Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT.
VOL. VIII.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. MARCH 14, 1912.
tNO. 52
SOCIALIST MEETING.
The socialists of Garvin
couny held a two days meeting
here last Friday and Saturday.
The meeting was attended by
quite a number of socialists
from various parts of the
county, including Mr. Stallard,
who is one of the head men of
the organization.
The convention placed the
following ticket in the tidd for
county officers, subject, how-
ever, to a vote of the local
lodges of the county and the
ones receiving the largest vote
will be the regular nominees:
Representatives — Monroe C.
Wright of Maysville, Will John-
son of Elmore.
District Clerk—M. D. Teel of
Elmore.
Sheriff—Tom Bottom of Paoli.
Treasurer—K. E. Phillips of
Pauls Valley, a. D. Satterwhite
of Katy.
Weigher—W. S. Wright of
Elmore, J. B. McNeelv of Pauls
Valley, J. T. Bryant of Paoli.
Assessor—J. H. Layfield of
Elmore, W. H. Baron of Paoli,
W. G. J-anders of Katy.
Commissioner, District No. 1.
—H. Workman of Pauls Valley.
Commissioner, District No. 2.
—J. P. Richardson of Stratford.
Commissioner, District No. 3.
—R. Ridgeway of Eola, Walter
Kelley of Elmore.
No nominations were made
for Register of Deeds, County
Judge or County Attorney.
WOOL TRUST PET OF HIGH TARIFF
by c. h. tavenner.
Washington, March 12.—
(Special.) Nothing in the his-
| « tory of American tariff making
has so thoroughly demonstrat-
ed the fallacy of the high pio
tection principles as the testi-
mony of the Lawrence, Mass.,
strikers before the house rules
commitee.
The woolen trust is the spec-
ial pet of high protectionists.
In order that this trust may en-
joy immunity from foreign com
petetion, every man, woman
and child in the dountry pays
tribute. All along this trust has
9aid: "We must have a high
tariff in order to protect our
workmen. We cant pay Ameri-
wages if we have to compete
with cheap labor of Europe."
The rules commitee of house
summoned some strikers to
Washington, and in the same
room where Carnegie and Per-
kins told how they juggled mil-
lions, this committee heard fat-
hers mothers and children tell
how whole families were forced
to live on $5 and $(> a week paid
by the highly protected woolen
trust. The witness told how they
were forced to work ten hours a
day; how they had to use "a
sort of molasses" as a substitute
for butter; how children had to
go into the mills at an early
age in order to keep the family
from actual starvation, and how
the constant demand of the
mill owners was more and more
speed and less and less pay.
In the committee room sat
some of the mill children. They
were fresh from the mills, and a
mere glance at them told more
than spoken words could tell.
All had pinched faces. All were
poorly dressed, some of them
having only a cheap sweater
in lieu of a coat and overcoat.
All had dull expressionless faces,
in which there was no trace of
color or animation. All of them
moreover, were slightly deaf,
because of their work amid the
fearful clatter of mill machinery
so that at times the committee
members almost had to shout to
make themselves heard.
Among them was a little
Italian girl Camillia Teoli by
name who had caught her hair
in a shafting, and had suffered
the almost total loss of her scalp
She was unable to work for a
year, during which she received
not a cent in damage or compen-
sation. When at last she was
able to get out of her bed she
went back into the mills at a
reduced wage, because she
wasn't as formerly.
All the children looked worn
and old, as though they had
been speeded up beyond the lim
it of endurance.
These children reverled as
nothing else could reveal, that
"protecting American work
men" is the last thought of the
woolen trust. They stood as
living proof tnat the motive in
seeking a high tariff on wool
was greed.
when he tells you he will do a
thing he can be depended upon
to keep his word. And Mr.
Scrivener says if he is elected
one of the county commissioners
he purposes to conduct the fiscal,
affairs of the county to the best
of his ability and give everybody
a square deal, and it is up on
these principles and pledges he
submits his candidacy and asks
the Democrats for their support.
MRS. GENTRY CONVICTED.
