Renfrew's Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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OKLAHOMA OT», OKLA.
HUtorteal Sueloy.
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RENFREW'S RECORD
TKe Only Democratic Paper in Woods County
VOiAJME 19
ALVA, WOODS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920
NUMBER 14
JETT MERCANTILE CO.
COMES TO ALVA
Chose This City as Good Location for
Popular Chain of Stores.
Following a thorough survey of a
number of towns in Oklahoma, the
W. E. Jett Mercantile Co. closed a
deal Wednesday with the Tanner
Bros. Dry Goods Co. of this city, and
added the business to the chain of
stores that have been in operation in
Kansas and Oklahoma for the past
35 years. P. H. Parnienter, manager
of the Jett store at Kingman, Kan-
sas; A. S. Farmer, manager at Pratt,
Kansas; L. D. Farmer, manager at
Blackwell, Okla. and J. E. Farmer,
manager at Anthony, Kansas, were
here and closed the deal. Invoicing
commenced Thursday morning.
The firm gets its name from W. E.
Jett, who established the first store
at Kingman, Kansas, thirty-five years
ago, and who is now president of the
Jett & Wood Wholesale Grocery
Company, and vice president of the
Johnson-Larimer Dry Goods Com-
the invoice, told a Record reporter
that he considers Alva one of the
very best towns in Oklahoma. The
other managers returned to their re-
spective homes Wednesday evening
but will return Saturday to assist in
getting the new store started.
The management of the Jett store
is to be under direction of Mack
Hiatt, who is too well known in Alva
to need an introduction. His selection
as manager was made upon the rec-
ord he has made in a business ca-
pacity, and no one wbo knows him
doubts thaf bis indomitable energy
and all around efficiency will increase
the fame of the already well estab-
lished business. Recently, and since
his return from overseas duty with
the American army, he has been in
charge of a store at Wynona, Okla-
homa.
The citizens of Woods county are
OKLAHOMA* RECEIVER
ACHIEVES NOTABLE SUCCESS
pany of Wichita. The business has 1 pleased to welcome the Jett Mercan-
grown to its present proportions un-
der the title, W. E. Jett Mercantile
Company, and the fact that its man-
agers have dtosen the merchandising
opportunity offered here, is evi-
dence ‘fi they have faith in Alva’s
futur as a great commercial center.
It is the record of this enterprising
firm that they are great town boost-
ers and the city is fortunate that se-
cures them as citizens. Mr. J. E.
Farmer, who remained to assist in
tile Company to their business cir-
cles.
Tanner Bros. Mercantile Company
has been in business in Alva for the
past fifteen years and the Record is
glad to tell its readers that they will
continue their dohting and ’ men’s
furnishing store which is gaining In
business and popularity every day.
W« are Indeed glad Tanner Bros.
Clothing Store will remain a part of
Woods county’s business activities.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB
A very interesting meeting" of the
Twentieth Century Club was held
last Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Fanning as leader. Mrs. M. E. Wood
gave a talk on canyons nad gorges.
Mrs. J. P. Battenberg had prepared a
paper on the same subject, which was
read by Mrs. Fanning. At the busi-
ness session which followed the pro-
gram, Mrs. Fennessey was re-elected
president, Mrs. LeRoy Thompson
secretary, and Mrs. Milton Strawn,
treasurer. Miss Maude Morris was
elected corresponding secretary.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
DELPHIANS MEET
The Delphian Gub held a regular
meeting Wednesday afternoon at the
federation rooms in the city hall.
The study for the Delphian year is
the Epoch of Progress and the sec-
tion for the day was Jewish history
in the reign of Saul. The program
was very ably led by *Miss Phoebe
McKeever. Mrif 1;H. A. Lile, presi-
dent of the Delphian club at Chero-
kee, was a guest.
YEOMAN AT WAYNOKA
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Members of the Alva and Freedom
Yeoman lodges went to Waynoka
Monday night and held a meeting
with the lodge at hat place. The
ceremony of adoption was given to
28 candidates and 26 others werel
voted upon. After the work a four-
course banquet was served. The
meeting was planned by H. Paul of
Alva, who is manager for the district.
About thirty were present from
Alva. I
Tuesday night in a continuation of
the basket ball tournament series the
Sophomore girls won over the Jun-
iors and the 7th grade boys lost to
the Senior boys.
