Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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Hlstorlcnl Society.
VOL. XI.
PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
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PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1914.
NO. 1.
THE NEW HIGH-
IS
BUILT RAPIDLY
Musical Contest for Grade
PIANO
FOR COMMISSIONER OF CHARITIES j *
Rev. W. I) Mathews, of W yn-j
newood, democratic candidate for
Commissioner of Charities and
Corrections, was in Lhe city Men j
iday, enroute to the western pact ^
lof the state in the interest ol his ] six Variations on a duet.
• candidacy. The distinguished • Nel cor pin non mi Sento" by
Methodist divine has four women, Beethoven, (In Schirmer's Li-
running against him for the of-: brary-Vol 5.
fice We do not mean to say that; 2. A selection not exceeding j
Rev. Matthews will not be the four minutes in length chosen by
leading candidate in this five cor-1 contestant.
nered contest, in fact we are ]N VOICE
quite certain that he will have 1. For Soprano, "Murmuring
a long lead,as he certainly should Zephyrs" by Jensen.
have, but at any event he is cer ; Key of (i flat—Publishedjby G.'
tain to he nominated by a plural- Schrimer, New York City,
ity vote with four women in the. por Contralto, "My NativeLand
field, if on no other grounds than j by Mattei
SCHOOL NEWS
i Hi yrs old
Base ball, each player m 1st be
a student of the grades.
| Events for girls in the grades.
50 yard dash.
150 yard relay, (Provided there
CITY PRIMARY
HELD TUESDAY;
the same principle on which Milt! Key of D flat. Published by G
• The Garvin County division of
the big highway is progressing
nicely, and it is already a Rood
road. Monday morning, Wm
Burks, in his auto, took Secy. L.
J. Milburn, President J. R. Mc-
Chesney and the editor over the
road to Wynnewood, and we were
surprised to find the amount of
work that had been- done on the
road. It is not completed but
the work is progressing right
along, and Wynnewood has out1 \jntaiik was "lected to the legis- Schirmer, Ne« York City.
herse,f on her part °f ht lature from Bell county. Ken-! For Tenor-'1 will sing th
j/jvroc pnnOTCJT11 -
tucky. 'of Araby" by Clay.
Bell county was practically two i Key of A flat-Published by .Ino
to one Republican, and the Re- | Church, New York, City,
publican convention split half in j For Bass "The Friar of Or
two and both facdonsnominated a ders Gray" by Shield.
candidate. The Democrats, see-
ing their opportunity ran Milt
When
Mrs. Ventressts proprietress The j j|e *ot <he ^^ure as a
Pauls Valley people all know Democrat, he was asked ,f Bell
they can always get a good meal
1 that there are at least three en-1
j tries for the violin content)
j I'Fhe music is tly? tame as for jire at least thre contestants en- j
! tfje grades, but high schools must tered in each event.)
! compete against high schools and. Basket ball for gfirls. Each i
| grades against grades. member of the team must be a | the city primary
member of the grades. nominate one councilman ;*om
LITERARY EVENTS FOR THE pach ward- was a very ('uiet al"
Tuesday, to
GRADES
telling for
econd. FIRST WARD -
Sight reading for fourth grade Russ Mitchell
and below. Hugh Forehand
Sight reading for tii'th and1 SECOND WARD
1 sixth grades.
!or fifth and sixth
road, and she deserves congratu-
lations. We met a number
of the good citizens while
there and the town is enthusi-
astic over the highway as
well as on the prospect of oil in
this county.
We enjoyed a splendid dinner . , ,
T^i-j i- u Uptank who was e ected
at the Eskndge Hote of which,
the song;
Recitation for seventh and
at a hotel Mrs. Ventress runs.
Returning home we stopped at
the Elliott Peach farm for a good
drink of water. Mr.J. C.Elliott,
county waa not strongly Repub-
lican. "Yes, it is" replied Up
tank, "Then did you defeat a
Republican?" was the next in-
quiry. "Beat a republican." re
Sr., was there and met us, and|P|ied Milt' '\shoa}? say 1 did< 1
treated us with the courtesy of S beat two of t lem.
>n old time southern gentleman,
and showed us about the premis-
es. Mr. Elliot has over a thous-
and cans of fine home grown
BANK CHANGES
The Pauls Valley National Hank
changed hands Monday.
T. A.
peaches, and after we had our, Vaughn, C. I. Limbocker, and
•fill of pure water and started to | Byron A, Vaughn who owned a
leave he insisted on us trying his | ma jority of the stock in the bank
peaches He tumbled a dozen | sold it to S. C. Vinson, and F. H.
, uart cans of peaches into the j Reily, of Shawnee and O. B A
auto for us. We divided the peach ! vent of Wanette. R. A. McMur-
•es when we got home, and we tray retains his stock in the bank
must say we Jhave never eaten : an(j will lie Assistant Cashier,
finer peaches. The new officers of the bank are
" 7177 S. C- Vinson, Pres , F. H. Reily,
v BASE BALI CAME FRIDAY Vice Pres , and 0. B Avent,
On last Saturday the Pauls 1 Cashier.
