alien', Jnn • lull.
J. M. George was in from the
Chickasaw country Wednesday,
lie says he never saw brighter crop
prospects than they have this year,
lie has two hundred and fifty acres
of corn and one hundred and forty
of millet.
J. G. Brown drove from Lexing-
ton to Norman Monday. "I never
saw tiner wheat" said he, "Joseph
Burkctt was with me and he esti-
mated several- fields of wheat at
thirty bushels to the acre which J
consider conservative."
W. A. Leslie was here from
Noble Thursday, lie attended the
closing exercises of Miss Nora
Pantier's school in the southern
portion of the county Wednesday
and was highly pleased with the
exercises. He says he never saw
children any better trained.
While returning home from Nor-
man last Saturda) afternoon, one of
Frank Denton's horses was crippled
by stepping into a hole in a bridge
fiye miles north of the city. We
did not learn the extent of the in-
juries. Mr. Denton lives thirteen
miles northeast of Norman.
B. F. Wolf and J. D. Grigsby
have formed a co-partnership for
the practice of law.
Itev. Father Metter left Mon-
day afternoon for New York City,
where he will remain several days.
J. W. Penn has moved his family
here from El Iteno. His son will
attend the University this summer.
O. J. Smith was in Norman Mon-
day with twenty crates of straw-
berries. Regarding them It. E.
Chambers said: "I have been
handling strawberries several years
but those marketed by Mr. Smith
Monday were the finest I ever saw."
Mr. Smith lias nine or ten acres of
strawberries.
W.J. Painter a University stud-
en', weut to Lexington Saturday
where he made application for a
position in the Lexington schools.
The board of directors ol the
East Side school elected the follow-
ing teacher? Wednesday afternoon:
Mrs. Geo. W. Winans, Misses
Lucile Bodine, Lyda White, Maggie
Smith, Edith Burns, Maude Win-
gate, Lucy Gilliam and Anna
Challis. Supt. Butcher was
elected last week, an assistant
principal has not been chosen.
Col. L. M. Christian, of Holdcn,
Mo., was in Norman Saturday
evening to take home his brother,
who has been receiving treatment
at the insane asylum here and whom
Dr. Threadgill had discharged,
restored. Col. Christian expressed
himself as very much pleased with
the asylum and it's management
and also with Norman and Cleve
land county, so much that he is
coming back to locate.
U U 1
Don't
Forget that I
-Still Sell the
Celebrated
Moon Bros,
Buggies,
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W; HR
W.J.BROWN.
Sells everything in Hardware, Tinware and Stoves;
in fact, anything kept in a first-class store.
Prices will suit you.
I will offer again
this season the
-SiMILLWAUKKE®
Binders and Mowers
to the buyers of this
territory. Don't forget the Milwaukee leads. 1 will
keep on hand a complete stock of extra for the above
machine.
ASKS FOR
A RECEIVER,
I >IC. T. S. GALHKAITII, A
8TOCKIIOLD12 It IN Till:
SANITARIUM.
Claims lo bo Dissatisfied Willi
the Management and Has
Asked l<"or a Receiver.
Dr. T. S. Galbraith, of Seymour,
Indiana, a stockholder of the Ok-
lahoma Sanitarium, locatcd at this
place, has asked for a receiver for
the institution.
Dr. John Threadgill, who owns
three "fourths of the stock and who
is iu charge of the institution and
against whom Galbrath's suit is in-
stituted, was interveiwed by a
Dbmociiat representative Thurs-
day morning regarding the matter.
He said:
"Dr. Galbraith owns one-fourth
interest in the sanitarium. Myself
and Mrs. Threadgill owns three-
fourths. Galbraith has never ap-
plied to me in person for an inspec-
tion of the books and has never, un-
til quite recently, indicated any dis-
satisfaction whatever with ray
management of the institution.
"Under the contract with Gov.
W. C, Renfrow, we made settle-
ments quarterly but aftei entering
into the contract with Gov. Barnes,
whereby we were given two hun-
dred dollars per year for the care of
each patient, instead of three hun-
dred, the stockholders, representing
three fourths of the stock, adopted
a resolution, declaring dividends
annually instead of quarterly.
