The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1919 Page: 1 of 6
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Yolmne "l2 Cashion, Kingfisher (1ouiity, Oklahoma, .November INumber
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FIVE DIE IN WILSON BLAZE
Twc Adults .■> >d Tfcrtf Chi'drtn I'*1
einsralfd tr> Burning Hou*e.
ArdlCO. —A • :\ 1'. I fjt *Vs# fir" ** i
Wilson v. - i i stvoj ' ■ r W '
\ixjnt 'un< which i jnni! I>> > I
f.V c xplot- eli folio*'. > 1 ir the lij j
'if a heat in; Mow . f:\« ar> dric! ;.n'* i
one dying.
Two Hiidgins children wev incin-|
prated in the lliuncs which wrappd
the house in a Beethitic mat * >n a "i"
Uient's lime. Mis Vounnild i> latlt
ire dead I'roua bums. Mi • Shoulder*,
who with her husband lived at ih''
Young home, is in a criti« • condition
with small hopes of recovery her
husband is dead from internal l>urn'>
M.'.:;',ritKd while rrelsine lo vcserio hi-
wife from the lm'iiinc buildiiir
Vouns If suffering from severe burns
about the far and bands. When the
. xplosion •" eurred as Younc applied
the match to the gat>. lie kicked out
imo of the windows and ilragfcrtl bis
wife and baby out of the bed whieli
was a mas.; of flames, in an attempt
to save their lives. A leaky ,c a pipe
i responsible I'or tiic catastrophe.
Bootlegger Shot Evangelistic Meet-
Here Friday >ngs
\r~
Close
| The evangelistic meet ings at
i the Christain church, which
«-•-* j wore conducted the past three
C. E. Blanchard was shot here ; weeks by the Rev. ( . O. MeFar-
about eleven o'clock last Friday jlund were brought to ;i clo:;c la t
night while trying to hot-foot-it j Sunday night. Since the open
away from City Marshal Allen ing of this series uf interesting
after Allen had arrested him.' meetings thirty-oiu people were
Authorities have suspicio n e d become affiliated with the Cbri ' j
that Blanchard was in the habit | ian church. Dr McFarland is
of bringing booze to Cashion so'an exceptional, lonvlul speakt r.
E.G.Allen was deputized by and although the weather has
Mayor Allen last week and 01-
been inclement
the meeting. Ihi-
tliiiosi thruoul
sermons wnv I
dered to arrest him on sight.
About eleven o'clock Friday well altentk
night he drove up near Johnson's | Dr. McFarland left here Mon-;
garage and stopped his car. j day morning for Stroud, Okla.,1
Marshal Allen ordered him to i to attend the Second District'
get out of the car, which he did, j Convention, Oklahoma .Mission-
P A ^ K P11 PTC Ir' *■> DtCPL ASL almost immediately broke |ary Society, which was lv'd i n
J ' 1 ' and ran east and then turned | that city Monday, Tuesday and
o.iiy 39 retitions riled So Par Thin 'south at the corner of the Ft.rm j Wednesday of this week.
Yca^ ers State Bank. Allen followed j leaders of the Christian Sun-
Oklahoma City—only 39 petitions 1 '1im 10 tne corner the ^ank ; day school have recently put a
iii t aiii.r nti.■ vi.i.umtftiy and invoiun- and then cut down on him with |great deal of effort into getting
the western his gun, dropping him in front of Leopic interested in their work.
the hotel with a bullet through and uven thcu„h the rain fell in
the side just above the hip bone. | forrents ]ast Sunday morning
Drs. Warrick & Allen were called Ln cven hundred people took
and the prisoner turned over to | part in the jesson3< They ex-
Deputy Sheriff, Anderson. He I pect to attain at the !eaat> ,he
was taken lo a hospital at Okla- one hundred fifty mark next Sun -
homa City. Reports are that cjav
his wound was not a serious one
and that he is rapidly recover- j "
ing. A quantity of whiskey was
found in the Ford which he was
driving and the Authorities are
holding the car here.
v..
r
tary. ha\ v been iile
!. irici ii. Oklahoma ini >■ January 1,
At that rate, the total for the
< *nr will bo less than to. Figures at
hr> office of the distrtcr clerk in 01c-
ihoma ('i I j' show that, for the 12
years since statehood, when the dis-
trict was esctabllshed, 1,670 i)etitions
1 ,-ive been filed, an average of 140 a
t Hftr.
