Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 14 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Historical Society. f'.si
(■ •
VOL. XII.
PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915.
NO. 31)
SPECIAL SESSION OF
LEGISLATURE LIKELY
Gov. R. L. Williams last week
sent a letter of inquiry to each
member of both the Senate and
House for information and advice
concerning the calling of an ex-
tra session of the legislature to
be convened about the first of
the new year. The letter of
Gov. Williams to the lav; makers, |
which is self explanatory, is as j
follows:
"Requests have come from j
many persons and sections of the;
State for a special session of the
Legislature to be convened
Among the subjects suggested to(
be considered at such session are j
the following: (1) Measures to |
prevent the receiving of extor-!
tinate rates of interest; (2) for the1
establishment and operation of a
twine plant at one of the state
prison; (3) for the establishment
and operation of a cotton oil mill -
or mills at one or both of the'
State prisons; (4) for the mining
or coal within or adjacent to the i
walls of the State prison at Mc-
Alester, such mine to be safe-
guarded and operated in a scien
tific manner so as to not only
protect the lives of the persons!
working therein, but also to be-
come a model mine, and the coal
mined to be used ori|y by state
institutions and state agencies
and none of it to be sold to pri j
vate parties for commercial pur
poses; (5) for the amendment of:
the election laws so as to have |
the state and national elections
the same day, but separated on
account of the recent decision of
the United States Supreme Court
in the Maryland and BJaineCoun
ty cases, wherein the conspiracy
statute is construed so in effect
to revive what is known as the
Force Bill or provision for super-
vision of State elections by the
Federal government, and (6) for i
the passage of a primary election
law which would require the can-
didate receiving the party aomi i
nation to be a majority candi- j
date, this to be brought about by |
providing a method for the ex-1
pression of a first, second and j
third choice, and, also, that the
virtuous and intelligent should
control and that the vicious and
ignorant should not be permitted
to have the ballance of power,
and be the controlling force in
the state.
"When the last Legislature
was in session the funds were
not available to be appropriated
for the installment of a twine
plant or cotton mill, but as a re-
sult of the work of the State
Board of Equalization during the
last few months and the passage
of the Gross Production Act, and
the same being sustained by the
Supreme Court, the resources
are now available for the instal-
lation and maintenance of such
plants.
"In addition,one or two amend
ments are necessary to straight- j
en out the statutes relative to
our recent highway law, so that j
the svstem may be readily work-
able. Our highway system is
constructive and wise, but one or
two amendments are necessary
in order to make the law thorou-
ghly workable. This law is a
monument to the constructive
genius of the last Legislature,
but some of the items of detail
in carrying it out need reconstru
ction
"I sha'l be very glad, indeed,
to have a letter from you by re
turn mail giving me your opinion
as to the advisability of calling a
special session, and the reason
for such opinion, and what you
think about the foregoing sub-
jects mentioned, and that you
will, also, give me your opinion
as to any other subjects that
should be considered at such ses
sion. Please write me in detail
and give me your frank opinion
as to this matter. I am writing
you for advice. This letter is be
ing sent to every member of the
Legislature, both of the Senate
and House, An early reply will
be appreciated.
Your very truly.
"R. L Williams, Governor"
COMMERCIAL CLUB NOTES
. BY THE SECRETARV-
Pauls Valley looks good to a
new comer. Its paved streets, ce
ment sidewalks and shaded av^n
ues, its city like business section
its many beautiful and modern
homes and splendid school build-
ings, its general air of civic at-
tractiveness, thrift and progress
iveness are indeed pleasing to
contemplate. But that is not all
The hearty welcome that the peo
pie extend to the stranger with-
in the gates is a most gratifying
evidende of the excellence of its
citizenship. It says to the wyit-
to talk over, suggest and advise
with us on ali matters that may
advance the town's growth.
Your executive and financial
management has been wisely
placed in the hands of a board
of directors, and in their selec-
tion you have shown excellent
judgment. We find them keen
and alert for anything that may
contribute to the town's advance
ment, yet at the same time very
careful and conservative in a way
that indicates little danger in the
Club overstepping itself itself
or making any seriousjmistake.
er that his"lines have fallen in a j A commerclal club can as we||(
pleasant placo, that his lot is (anc| vsometimes better serve its
cast with warm-hearted/gener-| town and business interests by
ous, whole souled people who
know how to extend the glad
NEW MANAGER
M. M, Swalm, the new mana-
ger of the Minnetonka Lumber
Lumber Company, arrived Mon-
day and took charge of the com-
pany's business. Mr Swaim has
been in the employment of the
company for sometime, coming
here from Ringling where he put
in the yard for the company.
Mr. Swalm's wife is with him
and they are stopping for the
present at the Leland. Their
daughter is attending school at
Oklahoma City.
Mr. 0, R Cowgill, of Okla
homa City, special collector for
the company has been here for
two or three weeks looking after
collections for the company.
