Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XII.
PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915.
NO. 29
OUR TAX LEVY UNO
HOW II IS PROPORTIONEDthe 1000 mmds olice ^bons!
[were awarded G. W.
both windows, giving them their
great beauty, got the tickets for
The county excise board, after
waiting two months on the re-
turns of the State Board of equ-
alieation, last week made the
county levy of taxes for the fis-
cal year, No salaries or claims
could be allowed until the'levy
was made and as a result of the
delav of the state board the Coun
ty Commissioners, N. D. Duffield,
Sam Neill and T H. Rice who
met Mondav, had two months
work at one setting to wade
through, and they did not finish
the long rotine business until
yesterday, and there was includ
ed in it a long list of erroneous
assessment claims filed which
had to be disposed of, and also a
Black,
jeweler, for the second best win
dow and the Valley Hardware
for the third best window.
i4.760.000 [HIS YEAR
TO IMPROVE FARMING
pies of a Republican form of
government and re enacta meas-
ure of machine rule that has 110
parallel in the history of this or I
. any other state.
Washington. Sept, 28—About1. AI1 that will be necessary is to
EXPLOSION AT ARDMORE
aauui^Luii, ~o /ilnjui :. wv> iu torty four persons killed, a 0 i^nristiaTi womart,
$4,750,000 will be spent this year! . orm . People of the real pro ' hundred others more or less ser- l)ered her friends by
aniomr the States unHpr th* visions ol the proposed amend- iously injured and property loss knew her The deceased was
among the States under the!visions ot the proposed amend
MUSTHAVE GIL CO Smith-Lever act of the last Con- ment. t0 call their attention to
tj ... gress, which provided for a per- the ^act that 't proposes to take
Mas a well in the Healdton manent national system of agri- the creation of election boards
field that is now producing 140 cultural extension work to be out tVom unde1' the control of
Barrels a day, and the company carrieci on with Federal and state law and P|ace that power in the
nas the second well down 700 agricultural colleges. The fund hands ot three politicians, chair
fPeCi t0 b,r'n? k in : is made up of *10,000 appropriat ' ""
t" ? a 7 u 3yS ° "aS ed annually to each of the states,
!! 2i r teD g °, lW° °th and in aridition there appro-
■ e,s , * ru'el this city priated 000 of what is known
is at the head of the company as Federa, Smith-Lever funds.
i This sum is increased annually
RlrHJRIKf!* URY °V ,500'000 until 1923' when the
nlbnAKDSuN-TAnY annual Government appropria-
Robert Richardson.the popular tion will be fixed at 14,850,000.
ice man, and Miss Wiilie Tary The additional appropriation is
Burks, conducted by Rev J K
Florence, the remains w^re laid
TAKFS Tfll I flF 44 IIVFS t0 rest in the Clty cemeterv
lAALO IULL Ur HUltD Mrg Euiott wa3 a member of
j the Methodist church,- and a no-
blfl Christiaii womarJ, who num
all who
...... 1 Miiut x mn y * iv- ouuiuuuai a J UJ >1 Jclll UI1 IS
list of illegal claims which werej were married Sunday at the res- divided among the States in pro-
disallowed | idence of Rev J K Pedrick who portion to the rural population of
The total assessed value of the, officiated The bride and her. each state bears to the total rural
county, including public service j mother moved from Purdy to the j population of the country. In
corporation, is $12,373,071. The!city about a year ago, and she order to participate in the funds
amount of taxes to be raised this: lived with her mother and wait'the States are required to spend
of a half million dollars was the -twice married: Of the first un-
toll at Ardmore Monday after- ion with Dr Burks she leaves .ive
noon as the result of the explos- children, all of whom are living
ion of a tank car containing 250 here and are among ihe best and
barrels of gasoline; The car was prominent citizens in the county
on a siding near the freight de- Thev are ll°y E Burks, W G
• e" t ♦ ?r'r.P0"t,Cal part ; Pot,and it was leaking, two work Burks, this city, Mrs A1 JenninK
les. Instead of being a move to men attempting to stop the leak who lives on a farm «outh of
secure lair elections" it is a „ i. « n , , im«n \i™ p,
high-handed effort to place the
election machinery under the con-
trol of irresponsible machines, in
which the two machines out of
and the explosion followed, the
workmen were blown to pieces
... . , | and the force of the explosion
power will always have an in- wrecked the freight depot, the
cent.veto combine and thwart | Pennington Grocery and S>vift-s
eui o the majority of the i buildincr. which were set afire
and a spark from the workman's town. Mrs Earl Crump of Wy n-
hammer igr.ited the escaping gas newood, and Miss Winona Burks
* ■' Of her second marriage with
John C Elliott who survives, she
leaves two children, little Olivia
Elliott and John C Elliott, Jr
voters at the polls.