GENERAL RULES
L Any person entering this con
test must be under '21 years of;
age, and must have attended at _ ^tory
least C>0 per cent of the school '""s^ and
term, or have been in regular |
attendance for the last two'
i montht and must have done sat-
! isfactory work. . „ ,
| 2. Each school is entitled to 3 j Recitation tor fourth and be
entries for all running events, j'ow*
and two for all other athletic j Recitation
r | events. 3. Each school is ent.itl- ^ ades.
ed to 2 entries for spelling, and (
one for 'all other literary events. i®'£hth grades.
4. Value of different events 1st Spelling tor Ioji r.h an<: Iw.o.
place in all athletic events shall i begin with lesson 1 . l.>.
count five, second three, and 3rd | spelling for tilth and sixth.be
Key of C.- Published by Jno. ;one-
Church. New York City.
2. A selection not exceeding 4
minutes in length chosen by con-
j count 20, second <.
I First place in tennis, doubles,
| shall count 10. second 1.
First place in tennis, singles,
! shall count 5; second 2.
j First place in debate shall
N | count 10, second 4.
j 5. In case a contestant pre- j Provided tnat he does not at
pares for any event and has noj tempt to spell
opponents, he shall be awarded
the points.
t> Spaulding's rules shall govern!'- The partial spelling o) a woid
all games.
fair, and resulted in a smali
Primer,' polled.
vote
.36
27
W. H. Paul
Cal Williamson
THIRD WARD
Nat Duffield
FOURTH WARD
John Shumate
11
.16
First place in *base ball shall
count 25, second 10.
First place in basket ball
■ihall
testant.
IN VIOLIN
(Provided there are at least three
contestants )
1. "Air Varie" No. 4, op. 89 by
Ch. Dancla for Violin and Piano,
Published by G. Schirmer,
York City.
2. A selection not t xceeding 4
minutes in length chosen by con-
testant.
HIG 11 SCHOOL
—Track Events—
100 yard dash: 220 yard dash;'44"
yard dash: 880 yard dash: Mile
run:1,Mile relay: Running High
jump; Running broad jump. Pole
Vault; Shot put: Discus throw;
Hammer throw.
To participate in the above e-
The Democrat is authorized to
' gin with lesson '226, P ti8. lannonuce .Judge Harry W. Field-
1 Spelling for seventh and eighth ing, Sulphur, as a candidate for
begin with lesson ">3, P j judge «of the 14th. Judicial Dis-
Rules for spelling in the Grades, jtrict, composed of Cleveland, Mc
1. Omit all lessons for pronun- j Glain, Garvin and Murray coun-
ciation, foreign words, and ab-|ties, subject to the Democratic
1 reviations.
12. The spelling contest shall be
I oral.
j •!. The word shall be pronounced
! until tne contestant is satisfied,
j 4. The contestant shall have one
! trial-
shall not be counted as a trial
primary August, 4th. 1014. To
many of the voters of this coun-
ty, Judge Fielding needs no in-
troduction. He began the prac
tice of law in the old territorial
courts, some 18 or 19 years ago.
and he was a familiar figure at
the bar in this city and Ardmore,
living at Davis during the tirt^
With the coming of statehood he
was elected County Judge of
vents the contestant must be a
High school student, or weigh lowing events in the
120 lbs., or be I ti yeaas old.
Base ball, (a majority of the
team must be high school stu
7 No person shall enter the *'- soon as lh(- contestant j Murt-ay county,and he holds that
.same event in both grades and' misses two words, he shall drop | office now, being three times
j hi*'h school. 0IIt! this 's continue for an
8. All entries shall be made by hour, at the end oJ that time, 1 he
Monday, March 23. pupil missing the fewest number
9, All entries shal 1 lie made in words shall be the winner. In
the following farm: -case of -a tie, those who have
tied will continue to spell under
1 desire to contest for the fol' j the above ruies untii the tie is
rades. < 3pe)]e(] 0ff.
(Write names of events)
Valley High School team went! The new men are all experienc-;
down to the enterprising city of ! ed hankers and lhen of sufficient den*s> 01 "e,u - ,s' 01 '
means to make any bank a going
concern, and besides are men of
high character and well known.
Mr. Limbocker and Mr. Vaughn
have not determined what they
will do, but it is hoped that they i
will remain citizens of Pauls Val |
Wynnewood and played a game
with the boys there. Our boys
have! their new suits and are
justly proud of them. The line
i.p for Pauls Valley was: John
Houghlin. catcher. Victor Shew-
f ert, (cap ),pitcher; Shed Carter,
1st; Wayne Limbocker, 2nd;
John Pratt, s. s.: Ed Ventress,
trd; Ed Bradley, rf: Clem Shaw-
bell, If; Leonard Williams, cf.