Mrs. Alverta Gentry was last
Friday, at Oklahoma City, con-
victed of the murder of her hus-
band, Thomas J. Gentry, and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
The jury was out twelve hours.
It is said that a majority of the
jury was for the death penalty,
but it was argued that the Gov-
ernor would commute the death
penalty to life imprisonment.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
BROTHERHOOD RECREATION GROUNDS.
Comparatively few people in
Pauls Valley and vicinity realize
the vast amount of good work
and far reaching influence of the
Presbyterian Brotherhood Recre-
ation Grounds.
When Rev. Wm. Denham ac-
cepted the call to the Presbyter-
ian church in Pauls Valley last
summer, he found the town had
neither a library nor a Y. M. C. A.
WOMEN WANT OFFICE.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
We are authorized to announce
Henry Scrivener, of near Mays-
ville, as a candidate for County
Commissioner from the Third
Commissioners' District, subject
to the Democratic primary
August 6th.
Mr. Scrivener is one of the
best known men in the county.
He has lived in this county for
more than twenty years. For
about fifteen years he was en-
gaged in the hotel and restaur-
ant business in this city where
he has many friends. Five
years ago he moved on his farm
near Maysville and has since
been engaged in farming and
stock-raising. He is also inter-
ested in one of the gins at Mays-
ville.
Mr. Scrivener is a successful
farmer and business man. He
is a true Jeffersonian Democrat.
A man of more than ordinary
intelligence. A man who never
deserts or betrays a friend and
John L. Case, of Wynnewood,
has authorized the Democrat to
announce him as a candidate for
County Commissioner from the
Third Commissioners' District,
subject to the action of the
Democratic primary to be held
August 6th.
This district lies east of the
Washita river, and takes in j
Wynnewood, Stratford, Civet
and Walker.
Mr. Case is a native of Hill
county, Texas. He came to
Wynnewood eight years ago and
he has been engaged in the gin
and cotton business ever since
he became a resident of that
city.
Mr. Case is one of the best
and most successful business
men in Wynnewood, and he has
the confidence and respect of all
who know him. His candidacy
is the case of the office seeking
the man and not the man seek-
ing the office. Mr. Case did not
want to run but at the earnest
solicitation and almost demand
of his friends he consented to
run. His friends believe he can
and will run the office with the
same business success that he
has conducted his own private
affairs; and Mr. Case says if he
should be elected he will give
the office proper attention and
conduct the county affairs in a
business way to the best of his
ability and with all economy con-
sistent with good and efficient
government, and on this ground
he asks a consideration of his
candidacy and solicits the Demo-
cratic votes of the district, and j
if elected he promises to deal j
fairly and alike by all.
i have been compelled to use the
j Manse all winter. This has
I been a great tax upon Mrs.
Denham, who has never con-
sidered herself. No matter how
tired or sick, she happened to
be, she always said the work
must not be hindered. So anxious
is Mr. Denham to push forward
the work that he has been
, building, with his own hands,
and unaided, a 40x16 ft. reading
a dressing room
Jackson county bids fair to
have several women candidates
for county offices this year.
Miss Zula Felley, present
deputy, and Miss Maud Kimball,
a former deputy, announced
last Wednesday for district clerk,
subject to the democratic party
vote. So far they have three
male opponents. It is said that
| there will also be women candi-
dates for register of deeds and
superintendent of schools.
Miss Kimball is a sister of Mrs.
0. W. Jones of this city. The
Democrat will not meddle in
Jackson county politics, if it
could and couldn't if it wanted
to do so, but the democrats of a
county named for Old Hickory
are too gallant to turn down as
fine a woman as Miss Kimball.
