Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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A
PAULS
Pr !e y
DEMOCRAT
VOL. IX.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1913.
NO 50
W, M. Erwin Appointed
State Printer
Just as we were ready to go to press information came,
through E. L Williamson, that W. M. Erwin of the Enterprise had
been appointed State Printer, by Gov. Cruce, to succeed Giles
Farris who had on Wednesday been impeached. We congratulate ger of the Minuetonka
Mr. Erwin. It is an honor well and worthy bestowed. The Gov.
couldent have made a better selection. Mr. Erwin was sworn in to-
day at one o'clock.
IHO UNO SUAREZ SH0T|;~,f T"<s
Francis Madero, deposed Pres j humanity. The men who per
idcnt and Pino Suarez, deposed
vice-president of Mexico, were
shot to death about midnight
Sunday in Mexico City,while be-
ing conveyed in autos from the
National Palace to the peniten
tiary followed by guards. Hu-
erta, the provisional president
claims that the tragedy was
caused by an attack ot the
Rural? on the guards and pris-
ioners for the purpose of secur-
ing the escajie of Madero'and
petrated it are dissolute, trait-
orous, military adventurers,who
cloaked their murderous designs
under the sacred name of ' lib-
erty," which they have profan-
ed. Nothing in the record of
the French Revolution exceeds
in atrocity yesterday's foul and |
loathsome deed. It is now for'
the Nations of the earth to say j
| whether they can hold any deal-1
ing with the gang of liars, mur-
Iderers, and brigands who have1
For Councilman
The Democrat is authorized
to announce Hugh Forehand as
a candidate for Couuciltnau of
the First Ward. Mr. Forehand
is one of 1'fculs Valley's best
young business men. He is a
simon pure democrat, is nunu-
Luinber
Co., a pioperty owner hinjself
and interested in the welfare
and development of the city
lie is a man of sound business
judgment progressive, young
and active, honest and upright
in all things and would make
an ideal councilmen.
WAR MOVEMENT
Four trains loaded with Fed-
eral soldiers, wagons, horses
and war equipments, passed
through Pauls Valley Monday
enroute to Galveston.
Election School Trustees
The people of Pauls Valley
and the outlying district should
not forget that school trustees
have to be nominated at the
primary, March the 18th. \V ard
one will elect one trustee and J.
P>. Sparks is a candidate.
Ward 2 will elect two trus-
tees, Dr. N. 11. Lindsay andl
Chas. 11. Thomason are candi-'
dates.
Ward 1 will elect one and J.J. j
King is a candidate.
Ward 3 will elect one trustee
The outlying district will
elect two tustees and there is
only one candidate in the lield
in the person of Tom Wofford.
All the candidates so far will
be found under announcement
in the Democrat this week.
Community Cooperation
Copyrighted Farm and Ranch Holland s Magazine
THE SMALL-TOWN MERCHANT AND j tising-a sum equal, if not great-
ADVERTISING. or, than the valary of any one
j of their salesmen. Their man-
ager considers his advertising
space his most efficient sales-
man, and his advertisements
each week are prepared with
rare care and judgement.
For *'2") a month any merchant
in a small town can use half a
page in Ins local paper, or a
quarter-page in proportion, and
Until recently the average j
merchant in the towns and
smaller cities has thought that
money spent in advertising was
an invest inentof doubtful profit.
Everybody in the community,
the territory from which his
trade must some, already knew
he was in business, knew what! . „ .
sort of goods he sold and on change his advertisement each
what terms. If he did any ad-j week. He can thus, with no
vertising at all it. was a kind of | great expense, send into a thous-
general announcement in the I and homes in this trade tei titor)
spring, and again in tne fall, j each week a convincing, busi-
that ho was still "doing the uess-pnllitig message: for there
same kind of business at the is hardly a town in the South-
same old stand." I west of '2,000 population but has
|" But a few piogressive spirits! at least one paper of 1.000 or
This is a fair sample of the
EDWARDS RESIGNS
Warren Edwards has resign-
under Sheriff C. F. Worley, on
account of itis health and he
has gone to Sulpher Springs.
Office work did not agiee with
him.
John haw, who was Mr Wor-
ley's former office deputy, has
j? |seized the Government of un-
Suarcz. The report ot the Hu-|, ,, ,,
. , i i happy Mexico.
ei ta government as to how and j '1J
whv the prisioneis were killed . ,
, ' . K , f ,f .trend ot the press in general
is doubted by a great part of j 1
the people of Mexico and in the
U. S. the impression generally
prevails that it was a plot of
Huertaand his staff to murder
the prisioner, in a way that
would enable them to evade a
compliance with the request of
the United States that Madero
and Suarez be treated humane-
ly. The horrible affair has
created mere or less excite-
ment throughout the civilized
world, and especially so in the
(Tnited States The press thru
out the country deplores the
awful tragedy, and with few
exceptions charge Huerta's ad-
ministration with deliberate and
cold blooded murder and that
the claims of Huerta that pris-
oners made an attempt to es-
cape will deceive no one. The
talk of intervention by the U.S.
is spreading rapidly.