DEATH OF GEO. OfltSKILL
Geo Driskill, aged nearly 22
years, died Sunday iftjrnoon at
the home of his parents. Mr and
Mrs H B Driskill near Klondike,
after an illness of about six weeks
of typhoid fever. The remains
were laid to rest in the city cem-
etary Monday afternoon with
services at the grave, conducted
by Rev. C J Dewberry.
The deceased leaves a wife
and two small children, his pa-
rents, five brothers, and two sis
ters. The brothers are, Ed, Wal-
ter, Zan, John, Paul and Mount
Driskill, and the sisters are Mrs
Ella Graham and Mrs Sal!:® Mur
dock.
Geo Driskill was a fine citizen,
and a member of the Missionary
Baptist Church at Klondike. The
deceased was an active church
worker, being a good ofrganist
and a fine singer, he became
well known in church work throu
ghout the county.
looking closely into a proposed
enterprise, and perhaps turning
hand and make a person fee at i ^own, than j,v jumping after
home. We duly appreciate the I a prop08ition becaU8e it may hap
many courtesies that have been pen tQ )ook good
extended us and pledge our et j With your hearty cooperation
forts to the utmost to merit your ;whjch we earnestIy soljcit the
cordial greet,ngs. We are join-1 Pau]g Valley Commercial Club
ing you in laboring zealously and ; is ,ookinR forward tQ a ^
persistently in a systematic, bus-|profitable year. fu„ of ?ood
ness like way for the continued for Pauis Valley,
advancement of the town, and
our earnest wish is that rich re-
sults will be the results of our We understand that there are
united efforts. several farmers in the Pauls Val
In taking hold of the Club ley country who are making a
work the secretary does not as- specialty of growing seed corn
pire to leadership and does not for the market. This is ^ very
assume any dictation in its man-1 profitable business and the coun-
aaement. Rather we feel that | try is ideal for extensive engage
we are here to serve a people ment in the industry. We would
average tempature for the sea-
son — morning glories, nastur-
tems and other flowers are in
bloom like summer time, grass
has continued to grow, and small
grain has a phenomnal growth
and capable of affording much
winter pasture But these things
are small items when we consid-
er the great benefi: to the cotton
crop. The cotton crop is fully a
month late his year, and a month
ago the cotton prospects looked
gloomy, but the fine weather has
brought it out to a surprising ex
tent, and the high price of cot-
ton and cotton seed is making the
growers prosperous.
The cotton situation is well il
lustrated by what a good farmer
said to us last Saturday. Said he
"I have one piece of cotton that
is a little later than my other
fields, and three weeks ago I did
not expect to get a boll of cotton
off that patch, but now I will
gather considerable cotton from
it and one more week of this
weather I will get an average
crop off ol it.
who have given abundant evi-
dence of their ability to build a
city in the substantial foundation
wish every club member to feel
that it is his privilege, as well as
a duty he owes the organization
NEW HARDWARE STORE
Jim Goad has leased the build-
ing now occupied by John Sparks
as a grocery, and he will begin
putting in a new hardware store
within the next week or so, and
he will run a hardware store, tin
and plumbing establishment.
John Sparks will move his
grocery to the Gibson building
just across the street from whore
he, Sparks is now.
like to see many more farmers
take hold of this idea, and the
Commercial Club will assist in
they have already laid, and we ffinding a market. Let's make
Pauls Valley the distributing cen
terof "Famous Washita Valley
Seed Corn."
NEW ROAD LAW WAS
ENACTED BT LEGISLATURE
County < !ommissioners, clerks,
and attorneys to the number of
over 21K) met in Oklahoma City
Monday on call of Inspector Park
son and the state highway com-
missioner, to discuss the duties
of each county officials under the
new highway laws. Our county
commissioners, N I) Outfield.Sam
Neill and T H Rice and county
clerk W J Harris all attended the
meeting It is said that this law
is indefinite and uncertain in
many of its provisions and -so
much so that there are no two
sets of county officials who inter
perate the law alike in its applt
cation, and for this reason this
meeting was called. One inter-
pertation of the law at the'meet-
ing and that by the state high-
way commissioner is that the
state hoard has jurisdiction and
control over, not only the state
roads, but township and county
roads. Under this rule the conn
ty commissioners cannot build a
small township culvert or bridge
with survey, plans and specifica-
tions of a competent engineer,
and in view of the fact that tfc. e
state board of examining engin-
eers, it has already disqualified
nearly every county surveyor in>
the state This means that ftie •
services of some qualified engin-
eer from the state board or ise-
Where will become necessary,
irr the building of small township
bridges and culverts at 15 ptt*
day and expenses of the engineer
which in many cases will c -t
than the construction of-
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETING TO-NIGHT
tions touches some parts of the
county are follow s—Oklahoma
City district, W M Wilson: Chick
asha district, C F Mitchell, Ard-
more district, J D Salter.