The glee club met for practice on
the operetta, "The Pennant, Monday
night. Thp progress of the work is
very gratifying to those in charge
and its success is assured.
Everybody is invited to come to the
big double header basket ball game
Friday evening, which will be played
between Alva and Woodward high
school girls and boys. We are eag-
erly looking forward to the event.
The Girls’ Glee Gub is working on
the music to be sung next spring at
Norman in the Inter-High School
contest. The club sang two beautiful
selections in chapel Tuesday.
Verna Lee, Amos Schaefer and Ev-
erett Veatch have been chosen to
represent the High School in the dis-
trict debate to be held here in Feb-
ruary. The question to be debated is :
“Resolved that the United States
should adopt a military training sys-
tem.”
A “Dramatic Club,” having for its
purpose development of latent dra-
matic talent and to enable the mem-
bers to appear before the public, was
organized Monday night. Miss Doris
Anderson was elected president,
Amos Schaefer secretary and treas-
urer, Lois Beattie, reporter. Mr.
Monfort Mills was elected stage man-
ager.
Miss Pauline Mayo read for
Tuesday in chapel, which had been
postponed- until afternoon. She re-
ceived hearty applause. A large
number of students heard her at the
high school auditorium Tuesday
night.
ODD FELLOWS TO GAGE
By Walter Ferguson in “The Em-
ployer” for November, 1919.
The Oklahoma Guaranty law has
become rather well established and
many people express confidence in its
operations to prevent the loss #of
their money, in the event of the fail-
ure of a state bank. However, a good
receiver for a bank when it does fail
rather matches the Guaranty propo-
sition and when a young Oklahoma
business man took charge of a bad
failure this year, and within eight
months’ time had paid out the depos-
itors in full, he emphasized the fact
that a competent receivership has
some of the elemnts of a guaranty
fund.
When the First Nat’onal Bank of
Hobart failed early this year, it had
deposits totaling $517,000. It was one
of the old and influential banks of
that section of the state. Its affairs
were interwoven with those of the
F'-ott-RIackmer Mortgage company.
This farm loan company was prob-
ably the largest concern of the kind
operating within the state. In fact,
their bankruptcy proceedings filed in
the Western District of the Federal
court schedules $1,460,000, and it is
said to be the largest failure ever filed
in the Western District. Scott and
Blackmer controlled both the mort-
gage company and the bank.
When the bank failed the fact de-
veloped that there was a shortage of
about $126,000, and the treasury offi-
cials hoped to be able to pay out be-
tween sixty and seventy-five per cent.
Mr. Doolin was called to Washington
and asked if he would undertake the
receivership. He was acquainted
with a number of the higher officials
and when his name was suggested
there was a ready assent to his selec-
tion. Mr. Doolin hat spent more
than fifteen years in the farm loan
business in western Oklahoma and is
very familiar with that business.
The Firet National Bank of Hobart
was- the only nation*!' bank in the
United States to experience a failure
in 1919. That is, it was the only one
for which a receiver had to be ap-
pointed. There were some cases
where the department took charge,
hut a re-organization was affected
and no receivership resulted. When
Mr. Doolin undertook the commis-
sion of the treasury department he
rel'cd on his long experience in the
farm loan business, and hoped
through this to be able to adjust the
affairs of the bank in such a manner
that there would be no loss to the de-
positors. At first, it looked as though
there would be some loss, regardless
of what efforts were made. Some
public-spirited men engaged in the
national banking business proposed
that the national banks of the state
make a voluntary assessment for the
put pose of preventing any loss. This
plan was discussed at some length,
but nothing came of It and Mr. Doolin
was confronted with the task of mak-
ing it pay out from the asests he
found on hands.
necessary votes to install him in the
office.
Under the administration of Gov-
ernor Cruce, Mr. Doolin was made
state game warden. The appoint-
ment was made to relieve the govern-
or of embarrassment. It was said
that the candidates for game warden
were in Oklahoma City in such num-
bers that it was necessary to secure
the Fair Grounds auditorium in order
to house them all for a meeting. Mr.
Doolin won some national promi-
nence while game warden through
the publication of his annual reports.
Instead of presenting a report filled
with dry figures and statistics, Mr.