Taft still holds to the
of hands off, he is mobilizing
the army and navy on the bol-
der and in Mexican waters
as fast as possible. The English
press is generally outspoken for
intervention by the U. S. and
the tone of the press in the
country generally tends to the
same end. The
Press says:
"The cold blooded
MEDAL FOR 3EST GRADE
J. T. Jones hns offered
dollar gold ntedal to the
ent of the Pauls Valley
school who makes the
throughout the year in f
and deportment.
a ten
str.d-
High
grade
t tidies
in very recent years have emu
alive to the fact that the small-
town merchant can use adver
tising space to advantage. In
fact, many of them are doing
it, and their number is incroas-
FDR CITY MARSHALL
„ We are authorized toarinoun-
ed the position of office deputy joe F. H. Uice as a candidate for
Barber Shop Sold
Will Ellison who two months
ago sold his barber shop to
W. P. Harton, yesterday
bought the shop and nil fixtures
back from Mr. Harton and will l( ,,I1U lum,- „ ...v,. ...
take charge Saturday,tlu 1. Mr. jng( i know of one dry-goods | scientiottsly lived up to cannot
Ellison will refit and make im firm jn a town of 4 000 people 1 fail to pay for themselves oyer
provements in the shop and t|)at each year to spend md over during the year in ad-
will be glad to see and wait ul' !frnni $1,000 to $1,2000 in adver- ded profits.
more circulation. 1 here r- no
other means by which he can
get, such a message into those
homes for as little cost. And
fifty-two such messages, con-
scientiously prepareiKatid con-
on all of his old customers.
city marshal, of Pauls Valley
subject to the democratic prim-
ary, March l«th. Mr Rice has
engaged in the grocery busiuess
here for four years, and he is
known hv every body to be
straight, honest, busiuess man.
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Mrs W. H. Fain and Mrs Lo-
gan Fain were severly hurt last
week by being thrown ovfr the
dashboard of the buggy, Logan
Fain, his wife and mother re-
turning home from the lecture
fa.t the Methodist church, Logan
was driving, and his wife was
sitting in the lap of Mrs VV. II.
Fain. The horse became fi ight-
(>npd and shied, Mis Logan
Fain raised up and Mrs W. H.
Fain caught her and both in
an instanct went over the dash-
board, which scared the horse.
The horse kicked Mrs W. II
Fain a severe blow above the
brow, cutting a severe gash,
though it is not considered dan-
gerous, Mrs Logan Fain was
badly bruised
and neck.
about her face
Attend the auction sale of
watchts, clocks, jewelery, etc.,
at J.J.King's at 2:30 afternoons
and 7:30 at night.
been appointed to the position. ; Mr Rico says if he is elected lie
The office is not an easy one to j proposes to do his full duty
fill, it is complicated it requires j and inforce all law against all
an'expert bookkeeper and ac- persons alike, an) those who
countant as well as considerable, know Mr Kic<i know he means
knowledge of legal forms and] what he says. Mr Uice has
procedure, to discharge the dut-j many supporters and lie is:
ies as they should be. Mr Law j making an active campaign.
lias the experience with j —
the legal forms and he is an ex-
cellent bookkeeper and there is
While| no better man in the country
policy, I for the place.
SENVTOR BLAIRS PAPER
Senator H. S. Blair has ship-
ped his printing office to Drum-
right, Oklahoma., which is a
new oil town ten miles east of
Cushing. Tom Fields, ot
Philadelphia! Wynnewood,
1 tl,o u.iT,n|, fnv
J , Ok'.\, will, run
the paper for this month or un-
til the legislature adjourns
assassina-j where Senator Blair is engaged
of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., is a'as enrolling clerk of the Senate.
Episcopal Church
Next Sunday March 2nd, the
lit. Rev. F. K. Brooke, D. D.
Bishop of Oklahoma will preach
in the Episcopal church at 4pm
and 7:30 p. m. The Bishop
would like to take this oppor-
tunity to meet with his many
friends in Pauls Valley. Every-
body i3 heartily invited.
Rev. J. Caughey,
Pastor.
Call the Democrat when you
want first class job printing.
OUR PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
Is so organized Ind conducted that it aids the effort of the doctors
in every way.
When you have a prescription to be filled take it to the Palace
Drug Store if yon value safety, quality, prompt service and
a variety of high class chemicals and drugs that are always up
to the mark. Have your prescriptions filled at
PALACE DRUG STORE
For the Liver take Robinson's High Balls
1- uesday was the first day of my great and long to be
remembered White Goods Sale. Now I have another and greater surprise in stor for you.
I have bought from a very large New York Shirt Waist manafacturer a big line of ladies shirt waist and white dresses beautiful de-
signs neatly and handsomely made. The shirt waists represent values up to $3.50 at whole sale. I am going to pu on sale as soon
as thev arrive at choice for 98c. Wait, watch, for later announcements. I am looking for them any day. I had ako bought from
a leading imoorter of New York City a big line of bed spreads many of them, good immitation of Mexican drawn work, simply beau-
tiful values up to $7 50 I will also put them on sale at astoundingly low prices. I look for them any day and as soon as they ar
rive wtll arrive will put them on sale. It will pay you to come to my store every day until this big sale ,s over. M new goods re-
rZZ JZ be sold as though they had also went through the fire. I am positively going to sell and dispose of this entire stock.
None o™"hese goods mentioned above would have been shipped but Host my duplicate file m the fire and f orgot to cancel these goods
There has also been shipped many cases of new spring goods from the mills which I overlooked canceling. Wide sheetings two
cases of Towels 1 case men's and ladies handkerchiefs, 1 case bleached and 2 bales brown domestic and about 10 pieces of fancy
and standard calico. It will be big money to you to take advantage of my big sale. As one of my good customers said who bought
Tsuit of clothes "I bought a suit of clothes and saved enough money on it to buy all the other goods to run me all Summer, Sox,
ties belt collars underwear, hats", and this customer is a close conservative and wise shopper and knows when ha has a bargain.
' Pernor this biz Sale closes March 10th also remember that I am dally considering for propositions to close the entire stock in one lot and if I do
the sale will close at once, doors will be locked and your great of opportunity will be at an end. VERY TRULY,
W. M. FREEMAN
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1913, newspaper, February 27, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118445/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.