The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The Hennessey Clipper
VOL. XVIII.
HENNESSEY, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL y, 1908.
NO. 47
NO "COLLECT ON DELIVERY."
Liquor Packages Must Not Bear
Pictitious Names.
Washington, April G—After
extended hearings and exhaustive
arguments by the members of
the senate committee on the
judiciary, that committee today
agreed upon a bill dealing with
the shipment of liquors from one
state or territory to another
state or territory. The measure
will be reported by Senator
Knox, who was chairman of the
subcommittee which conducted
the hearings. It is comparative
ly simple in form, providing
that there shall he no "collect on
delivery" packages of liquor
shipped in interstate commerce
whe'e fictitious names are used
and that the name of the consign
or and consignee shall be stated
plainly. The provision is de
signed to eleminate the practice
of railroad and express agents
acting for liquor houses.
There were numerous bills be
fore the subcommittee dealing
with every phase of the question
and particularly they sought to
give to a state the right to con
trol liquor shipments the mo
ment they entered the border of
the state. Temperance organiza-
tions all over the country desired
this feature to be incorporated
in the bill so as to give the widest
latitude to a state in exercising
its police powers. All of the bills
before the sub-committee were
declared unconstitutional by a
vote of three to two A vote was
later had on the bills by the full
committee.
The bill agreed upon eliminates
the features that are b lieved to
have endangered a constitutional
test. In reporting it to the sen
ate, Senator Knox will perfect its
phraseology. The report on the
bill will be unanimous. At the
time the minority of the com
mittee believes thatcertainother
features intended to broaden the
scope of the measure should be
enacted and it was agreed that
the votes of all the members of
the committee should be incor
porated in the report to the sen
ate. The submission to the
senate? of the views of the minor
ity will transfer the whole matter
to the senate lloor with excellent
prospects of a renewed light
there for what is termed a broad
"state's right" bill.
If in need of Dental work call
on. Dr. Merrill the Dentist
Office in the Brees building.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
IDA HAMILTON MUNSEL, U. M.
Dr. Eiston, or "Doctor Jim,"
as everybody called him, was a
very popular member of society
in the suburban city to which he
had come a stranger but twelve
short months before. Tall and
broad-shouldered, he carried
himself with a military precision
which was the envy of all the
men and the admiration of all
tlio women whether they admit
ted being sixteen or sixty.
If he ever had experienced the
drudgery ,of "establishing a
practice," it must have been be
fore the period of which I write,
for no physician in town was so
much in demand as was Doctor
Tim. Discreet mammas invited
him to all their social functions,
while level headed papas encour
iged his attentions to their be
witching daughters. Surely, if
the smiles of fortune could spoil
one, Doctor Jim would have
suffered from the disorder long
ere this, but he was singularly
modest and free from egotism
which, after all, may have added
to, rather than detracted from
his charms.
One evening the doctor was.
making a call on a young society
belle—for this up-to-date physi
cian made it a point-seldom to
respond to professional calls at
night, leaving this disagreeable
function for some colleague less
fortunate than himself, He sat
in a great "sleepy hollow" of a
chair, his eyes half closed, enjoy
ing the strains of melody which
his hostess drew from the mag
uiticent instrument before her
Miss Hunter played delightful
ly, and at his request she render
ed selection after selection. It
was untold pleasure to win the
smiles of this favorite son of for
tune, she told herself as she
glanced admiringly now and
again at the dark head pressed
against the velvet background of
the chair.
Just then callers being an
nounced, Doctor .Tim's dreams
vere forced back to the present
Young men and maidens soon
tilled the spieious rooms and
sounds of mirth and laughter
lloated on the air. Miss Hunter's
jeweled Angers touched the ivory
keys of the grand piano again,
and the strains of a passionate
Chopin waltz set the pulses of
youngpeople throbbing and their
eyes to glistening. One couple
sprang up and began to glide
Confidence
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highest wholesomeness—that it has
nothing in it that can injure or
distress you — makes the repast
doubly comfortable and satisfactory.
This supreme confidence you
have when the food is raised with
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There can be no comforting confi-
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alum or alum salts remains in the food.
over the velvet carpet, another
joined, then more followed, until
nearly the entire company were
on their feet.
Doctor Jim (jdid not move
Ordinarily he would have enjoyed
the waltz, but just now he was in
a brown study. An event of the
early morning hours, and now
the presence or a certain young
man in this select homo, togeth
er with his evident popularity
with the fair ones, had thrown
the genial doctor into a medita
tive mood.
As he watched the giddy,
whirling throng, he was thinking
of the young girl—as youthful,
as charming as any of those
gliding across the floor before
his eyes—whom he had been
c&lled to attend but twenty
hours before—a mother, but no
wife!- Doctor Jim recalled the
picture presented as he had
jntered the hospital The merry
tinkle of sleigh bells tilled the
•risp air, and the witchery of
noonlight was everywhere as he
'iad closed the door and begun a
battle where a girl's life was at
■stake. And he had lost! For as
'/he grey mists etiwrapoing the
;ity were struggling with the
lights of early dawn, Majorie
•Vhite's torture had ended. The
nurse and physician folded her
soft, White hands over the pulse-
less breast and placed beside
her the new born baby, dead be
fore it saw the light.
It was of this that Doctor Jim
was thinking, and his sense of
justice and purity was outraged
is he looked at the author of the
recent tragedy, whirling through
the giddy measures of thedance,
and smiled upon and favored of
by these innocent, thoughtless
maidens.