The teams played almost mid
season form, P. V. winning, 5 <>.
Johnny Houghlin,the runt.catch-,, ,, , . t , ..
er. led in hitting, getting a home i hold ™kuet "" Saturday after-
run and two singles out of four "oon; March; "lst- at A' W,I":
times up. Williams scored three j -s ^rocei v-
runs, and al-together, the toys | Wfll CONIRICI
played a good article of base ball j ltl U,L wtlL bUHI1'"1,1
The same teams will play here] Vaughn & Milburn,who recent
tomorrow. Friday. 20th. at thelly organized the Lucky Strike
Lee school building, the admiss-! Oil & Gas Co., let a contract Sat
i years old.
Basket hall for boys. (Same-
j qualifications as in base ball.) j
i Tennis, both singles and doub-l
i les.
EVENTS FOR GIRLS IN H. S.
•"'0 yard dash. 150 yard dash.
1 desire to enter the following
pupils for the grade contests:
(Write names of pupils)
1 desire to contest for the fol-, , vvork
lowing events in the high school, j T!f<v
limi SCHOOL NEWS
School is progressing nicely.
Attendance better than at any
time during tjie term After a
siege of the measles,' ail pupils
are in school again and doing
lected, and in the last election he
received a few more votes tnan
both of his opponents. Judge
Fielding points with pride to his
record as Judge of Murray couti
ty He says that during his 7
years as Judge he disposed of
1,300 cases, civil and criminal,
and that he has never been re
versed in a civil case by the Su-
preme court, that 21 cases, civil
and criminal,have been appealed
and passed upon, and four crim-
inal cases have been reversed.
Judge Fielding is a simon pure
democrat and has been always a
The Utopan society will ren i faithful worker for the party. He
1 desire to enter the following j der an interesting program at was a delegate to the first Terri-
pupils for the high school con- [their regular meeting Friday af- J torial Democratic Convention.
; ternoon. I held at Vinita, in 1896, and was
friends, and
ways need such men,
SATURDAY MARKET
The Presbyterian ladies will!
ion is free. Come out and see a j urday at Ardmore to put down a
real base ball game,
the season.
ley, where they have many goodi (Provided that at least three con tests.
where we shall al- | tesmnts enter for each event. J TRACK MEET Friday, March the 6th. was Pa J then elected Sec'y- of Democratic
Tennis, both singles and doub-1 The Second Track and Field j trotis' day. Each room had pu-1 Executive Committee,and he has
les. jmeet of Garvin County will be i pj 1'work on exhibition, and af : been a delegate to every Demo-
Basket ball for girls,(A major- | held at Wynnewood, April, 10th, 'terthis was inspected by quite a cratic convention since that date,
ity of the team must he high j and llth, 1!,14 ! number of patrons and friends,
school students.) | Events for Grades. ! we met in the auditorium where
LITERARY EVENTS FOR THE ' .30 yard dash: 100 yard dash; a short program was rendered.
HIGH SCHOOL ! -_ 20 yard dash; 440 yard dash;the On the next Patrons' day,Apr.
Spelling, (Written) j Mile relay race, Hop step and 3, the following program will be
Spelling begins with lesson 176|jump; running high jump; rendered by the parents.
page, 134, and finish book. I running broad jump, shot put, 1 Song—America
Omit all lessons for pronuncia-; p0[e discus throw. Criticism of the Public S-houl
tion, foreign words and abbrev-! participate in the above e- by Rev. Dewberry. •
iations. vents, the contestant must be a Problems of the School trustee 1
Recitation,Declamation, Debate! grat|e .student, and weigh less and how they are met—Fh;-
MUSIC I than
Voice, Piano. Violin, (Provided!
the first of j well on their lease in the Heald-
I ton field.
120 lbs , and be less than t'
pn\in*.-e£ to £
Judge Fielding received his
law education by reading law dur
ing four years he taught school
in the old Indian Territory, and
was admitted to the bar in 139'
at Ardmore.
W'e are informed that the state
Examiner has twice checked up
Judge Fielding's office as Count*
Judge of Murray county, and
, both times the Examiner report-
|ed the office in excellent shape.
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Prompt Delivery Phone 130 Quality Guaranteed
A Bad Time For Cold and Grippe
Look out for these now. Coughs and colds are the rule now because of the damp
and blustering winds and changeable weather. Our acvice to be careful cannot
always be heeded but relief and cure can always be had in
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It will drive a cold out of your system and so thoroughly it wont come back. It will
prevent Grippe, prevent Pneumonia, prevent Bronchitis, if you will take an occasional
dose
ROBINSON'S CHILL TONIC does not contain a sigle dangerous ingredient.
Price 50c Per Bottle.
The Palace Drug Store
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For the Liver take Robinson's High Balls
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