The Payne County Populist. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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Rwne County populist.
btablished Sept. 1, 1892.
Stillwater, Payne Connty, Oklahoma, Thursday, December^O 1800.
Vol. 11, No. l.£
LOUIS LEE CONVICTED.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
juru Returned a Verdict ol First, ft Traveling Man anil His Pretended Wlte
Degree Man-slauyliter. , flre flrrtsted In Stillwater.
I/inl* l-eo, charged with the mur- i Sheriff 0. W. Annie received in
,r of Charles Withers near Kipley j struotluns from (iuthrie last Satur-
,t july, was convicted of firut de- j day evening to arri st one .las. Hun-
manslaughter in the district
,urt at (iuthrie, Monday, where the
,,e was taken on chaise of venue.
Tin' case went to the jury shortly Sheriff
tcr 12 o'clock Saturday morning
d the jury's lengthy deliberation
I u belief thai u inistripl would
lult-
AiiorneysS. I'. King und R. A.
iwry conducted the prosecution,
d Attorneys \V. it. Williams and
J, llurdiok of this city, assisted
A. J. Biddison of Pawnee had the
tense.
The defendant was or. tiie witness
ind severs! hours and was closely
isstioned and cross-examined by
e attorneys. Ills claim was self-
fense in that lie was attacked by
reral parties, one of whom struck
i with a stay-chain, 'ihat the
ing followed a free-for-all fight,
rticipated In by six persons.
It is not known as yet whether or
t the case will be appealed. The
nium sentence is four year* and the
ixium, indefinite
ter and Bertha Leach, u woman of
disreputable character, who were
supposed to be in this city. I'nder
•I. II. Johns and Police-
man Joe liourdette investi-
gated the matter and found Hunter
and tiie woman at the i'ayne hotel
where they had registered as "W. s.
Leonard and wife." They were ar-
rested and placed in jail where they
remained until Tuesday morning
when the sheriff took them to (iuth-
rie to answer to the serious charge
Hunter Uvea at Hit capital and is
a traveling salesman for the Kide-
nour-Baker Co., of St. Joseph, Mo.
He lias a wife, who, it is said whs the
chief detective in the case. When
arrested Hunter plead with the au-
thorities to "keep mum," but mur-
der will out especially when bucIi a
coarse ruse is practiced so near home.
Hertha Leach also lives in (iuthrie
and has the reputation of being a
"high roller."
There is a moral attached to this
storv.
Took Him For Another.
heriff (). W. Annis had a whole
of fun while in (iuthrie Tuesday
the expense of a colored police-
The sheriff was going along
ending strictly to his own business
en Air. Colored Policeman braced
and said "Say when you
ne to fix that little matter up?"
Annis exhibited surprise and
ed for an explanation, but the po-
mar. ssid ' never yo' mind now;
I't run no bluff like that on me.
tell me what you gwinetodo."
I thereupon saw he was mistaken
nother and answered that lie
1 decided iot to "fix it up" at all,
the negro would be put off in no
h stylo and was going to tHke bis
ji right along with him. Hill re-
ed to go, demanded a warrant.
1 only after the sturdy black had
wrought up to a white heat, did
explain that be wa« not "Jim
e," the man the policeman
nt«d. The funny part of it is Jim
is an old saloon man of tiuthrie
his resemblance to our sher.iT
rery mesgre indeed.
Bccket-tuler.
\ very pretty wedding took place
this city last Sunday, the con-
icting parties being Miss Kosa II.
cketand Mr. Charles K. Kyler,
th ol Glencoe. The ceremony was
rformed at ths home of the groom's
rente, Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Kyler,
d wm witnessed by a large nutn-
of friends. The Rev. A. K I)u
lis, of the Methodist Episcopal
arch officiated, the marriage tak-
g place at 2 o'clock, after which an
agent dinner was served snd many
ladeotne and useful presents were
by the happy couple.
The bride is a popular and refined
lady and wilt prove a worthy
ilpeeate to her husband.
ne groom is la the mercantile
at Glencoe, and is a young
of esemplary habit and good
tailless judgment. We join many
lends ill nteoding congratulations.
