Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VALLEY DEMOCRAT
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915.
NO. 50
DISTRICT UNO COUNTY
COURTS IN SESSION
The County Court began Mon-
day on its third week and the
criminal docket wil; be finished
this and next week will be
devoted to civil matters. Since
our last publication the following
criminal cases have heen dispos-
ed of:
F. Carter, whiskey; Ed Mel
ton, whiskey; Sweet Bishop,
whiskey; Ed and J. D Baker,
whiskey, were all dismissed by
the county attorney for want of
evidence.
Joe Angle was tried on one
case for selling whiskey and was
acquitted, one case still pending
against him. Frank Gassoway,
whiskey, continued. John Wil-
son tried for
?10.
rict court, which he gave, and
the boys were put under bond of
$750 each which has not been
given.
Pleas Womack who was ar-
rested at the same time on the
same charge was dismissed and
put under a *500 bond as a wit-
ness in the case for the state.
FIRMER PAULS VALLtY UN SUICIDES ,
C. R. Walterhouse, president
of the Ponco City State Bank, in
a back room of the bank Mon
day night about 8 o'clock shot
himself in the head with a 45
caliber revolver, his body was
found shortly after the rash act
FRANK JAMES DIEO
THURSDAY IN MISSOURI
Frank James, former outlaw,
died last Thursday at his home,
near Excellsior, Mo. 74 years old
leaving only one surviving mem-
ber of the gang—Cole Younger.
At his own request the body
was cremated in St. Louis and
the ashes placed in a safety de
posit vault in Kansas City. Also
at his own request no religious
services were held at the late
residence Friday. John F. Phil-
ips, former Federal Judge, who
defended Frank james when he
was committed and he was still jwas acquitted at Gallitan, Mo,
conscious, but died shortly
D H. Patton and A W. Pratt,
state bank examiners were check
ing up the bank, and it is now in
assault and fined I the hands of the examiners.
Ed Melton charged with ! Nothing has been given out as to
selling whiskey was dismissed i the condition of the bank. Wal
by the court on motion of de- j terhouse was interested in a
bank at Cheautauque, Kansas,
which he organized tan or twelve
fendants attorney; the County |
Attorney saved exception to dis j
missal and will appeal the case|years aKO> and the bank failed a
the supreme court on law ques- short time since.
Walterhouse went to Ponca,
City two years ago and purchas-
ed a controlling interest in the
State Bank there, its capital was
a-
is
tions Herbert Johnson, two
whiskey cases,and J. W. Wright,
false pretense, were continued
for the term Chas. Rice for as-
sault was transferred to Strat- j *25,000 and the deposits is
ford for trial. Luke Brown fori bout *100 000: Walterhouse
selling whiskey was also continu- j well known here by the older
ed. J. H. McClelland for point-| citizens. He was one of theor-
ing a weapon was dismissed, and j ganizers and first cashiers of the
the defendant was rearrested on i National Bank of Commerce. He
the same old charge Roy Huff- j sold his interest in the bank to
man for larceny and A J Chris i W. J. Long who become presi-
tian for assault were continued; j dent of the bank and has held
A P Mays 2 cases conveying {that position since Walterhouse
liduors bonds forfeited; Clem Mc j here about twelve years ago,
Gee conveying liquors, bond for- i a°d went to Cheautauqua, Kans.
feited, a? was the bond forfeited J The deceased leaves a wife,moth-
against Sam Popejoy for convey- er> three daughters and a broth
ing liquors, er. He was 48 years old.
The following are the jurors
who will serve this and next
week; H D Bivins, C P Witten,
L P Abernathy, J W Gibson,
E G Hightower, J C Johnson, E
C Lea), Joe Bass, Vance Hale,
G W Black. W M Erwin, A M
Foss, R G Ball and W A Prim
Judge F B Swank began
Monday morning holding Dist-
rict Court, but withou jury, and
has disposed of many cases.
Attorneys J. B. Dudley, of i
Norman, and Chas Moore, of
DOCiORS FORM PARTNERSHIP
Dr. A. J. Robinson, one of the
best known physicians in the
city, and Dr. J. B Shannon, an
experienced and skilled physi
delivered the funeral address.