Although liputes are uot available
in Oklahoma City for the booru period
ten years ayo. it is believed that the
number of bankrupt' ies ihen exceeded
those announced tbia year.
A steady decrease in the number of
petitions. indieatlnr a corresponding
increase in prosperity is shown in the
lit-ures for the years since 1915. Bur-
ins' M ien month.-, of 1915, which rhe |
i cords here show. 131 petitions were
filed, making it almost certain that j
the total that year was more than 200. j
The other years are lfllC. 133: 1917,
0 2ft; 1!i1S. 61.
3 CONVICTED AT COALGATE
Life Sentences Handed Out for Mur-
der by Judge Linebaugh
Coalgate.—Taylor Dick. Gene Live-
ly and Joe Taylor were sentenced in
he district court by District Jiul&'e
I. II. LinebauKh to serve the icmaiml-
r ol ilieir natural livi.-, in the state
penitentiary at Mi Uesier. Tlie three
men were convicted of murder in the
llrst degree at the last session of the
I L.trift court in this county.
Taylor Dick was found guilty of th>
murder of If. F. Stevens. Dick is a
half breed, lioih have families. G<-nt
l.ively was found guilty of the mttr
iloi* ol Kd Welborne. liol li men were
(.lominent citizens of this county.
Mrs. Gene Lively is also charged
■v it li this murder and She will be
,ied during the next term of district
court. Joe Taylor was found guilty
of the murder of Antonio Kodriquez,
a \Tf" V j t ttli.
Judge Frees Boy o'. Murder Charoe.
McAlester. Willie Gonzales, 12
rears old, the youngest boy ever tried
on a murder charge in Oklahoma, was
released by Judge 8. F. Drown, juve-
ii!e court, after he had examined the
nome of the (iorizalc.- family Sunday
anil found that the boy's story of the
incidental killing of Joe Kamiriz, 7
years old, his playmate, was born"
put by condition? there Willis
i iiorlii>d n rcvoher oft bis father'*
:1esk October 19. "the fall discharging
•he weapon and the bullet piercing
loe's heart. Both boys were Mexicans,
;lie sons of section hands.
Commissioners
Proceedings
Herreld Defeats Weaver
for Congress
J. W. Herreld, Republican
nominee for Congress from the
Fifth District, defeated Claude
Weaver, Democrat candidate, in
Saturdays special election. Her-
reld won by a comfortable ma-
jority.
An Early Freeze
Ice over and inch thick was
the result of the visit of old
Boreas Tuesday night. Tlu tem-
peratule becan going down a-
hout p.m. and reached below the
freezing point before morning.
A great many flowers were in
blonm and the blooms and leaves
were frozen. Alfala that looked
like it was good for another cut-
ting is ruined. This is rather
early for such a hard freeze in
this section.
The board of town commis-
sioners met in regular session
Monday night, November 3rd.
with all members present.
The only business before the
RoaJd was the following bills,;
which were considered and
ordered paid.
P. T. Beuller, street work,
$15.65.
Arkansas Lumber Co., material
$15.45.
.John Chitwood, 1 load of sand
$2.50.
The meeting adjourned to
meet 011 the first Monday in j
December.
A. J. Garnett, Clerk.
J B. Allen, Chairman
PubliG Sale Saturday
S. P. Farmer will sell his house-
hold goods on the streets of
Cashion Saturday afternoon at
2:30. Col. A. T. Richardson will
cry the sale.
V.