"Something's wrong, some-
where," mused Doctor Jim; "but
how can the situation be chang
ed? 'It's different in a man's
case', is all the argument you
can get if you bring up the sub-
ject. 'A man must have more
license thana woman; he wouldn't
be safe in society otherwise.'
I'hese threadbare ideas you get,
thrown at you if you suggest 'a
white life' for two. 'If a husband
goes wrong he doesn't make his
wife support his illegitimate off-
spring, but how wouid it be if
the woman were the sinnerV
Wouldn't the case be affected in
an entirely different manner?
Dr. Jim was rehersing all the
numerous arguments which he
had heard.
"How is it different? Did God
make one rule for the men and
one totally different for the
women. I wonder? They can't
make wrong right, nor hlank
white!" he said to himself. "Oh,
if the mothers of these girls only
knew what I know about some
of these young fellows here
tonight, would they allow the in
timacy existing to go on? Society
is a funny affair. ft needs put
ting to rights with a vengeance
but who is going to do it? Not
one man, that's sure. Social
purity will continue to be a one
sided affair, I'm inclined to
think "
"Yes, I'm coming, Miss Hunt
er. Pardon my inattention; I've
been thinking," said Doctor Jim
At this juncture the stately
butler entered the room and an
nounced. "The doctor is wanted
at the 'phone, Miss Hunter."
When Doctor Jim came back
his face was stern. Malting his
adieu as quickly as possible, he
stopped for a second beside one
of the most popular young men
present and said something in
low tones which nobody else
heard.
The young fellow's lips trern
bled, but he shrugged his should
ers and with an air of bravado
walked up to his hostess.
"Dr. Easton insists upon hav-
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It is not every manu-
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J
ing the pleasure of my company,
sol must ,biJ you a regretful
good night," he said, and held
Miss Hunter's h:>,nd a second
longer than more courtesy de
manded. While his dark eye s
looked unspeakable things at,
the handsome girl before him.
When the two had finally es
caped into the outer air, Doctor
Jim motioned his companion to
enter the brougham which wait
d beside the curb
"The hospital, James," he said
sternly, and then the door closed
with a bang and the spirited
horses started off at a brisk trot.
"What's got into you, Dm?"
the young man queried, but
there wis an uneasy, restless
look in his eyes that belied the
joking tone.
"Maj trie White died this morn-
ing, Mr. Van Duron, and 1 am
taking you to the private room
where lies all that is left of her,
and your child."
"No, Doc; for God's sake, no!"
half shrieked the betrayer.
"Now, see here, Van Doren,
I'm no saint myself, hut I don't
go in for this kind of vile work,
and I'm going to do all 1 can to
stop it in others. I'll be blest if
I can stand seeing such as you
in company with girls like those
where we were tonight. Your
very touch is pollution, yet they
don't know it. How many did
you have your arms about to
night? Nobody knows except
myself of this latest escapade of
yours, Van Doren, but by the
STATEMENT
N A T I O N A I.
P II^ST N A X IONA L HANK
HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA
At the Close of Business, Monday, Feb. 3, 1907
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts
Ov kudu aits : : : :
I'ltKMII'M UN IT S MiiNIIS
Hank UoukkFuhnitukkA.Fixtuu
(Jnitkij Statnr Uondh
> i 'Kit t ' K NT, ukdkmption fund
< -ash <>n hand and in othkm IlANKS 101 111
TOTAL : : : 01
l.
10,000 itO
2.*>,04)0uu
i .gftO <N
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock | 36,000 00
StlBPLDS tlMDlVlDKUi-KOFlTS NeT 8,151 03
circulation 24,1)00 00
Dkposits : . . Ham 81
TOTAL lim.'.'M 01
The above statement It* correct.
E. B, dOCKRELL, Caihler,
Lord, man, they shall know un
less you make some excuse and
get out of this town inside of
twenty four hours! I'm going
to ship Mnjorie White and her
baby hack to Wisconsin tonight,
and you've got to help me. After
that you can leave town as quick-
ly as you Dlease. If you're not
«one before this time tomorrow
night I'll <jo to the mothers of all
those young women and I'll
oraod you for what you are
worth. Don't think I pose for a
saint,-Van Doren, it's not that;
but I've, made up my mind that
what's right for one sex is right
for the other, and I'm going to
work along that line from now
on," and''Dr. Jim," paused for
breath.
"Hut that's different," began
the young fellow whose face had
blanched at the physician's
words.
"It's not different, I tell you.
God never made two rules of
conduct for the two sexes. He
never said nor intended that
man should be impure and de-
in md purity of woman. God's
just, I tell you. No, you'll do as
1 say."
The carriage wheels stopped
beside the massive grey stone
structure The doctor looked at
his companion. "What do you
say, Van Doren? Is it go or
stay?"
"It's go, if you say so, I
suppose," was the sullen re-
sponse; "but it's simply black-
mail, and you'll suffer for it, you
sneak," and his face grew livid
with )>assion.
41 We'll let the future alone,
Van Doren, if you please," was
the grim reply. "We'll attend
to the case inside now, and you
can make your personal arrange-
ments later. If your heart
doesn't melt when you enter
that room, Van Doren, God pity
you, that's all! As for me, I'm
going to live as I'd like that true
wife of mine to live when I find
her, and from henceforth I'm
going to preach the doctrine of
purity for men and women alike "
"It's not different in man's
case," reiterated Doctor Jim as
he went up the hospital steps.
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