.w.w c j - - • • — | r00m, and
He soon persuaded the elders 114x16
of his "church that a great work ^ heated by stoves in the winter
could be accomplished throughij and g ghower baths wi„ ^ jn_
the young people; and the first | in the dreSsing room for
of October, work on an out-door j ^ gummer_ Mr Denhan1 hopes
gymnasium structure, on the]
Manse grounds, was commenced,
to secure funds for a store room
and kitchen to assist in the
social work. He is also anxious to
the inclosure being 130x60 feet
with an 8 foot (> inch wall, y,ave a roof over the gymnasium
around which were seats for L order to hold the evangelical
visitors. 1 -
The gymnasium was fitted up j
services of the Brotherhood on
was e 1 '' Sunday afternoons, his Wednes
with swing, trapeze, double end L night prayer meetings, and
punching bag walking and U.g Sunday services during the
swinging rings, horizontal bars, I er months
climbing pole, vaulting pole, i . .
climbing rope, m Indian . • «« ""P rtant' "
clubs, base ball, medicine ball. I1*1"®' s" ™ s,lmmer
etc. There also provision "> th.s climate th t a service in
made for basket ball, with a'a church buildmit is almost un-
HOW II IS.
-Every republican who believes
that Taft's administration has
been a failure should vote for
Roosevelt. Every republican who
believes that the republican ad-
ministration has been a success
should vote for Taft. Every
progressive voter who desires a
progressive government should
vote for the democratic nominee.
Everybody is talking about
that new closed crotch Under-
wear for men. Call at Perry
Bros. & Rice ?nd ask to see
them for this spring.
court, in inclosure, of 50x90 ft,
and a 50x100 ft. tennis court on
the south side of the Manse.
Classes were immediately
formed for small boys and girls
in the afternoons, and for young
ladies, business men, and High
School boys in the evenings,
Rev. Denham acting as instruc-
tor. The grounds were lighted
by electricity for the night
classes.
The grounds are open to young
people of all denominations and
free to all who are unable to pay
dues.
The drouth and short crops of
last year have crippled the peo-
ple, financially, to such an extent
as to render them unable to con-
tribute sufficient funds for carry-
ing on the work.
There are no dressing rooms
at present and the young people
bearable. This is only a brief
outline of the good work this
consecrated man is doing, and
his untiring lalior for others.
While watching out for the
needs of the body, he never
loses sight of the needs of the
soul; and his influence for good
in the community cannot be
overestimated.
Notice to Tax Payers
Taxes on all personal property
is past due and must be paid at
once. Under present condi-
tions I regret to have to issue
tax warrants, but unless all
such taxes are paid within the
next week I will be compelled,
under the law, to issue warrants
and sell the property, to pay the
taxes. J. F. Trimmer,
County Treasurer.
ELKS ELEGT OFFICERS.
At the regular meeting last
week the Pauls Valley Elks
Lodge No. 1212 elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing
year at their annual election:
Bob Wallace, exalted ruler; P.
N. Kerr, esteemed leading j
knight; W. H. Lasater, esteemed I
loyal knight; Harry Hamilton, I
esteemed lecturing knight; C. E. I
Pulsifer, secretary, V. H. Smith, j
tyler; Tom Grant, trustee; W.
C. Albrecht, delegate to the
grand lodge; C. E. Pulsifer,
alternate.
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PALACE DRUG STORE
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EASTER SILKS AT CLEARANCE PRICES
rE ARE going to have our Easter Silks sale a little early. That you may have ample time to do and have your sewing dont,
ning Saturday the 9th, and continuing to Saturday night, the 16th, our entire stock of silk will be on sale at prices'
mentionings, including a variety oj Crepe de Chines, Messalines, Taffetas, Spring latins and Satin Foulards, in plain stripes, fan
cies and sheppard checks which will be assorted in lots as follows:
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Lot No. 1 Consisting of the very best silks
in all the leading colors, g°od values at
$1.50, in this sale
the yard only
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Lot No. 2 All leading colors for Easter
apparls, good values and ready sellers at
$1.00, in ths sale PQn
the yard, only — UtJu
Lot No. 3 Including suesines," china, etc.,
value up to 75c in this s&le Qflp
the yard, only — uUu
Lot No. 4 Principally solid colors and
short lengths, values up to 50c, in OQp
this sale, the yard only. - Lull
Come early while the stock is complete
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1912, newspaper, March 14, 1912; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118398/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.