The Editor's Mail
The E. T. C. Club
A 11 I , Y<M' Vi ljl \
lJaliking System
Iho Federal Reserve Banking System is
noi merely an emergency system, a finan-
cial lire engine to extinguish occasional tiro>
It is much more than this. It is a vast
reservoir through whose member banks its
service reaches into e\try mill, every farm and
every store 111 the count)>. supplying at .ill time;-
not only tin
bankinc set"
■it banking protect ion
t he countrv Itrt.^ over
but I he be*l
Known.
If you want to tup this system
we are
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of which
members,
your connection can
be made by depositing
vnur monev wil It us.
First National Bank
Condensed Statement
ol
Farmers
State Bank
Pursuant to call of State Bank Com-
missioner at close of business
Sept. 12, 1919
RESOl'RC F,S
Jvoans and Discounts
$ 101,988 ">:!
Overdrafts -
3,548 27
Ranking House, Furniture & h
'ixl. .1,333 00
Other Real Estate
300 00
Rills of Exchange - * -
7.SS0 8G
Ronds and Warrants mostly
IT. S. Liberty Bonds)
- 24,438 87
O: ill and Sight Exchange
91,< ;*.■ :ir>
$233,124 78
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
- 1(1,000 00
Surplus and Profits 1 Famed 1
4,085 08
Bills Rediscounted
1,000 00
Total Deposits -
2 1 7,4M9 lo
$233,124 78
Directors
Melville Carter, President
Horace (I. Smith, Cashie
r
T. G. Abercrombie, V-President
Fred Hoffman
W. A. ( lift.
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Motor TrucK Produce Co.
we buy and sell
Cream, Eggs and Poultry
★ ★★♦★★★★★★★★★★★★A*
Bring us your produce
and receive toy) price.
Phone 25
New Appoints to Nnval School.
Washington. - Ri pro.- i ntativc Tom.
D. McKpov.'u spnt to the navy depart-
ment the following nominations for
jppointment to Annapolis: Pilnol
; Dear Sir: — Enclosed please j Mrs. Miller was hosstes3 to the
find a one dollar bill for sub-1 E. T. C. Club ladies Movember ,
seription to the Independent. :7th. Fifteen membeis answered
Ray F. Hofiman, Cashion. ! roll call. After the business-
meetthe we did various kinds of
Dear Sir—Please find enclosed !fancy work. The maine topic of
pul^, Rob- t .1. \\ lmbi^h r,t Adsi anti o one dollar post office older for j was consolidated !
John o. i i'.s irure of Sapulpa; fli t which please send me the Tnde-! c]100io an(i hottoi* schools
lliemate, Wyatt T. Soott of Lamar. scnoois ana nettti sinoois.
liie following, nominations were sent pendent another year. I believe | ^ 4 o'clock the hostess assist-
:t. the *:ir departtueni for appoint it is one dollar. If it is more let i llfi hv. i.-,, F.lbahpth
nvnt to West Point: Principal, James _ *-U by nei (laugllUt, ljlizaocill,
tv. Kfhois of Holdenville; tirst alter- me know and I will send the rest and Mrs. Cook, served a delicious I
tate. itoboit li. Drure i>t i tiiuniier right away as w.i can't do with-1 lunch.
For Sale—10 guineas and a out the paper. Yours, j The club adjourned to meet
wood heater. W. C,. Myres 29 Ira A, Swetland, Kingfisher. | with Mrs. Hoy Hoffman Nov. 2i.
Plum-Stadler Grain Co.
J. E. Heller, Mgr. Office Phone 56. Res. Phone 40
Wheat, Oats, Corn-, Gotten Seed Ptuiiutls and Seetii
Try linseed meal for feed, it's cheaper than corn or oats
We have a grist-mill in operation Wednes-
days and can grind., to your order, iieal,
Whcie-Whsat Ficur and Chops
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Garnett, A. J. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1919, newspaper, November 13, 1919; (gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107483/m1/1/: accessed February 20, 2019), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.