Let the measure go before the
people on its merit, and if the
time has arrived in Oklahoma
when a majority of its citizens
are ready l>y this species of ad-
and burned up
A number of other buildings j
were wrecked, including theUn
PRESBYTERIAN MEETIN5
Is beinu well attended and
were «i bckku, mt-iuuing me un-1P1'0®'ressitlg nicely
ion passenger depot, Whittington terest is manifested
hotel, Madden & Co, Dry Goods, ham ifi nl
DeWitt's cigar factory, and the
r iiivwcj ctuu wan. uie oiawjs are requirea to spenu un opecies ui au- DeWitt's citrar faotorv and the
fiscal year is $68,051 88, which ress at the Commercial Hotel an amount equal to that appro- j ro't political manipulation to turn . p|ant3 0f the Ardmorite and the
the following j where she was a great favorite priated by the Government. All 'the election machinery of the j Statesman were dam aged' It is
into
Mr and Mrs Richardson went to States have assented to the
Oklahoma City Sunday on 18
is divided
funds:
Salary fund $23,380 00'
Court fund 14,580 DO j
Road and bridge fund 10,000 00
Poor and Insane fund 2,200 00
Supply fund 5,750 00
Contingent fund 8,00'J b'J
Negro School fund 4.142 25
Tick eradication fund 3,711 16
Sinking fund 23,581 00
County Demon, agent 300 00
State highway road 2,812 04
Widows and orphans 800 Q0
The total levy rate is 5A mills,
i of a mill of this is for the state
highway roads, and i of a mill is
for the negro schools, and one
mill is for the sinking funds,
leaving 4 mills for county pur-
poses proper. It will be noticed
that the county levy for state! -vear'\ u ho was stricken of para-
M)ads is *2,812.04, and this |lysis Saturday, died at an early
amount under the new road law! ^0UI yesterday morning at her
comes ~
make a total of £5.622
pro-
position, according to announce-
ment by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, and
have placed in the fund by sub
M i scriptions and appropriations a
the fiscal
CUTTLE SELL HELL
L J Milburn, trustee for W „
r reeman, Tuesday sold 93 head • total of #1.080,000 for
of cattle on the farm west of; year of 1915-16
ton r. for 8-4.75 per head. R Li The Department of Agriculture
Freeman ol Davis was the pur J will expend from its own appro-
chaser. The cattle will nor belpriations for farmers' co^pera
State over to the Socialists and
the bunch of Republican political
buccaneers who are aiding them,
then so be it.
also reported that not a building
on Main Street escaped damages
in the way of broken glass, etc.
from the force of the explosion
Ruth Olive were married yester-
me came win nor Deipnations for farmers' co-wnera1 ,a ""ucl kihubu system, ana iday aJ" *he home of the bride in
delivered until spring as MeClell ftive demonstration work duringthe collection on this day goes to j^he F'orence neighborhood, Rev
and has them for the milk and ,1910 fnr fi«i<i 'nnssions All the classes have! Sattei field officiating The
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
Last Sunday was Rally Day
for the Sunday School at the
Methodist Church. The school
is under the graded system, and
MENEFEE - OLIVE
Mr Craig Menefee and Miss
and has them for the milk and, lHltj. for direct field instruction mis8'ons the classes have
butter until spring grass and the
increase in the cattle to that time
goes to Milburn as trustee
DEATH OF RRS. VHP?
Mrs. Mary Wright, age
57
in special subjects, about $1,250
000.
