Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Hlstoricul Society.
PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
VOL. X.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913.
NO 1
VAN NESS BOY
OF
house is a watermelon patch.
There were four boys, Fox Simp-
son, 13 years old, Frank Manning
13 years old, Escol Van Ness, 9
years old, and hi", brother. David
the boy in the creek and claims
the shooting was accidental. As
to how the boy got into creek
other than what th; boy is re
ported to have said, and the ne~
David
year old
Van Ness, the seven
boy of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas Van Nass, who was shot
late Sunday afternoon by Henry
Rolston, a negro, died Tuesday
morning about six o'clock.
Van Ness, who was shot, 7 years jgro's denial, the testimony and
years old. j circumstances are so absolutely
The boys had gone to get some i conflicting and lengthy that wc
of the negro's water melons,the|cai not undertake to give them"
older boys. Simpson and i
two
Manning told the Van Ness boys
to stay back, they would get the
melons, and after making two
or three efforts to emerge from
the weeds into the melon patch
The incident created consider-' they were frightened by persons
able excitement about the city | riding along the levy, and the
and as the night came on the j boys ran into the corn patch,
excitement grew more intense [Fox Simpson locates himself
among the younger boys and | near the middle of the corn, with
some older persons who are of i DavU Van Ness standing with-
an impulsive nature, and quite a:jn60r8 feet of him, when the
few of them took it upon them-|shot was fired east of them.
GOOD CROPS IN
WESTERN PORTION
OF COUNTY
much discussion and conflicting! wasn't the cokl drink that gav
reports since the hot winds him the pains in the h^ad, bu
last Friday a week ago, is, with that it was just too much ot
small daniage.still in good shape top of that enormous dinner h
Nearly all the corn is practically j had devoured.
full eared, and, while the blades|
of a comparatively small por
BROOKS REIGNS
Jas A. Brooke, city clerk, at a
meeting of the city council Mon-
day night, tendered his resigna
tion to take effect at once. The
resignation was accepted and
Mayor Kendall immediately ap-,
pointed L. W. Wettermark i„ j l*'ruon of the
fill the vacancy, and his appoint- 'he county.
hvl Gol,|g west from Pauls
\ alley our fust stop wasL,ayton
which is located at the east
foot of the table mountains ami
The cloudy morning, threat-
ening rain, with a stiff cool
breezfl from the north, made
last Sunday an ideal one, after
the hot spell,for pleasure riding,
and W. J. Thompson, S. U. Ed-
wards and ourselves, had the
pleasure of an auto ride with C.
I, Limbocker,over a considerable
western part of
tion were burned by the hot
winds,the rest of it Is still green
and there will be more than an
average crop of corn made in
the western portion of the coun-
ty.
Limbocker is a splendid chauf
feur,Thompson a line entertain
er about the history of the coun-
ty which he has known tmui
FORMER
PAULS VALLEt
CITIZEN
DIES IN CRE60K
Simpson looked toward the di-
rection from which the sound j could h'ave been fonU(1 fo,
of the shot came but saw no one; p|ace Mr Wettermark
selves Sunday night to order a
lot of negroes out of town, the
result was that many negros left
Monday, leaving the domistic an,} ran to the creek. Simpson
conditions of the city greatly up-1 heard David Van Ness call for I
set, as many white families j brother, who answered by say !
found themselves without cooks j jn^ "come on" and David replied
or washerwomen. The mob i by guying, "I can't walk". Just,
spirit was very strong and doubt-, as Simpson reached the bank of j
less if the negro had been caught | the creek he saw Manning and!
and brought here he would have | Escol Van Ness crossing the I
been lynched. The negro fledjcreek. The boys were badly'
and was caught Monday after- frightened and hurried away!
noon in a corn field at east limits ■ without knowing that David
of Wynnewood, by Sheriff C. F.; had been shot. However there
Worley and exsheriff B. K. Ray- i were other boys on the levy, or
burn, and was at once sent to j elsewhere close by, who went to
Ardmore for safe keeping. ! ])avid Van Ness, and A Caddell,
All kinds and characters of former Santa Fe employee, was
rumors were circulated as to the who in a short distance heard the
inent was at once confirmed by j tt
the council. Mr Brooks resigned
to take the p tion of Deputy
County Treasurer, under W, H.
i Houser, and no better man
the
has
heretofore served three or four
years as city clerk. He is a
lino bookkeeper and accountant
and one of the best clerks the
city ever had.
J. A. Sohrimpsher, a foime
Pauls Valley citizen, whom ai
the old timers will remember,
died on the 12th of tins rnonH
in St. John, Ore., according t
information re -iived here If
friends of the family. Mi
Schrimpsher was at the time < '
his residence here tine of th<
th<- town,
the mil
killing. The facts generally as
told by Fox Simpson who was
with David Van Ness at the time
of the shooting and substantially
corborated by Manning are these:
Henry Ralston, who shot the
boy, lives and has a truck garden
in the south edge of town, be-
tween the levy and Rush creek.
Across the southeast portion of
the patch is a strip of corn and
between the corn and negroes
1 one of the prettiest sections of
i the county.