Tkt Juru OlMflrad.
Kine for acquittal, three for con-
(ion of manalaughtsr was the wsy
> jury stood in the Morrison esse
I Rl Dorado, Kan., when discharged
Mi Friday after having deliberated
birty-Avs hours. Miss Morrison's
iwvers will now aak that the defend-
iit be released on ball and It is prob-
hie that the state will not object.
Hiere see in a to be a feeling that
h# Morrison ewe will never be tried
Some think that another
can never be lecured. District
Osborne sai< "I don't believe
llaa Morrison * II ever be tried
The tei-payers are kicking
the cost of the case. It has
15,500 and not all the ex-
art so far recorded.
TERRITORIAL NOTES.
Enid
Thi /(litre Hurlno,
Tne prellminsry hearing of Wick
Sellers, who gave himself up to the
authorities after having killed
V% I. Whiteside on tho Oth Inst ,
sill occur before Probate Judge R
t. Burns tomorrow. The hearing
tad been mutually deferred until the
wturn of a- —V father. Steve /el
ho waa absent on a trip to tiie
Kiowa country, and who knew noth
ng of the affair until his return last
kunday. R A. l.owry has been re-
tained for the defense, while S I
Kfp C will commence the prosecution
for t he utitr.
bier,Hon ot Oltlctrs.
Stillwater Camp No. cN '"'J'1.!1?
niiiial election Friday night of last
,,. W With tho following result: 1, M
>n, al, venerable consul; II. B. Ilan-
„ r, worthy adviser: K A. ■>'"'•
|,mker: I' C. LI"' 1 , ,
\k .1,1. It. I Brown. -!• «
" ® ,.r- ,| M. M > -ii |- i - '
Irwncs Mcsjlok, MUitr.vi V
, chief forr< -
,„„.dio-. u as delegate ,h'.'
I convention at (tlthrlc and
The Truth
I ake up the average newspaper and read the ads, particularly the advertisements of what should be repata— <
hie concerns. What do you see? As a rule they are filled with promises that no store on earth could fulfill. What
do you find in ours? First of all you will find some rather homely language, for we know more about running this}
business than about writing poetry. There you will find plain descriptions on all goods as clear and unmistakable
as we know how to make them. You'll find us making promises, too, but they are only such as we can and do, live
up to. We promise to sell you good goods cheaper, taken all around, than any other store, and we do. We (
promise to treat with you fairly, to right every wrong, to make trading safe and satisfactory, and we live up to every
word of it. We are going to close out every yard of our Dress Goods by the first day of January, if prices will move i
them. Hence we make the following prices on these goods:
One Lot at 10c a yard
Here are a dozen pieces pretty Dress Goods that look like woolen goods, yet every thread of them is pare
cotton. It is an honest deception, though, for the fabric is stronger, the colors are better, and the pat- ,
terns are prettier than all-wool goods or part-wool goods could possibly be at thrice the price. And besides it doesn't pretend to be wool—it aim-
ply looks like wool, and we tell you fairly what it is.
One Lot at 19c a yard
including Novelties and Henriettas in Gray, Drab, Black, Dark-brown, Light-brown , Red, Tan and Green.
These goods are worth 25c to 35c a yard today, but we make these prices to close them out at once.
AllOtllCr Lot at 29c a yard ,hat are WOrtl1 fr0m a8c t0 G5c s -varcl' Don t ,ail t0 8Ce lhese goods before you buy. It will pay (
you to do so.
On and after January 1st
will have free mail delivery.
Oklahoma City will pave her
streets and the absorbing question
now is, "brick or asphalt."
Three bootleggers were captured
near Muskogee last week. They
had a 10 gallon keg, a jug und 100
bottles of whisky.
Mr. A. I). lladley, of near Black-'
well, is the owner of a inadstone thai
has been successfully applied to 21 j
eases, two of them recently.
Dudley Staughter, a citizen of Ard- j
more and son of Alderman Lewis
Slaughter, shot and killed William
Weston near llavis I.T.. Monday.!
Defendant is in jail. The killing was
done in self-defense.