Doolin had printed two beautiful
volumes under the captions, “Out-
Door Oklahoma’.’ and "Field, Forrest
and Stream in Oklahoma.’’ These
books were beautiful presentations of
out-door life in the state and com-
manded such widespread attention
that many of the great publications of
the country, including Collier’s Week-
ly, commented lavishly on the works.
These books will long survive as the
authority on game and plant life in
Oklahoma.
Following his successful conduct of
the affairs of the Hobart bank, Mr.
Doolin returned to Alva, where he is
devoting his attention to his loan and
abstract business. The Treasury De-
partment is greatly pleased with his
success with the defunct, bank and is
particularly gratified with the short
tintq consumed in working out the
conclusion.
NEW OCCASIONS BRING
NEW DUTIES
The Democratic Women’s County
Convention that was held in Alva,
Saturday afternoon, January 17, was
a most enthusiastic and harmonious
convention. It was the first time
since being granted the right of suff-
rage that the women of Woods coun-
ty had been given the opportunity to
take part in a political convention and
eaybess their political affiliations
publicly. When it came to tHe nom-
ination and election of 14 delegates to
the Democratic Women’s state con-
vention to be held in Oklahoma City,
Tuesday, January 27, there was no
difficulty in finding 14 women* who
were willing to accept the honor and
pledge themselves to attend the con-
vention. It looked then as though
Woods county would be represented
by u/solid delegation at the state con-
vention. But whien the time came for
the delegates to go to the convention
only two were on the job, and went.
There were some who would gladly
have gone if unforeseen obstacles
had not prevented, and others had
reasons that were probably satisfac-
tory to themselves for not going.
But, sisters, the democratic party
nor no other party can succeed un-
less the members of the party, and es-
pecially the delegates, are willing to
sacrifice something for the good of
the party. Put the same enthusiasm
THE OWEN CAMPAIGN
GROWS STRONGER
The Owen-for-president campaign
keeps steadily gaining strength. Gov-
ernor Robertson, president of the
Owen-for-president club in Oklaho-
ma, returned recntly front attending
the Jackson Day banquet at Wash-
ington, was much pleased with the
reception of the Owen movement in
the national capital. The democratic
state convention which meets in
Muskogee, February 5th, will in all
probability instruct the Oklahoma
delegates to the national convention
to vote as a unit for Senator Owen.
'1'lie Muskogee convention will be
the first state convention to open the
campaign for 1920, and its enthusias-
tic stand for Owen’s candidacy for
president, will strengthen the hands
of his friends in other states, and
their name is legion.
Harlow’s Weekly points out that al-
though Senator Owen has many
friends in the east, yet it is probable
that ten of these states may at first
rally round favorite sous, but that the
west, being less crowded with candi-
dates, may soon come to the Owen
standard and make him a formidable
candidate. Harlow’s quotes from A.
C. Weiss, president and general man-
ager of the Duluth, Minnesota, Her-
ald, one of the largest papers in the
northwest, writing to an Okmulgee
friend of Senator Owen, as follows:
“I notice your interest and activities
in behalf of Senator Owen of your
state as a presidential candidate.
You do well and honor yourself in the
advocacy of Senator Owen. He is
one of the high-minded, able states-
men today, in the United States sen-
ate. As a possibility he has much to
commend him. He is still young, able
and energetic and has much to hope
from the future.” Oklahoma Democ-
racy will stand by Owen-for-presi-
dent until he wins the nomination.
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S STATE
CONVENTION WELL ATTENDED
The mass convention of Democratic
Women held in Oklahoma Gty, Jan-
uary 27, was one of the most enthu-
siastic conventions ever held in the
city. Every county in the state waa
represented by from one to forty
delegates in attendance. The women
had the pleasure of hearing Mrs.
Geo. Bass, National Chairman of the
Democratic Women’s Bureau, speak.
She told them of their duties and re-
sponsibilities and urged them to put
their best energies into the work of
helping to make the laws that govern
our national life.
Senator Robert L. Owen, Congress-
man Scott Ferris and Gov. J. B. A.
Robertson told the women how glad
they were to have them as co-work-
ers in the political field. Mrs. D. A.
McDougal of Sapulpa, was elected
as state chairman. She is quite well
known over the state and will be a
strong woman for the party.’ The.
women were earnest and sincere and
seemed to feel they had entered a
new field of heavy responsibility but
were determined to do their full duty.
Democratic women who missed this
convention missed a great opportun-
ity of hearing political educational
talks, just such as they need.