From there we came casta
1 short distance and then to the
| plains city of Elmore.-*Then we
i traveled the Elmore and Wyn-
newood road to within a few
| miles of the later city and from
1 there we took a straight
I northward home. We left at i
eight in the morning, making
p | many side trips, looking at, I
Thompson, was in the city a few cr°P8' stock aml talki,1« to far" ,
hours last Saturday between merp- Ue reached home just i
and went to Sulphur in ias ll,e s,m " as «oing down 1
Notwithstanding some of the
reports about
! farm products the crops gen
somewhat divided admiring the ,, ,.
country and thinking about his; 1 J(U1^ Ll 1/1 1
wife and babies at, his old home 'j8™* "T® !'*
in Tennessee,and the writer who j ,
, i.i. I, i friends us amoin
learned to listen, would occas-i .
and charter n,
present, Baptis
I. O. 0. F. Lodi
, , , , .. still being a m
again, and ho always succeeded) ..
■ ' ■ J , standing ot the
in starting the convention a- , , .
, . , ihenad never moved
new because it was darned easy
ionally toll a joke whenever the
general conversation would be-
i>;iti to lag in older to start it
tht
tuber
eli i
e of
nu'oei
;> i«t t
fouudi't -
- of 111
11eli an<:
,rn^
■it v
THOMPSON AT HOME
Congressman - at - large, J
Saturday
trains, and went to Sulphur in
the afternoon, expecting to re .
turn Sunday to Norman to assist I discouraging
in the prosecution of the Colby
shot and the boy halloing and
when he got around to the boy,
which he thinks was about 10
minutes, he found the boy sett-
ing on the south edge of the
creek. David VanNess who was
killed, we understand, made the
statement that the negro threw
him in the creek The negro,
who is about CO years, and who
has heretofore borne a good rep
utation denies that he threw the
murder trial. While here Judge
Thompson hrd many callers. He
has recently returned from a
trip to the Panama Canal which
he says is a most interesting
place. He says the success^1 of
the Wilson administration is a
certainty, and when asked about
his own race for re election to
Congress he said it was already
cinched.
Opportunity Knocks
but once at your door
Unless you are ready to welcome it, you may spend
the rest of your life in misery and regret. Have
money in this bank to seize that opportunity when
it comes,
Depositors in this bank are protected by the Depositors
Guarantee Funu Law of the State of Oklahoma.
This means that your money is absolutely safe. De-
posit with us and you are SAFE.
We pay Four per cent on Time Deposit*.
THE FIRST STATE BANK
PAULS VALLEY, OK LA.
R. 11 GRIMMETT, Pres. R. M. LOVE. Cash.
FIRE AT MASONIC ORPHAN'S HOMEI
The industrial building at the
Masonic Orphan's home near
! Darlington, was burned Satur-
day night with all its contents,
(causing a loss of more than
j $30,000. Origin of fire unknown.
W. E. Dodge.the Elmore drug
gist, who is now justice of the
peace of that city, and E. S.
Harmon, merchant, were in the
city Monday on business.
BAPTIST MARKET.
The Baptist ladies will hold a
market on Saturday afternoon
July 20 at E A. William's
grocery. Bread, c akes, dressed
chickens and salads will lie for
sale, Orders will lie taken by
Mesdames J. L. llenson and
a. .J. Robinson, who will have
charge of the market.
erally along the whole line of
our day s journey were quite fine.
The grass is in splendid condi-
tion, seldom seeing any dead or
burnt grass at all. While the
cotton is about, 10 days later
than usual, it is all in splendid
condition growing fine at this
to start the crowd.
About 1 o'clock we enjoyed a
ljlie I .sumptuous dinner with Mr. and
Mrs. B.H. Williams, near Lay-
ton. It was a delicious vegeta-
ble dinner, including good coffee
fried chicken and the finest old
fashioned salt rising bread,
just, like our Mother used to
make. The writer ate until he
was ashamed of himself. But
"gee whiz". When he saw the
quantity of rituals Edwards,
Thompson and Limbocker were
getting away with, he forgot
his own embarrasment.
At Elmore City we stopped
long enough to get a cold drink
that very much resembled the
look of Bndweiser, but Thomp
bership. altiioup; lie
away liom here so;m
s mem-
ns lit-ei
mi vears
time, gives promise of the best i son said it, wasn't even a sem-
crop this country has produced! blance of ^imitation for he claim-
in several vears. The corn crop j eil it gave hiin a headache,
which has been the subject of! though the rest of us knew it
MONGRE. EUM/LS
J. E. Thompkins, of Paoli
brought to the Democrat offict
vesterday two curious looking
fowls, which he said were th<-
progeny resulting from a cros-
between the guinea and th .
chicken. They were ten month -
old and about the sue of a ha!
grown turkey, and,though bein.
the cross of the guinea and chicV
en they had little or no resen
blance, to either. The feather
resembled those of a quail, thei
heads had some likeness to tha-
of a buzzard,but as a whole the:-
more resembled a turkey tha
have any other fowl of which w-
any knowledge. Mr. Thompkin-
will keep the fowls and see i
they will propagate.
VACATION
N
EEDS IN THE G Ft I
Packing Your Grip to leave us during the Hot Spell?
Don't forget the following Summer Comforts
p
Cold Cream for Sunburn and Freckles.
Talcum Powder for prespiring and overheared skin.
Tooth Brushes and.Powders, Paste and wash.
(!ood Pure Soap and Soap Holder.
Combination Nail File. Cleaner and Clipper.
PALACE DRUG STGR1
RICHARDSON-ROBINSON CO.
For the Liver take Robinson's hiirh Balls
Moved and Open For Business in the
W. M. FREEMAN OLD STAND
Come in and give us a chance to show you the many big bargains we have on display.
LISTEN-We don't have a big cut price sale every other week, but we give you a better
price all the time, so don't pass up the Big Store thinking you can get it cheaper else
where, for you can't do it
KERR'S
PRICE IS IT
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1913, newspaper, July 24, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118466/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.