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RENFRE W’S RECORD
The Only Democratic Paper in Woods County
VOLUME 18.
ALVA, WOODS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 1919.
NUMBER «
BARBER COUNTY INDEX
CHANGES HANDS
SOLDIERED WITH
JUDGE M’CvNDLESS
Geotgi R. ‘"1 < who took a claim
near Byron, old Woods County, on
tin da) of the race, and lias lived
in Alva for several years, did not
know that his old friend, the late
On Monday of last week C. C.
Painter and U. C. Herr sold their
paper, the Barber County Index, to
Lyman H. Sommer who has been
connected with the paper the past
iirine years excepting the two years! Judge D. A. McCandless of Wichita,
he served in the army. I had come west until he read of the
The Index was the oldest paper in Judge’s death in the Wichita papers
Barber county, having been cstab- recently. Mr. Sheets knew Judge
lished by M. L. Sherpy on the 3rd of McCandless well when they were
June, 188U. The paper was owned by comrades, serving under General
several different parties until a half Robert E. Lee.
interest was bought by the Farm* It is cause for keen regret to Mr.
ers’ Alliance in August, 1891, and e- Sheets that he should have lived for
ventually ownied the entire plant for 25 years within 100 miles of his old
several years. On April 1, 1894 Paint- comrade without hearing of him-
er and Herr took charge of the pa- , ------
per, and soon aftei ward bought the ANDREW CARNEGIE DEAD
entire plant which they have owned Andrew Carnegie, ironmaster and
until last week. The Index under the philanthropist, died at his beautiful
management of Pointer and Hrer has home in the Berkshire Hills of Mas-
for 25 years been one of the ablest sachusetts, August 11. He had been
and most reliable country newspapers in feeble health for the past two
in Kansas. I years ,the result of disappointment
■ he Index has since consolidated because of the great world war,
■with the Medicine Lodge Republican which came in spite of his strong
and Joe Sims becomes joint ownet advocacy of peace. He was the
wdth Mr. Sommers- The paper will -second richest man in the United
be independent politically as it is States, although he had given the
now the only paper published in Med- half of his fortune to benevolent and
icinc Lodge. Succes sto the old-tim- charitable donations for (he benefit
ers retiring and their successors in of the public. He was born in 1835
Barber County journalism. jin Fifeshire, Scotland and catne to
-' the United States when 13 years old.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED He receive da salary of $1.00 a week
Wednesday morning, August 13. on his first job that of weavers’ as-
1919, Mr. Jacob Stevenson, watei sistant in Allegheny, Pan. The bulk
hauler for Mr. Mayfield’s thrashing of his millions was made in hi rson
machine on the farm of W. W. Camp- and stel work at Pilsbttrg, Pa. He
bell, southwest of Capron, went for
U. S. OFFICIAL POSTAL I EIGHTH GRADE
GUIDE 1919, 65 CENTS | COMMENCEMENT
Everyone who makes much use of j Fifty of the eighty-two Woods
the mails will find this work a great county rural schol graduates were
convenience. I present Friday evening at the Nor-
It was issued July 1, 1919 and con-jmal auditorium to receive their di-
tains the: Iplomas, and with their parents and
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING
Organization of the Department;
Instructions as to correspondence
with the Department;
Rulings and Information on Postal
Subjects.
State list of post offices;
Alphabetical list of post offices;
County list of post offices;
Post offices of the first, second
and third classes;
Table of zone rates, Parcel Post
and other general information to the
public. Prices: Cloth Bound Guide
with Monthly Supplements, $1.00;
without Monthly Supplement, 65
cents. Orders take nat the Post
Office. J. P. RENFREW
Postmaster.
TEACHERS FOR THE ALVA CITY
SCHOOLS FOR 1919-1920
Albert W. F'anning, Superintendent.
High School
Stella P- Earnest, Principal, French.
friends made a large crowd. Music
followed the invocation of Rev. E.
C. Anderson and Prof. M. E. Wood,
head of the history department of
the Northwestern Normal, made the
address of the evening. Miss Aman-
da McDaniels, county superintendent
made the presentation of diplomas
-to those who had successfully passed
the eighth grade examinations- The
names follow:
Tser Ilhboud, Rariman Barnes, A!*
Ian Benefiel, Ruth Ilrvson, Ralph
Bryson, Grace Bruner Max Cameron,
Hcrchel Cole, Irene Carver, Hazel
Carver, Opal Crawford, Paid C raw-
ford. Dorothy Clark, G'enn Clark, Ru-
by Carpenter, Marion Duncan, F'dith
Easterling, Sidney Easterling, Guy
Ebersole, Viola Eggleston, Willie
Frye Goldia Faulkenburg, Eddith
j Glasgow, Eva Hoskinson, Nola Ip-
| som, Carrol Joachint, Virgie Jones,
|Louise Kannier, Ruby Kisner, Etnma,
Commercial Club Start* Action for
New Hotel, More House* and Ad-
vertising N. S. N. and Alva.
WOODS COUNTY BOY
HAS FRENCH BRIDE
and Athletics.
Finn JIahn. History
Birdie Voorhies, Home Economics.
Addle McDaniels, Mathematics.
Nathan Bartlett, Commercial.
Frances Moseley, English.
Hila Jane Brown, Assistant in Eng-
lish and Home Economics.
