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THE SHAWNEE NEWS-HERALD
VOLUME XVI.
Shawnee D.ily|H< Vol. 16 /CoMoll(Uled\
Shawnee DtilyjNews, Vol.16 \ Dec. 1.1911/
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1912
EVENING EDITION NUMBER 160
SCOTCH MS
WILL BUILD
HOME HERE
EMIGRANTS ARRIVING FROM OLD
COUNTRY WILL FIND WEL-
COME IN OKLAHOMA.
TO ASK AID OF CARNEGIE
RUNAWAY GIRLS CAUGHT
WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD
BUT DIDN'T GET VERY
FAR.
NEWSPAPER MAN IN TROUBLE.
McLoud Editor Defendant in Damage
Suit Brought by County Judge.
Movement Was Initiated at Gathering
in Shawnee—Will Soon Establish
Home.
Cassie Harrison, sixteen years old,
and Iva Bedell, 14 years old, want-
ed to see the world, bo they stated
at police headquarters Saturday morn-
ing, while awltlng teh arrival of an
officer to take thom back to Okla-
homa City. The girls ran away from
St. Mary's seminary last Monday.
The local police department had
been notified soon after the girls
disappeared from the school and
J were on the lookout for them. Late
Friday night the girls were taken
Into custody by Sherry Spann, as
slstant chief, and Charles Cole, night
merchant police. The girls were
found strolling with two boy friends
In the north part of the city. They
were taken back to Oklahoma City
Saturday afternoon.
BETTER TRAIN SERVICE
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION WILL
HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
A suit for criminal libel was filed
in the superior court Saturday by
Judge Lockridge of the county court,
against F. L. Dale, editor and proprie-
tor of the McLoud Observer.
The suit is the outgrowth of a re-
cent article appearing in the Observer
in which It stated discrepancies
amounting to $3,432 were found in the
books of the plaintiff by the special
examiner's report. The "constructive"
error is Baid to havo amounted tb
about three dollars instead of the
above amount.
WAITERS MAY ORGANIZE.
Emigrants from Scotland who come
to America will be urged to migrate
to Oklahoma where they will find a
hearty welcome if the plans of the
Scotch Clans of Shawnee and vicinity
are carried into effect. Here in Ok-
lahoma they will find opportunities to
engage in their various vocations, es
pecially farming, for a large percent-
age of the emigrants from Scotland
are among the best farmers who come
to our shores.
Will Build Home Here.
The plan of building a home in
Shawnee where emigrants from Scot-
land who come from Oklahoma will
be cared for until they are located.
A small tract of land will be secured
somewhere in the city upon which a
home will be erected. Andrew Car-
negie will be asked to donate to the
building fund. A liberal donation Is
expected from the note financier, who
is a native of Scotland and who al-
ways aids his countrymen
Will Urge Scotch to Emigrate.
The plan was suggested at the
meeting of the Scotch clans held
here Thursday when the anniversary
of Robert Burns was observed. Vis
itors from various parts of the state. JueUce Qf ,he peace Hal johnson
were present and it was urged that i planned a hunting trip early Thurs-
some immediate steps should be day mornlng Attorney ^alcorn Mc-
Kenzie was to accompany him. Thi
Matters of a nimportant nature
which will be of material benefit to
the business interests of Shawnee
will be discussed at a meeting of the
Merchants' association to be held in
the offices of the Chamber of Com-
merce Tuesday night.
While no statement was made by
any person connected with the asso-'
ciation as to the nature of the meet-
ing, it is reported that better
train service for Shawnee will be
discussed. The plan will likely be
taken up with officials of the Rock
Island at an early date.
Better Wages Will be Asked—Em-
ployers Will Likely Make Certain
Demands.
The waiters are to organize in
Shawnee, the plan having been un-
der discussion for some time. A
• get-together" meeting will likely be
held in the near future at which time
an organization will be perfected.
Jim Epperson and Mack McCarthy
are behind the movement.
Better wages will be set forth in
the agreement to be presented by
the waiters to the employers. It is
likely that the employers will make
certain demands. The tentative or-
ganization will have a membership of
about eighteen.
HUN A WAY ACCIDENT.
Justice of the Peace Johnson and At-
torney McKenzie Had Close Call.
taken to attract the flow of eml.^ra-
tion to Oklahoma instead of allowing
Canada and the northwest to ge.t most
of it. A committee was appointed to
take the matter up with a view to
CADE WOULD
REMOVE NAME
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMIT
TEEMAN SIGNED RECALL
PETITION.
SHOUT OF MAN
SAVES HIS LIFE
R. L. ALEXANDER HURLED FROM
BICYCLE BY RUNAWAY
TEAM.
