Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XII.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1915.
NO. 23
PAN-AMERICAN MAKES
APPEAL TO MEXICO
The Pan-American appeal to
Mexico was sent to the various
waring factions of Mexico Satur-
day. There is no intimation of
armed intervention and what the
next step will be if the appeal is
disregarded, is a matter of specu
lation, but it is considered un-
likely that armed intervention
will be resorted to The south
ern governments will not be par
ties to any form of armed inter
vention.
After citing many facts the
appeal closes thus:
PEACE MEETING UWED
"We,-the undersigned, believe
that, if the men directing the
armer movements'in Mexico —
whether political or- military
chiefs—should agree to met,
either in person or by delegates,
far from the sound of the can-
non, and with no other inspira
tion save the thought of their af
fiicted land, there to exchange
ideas and to determine the fate
of the country, from such action
would undoubtedly result a
strong and unyielding agree
ment for the restoration of a
provisional government, which
should adopt the fir9t steps nec
essary to the constitutional re
construction of the countrv, and
would issue the first and most
essential of them all. the imme-
diate call to a general election.
"An adequate place within the
Mexican frontiers, which for the
purpose might be neutralized,
should serve as the seat of the
conference, and in order to bring
about a conference of this na-
ture the undersigned, or anv of
them, will willingly, upon invita-
tion, act as intermediaries to ar-
range as to time, place and other
details of such conference, if this
action can in any way aid the
Mexican people.
"The undersigned expect a
reply to this communication
within a reasonable time, and
consider that such a time would
be ten days after the communi-
cation is delivered, subject *to
prorogation for cause."
The appeal was signed by re-
presentatives of the United Sta-
tes, Brazii, Chile, Argentina, Bo-
livia, Uruguay, and Guatemala.
FARM SOLD
G. A. Cole, through, Vaughn
& Milburn, sold his farm of 415
acres northwest of the city and
near Whitebead, to Paris and
Rayston, of Wanette for 180 per
acre, taking as part payment a
stock of hardware at Wanette
which invoiced $18,000.
SLI6HTLY CONFUSED
Rev. R. S. Satterfield and one
of his stewards, W. M. Ervvin,
became somewhat confused last
Sunday afternoon, if not a little
embarassed for a moment.
Rev. and Mrs Satterfield had
on Friday had the happy fortune
of having born to them a fine
baby girl, and Mr. Erwin had
just been checked in as post
master of Pauls-Valley They
were together Sunday afternoon
attending a meeting of the board
of stewards, and giving thanks
for their blessings, when the
Methodist preacher from Wynne-
wood came along, poked his head
in at the dcor of the church and
said, "I want to congratulate
you". Then the confusion was
on. The stewards sat mute as
mice Erwin looked hesitating
at the preacher, and the preacher
gazed doubtingly back at Erwin,
surveyed the rest of the board
of stewards, and asked, "which
one is the congratulations intend-
ed for?"
S. REJECTS
AUSTRIA'S CONTENTION
WINNERS IN EDU-
CATIONAL CONTEST
death sentence to life imprison-
ment, because he had doubt of
Frank's guilt
Marietta, near where Frank
was hung, was the former home
The United States has flst'ly jf MarV Phagan. the girl who
rejected Austria - Hungarian's was murdered in the pencil^ fac-
contention that exportation of tory at Atlanta, of which Frank . an(j awards made. It was in-
The educational page ad con
test of tlie Democrat has ended
war munitions from America to xvas manager and the negro who
Austria's enemies was not in con t?ave the testimony against him
sonance with the definition of was a day labor whose reputa
neutrality. In reply the United tion was proven bad.
States, among other reasons, re-
cites that Germany and Austria-
stute school apportionment
The semi-annual school funds
fund have been apportioned by
the State School Land Commis
sion. It amounts to 90 <fts per
capita The amount apportioned
was $555,000. The last proceed- ;
ing apportionment was *1.20 per ■
capita. The summer apportion
ment is, of course, always less I
than the winter apportionment
because the land rents are most-
ly all paid in the fall.
Hungary furnished munitions of
war to England when she was
fighting the Boers, but they did
it at a time when England's
enemies were unable to obtain
such supplies—just precisely as
Germany and Austria Hungary
are unable to obtain them now,
in spite of the United States' en
tire willingness to sell them.
texas coast cities devastated
extra fine peaches
The Democrat office is indebt
ed to Mr. and Mrs. H L Den-
son, of near Antioch, for a bas-
ket of the finest elberta peaches
we have seen this year. They
were not only the largest, but
the most nearly perfect peaches
we have seen, and Mrs. Denson
says she has enough of those
peaches to put up to last her two
years.