DEMOCRATIC MASS CONVEN-
TION IN ALVA SATURDAY. M
NORMAL QUIBS
Mrs. Hettie Brown, assistant in-
structor in foreign languages and
mathematics, gave a very interesting
exercise in chapel last Friday. Mrs.
Brown gave the following rules of
measuring oneself as an educated
person: 1—Has your education given
sympathy with all good causes and
made you espouse them? 2—Has it
made you .a publis. spirit ? 3—Has it
made you a brother to the weak?
—Have you learned to make friends
and keep them? 5—Do you know
yourself? 6—Can you look an honest
man or a pure woman straight in the
eye ? 7—Do you see anything to love
in a little child? 8-Will a lonely
into your new duties as voters as you
would into your other duties, whether
Removing to Hobart, and spending] it be in housework, the school room
WHAT ABOUT A HOSPITAL
Many citizens of Alva and the sur-
rounding country who are interested
in the matter of securing a hospital
here, are wondering what is being
done, and what has become of the. -
move started three months ago. The J Several members of Alva Lodge
building now occupied as a hospital j Q Q p j0jned twenty-six Chero-
has been sold and the new owner will, kee Qdd FeUow| in a tr;p to Gage
claim possession not later than June, j Wednesday evenjng, where an en-
So far as known no arrangements cl|npment was held. A general good
time is reported by those
tended.
who at-
have been made for another building.
. SCOUT ANNIVERSARY
The organization of Boy Scouts of
America will be ten years old Febru-
ary 8, and State Superintendent R.
H. Wilson urges all schools of - the
state to observe anniversary week
beginnig on that day. He urges that Oklahoma City on Tuesday, February
it be made "Universal Good Turn 10. It will be a great occasion and
Week.” The Boy Scouts of America Oklahoma will give him a royal wet-
is the largest volunteer organization come. The man who led the Ameri
in the world. The present member- can armies to such sweeping victory
ship is 450,000 and 500,000 Scouts have lover the Kaiser’s super-men, will al-
passed the work. | ways find a welcome in Oklahoma.
GEN. PERSHING IN OKLAHOMA
CITY, FEBRUARY MTH
General John J. Pershing will visit
all of his time on the task before
him, he worked out the affairs of the
bank so that at the end of eight
months’ time he was able to send ev-
ery depositor and creditor a check in
full for the amount due them. In
view of the seriousness of the failure
and the outstanding fact that it was
the only failure in national bank cir-
cles for the year, the happy termina-
tion of the failure of the First Na-
tional Bank of Hobart is a distinct
achievement occurring in this state,
and a signal credit to the Oklahoman
who made it possible.
Mr. Doolin has been a progressive
Oklahoman for years, although one
of the younger men who has become
prominent in the state. He has been
actively identified with political af-
fairs for many years and has served
twice as assistant treasurer of the
Democratic National Committee. He
was in the Chicago headquarters dur-
ing the Bryan campaign in 1908, and
in the New York office with the Ust
Wilson campaign. His first start into
politics was in the old "fusion days
of Woods county, when that county
embraced Alfalfa and Major. He was
nominated by the Democrats for reg-
ister of deeds, but presented such a
youthful appearance that the heavily
be-whiskered populists did not take
kindly to his candidacy. At the sug-
gestion of his campaign committee,
he was induced, or virtually ordered
to grow some facial adornment, and
a long, drooping moustache which
would do credit to an Al Jennings
picture,'resulted in his securing the
the store or the office.
You need education in your new
duties as voters and you lost a great
opportunity when you failed to attend
the convention and missed hearing
such eminent speakers as Senator
Owen, Mrs. George Bass, chairman
of the Woman’s Bureau of the demo-
cratic party, and other able speak-
ers. We hope that the women of
Woods county will rise equal to their
duties as voters and not leave the
men to do all of their thinking and
political engineering for them.
OBITUARY
Dollie May, daughter of G. Harve
ai.d Minnie Osburn, was born in
Woods county, Oklahoma, May 26.
1907, and died at her home about
twenty miles northwest of Alva, Jan.