BAPTIST BAZAAR
The Baptist la<iies will give
their annual bazar on Dec. 11th; more
at the jewelry store of W.F.John the bridge or culvert Under such
son. The ladies are making great red tape the county that is limit-
preparation to have an attractive ed in road funds will not make
display of needle work. All day much headway in building roads
BAPTIST MILT
An association rally of the Bap
tist Missionary Society was held
Monday and Monday evening in
Wynnewood. There were about
75 persons present, Mesdames I)
H Bell, F K Low, B W Patterson
Alta Dickey, and M Burks of the
Pauls Valley Baptist church at-
tended the rally. Mr Bell re-
sponded to the welcome address
on behalf of the visitors. Mrs
Burks read a paper on how to en
list women and Mrs Bell read a
paper on Personal Responsibility
An ;.l fresco luncheon was serv-
ed by the W ynnewood ladies
The board of directors having
employed Edgar Edmiston. of
Bowie, Texas, as permenant sec
retary, a special meeting will be
held at the building next to the
Leland tonight for social hour
and that all the members may
meet the new secretary, and the
directors have some plans to lay
before the members. The ladies
of the Civic League will serve
light refreshments.
bazaar parties will be held fre-
quently from now until the sale.
DEATH OF MISS flOSERS
Miss Nellie Rogers, the seven-
teen year old daughter of Mr
and Mrs. F. B. Rogers of Pardy,
Okla, died in the hospital at
Arkansas City, Tuesday night,
of typhoid fever. Miss Rogers
was a grand-daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. T. Rogers of this city.
She was well known here and
had many friends whose sympa I
thy goes out to tiie bereaved'
parents and grand parents
Mrs. E. T. Rogers has been
with her grand daughter a week
and was at her bedside when
she passed away.
IttU WEATHER
The ideal weather for the last
four weeks, or more accurately
speaking will be four weeks at
the end of this week, had broke
all weather records for this sea-
son of the year. With all of Tex
as, Lousiana, Arkansas, Kansas,
and Oklahoma clear, it is practi-
cally certain that the fine weath-
er will continue to the end of the
week, and there is no record in
the historv of the Oklahoma
weather -bureau that- records
such a spell of weather at this
season of the year and in Texas
they have to go back 24 years to
find a similar spell of about the
season and then it was not of
quite as long duration as the pre
sent fine spell. The tempature of
the spell has been also above the
Mr. Duffield said that there was
65 county commissioners attend
ing the meeting and that the con
flPfRHFD UN FOR APPENDICITIS Se"Se 3 °f °pini°n am°n>f th*ra
OPtnAlcU UN run AFPtNUIUIIb was dissatisfaction with the l w
Mrs Opal Wright undenvent an(j that under the interpret*-
an operation at the hoiuc of Al (.ion given the law it was imprac*
Jen Wright on Morday morning tical of efficient application,
for appendicitis,and late reports jn view of the facts it is noti-
give her condition j*s splendid al eable that Governor Williams haa
though not out of danger. Dr. refered to the necessity of amend
Smith of Oklahoma City, assist ing the road law in his letter
ed by Dm Bianum & Johnson, sent out to the law makers re a
and Callaway, performed the tjve a special session of the
legislature next January.
operation. Mrs Wlight is wife
of John Wiight who was oper-
ated upon a short time ago for T , . ... , .,
, . . „• In another place will be found
appendicitis, but w-hose conai- Al ■ .... n
tion was such that he did not ^ advertisement of he Pauls
survive the operation but a short galley Milling Co., of its Puritan
Flour which has become t.he
! favorite in so many homes and
is growing in favor wherever t
Will Ellison has sold his small becomes known The compar /
farm near the north bridge to is one of the largest enterprises
W. J. Dabbs, of near Walker, in Pauls Valley, and it is c <
Price private. Mr. and Mrs stantly making additions to t~e
Ellison will move to Florida plant to keep up with growing
shortly; demands of its products. .
Money To Loan on Improved
FARM LANDS
We make loans on court titles ar.d dead claims. Now
is the time for joh to obtain your loan. For quick
services, see.
Nat*! S Walter L. Hart
Pauls Valley,
Oklahoma
THE M. E. CONFERENCE
The annual confereme of the
M E Church South, adjourned at
Altus on Sunday night. Wynne-
wood was unanimously selected
as the next meeting place of the
conference. The appointments of
the various places in (iarvin Co.
are'-Paoli, A L Williams, Pauls
Valley,R S Satterfield. Erin Spgs
A L Barnett: at Lindsay, G R
Wright; Maysville, OA Morris;
Davis, E H Driskill; Elmore City
circuit, L R Jones :-StrjRford and
Byars, J Q Blackwood; Wynne-
wood, B T Lanon. Garvin Coun
ty is in three districts, and the
presiding eld is whose jurisdic-
TAKE=
ROBINSONS CHILL TONIC
For CHILLS, FEVERS, and all MALARIA Diseases.
A Guaranteed Remedy made in Pauls Valley by
THE
PALACE DRUG STORE
Sold by all First Class Dealers at 50c per bottle.
For your Liv%;r tuke ajRobinsons Hisjh Ball—25c. Ask your Neighbot
PAULS VALLEY, OKLA.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1915, newspaper, November 11, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118586/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.