COTTON ON CONTRABAND
The report comes from Wash-
ington that the government has
unofficial, but reliable informa
tion, that England and her allies
will soon put cotton on the con-
traband list, and that the only
question that is delaying such ac
tion is the development of a plan
of uniform treatment of the sub-
ject by all the entente powers,
England has assured the U, S.
that she and her allies will take
every measure to relieve embar-
rasment to the American market
England claims American preci-
dent in the civil war for the ac
tion. While England thus propos
es to stop cotton going to Ger
many and Australia, it is said by
those who claim to know that
the doctrine will not be used to
deprive neutrals of all the cottcn
they want to buy, and that the
doctrine of continuous voyage
will give us a better foreign mar
ket for cotton than we have had
for nearly a year,
M'CHESNEi-HIU NUPTilS
On last Friday evening about
9 o'clock, Mr. Henry McChesney
son of Mr and Mrs J R McChes-
ney, apd Miss Dolly Hill, niece
of Horace Hill, of this city, were
quietly married at the Christian
parsonage, Rev. J. K. Pedrick
officiating.
The marrage came as quite a
surprise to the many friends of
the young couple, and all unite
in wishing them a happy and
prosperous wedded life.
They left Tuesday for Oftlves
ton. via the motor car, accom
panied by Mr and Mrs J R Mc
Chesney, where they will spend
a few days after which they will
be at home in Pauls Valley.
OFF TO CALIFORNIA
Sheriff B. R Ravburne left
.Monday for Elcenter, California,
to bring Robert Brooks back on
a charge of disposing of mort
gage property about three years
ago on which the First National
Bank and the First State Bank
of Stratford both held mortga
ges. Each of the banks had of
fered a reward of 125. Brooks
was arrested by local officers in
California, and Sheriff Rayburne
teresting and successful, and
doubtless the ads were the most
widely read of any ever publish-
ed locally.
There were 26 ads in each is
sue of the Democrat of August 5
and 12, of that many different
Galveston, Houston and other! men and firms in Pauls ^Valley.
Texas cost towns were devastat j The contest for correcting the
ed Monday afternoon and night j misspelled words was participat-
by one, if not, the wost storms led in by a large number of per-
in history—&ome 80 lives are al-jsons from nearly every part of
ready reparted last as toll of* the the county. Th time limit for
o.it to them.
We wish to thank every per-
son who participated in the con
test, the advertisers for their pa
tronage and hope they will re-
ceive due rewards from the ads,
and especially to thank Messrs
Jordan and Lee for their work,
which was so cheerfully and
and well done.
picnic a; wynnewood
An Odd Fellows picnic will be
held at Wynnewood on Friday,
August 27th, arrangements al-
ready'having been completed.
Grand Sire J. B.A. Robertson,
and Congressman J. B. Thomp
son are among the speakers ar-
ranged for.
storm. All wire communication contests to be fikd in the Deino } - • -
was completely cut off until crat office was August lGth, at 4 Wfpj([ Y WEATHER FORECAST
Wednesday evening Pronerty . o clock p. m., but several ans
loss reaches the millions. ! wers were brought in the day
The storm began at Galveston following and a good many of
Monday afternoon and raged j those in on time, had correc-
with unabating fierceness until ted only one issue, though they
Tuesday morning, the wind reach were not considered by the
ing a velocity of 92 miles an houri judges.
about three o'clock Tuesday! Hon Geo I Jordan and Barton
morning. 1000 feet of the great j Lee at the request of the Demo
seawall broke, and besides the j crat, acted as judges. They ex-
loss 14 lives, 500 houses were | amined each contest and compar
crushed and the city covered! ed them with the misspelled
with debries from the wreckage, WOrds in the ads, and they left
Property loss it is thought will j with the Democrat their check-
reach •15,000,000. | ing of contestant's correction,
At Houston two lives were | which may be seen by any con
Issued by the U. S. weather bur-
eau, Washington, D. C, for
the week beginning Wednes-
day, August 18, 1915.
For the West Gulf States
Embracing Lousiana, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Texas:
Generally fair weather is in-
dicated during the week with
seasonable temperatures.
was notified that Brooks was j lost and property damages esti- j testant on calling at the office,
held for him j mated at $2,000,000. At Virgin- Mrs. W. L. Dillard, of this
jia Point, across the bay from j city was awarded first piize, of
j Galveston 30 lives were lost and j$3, Miss Glaydis Jackson, of this
the town including 150 houses j city, was given the second prize
and the military camp were com of 12, and Miss Gertrude Roady,
pletely destroyed Texas City. ! of Brady, the third prize of fl. I
WYNNEWOOD WORKS ROADS
Wynnewood closed everv busi-
ness place Tuesday and it is re-
ported that every business and
professional man in the town
took their tools, wagons and
teams and put in a full days
work on the Elmore road leading
into Wynnewood.