R. L. Alexander, deputy clerk in
the superior court, owes his life to a
man who shouted a note of warning
to him Saturday and saved Mr. Alex-
ander from being knocked down by a
runaway team. Hearing the man
shout Mr. Alexander turned in time
to see the maddened animals bearing
d( wn upon him ten feet away. He
plunged headlong from his bicycle a
few secondB before the wagon- beiug
dragged by the runaway team struck
the (ear of his wheel.
He escaped with a few minor
bruises. The team and wagon col
lided with a telephone pole and
stopped.
Escaped With Slight Bruises.
Mr. Alexander was riding east on
East Main street shortly after noon
Just as he passed the Santa Fe
crossing a Btreet car came along. He
vas on the right side of the track
next to the curbing. He heard a man
shout and looking up saw a runaway
team bearing down upon him. Had
Mr. Alexander not have been attract-
ed by the shouting of the man he
would have been knocked down and
cruBhed or possibly killed. The team
belonged to P. H. Stepp, a farmer.
SCARITY OF QUAIL.
SHAWNEE CHICKENS
ON EXHIBITION.
Local Poultry Fanciers Will Make
Strong Bid For First Prizes.
Shawnee poultry will likely wiii sev
eral of the first prizes at the Doultry
show In Oklahoma City. The exhi-
bition has been ou this week with
birds from many states in the south
west.
Joe B. lloe has several pens of bis
Barred Rocks in addition to an ex-
hibit of fancy pigeons; A. B. Simpson
has an exhibit of White Orphingtons,
Mrs. A. B. Simpson has several pons
FINNEY APPEALS CASE
NEIGHBORHOOD QUARREL WILL
BE AIRED IN THE COUN-
TY COURT.
E. C. Finney who recently lost a
suit in Justice's court growing out
of his attempt to collect damages al-
leged to have been caused by a cow
owned by Thomas Miles, will ap-
peal his caso to the county court.
The men are neighbors. The differ-
ence over a settlement was $1.
Miles' cow strayed onto property
oi "white Rocks, and Harry Thomas I owned by Finney. Finney detained
has on display White Cochin Ban- the bovine, demanding that damages
tarns and Barred Rocks. amounting to *2 would have to be
paid 'before he would surrender the
animal. Miles brought suit to re-
plevin the cow. He did. Pinne*
had to pay the costs of the suit
which amounted to $15.80.
HAY AND CORN UP
WERE OLD FRIENDS.
Late Edward B. Pierce and John E.
Hatfield Worked Together.
The late Edward B. Pierce, chief
counsel for the Rock Island railway,
who was killed in a wreck at Kirn-
mudy, Ills., early this week, was a
cloBe personal friend of John E.
Hatfield, night sergeant a t police
headquarters. They became close
friendB while both were residents at
Van Buren, Ark., where Mr. Hatfield
Berved as chief of police for five
years and Mr. Pierce was city attor-
ney. Mr. Hatfield was greatly shocked
at hearing of the tragic death of Mr.
Pierce.
Dead
Fish
Dead
fish drift with the
stream. Try to be a live fish
and go up stream. Start a
bank account today with such
a bank as the
Security State Bank
It may take some self-denial
on your part, but make up
your mind to do it and stick
to your resolution.
$1.00 starts an account
trip was delayed because Mr. John-
son's horse took a notion to run
away and it did.
The men were driving south on
Beard street when one side of the
thills dropped down. The animal
I either became frightened or angry,
| and started to run away. Attorney
j McKenzie Jumped from the rig and
was slightly injured. Justice John-
son argued the case with the equina
I for several blocks and he too Jump-
<d but escaped being Injured. The
horse ran three miles, got tired and
surrendered. The rig was deposited
on East Main street.
Read Tne shawnee News-Herald.
establishing a home here within the
next year.
Scotch Clans Gathered Heie.
Tbe gathering of the Scotch Clans
bere was the first of the kind ever
held in the state. The address of
welcome was made by Major Mar-
ton. George E. McKinnis and Beorge
Gill, of Wetmore, Kas., also made
excellent addresses. The rendering
of several solos, songs in the Scotch
dialect and the reading of poem3
were rendered. A pleasing feature
was the singing of "Annie Laurla"
and "Coming Through the Rye" by
Misses Mabel and Fay Tackett. They
were attired in Highland _ costumes
The entertainment closed with
grand ball at the Convention Hail.
The friends of Republican National
Committeeman Cash Cade were sur-
prised to learn that he had signed
the petition to recall three members
cf the city school board on a charge
oi malfeasance in office. Mr. Cade
would now like to remove his name
from the petition but those in charge
of it Bay that it cannot be legally
done. Meanwhile the petition is be-
ing circulated but it is understood
that those in charge of the move-
ment have not met with any great
degree of success.