Frank James did not explain
why he did not desire to be bur
ied in the cemetery at Kearney.
Mo. beside the bodies of, his
mother and his brother Jesse,tut
relatives asserted he did not care
to have his grave viewed by the
crowds that visited the grave of
Jesse James. Funeral arrange-
ments are in charge of Jesse
James, a Kansas City attorney,
son of Frank James' brother,
Jesse.
James' estate consists of the
farm upon which he lived and
died and another farm of 160
acres near Fletcher, Okla. Rela-
tives said he had nothing more,
but that he was free of debt, one
of his peculiarties being that he
never owed a dollar.
Cole Younger, the last surviv-
ng member of the James band*
who is a farmer near Lee's Sum-
mit, Mo. sent word to Jesse
James he would be unable to at-
tend the funeral because of ill
ness.
j and the remains were interred in
J the city cemetery.
; Honorary pall bearers, who
jwere selected from old friends
an associates were; B Bruce, F.
B. Houghlin, L. J. Milburn, F O
Ringer, W. C. Van Hoozer and
Chas Carson.
The deceased was a native of
Tennessee, where he was mar-
ried to Miss Malisie McKelvey
who died in this city some 13
years ago. Mr. Williamson with
his family moved from Collins
County, Texas, to Pauls Valley
fifteen years ago. The deceased
leaves nine children, Quinn Wil-
liamson, the oldest, Wiji'William-
son, who is with Van Hoozer,
Geo. Williamson, of Maysville,
Robert Williamson of Brown-
wood, Texas, Mrs. D. B Bryant,
of Maysville, James, Miss Ona,
Bert, Wallie and jesse, of Pauls
Valley. All the children except
Quin and RobertWilliamson were
with their father when he passed
away.
FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE
DEMONSTRATION WORK
FREEMAN ISMS
W. M. Freeman and his wu_,
Mrs. Emma Freeman, yesterday | this week where I met and talk-
made an assignments of all their
To those who are cooperating
in the Co.Demonstration work, I
have the following vork to re-
port for the week ending Feb 20.
Farms and farmers visited this
week, R, A.Webster, W.T.Hart,
E. B. Stephens, A. C. Crossfield;
W. C. Smothers, all of Pauls
Valley, George Myers, M.A.Bur-
tschi, Paul E. Kastner, J. L.
Grumbles, John Wall, J.E.Sallee,
W. E. French,all of Lindsay and
Maysville, No. 1, Mrs. Albert
Brown, J. F Little, E. B Fore
stand, J. B. Winn of Stratford
No. 3 and Wynnewood No. 1.
Besides these farmers I have
met and talked with 21 farmers
at the Corley Farmers Improve-
ment club meeting at Corley
School, and 5 other men in the
town of Lindsay while I was
there,
I have held two club meetings
will be amply rewarded this fall.
Yours very truly,
Geo R. Lea.
County Demonstration Agt.
DEATH OF MRS. ADAMS
Mrs. Jack Adams, aged 31
years, died at an early hour Sun-
day morning at the residence this
city. The funeral services were
held at the residence Monday
property, to George I. Jordan,
for the benefit of their creditors
and to protect their estates. The
deed of trust to Mr Jordan was
filed in the office of Walter Har-
ris, Register of Deeds, convey-
ing all their property to him
The assignment was made be-
cause they could not meet the
payment of debts falling due
The schedule showing the pro-
perty owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Freeman and the amount of in-
debtedness has not been filed,
however, from the best informa-
tion the property will amount to
over *100,000 and the debts about
550,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman own
over 3500 acres of land, a dozen
or more houses in Pauls Valley,
some of which is among the best
business propertyin the city.
ed with 47 club members about
their crops and answered their
questions about same. I have
vacinated hogs for four farmers
and one man in town this week.