Hurglar-i got in their work at Ster-|
rett, Thursday night of last week.
They entered the store, blew the safe ■
and got $700. The safe in the post-1
office was also opened ami all money
and stamps taken, i'liey left no clue.
The bank of Cashion was entered
and $ii,400 secured by the burglars
Monday night. It Is supposed to be
the work of the gang that has been
operating In other small Oklahoma
towns. There is no cine to the rob-
bers. The bank was fully insured.
Blackwell is after the county seat
of Kay county. The Sun in com-
menting upon the subject, says
among other strong arguments:
We are the center of area as well as
population and right and justice de-
mand that the county seat be located
here."
The sixth annual eihibltion of the
Oklahoma State Poultry and Pet
Stock association will be held Jan-
uary 7 to 11, inclusive. There will
be ehibits of Belgian hares and a
bench show. H. B. Savage and M
8. Fite will be the judges In the
poultry department. The exhibit
will be held In (.iuthrie.
W. W. Maloee, a cattleman, was
arrested a few days ago for driving
infested cattle Into Garfield county.
The cattle had been Inspected and
found full of ticks, and Malone was
told not to cross ths line. He went,
was arrested and will be prosecuted.
He is liable to a fine of |100 to $5,000
or a jail sentence, or both
The first day's sale of lots by the
townslte company for the town of
Hunter on the Blackwell, Enid A
Southwestern, amounted to nearly
$20,000. The promoters claim that
Hunter will make the best town on
the line between Blackwell and Enid,
but Lamont Is challenging the state-
ment.—Blackwell Times-Record.
James Baiter, who used to own the
Hatchel farm west of the city, has
returned to spend the winter here.
He sold his place several years ago
to go to Alaska and has been there
since he left Ponea City. I.ast win-
ter he spent at Cape Nome and the
preceding year at Dawson City. Mr.
Baiter has been very successful in
his search for gold and comes back
with about $20,000 to his ere. it to
represent his labors In Alaska —
Ponea City Courier.
A Big Line of Plaids at 10 15, 25 and 45c.
Come early, you want to see a large, varied and beautiful stock of dress <
goods for a little more than half what they are worth.
p x ' PJkUAnc To close out the accumulated remnants of two months big selling. All kinds of ribbons of different lengths.'
1 lvClTlIlallTS 111 lUDDOllS You'll find them on the bargain counter near the front door. The price will be a little more than one-
half the original cost price. %
Corsets
We handle the G. I)., Dr. Warners', I)r. Hall's, Armerside, B. H. & M. and Kabo corsets. As we are a little broken on sizes now will |
place them on sale this week at 85cts. The regular prices on these corsets are from $1.00 to $1.50 as every lady knows.
T J' 9 1 KJC ' f IS 'a, T T_ J „ 25c ladies'heavy knit, vest and pants to match; other merchants will ask you <
LOGICS clIlQ 1V1S31CS J\H1T UflOCrWvCur 35C for the same goods. 48c ladies' extra heavy knit, vest and pants to match,
that are worth 75c a garment. 48c ladies' heavy knit union suit*, sizes 4, 5 and 6. These are great bargains at this price. Misses' and children's (
underwear as cheap as 25c a suit and up to (50c.
C* f 95c, large size calico comforts, extra heavy; worth $1.25. $1.25 hand-made silkaline comforts filled with 1
V^OfniOriS ciriCl DlullKClS pure white cotton and tied with yarn, worth $1.75. 05c heavy grey blankets, full size and worth 75c a pair.
$1.25 extra heavy and eitra size, the kinds others get $1.75 and $2 per pair. $1 48 the heavy A 11—1 blanket that would be cheap at $2.50.
Yarn
600 skeins of yarn, assorted colors, to close out two skeins for 5c.
and Saiony at the very lowest prices.
400 skeins Germantown, at 19c a ekein.. All colors of ice wool.
Hosiery hose, both in ladies' and misses, that we are offering at greatly reduced prices
' Fascinators and Hoods
We have a large line of cotton '
We have just received a big line of fascinators and hoods that are beauties and we offer them in this sale
at 25c, 48c, 65c, 75c and 8ac.