The commercial club there has
decided to continue the work
every Tuesday until every
leading into Wynnewood
have been put into first
condition.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Bell will be glad to
hear they are at home ones
more. They returned on Mori
day. coining over from Shaw-
nee in their car. They have
recently visited Mr. and Mis.
Wra.O utlip in Muskogee. Mrs.
Bell's mother, Mis. M E. Davie
came from Muskogee by rail,
another bay town, 18 lives were ! The rule of the contest was that jVV! * '
lost j/.-.d the town wiped out. At the person sending the first cor |' 1e '
Ly.ichberg 3 lives were lost and rection of the misspelled words ; A camping party composed of
road
shall |
class
good showins for ward
J. E. Martin who was appoint
ed guardian of Willie H'cket in
1905, returned last week from
Poteau, LeFlore county, where
he went to pay for 40 acres of
laud which he bought for his
ward, and where is ward lives
with his father. He paid $1250
for the land.
This was a splendid showing
of the ward's estate. Mr. Mar
tin toon chaige of the waid's
estate, consisting of 250 acres of
raw prairie land in Carter coun-
ty, including about $700 which
he received from the vitate of
the ward's mother, he has sup-
ported the waid and paid for the
land mentioned out of the funds
arising from lhe ward's estate
and has |100 in cash on hand.
property damage almost com
plete
At LaPorte 7 lives were lost
and the town destroyed. It is
stated in the meager report of
Wednesday evening that the
great seawall is what saved Gal
veston from destruction that
would have equalled the disaster
of 1900.
The storm was wide spread,
and it is reported that the cotton
crop of Central Texas is destroy
e 1 from 15 to 25 per cent by the
storm. The heavy rain* which
have fallen almost continuously
since Tuesday morning over the
southern Oklahoma are the di
rect result of the sea storms that
visiting Texas
Mr. and Mrs. C E Baker who
would gain the first prize and so Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carter and
on for the second and third priz daughter, Miss Velma, Mr. and
es. While not nneof the contest Mrs. Ma'ion Henderson and
ants corrected all the words, family and Mr. and Mrs. T F.
those to whom the prizes were !Oudger and children and Mii-h
awarded came nearest to it and Luzelle Hawkins left Tuesday
so close to it and their work so fo1' -f' ice't* Falls.
well done that Messrs Jordan MiPS Hazel Rickai dson left on
and Lee thought they should be Tuesday for her home in Davi.-?
awarded the prizes and the Dem after a visit to Miss Marie Fr«b-
ocrat being in full agreement man. Miss Marie accompanied
with them, has sent the winners , her home anu will be her guest
checks Jor the prizes: 1 a few days before going to Man
There were ; 8 misspelled words wtta to visit Giand Ma Freeman
in the ads. Mrs. Dillard missed
only one, Miss Jackson only two
and Miss Roady seven. The fail
ure of the contestants to correct
all the misspelled words was not
as we believe a case of inability
of them to correctly spell the
words—we are certain it was the
lack of eyetraining in proof read
Mrs. W. C. Van Hoozer aad
children returned on Mon fay
from a visit to Mrs. Van Hcoz-
ers parents, Rev. and Mrs. W.
D. Matthews, of Oklahoma City.
Mr. Van Hoozer, who is in the
east buying a tine stock of goods
for the fall trade, will reach
home on Sunday.
J. O. AllstoU sbipned three
have beeh taking in the expos'- ing. The winners, as well as a
tions at San. Deigoand Sanpianllarge number of other contest
cisco, and seeing the Grana Can | ants, could have easily spelled jcai' load* of cattle last week t<>
von and Yellowstone Park, aie correctly every misspelled word Kansas City and realized go'xl
expected home Saturday.
in the ads if they had been giv jn ^ prices for them
Money To Loan on Improved
FARM LANDS
V
We make loans on court titles and dead claims. Now
is the time lor you to obtain your loan. For quick
services, see,
&■ S Walter L. Hart
Pauls Valley,
Oklahoma
MOB TAKES LEO FRANK
Leo M Frank, Georgia's noted
life term prisoner was taken
from Milledgeville farm prison
Monday night by a well organiz
ed mob and hanged to a tree.
The mob near midnight over
powered the prison guards, and
took Frank. The mob came and
went in automobiles and Frank
was hung near Marietta, Ga., a(
distance of nearly 100 miles from
the state prison, and from which
pia*x the mob was supposed to j
have Been made up< Frank was
convicted in Auguijt 1913 for the
murder of Mary Pnagan at At-
lanta, and sentenced to hang, on
circumstantial evidence and the1
testimony of a negro who con-
fessed to have knowledge of the
murder. After the case had run
the gauntlets of the courts Gov.
Slaton last June commuted the
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