The conditional allotment for
the fiscal year shows tliat Okla-
homa will have availaWe $142,-
182 and of the Smith-Lever
funds *26,256 js Federal and
j made progress during the year j
and much in-
Rev Den-
ham is preaching able ar.d earn-
est sermons every nitrht, The
singing is extra fine under the
leadership of Mr Dickerman The
spirit of harmony and coopera
tiod of the other ministers ami
church members is having a go <i
effect in the meeting as in the
community generally
Rev O L Jones, Rev J K Ped
rick and Rev R S Satterfield are
regular atteuents upon the ser
vices and are assisting the meet
ing every way theY can. Mem
bers from other church choirs
are assisting nobly in the sin^
ing. anil Mr Dickerman_who is
leading the music is the regular
leader of the Baptist choir The
UUI111)4 ,I1C j,,.,,, happy couple went to Oklahoma
! just closed The attendance Sun j City °n the nfternoon Santa Fe
day was 189, and the collections The groom is a son of Mr and ® „ , J?P. f. [ ,
°lect,ons!"rsJLMenefee,isaprosperoU8«d chmfan church**
, . ... Inrmftpil fhpir 4APVti*M Incf Sim
inner, and is one ot the most
worthy young men in the county
The bride is an accomplished
j totaled *91.21 Of this amount! ®lrs
j class 14 which is Rev R S Satter! tarmer, and
r
.field's class, contributed ?7l 85
I Class 14 so surprised Superin-1 . - «-
$16,256 is from the state The tendent Erwin that he seemed to I yo"nK lad^ a successial tea°her
Department of Agriculto-e gives alm0St doubt its correctness and,and a !ove^ .«oma" wlth many
I uiiuei uic new ruau law , - • a total of $44 620 From the wanted to see the report He said! Arming traits ol charactei
from the state which will i home in this city. The funeral j and college funds come he beIieved the collection of the j
a total of £5.622 08 for 1 se''v,ces \°°k Place lrom the re- $35,000 and from other sources day WOuld ext:eed that of a,,y DEATH OF MRS ELLI0T1
ta.e road purposes. ^y. I'20'*"' " i Mr3 H.„ .h BurkaElliott.«ife
B. Reaves, and the remains were!
laid to rest beside her husband j BENEFITS PAIS
in the Whitebead cemetery. | Mrs. G. W. Black, clerk of
The deceased was a consistent, Hannony Grove No. 150 Wood-
member of the Baptist church, man Circle, last Monday <Jeliver-
BUSINESS CHANGE
John R. Long has sold a half
interest in his furniture and un-
dertaking establishment to Ed
Ventress, and Mr. Ventress as a
partner took charge of the busi-
ness Monday morning.
John Long is also associated
with J. O, Allstott in the stock
business and he will now be able
to give more time to buying
hogs, cattle and shipping in
stock sheep for sale to farmers
Allstott's stock yards will be im-
mediately enlarged and improv-
ed for better handling of stock
OMITTED FAIR PREMIUMS
There was omitted from
the
and was a daughter of tne late ed to H L. Martin a draft for
Rev and Mrs. Wm Cagle. *1,000 in settlement of the eer-
The deceased leaves nine cm I- tifieate which Mr. Martin's late
dren: Allen. Fred, Levy, Carol, wife held in that order. The
Jesse and Joe Wright, and Mrs f payment was very prompt, and
„ c 11... «ira nurumn ounva Euiioii, wue
the Church SfniT 'tl0nS t0Jo{ Hon John C Elli°tt. one of the
he church Sunday moruinuand most estimable women in the
two children baptised , , , , , /: ,
' ; county, breathed her last in the
j Wesley Hospital at Oklahoma,
Miss Opul Fanclier was a \ City, at an early hour yesterday
week end visitor with home j morning Mrs Elliott had been
folks at Edmond.
Hattie Johnson and
Wright.
Miss Jewel
THE 6. A. R.
Thirty thousand veterans of
the Union Army are in Washing-
ton this week attending the an-
nual encampment of theG A R's.