Shoes! Shoes! lace, sizes 111 to 8, former price 98c and $1.15. These are crackerjacks at these priceB and if you need ft good shoe now i
do not buy until you see thein. 48c children's school shoes and solid leather throughout. These were bought at 50 cents on the dollar and that ia
why we can sell them this way. Wc have men's heavy work shoes from 85c to $2.75. But we have a heavy shoe, seamless back, Bolid as a rock (
at $1 25 that we desire to call every working man's attention to as this shoe was especially made for us and it is the best thing ever offered for the (
money. We have all kinds of shoes and can fit any foot no matter how large or small it maybe. We are selling more shoes today than ever be-
fore. in fact our sales this month have broken all previous records.
I « t Everything in this line is complete notwithstanding the amount we have sold this fall and winter. Our cloth-
Uotningi V^lOtrling' Ing business Is increasing daily and we will take pleasure in showing you through our complete line of over-
i coats suits and pants for both men and boys. Don't fail to get our prices. We are headquarters for duck coats this year in every style and price
as we'll as hats, caps, underwear, etc. See our line of underwear for men. This week we place on our bargain counter 800 suits of men's heavy <
1 knit underwear at 50 cents a suit. These are crackerjacks for this money. Another lot of extra heavy wool fleeced underwear at 95c a suit that <
1 are worth 75o a garment. Don't miss the bargains if you need anything in this line. Wo also have a big line of all wool underwear at reduced price).
Jones1
Goods Store.
financial Remcmhrances
The following named persons have
paid i uins on their subscription since
the last publication: .lames Nash,
Rev. Ira llolbrook, Henry "K"11*'
A. C. Harris. Lyman Kastland. J. r.
Oonwell, Win. B Curley. II Terra l.
Win. Adsit, ,loe Conrtwrigh , ( has.
I lunar!. W. II Woods, H. ""J-"
H. V. Meeker, K.
Ashmore.
J. A
tvrin mnnag
v aUhmai';
V Wright
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MOTHER INJUNCTION SUIT
AbtrcromMt Mllltr Will Tm lo Prevent
tin CI(«' rittlio la Uttltts.
For a long time have tho elty of
Stillwater and the firm of Abercrom-
ble 4 Miller been trying to reach an
agreement with regards the purchase
and sale of the letter's lighting plant.
Propositions galore have been sub-
mitted by both parties, but have
been void of results.
The city is now ready for active
business in the matter of electrr.*
lights, and the climax was reached
this morning when by their silence
on the last and following proposi
tion made by the city, Abercrombic
Jt Miller have decided to take the
matter Into court and attempt to en-
join Stillwater from constructing and
operating h plant:
TIIK KIN At- PROPOSITION.
The aforesaid, the city of Stillwat-
er, hereby submits to the said Aber-
crombie & Miller, a proposition to
purchase said electric light system
upon tho following conditions towlt:
The said city of Stillwater, shall
chooso an electrician and the said
Abercrombio Miller shall choose
one electrician, and the two electric-
ians as chosen and selected shall
choose and select a third electrician,
and the three eleot'lclans so selected
and chosen as aforesaid, shall con-
arbitrators to
hi 'trit* r'" ' mint un«- ■
\ \y. Wright we' e.iiwti altcrnai'
rr, - si and Workinc. stltute a board of
,.,'iIh„i;.i i lnircli will j nssi'ss and fix upon (said electric
i r „', a in of in" " a 'l light, system, a price wi be paid Hie
l I I nritnt, ■■ at il l ir ■ limvl "11 u said Abereromble & Miller for sa d
'lav e\ i " lienor.; I';■«>>;1 r|fotrlc light system, by tho eald
i.aiiiiidcorrccaiida.jjCl.Hlm^nm
p. in., for a dine
1 city of Stillwater.
The said city of Stillwater shall
have the right to challenge the two
first arbitrators selected by the said
Abercromble A Miller, and the said
Abercrombie i. Miller shall have the
right to challenge the two first arbi-
trators selected by the said city of
Stillwater.