24, 1920, after an illness of about
three weeks. With the exception of
few months spent in St. Louis
while her parents wer residing there,
her few brief years were all spent in
Woods county. She was a loving
obedient child, a bright pupil at the
district school and a very patient suf-
ferer during her illness. She leaves
to mourn her death the father and
mother, four sisters and two brothers
besides a large number of other rela-
tives and friends. The funeral serv-
ices were held at the Flag School
house at 2 00 o’clock last Sunday af-
ternoon, Rov. E. C. Anderson of Alva,
officiating The remarns were laid to
rest in th little cemetery at White-
horse.
dog follow you in the street ? 9—Are
you good for any thing for yourself?
10— Can you be happy when alone?
11— Can you. look- into a mud puddle
by the wayside and seu anything in
the puddle ofraud? BSC&a you look
in the sky at night and see beyond
the stars? Can youn soul claim re
lationship with the Creator ?
Last Tuesday’s chapel was in the
charge of Prof. Griffith. He referred
humorously to the chapel stunts put
on by his predecessors and spoke at
length on behavior of the student
body and the necessity of every one
educating himself to live an organized
life. Prof. Griffith said that in the
number of years he has been connect
ed with Northwestern, this was the
first time he ever spoke from the ros-
trum. He called upon Ray Daniels,
who was wearing white trousers-
badge of initiation into the Bear
Cats, to make a speech, Mr. Daniels
gave a reading instead. Mr. Seibert,
another candidate for the Bear Cats,
was called upon and responded by
leading in a few yells.
The basket ball team In charge of
President Battenberg, played Ed-
mond two games last week, losing
both games. They played Ada Mon-
day and Tuesday, beating them. This
is more encouraging.
The second team played Shattuck
last week, beating them.
All last week and this week has
seen a fast class tournament. There,
has been a continuous well organized
and well played series of games from
beginning to end. Every class has
played hard for the silver cup.
Miss Minnie Shockley, assistant
English teacher, just returned from
Ohio,where she went as an inspector
of the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority
While there she went over to the
Cincinnati High School to visit Mrs.
Florence Fallon^ former critic teach
Pursuant to the call of County
Chairman Stech, published in another
column, the democrats of Wood*
county will meet in mass convention
in Aiva Saturday afternoon, January
31, at two o’clock. The object of the
meeting is to elect if delegates to the
state convention, which will tneet in
Muskogee on Thursday, February
5th. For the first time in the history
of our state, womqn will have the
privilege of sitting in a convention
on equal terms with the men. At
this time, when so many vital issues
are at stake and being on the eve of
another, presidential campaign*— w»..,
hope to see democratic men and «o*
men come to exercise their rigjjip as
citizens, with enthusiasm. The great
convention of democratic women,
which met M Oklahoma City latt'
Tuesday, showed the state and thd
nation that Oklahoma women fully '
accept the responsibility recently giv-
en them and that the/ are prepared
to exercise it. The chief business of'
the Muskogee convention win be to
elect 49 delegates with a. Half vote
each, to the national democratic
convention which meets in San
Francisco, June 28, and a national
committeeman. Let every democrat
or near democrat attend the* demo*
cratic mass county convention Sat-
urday.
TAX MAH HERE
FEBRUARY 1444
< h"* yldf
J. K. Armstrong, Deputy Collector,
will be in Alva Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, February
2-3-4-S, to assist tax payers in mak-
ing their income tax returns for the
year 1919. Office in County Assess-
or’s office, court house. Do not neg-
lect this opportunity to settle with
Uncle Sam.
er.
prof M. E. Wood went to Kiowa
last Friday evening to judge a de-
bate.
Mr. Hugh Mitchell, a former stu-
dent, now teaching west of Freedom,
was in to take the county exams last
week.
Miss Ethel Maddox has accepted a
position to teach near Aline.
Wm. Black, teacher of Yellow
Stone, was in town on business last
Saturday.
Miss Edith Harris, who is teaching
at Lambert, spent the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Har-
ris. She stated that her sister and
herself contemplated coming back to
Northwestern for their degree next
summer.
Tom Coffman, superintendent of
Capron schools, was in Alva on busi-
ness Saturday.
Mr. Ernest Davis, a former student,
visited school this week.
Henry Gildemeister is in town vis-
iting friends this week.
Miss Alvina Hollopeter, a member
of this year’s Senior class, who is out
teaching at May, Oklahoma, is spend-
ing this week here as the May schools
are closed because of scarlet fever.
Miss Blanche Bussey, critic teacher,
attended the state convention of
Democratic Women at Oklahoma
City, returning Wednesday evening
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