Fifty years ago yesterday. Sept,
29, 1865, President Johnson
stood in she court of honor and
speaks well for the order.
ill IT 60 TO THE PEOPLE
Leading Democrats, represen-
tatives,of, the ^ State Committee
and prominent attorneys who in
investigated the Socialist peti-
tion on file with the Secretary of
State in support of their so
called "fair election" proposition
opposed the usual procedure in
official fair list last week the reviewed 160,000 of Grant's and I S fi!in ^ ^ '?
premium awarded for the best i Sherman's army as they march- Ln,j ljnhpM th g a Protest
show window, but it did not ed down Pennsylvania Ave, and J6 ^°1,Cy fof ua ow'
really belong the other list as j yesterday President Wilson stood: a# 1°*! togo to t}hepf°
the premium was a special one. in the same court of honor thati finoi -jttiom "f 6 on for
The Pauls Valley Ice Co., had j Johnson stood in, and reviewed tk ^ m6n . ,
offered 1000 pounds of ice for the 30,(KM) G. A. R's. as they L,-, T UJUl®e a dec'ded dis-
theljest dressed show window. | marched down Pennsylvaniaave.; ipX'r- TnH n li^ioT6 So^a£st
The fair directors selected three many of whQm were the rem- ui 5 i- • • c'l<|Ue ^e
traveling men ,„<l set them out of Grant'a and Sherma™ I
to inspect and award the prem-jarmy. It is said that most of - ' aV<? ,ee" aiding
iums. W. C. Van Hoozer was I the veterans enrolled for .tester-
awarded the first premium, and!day's march are over 70 years
"Happy"' Bruce who dressed I old
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST
Issued' by the U. S. weather bur
eau, Washington, D. C., for
the week beginning Wednes
day, Sept 28, 1915.
For the West Gulf Stater—
Embracing-Lousiana, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Texas:
The week will be one of gener
ally fair weather, except that
rains and high winds are proba
ble the next two days over Louis
iana and Arkansas The weather
will become cooler by Friday
in bad health for several months
and recently her condition had
been growing worse She was
taken to Oklahoma City Sunday
night and there underwent an
operation, which was considered
her only chance for stomach
trouble, Upon making an incis-
ion it was found that she had an
aggravated cancer of the stom-
ach, and-«the.operation. wjk tjpt
completed because her case was _
found to be hopeless,and all that | this is the only marriage ever
could be done for her to give her j solemnized iu this church so far
ease was possible. j as any record can lie found.
omitted their services last Sun
day night on account of therreet
ing as did the Methodist churcn
the previous Sunday night, ami
the Presbyterian church last Sun
day night would not accomodate
the crowd . that come by a la -g
number and on this account the
services will be held at all tire
churches this coming Sur.aoy
evening
-a?:: '
Atty. T. A. Stevenson wenj
to Stratford this morning >n
legal business and to spend r.fae
week with his parents, Mr, ^nd
Mrs. H. A. Stevenson.
Mr and Mrs C S Bush rec iv-
ed this week an invitation tc at
tend the celebration of the fif-
tieth anniversary of the orgaa-
ization of the Presbyterian
church at Dawn, Mo., of which
church Mr Bush was a member
and,in which Mr and Mrs B :eh
,wtfre married nearly 21 years
ago. The invitation states that
The remains were brought here
and the funeral held this after-
noon at the residence of Roy E
While they cannot attend the
celebration they sent greeti.'^s
to he read at the meeting.
I
Money To Loan on Improved
FARM LANDS
We make loans on court titles and dead claims. Now
is the time for yo i to obtain your lean. For quick
^services, see.
Over First \A/a||.«r I Uapl Pauls Valley,
Nat'l Bank Waller L. Hart Oklahoma
in
the promotion of this reaction
ary measure. They hoped that
the Democratic State Committee
would order a protest, both on the
sufficiency of the petition am
the legal questions involved ir,
order that they might assume a
martyr s role and parade befort
the people as the doughty cham-
pions of fair elections, while the
Democrats wtre impalea before
the public as the opponents of
the public will and the defenders
of despotic power. These heroic
roles have been denied them,
and they will now have to go
before the people and defend
their pian to subvert the princi
SCHOOL BOOKS
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1915, newspaper, September 30, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118580/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.