Opposed to Recall Plan.
1 am unalterably opposed to the
initiative, referendum and recall,"
Mr. Cade said, "and when I signed
the petition 1 was not fully aware
of its conteniB." But that tact does
not deter his opponents from using
his name in connection with tbe mat-'
ter, and hints are freely made that
he is about to be convered to "Ibe
insurgent" cause. The recall is
strongly opposed by the standpat
wing of the republican party witb
which Mr. Cade is identified.
Mr. Cade, however, is not worrying
over hiB error and expresses himself
as believing that it will not injure
him politically. He says he is out
of politics as far as seeking any of-
fice, and then too, it is generally be-
lieved that nothing will come of the
recall petition.
The Man with a Checking
Account Can Tell You of
Its Many Advantages
It is estimated that ninety-five per cent of the business of
our country is transacted by means of checks and drafts.
Under no other system could we reach the high state of de-
velopment attained In the last fifty years.
A checking account with this bank will simplify the trans-
actions you are now doing on a cash basis.
THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
Shawnee, Oklahoma
U. S. DEPOSITORS "ABSOLUTE SAFETY."
Hunters Bag Few in All Day Tramp
— Rabbits Are Plentiful.
The spring like weather of the
past week has brought out a large
number of hunters in search of quail.
The entire territory in the northern
part of the county has been gone
over, but few quail were killed. Quail
are not plentiful, hunters say. All
this talk about large coveys of them
having been seen is a myth, so
Sherry Spann, assistant chief of po
lice, says. The drouth killed hun-
dreds of quail last season.
Many farms are placarded warn
ing hunters to "keep out." This sign
is unnecessary hunters say. No
quail are to be had, and if the sign
is meant to Include rabbits, all that
is necessary in some sections is to
stand in the highway, send a dog
into a field and it will not be long
before a rabbit is routed.
CITY OF SHAWNEE
FREE FROM DEBT
CITY
TREASURER MOHRBACHER
HAS PAID OCT OVER
$16,000.
]
PREVAILING PRICES TOO TEMPT-
ING FOR FARMERS AND LOCAL
BUYERS WERE BUSY.
BETTER PRICE DESIRED
Two Percent of the Cotton Unpicked
is Damaged Thirty
Percent.
PRICES IX LOCAL MARKET HIGH-
EST IN YEARS—HAY BEING
SHIPPED IX.
Prairie hay is selling for $!2 a
ton on tho local market, and alfalfa
is seiling for $16 a ton baled. The
prevailing prices are unusually high,
so dealers say. Most of the prairie
hay is shipped in here from Osage
county, as well as a large amount
of alfalfa. Scarcity of feed due to
the failure of the alfalfa crops last
seaBon Is responsible for the pro fie it
high prices dealers say.
Corn Is selling for 80 cents the
bushel. The price is too high for
farmers to use it for fattening hoga.
Kafir corn takes the place of In-
dian corn and farmers are using t
very airgely.
""" FOUND GUILTY
COLE FOUND GUILTY OF
PEACE DISTURBANCE.
APPEALS CASE.
Shawnee is out of debt, all of tha
outstanding claims having been re-
called by City Treasurer Mohrbacher.
The old warrants held against the
city—441 in all were recalled, the
entire amount of the refunding bond
issue being required to pay claims,
in addition to $200 held in the judg-
ment fund.
Unearthed Old Warrant*.
City Treasurer Mohrbacher, who
had charge of the work of paying
the claims, made a search of the
city and unearthed every outstand-
ing claim, most of which were held
by the several banks and a number
of business places. The warrants
were drawing six per cent interest,
while the bonds draw five and one-
half per cent interest.
The issuing of funding bonds by
the city administration was the only
plan possible for the city to remove
an outstanding indebtedness whica
had been inherited from a former
administration.
W. A. Newton has purchased a por-
tion of the old Cook farm, one mile
west, of Shawnee, and will conduct a
poultry farm.
IS PLANTING GARDEN.
O. Allen of Shawnee Will Have
Garden Truck Soon.
Planting garden truck at this time
of year is quite an unusual thing,
in fact, as far as the records show,
no one ever heard of a garden being
planted at this time of year. C. O.
Allen, of North Philadelphia avenue
making garden and a large one,
too.
Mr. Allen is not out after a rec-
ord for he has never taken kindly
to the record business, so his friends
say. When the balmy weather ap-
peared a few days ago he spaded up
a large patch of ground. He wanted
to make a teet. The weather has
continued so pleasant Mr. Allen
planted garden seed Friday. Onions,
lettuce and radishes were placed in
the ground. If weather conditions
are favorable Mr. Allen will have
garden truck to eat out of his own
garden almost as soon as it is ship
ped in here from Texas points.