92 hogjs vaccinated in all, of
which 25 were sick,
1 have disected one hog this
week to ascertain if the herd had
cholera. I have .visited the plats
of six corn cotton and Kafir corn
club boys this week. Have trav-
eled 38 miles by R R. and 96
miles by team and on foot, and
have written 25 letters about the
Democration work this week
I addressed the Farmers Club
at Corley on the standardization
of their corn, and they have all
agreed that they have all agreed
that they will try to arrange to
get the Iowa Silver Mine variety
of corn that will be of uniforn
color and quality. I think they
CLAUDE WEAVER AS POSTMASTER
According to a report of the
Oklahoman, Monday, Claude
j Weaver's appointment as post-
| master of Oklahoma City is not
' pleasing to many people in that
! city and is without local endorse-
ment and considered an appointee
! of his own patronage.
| Weaver protected Eastman,
I the present republican incum-
| bent, in holding office until he
saw fit to resign when his term
j was nearing an end, and Mr.
I Weaver by the grace of Post-
piaster General Burleson, was, it
seems, permitted to appoint him
i self without endorsement or con-
sideration of others, including
J. B, Thompson and the whole
Oklahoma delegation. But what
jever may have beer, the moving
| spirit behind the whole matter,
| it looks mighty fine, from a poli-
I tical stand point, that a democra-
: tic congressman should be per-
! mitted to protect a republican
j postmaster in holding the office
: until he saw fit to resign and that
j the same congressman, through
i the friendship of the postmaster
| general, have the office turned
over to himself.
It seems, however, to be a
closed incident, and Pauls Valley
still has a republican postmaster,
perving under a democratic ad
ministration, and we suggett to
Mr. Thompson and Postmaster
General Burleson that the de-
mocrats here woulo appreciate it
greatly if they would get busy
and give us a democratic post-
master. We have been under
republican rule too long already,
a change would look mighty good
to democrats.
cian, who came here some six i afterno°n1 conducted by Rev. J,
i months ago from Indiana and
located, have formed a partner-
ship for the general practice of
medicine. Their office is in the
j Myers building.
Drs. Robinson and Shannon
Purcell, were among the visiting are not only fine physicians, but
attorneys with business in the j they are also men of standing
district court this week.
j and the highest moral character
| who can be depended upon under
I all circumstances.
VULLIN5 PUT UNIER BOND
A1 huilins and his two sons,
Dude and Ross, had an examin-
ing trial last Thursday before
Creekmore Wallace, J. P., on a
charge of receiving stolen goods
which where taken from C. A.
Sanders and Mr. Neil at Lindsay.
A1 Mullins was put under a bond
of 11,000 to answer in the Dist-
TIFT PRAISES WILSSN
Ex president W. H. Taft, in a
Washington Birthday speech at
Morristown. N. J., Monday, gave
unstinted praiso to the foreign
policy of'Woodiow Wilson.
Easter Coat Suits, the latest
spring styles at Van Hoozer's,
W. Storer, and the remains were
laid to rest in the Whitebead
cemetery.
The deceased is survived by
her husband, and one child, a
girl three and half years old,
and many other relatives here.
DEATH OF MR- WILLIAMSON
Mr. Dempsey W. Williamson,
aged 60 years, 7 months, died at
the family residence in this city
Saturday night. Mr. Williamson
had been in bad health for a
year and for the last few months
suffered greatly from nervous
trouble and gradually gave away.
The funeral sorvices were held
at the residence Sunday after
noon, conducted by Rev. J. K.'
P edrick of the Christian Church
A Bad Time For Colds 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 advice to be careful cannot
always be heeded but relief can always be had in
ROBINSON'S CHILL TONIC
It will drive a cold out of your system and so thoroughly it wont come back. It will
prevent Grippe, prent Pneumonia, prevent Bronshitis, if you will take an occasional dose.
ROBINSON S CHILL TONIC does not ^contain a single dangerous ingredient.
Price 50c PER BOTTLE
PALACE DRUG STORE
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He Told a Friend—
And She Told a Friend--
And They All Told a Friend
Friends telling Friends makes
it Three to One in favor of—
\\J If A T*} That Worthemer-Swartz Shoes
If r| A I ' f°r Men, Women and Children
§ are Better. That my springjjline of
mdse. is arriving daily. That my
prices are Right!
Guess they all told Friends
for my Business1 is Good.
Oklahoma.
Pauls Valley, HARDEE RUSSELL
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1915, newspaper, February 25, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118549/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.