This, it seems, irritated Galbraith.
"Since Galbraith has evidenced
signs of dissatisfaction, I informed
him I was willing to buy his stock
or sell him mine. 1 told him he
could set a price, I would give or
take or vice versa, lie never re-
sponded to my proposition but last
Saturday sent an attorney here and
demanded to be shown the books.
He did not have the courage to
come in person. I refused to turn
the books over to the lawyer but
told him when the time came for
declaring dividends (July 1st) 1
would not object, in fact would
court a careful and thorough investi-
gation of my books and manage-
ment. The action, asking for a
receiver followed this conversa-
tion.
"Galbraith is endeavoring to
force the courts lo do that which he
has not the moral courage to do
himself. It is a bluff and he w ill
learn it will not work.
"Galbraith was the first superin-
tendent of the institution and his
management was such that 1 re-
moved him. lie has not, of course
felt kindly toward mi since that
time."
The history of the institution
briefly stated follows: In Septem-
ber 1894, Dr. Galbraith, Dr.
Itolater and J. T. Galbraith con-
ceived the idea of incorporating the
Oklahoma Sanitarium. They had
articles of incorporation drawn in-
dicating a capital stock of <120.000,
They bought the Methodist college
building which exhausted their
means. In the mean time they had
closed a contract with (iov. Ren-
frow for the care of the insane of
the territory but were not in a
position to make any progress by
reason of tinancial einbarressmcnts,
as stated. Dr. Threadgill became
interested in the matter and wjnt
into the company ho furnished the
necessary capital to place the insti-
tution on its feet.
Dr. Galbraith was elected super-
intendent but his management was
very unsatisfactory to the stock-
holders. Even his brother, J. T.
Galbraith, was not pleased with the
management and sold his stock to
Dr. Threadgill. Dr. ltollater did
the same thing and when Dr.
Threadgill owned the controlling
interest, he removed Galbraith, a"
stated in the interview published
with this.
While Dr, Gabraitb invested but
ti300 cash iu the institution, the
books show he has drawn fciooqo,
cash from the business in three
years, in addition to owing one-
fourth interest iu the buildings
free of indebtedness.
Supt. Threadgill has devoted his
entire time to the institution since
becoming its superintendent and its
present excellent condition is due
to his individual efforts.
The sanitarium enjoys an excell-
ent reputation, not only in the
territory but throughout several
states. Any number of private
patients have been received at the
institution from Texas and other
states and the present superinten-
dent has refused to receive others
recent'y by reason of the crowded
condition of the various wards.
Dr. Threadgill will bo found in
the courts opposing the suit insti-
tuted against him as there were no
grounds or cause for complaint
against his management,
Dad Martin returned from
Chickasha Wednesday.
The first annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Dixie Gold
Ming and Reduction Company will
lie held ur Norman, Okla, on M. u.
day June 5th, 1800, at 4:00 o'clock
p. in. for the purpose of hearing the
reports of the officers of the com-
pany, electing a Board of Directors
to serve during the ensuing year
and transacting such other business
as may properly come before said
meeting. Attest: J. A. Ferguson,
Secretary. W. T. Mayfield, Pres.
Messers C. C. Roberts and Henry
McGraw will represent the Univers-
ity at the inter-collogiate tenuis
tournament to be held at Kingfisher
Saturday, they having defeated
Messrs Mackey and Briggs, for the
doubles, in the final five sets by a
total score of 2(1 to 22. The singles
will be played off this morning, tho
score at present being a tie between
Frank Briggs and Porter Morgan.
Little Lucy McGinley celebrated
her fifth birthday anniversary last
Wednesday. She invited a number
of her little friends to her home
where she entertained them from
three to five. Ice cream and cake
were served her guests. Those
present were: Misses Blanch
Smith, Bessie and Selah Berry,
Lizzie and Carrie Wagoner, Nellie
McGinley, Emo Jane Biscoe,
Masters Homer Watts, Willie
Jarboe, Edgar Hanson and Charley
Berry.
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