D. G. Cole, a constable of Dale,
convicted of the charge of disturb-
ance of the peace in the municipal
court, Friday, has appealed his case
to the county court. Cole was or-
dered to pay a fine of $5 and costs
amounting to $6.50. Jess Eslick, the
other principal to the affair, wae
also fined.
Officer Engages in Fight
Cole's arrest grew out of the
shooting affray on East Main street
Saturday afternoon, when he and
Eslick engaged in a fight. The re-
volver was discharged twice while
Cole was attempting to draw it from
his pocket it is said. The street was
congeeted with people at the time,
but no one was wounded.
Case Attracts Mnch Attention.
The case attracted a large crowd
for testimony of a sensational na-
ture was promised and the specta-
tors were not disappointed Judge
Flowers took the case under advise-
ment until Saturday morning when
he rendered a decision. Cole fur-
nished an appeal bond of $200. Tho
case was prosecuted by Acting
City Attorney Lydick. Judge Mabe.i
appeared for Eslick.
Late Saturday Cole appeared in
the municipal court and paid his
fine. He decided not to appeal th<
case after a conference with Stat*
Enforcement Officer Caldwell.
Roy Manley, a negro, arraignel
before Justice of the Peace Hal
Johnson, Friday, on a charge of bur-
glary, entered a plea of "not guilty.'
The negro was unable to furnish a
$500 bond and was committed.
FOLLOWING THE CROWD
is often a mktter of habit. It's
apt to lead you astray. It's only
a question of a very short time,
however, when our patrons will
be coming here in crowds,
you are not one of the crowd, be
sure and follow it. You will be
led the right way.
WE REPAIR SHOES
so that they look like new, wear
like new, ai.d cost only one quar-
ter the price of new ones.
4. H. VAN THESS, Prop.
Phone 184. 1 W. Main Bt
Saturday was one of the greatest
days of the present cotton season
and it is stated by those who profess
to speak with authority that as large
an amount of cotton was purchased as
in auy one day this season.
Scores Wagon Loads Sold.
Scores of loads of cotton were
brought to the city. It was thought
that the bulk of the cotton had been
harvested but this proved to be un-
true. The present market price, cot-
ton buyers say, was responsible for
the large amount of cotton harvest-
ed. The present price is nine and
one-half cents.
Scarcity of Hands, Cause.
Two percent of the cotton in the
county remaiu* unpicked, according
to the statement of J. H. Mclntyre,
a cotton buyer. The standing cotton
has been damaged thirty percent.
Scarcity of handB is responsible for
the crop not having all been har-
vested. However, the cotton harvest-
ed in Shawnee Saturday had been
picked and stored long ago, and id
as good a grade as has been offered
for sale this year.
TEACHERS AND PUPILS AGREE.
Trouble in County Schools Conspic-
uous by Absence.
Clarence Robison, county superin-
tendent of schools, says not a com-
plaint has been received in his office
from any school board in the county.
There appears to be perfect harmony
between teachers and pupils, he
says. Teachers are well pleased as
well as the school boards and
pupils.
The only cdmplaint heard amount-
ing to anything is by teachers who
believe they do not receive enough
salary. It is stated that a small per-
centage of the teachers in the county
have families to support. The high
cost of living occasioned the com-
plaint a year ago, but the situation
has been intensified somewhat by
the present high taxes.
The 3 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Ashbaugh, East Tenth
street, who has been seriously ill of
typhoid pneumonia is convalescing.
Miss Vera May suffered a fracture
of a bone in her right ankle Friday
nigh^ in a fall at the ladies' gymna
Eium at the High school. A dozen
or more ladles were engaged in play
ing basket ball at the time of the
accident.
Btatement of Condition of
Shawnee Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No.
107, will hold a special communication
for labor in the F. C. degree Monday
evening, Jan. 29th, at 8 o'clock sharp
at Masonic Hall, Whittaker building.
Visiting brethren welcome.. W.
M. Gallaher, S. W.
The Shawnee National Bank
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA,
As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the clot, of bu.lnets
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911.
Resources.
Time Loans and Discounts $458,973.92
U. S. Bonds, at par 50,000.00
Eanking House Furniture and Fixtures 22,000.00
Stocks and Securities, etc., (County Warrants) 22,185.77
Demand Loans and Cotton Bills of Exchange $167,054.06
Cash In our Vault 60,673.96
Cash in Other Banks 263,501.26 491,229.27
$1,044,338.96
Liabilities.
Capital and Surplus 1100,000.00
Undivided Profits 9,092.10
Circulating Notes 60,000.00
Deposit, SSWtM
Total
The above statement is correct. JNO. W. JONES, Cashier
Attest: J. M. AYDELOTTE,
S. C. VINSON, Directors
H. T. DOUGLAS,
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