The arbitrators so selected shall be
nonlnterested parties, either directly
or Indirectly; they shall be non-resi-
dents of Payne county and of the
territory of Oklahoma.
The said city of Stillwater and the
said Abercrombie £ Miller shall each
have a right to Introduce expert
testimony, before the board ot arbi-
trators, selected as aforesaid, bear-
ing upon and touching the value of
said electric light system.
The said arbitrators so chosen shall
view the said electric light system,
and all machinery connected there-
with. save and except, engine and
hollers, which are not to bo included
in said purchase. The findings of
said arbitrators, selected as afore
said, shall bo under oath, upon the
idence adduced as aforesaid, and
shall ho what in their judgment, the
said electric light system is worth In
actual catII, as is shown by tho evl
dence so adduced together with their
knowledge of the value of such prop
erl v. The findings of the said board
of arbitrators, selected as aforesaid,
ihall lie final, from which there shall
be no appeal.
The said city further agrees lo pay
the traveling e-(pen« s of tho three
arbitrators and ton dollars each per
day for llvo days.
The said city ot Stlllwator, further
oilers to enter into a contract with
tne said Abercrombie &. Miller, npon
the acceptance of this offer, to bid
its self to carry into effect the above
offer. The said Abercrombie & Mil-
ler shall be given until 8 o'clock,
December 20, 1900, in which to file
their answer with the mayor o( said
city.
The said arbitrators shall be select-
ed within 20 days from date of sign-
ing the contract and the findiugs of
th« arbitrators shall be submitted
wlthlu 20 days from their selection.
Mr. Miller went to Guthrie this
morning where he will be met by his
Oklahoma City legal advisers, and
Judge Frank Dale, of Guthrie, will
be there for Stillwater. Judge Bur
ford is off duty at present, and unless
both parties agree to a hearing before
tho judge serving in his place, who
does not belong to this district, the
hearing will be deferred. Mote par-
ticulars will be given next.
Wdl RcorutiiUd.
A number of Payne county teach-
ers will attend the tenth annual
teachers' association meeting at
Guthrie next Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. R. H. Ewing, city
superintendent, ie a member of tbi
exeoutive committee of the associa-
tion. J. D. Barney, who teachee in
Ingalls, will take an active part in
Wednesday's program, as will also
County Superintendent Hattle R.
Darnell. C. L. Kezer, superintendent-
elect, and J. P. Hickman ot Perkins.
On Friday morning Miss Hester
Thatcher of this city, will render a
vocal solo, while J. S. Malone ot
Perkins, F. A. Hutto of the A. and
M. college, J. H. White o( Ripley,
1). C. White of Htillwater, and Mica
Jessie Thatcher will take active parta
In the day's program. Thus Payne
county will be well represented both
in the exercises and attendance.
The following parties were granted
licenses to wed by Probate Judge
Burns since our last Issue :
) Wiley Goloy, I'erry
) Mallei Sliced, I'erry
) Clins. K. Kyler, Glencoe
t Kusa It. liceketl, Glencoe ..
JSunuel Bennett, Cushing ..
> Grace Higgins, ('lulling
J Win. 11. Dove, Glencoe
) 1'j iniM I angshaw, Glencoe .
\ 1>. I". ration. IntniHs
I Minnie Prater, Ingalls
S \./,. lindley, Stillwater ..
} Minnie lion yman, Glencoe.
j John Men, I'crkin
( l.aura 11. Osborne, lVrkins ,
Am
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The Wilberton News lias figured out
the following slap: "God created tho
heavens and tho earth, the editor,
the liberal advertiser and tho
prompt paying subscriber. It waa
good. Next day a blizzard set in and
he created the man who didn't believe
in advertising, and another who didn't
take the home pap,*r; then he rested.
Then the devil got into the moulding
riHim. lie created the mail who takes
the paper for years and fails to pay for
I!' it. After completing that sorry job,
: 7 and having a few lumps of mud IcTt,
IS he made the even- • for the man who
ill settles his subscription with the post-
Id master by Instructing him to mark tlm
2H paper 'refused'. There are several of.
17 the latter."
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