, Camilla Emery, Latin and Spanish,
was a great benefactor and did much jTbamazjn Hutchins, Music in High
a L.r.k of vvate rand being gone lore,- good for mankind whtle he yet lived. School and Supervisor of Music in
e. tha nusual the ingineer.hlew twit* ! -
fot him. Getting no word from him PROMISES TO BECOME
they sent a man to meet him. They , a BATTLE ROYAL
fo r.d him lying unde rthe tank, th* ; Hpn Spott Ferris, last Saturday an-
lhe crushed out of him. It will never ,)ounced bjs candidacy for the seat j Anna Wilke, Gladys Julian, Gract
be known how the accident occurrerl jn tbe United States Senate now held’Mauntel Alma Fewkes, W. H. Webb.
The agon and the tank were on the by Senator Thomas P. Gore. Mr.} East and West School*
edgeof the mudhole, the tank h vntg perr;s has ever since statehood, re-j Jennie Monfort, Principal of East
been unset. presented th£ 6th Oklahoma distriot JSehool.’
jKassik, Irene Martin, Stanley Math
Stanley W. May, Manual Training j (,ws Melvin Mincher, Blanche NTiir-
jeth, Charles Park. Iona Parker Hor-
jace aPrker, Ocie Press, Thelma Pirn-
blot, RoscPltae HsMRjfittuS Mrr.a
blott, Pearl Rose, eParl Ross, Syl-
via Robinson, Foster Shreeve, Franc-
es Sackett, Esther Strickland,, James
Sackett,
Hazey
Straughn
Lula
Straughn;
Onida
Sechrest,
Della
Thornhill,
Mavbon
T orrev,
Lena
Wamhoff,
Pulia
Wriught,
Do! lie
Grades.
The Science teacher i sto he select-
ed.
Junior High School.
lvlr- Stevenson was 29 years old anil
| DCI1UDI. • " -
in Congress and has been re-elected | Jessie Converse, Principal of West
liMve ta wife who ts visiting in L.i- fro mter imto term practically with- [School.
mds. The body was brought to How- ol,t opposition. | Lillian Dyer, Alice McCormick, Lo-
erton s Undertaking parlors. I hu , He is the most popular and widely ]la McMurtrcy, Inez Beattie, Glenn
f mural will be held Sunday evening known of the Oklahoma members of [McGill, Ruth Greenlee .Marjorie Bal-
at i vc o clock at Capron. V* S ev- jbp lower house and for many years
en *on is survived by his wife uid a bas been chairman of the committee
sister. Mrs. Belle Miller who lives on puhlic Lands.
ni-rll, of Canton. The bereaved wife During the last presidential cam-
ami sister have the sympathy of the pajgn he was chairman of the nation-
euit 'e community in their great . ,a] democratic campaign committee
for the western district with head
Wrights, Mary Whiteneck, Virginia
Ward, Edna Ward, Edwin Wagoner,
James Peters, Girty Strickland, Harry
Alfred Clifford Holt, Leonard Raer-
gen. Emmett Royett, Maude Bruner,
Eliphalet Eggleston, Gertrude Gra-
ham, Omar Hill, Clarence Joachim,
Chester Mitts, Lena Miller, Ollie Mc-
Dowell, Laura Nelson. Johnnie Ray-
rtfiT, Sweeney, Mattie Sjiall-
ttp, Edna Spencer Lonnie Summer-
son, Ruby Turner. Ellen Smith.
lard, Ruth Woodward, Mildred Rob-
erts. Catharine Serviss. Wardeli
Sturevant, Alice Fennessey, Ethel
France Bess Hubbard.
sudden loss.
COME AND GONE
The Yankee Robmson circus vi- -
itfd in Alva Tuesday and was well
attended. The animals were the
best trained of a/iy that has been
SANTA FE CHANGES TIME
, | Sunday. evening August 10, a new
quarters at Chicago and is chairman tjme pard for the (w0 east bouad
of the Naitonal Democratic Congress
iona! committee, now,
He has supported all of the admin-
istration measures for the prosecu-
tion of the war. Scott Ferris has a
here for many years. I ne actors record that will need no explanation
were high class although the show or apoi0gjcs,
was not as large «s some that have Senator Gore is a candiadtp to sue-
been here it was well, received by Cf,ed himself in the senate, which
the crowd. Mr. Jus. Morse deserves posjtion he has held ever since state-
special mention for the excellent boo(] He has three times been eledt-
ntanner in which he adjusted ah bus- df0 (be office with ever increasing
iness transactions with our people. ma;or;t;pS at each election.
If \ ankee Robinson sees lit to visit Senator Gore has been one of the
Alva again in the future they will be t110Sf prominent f gttres in the United
most welcome.
time
Santa Fe trains went into effect- 1 he
BUILD HOMES FOR STUDENTS
The great question of “the hour at
present is what shall we do to houst
the great number of students who
expect to come to Alva to attend the
Northwesern NorniaUand our High
School he coming year. There has
never bee na greater demand for
house sto buy or rent than at this
time and unless teps arc taken soon
to provide houses to accommodate
LIKES THE RECORD
Warren W. Linfoot writes from
Conneaut, Ohio, that he was so
pleased with a sample copy of the
Record which fell into his hands
that he wishes to become a regular
subscriber. He says the paper is
just like a letter from home and ^dds
many wishes for its success.
< veiling train will hereafter arrive stmi*nts and their families the at-
at / :45 p. m. instead of 7 o5 a no tnc tendance of the Normal will he re-
mo.ning train will Arrive at 3.38 a- duced. There are many citizens of
m. instcadof 2:13. Alva and farmers in the vicinity who
----- have mone vto invest, why not spend
Mr. S. McKitrick who has been j some of it building houses for sale
looking after the rent wheat, on his or rent and thus supply rooms or
farm near the city the past few weeks residences for the use of stlldprfts.
left last Friday for his home in Ce- ft is true that building material and
dar Falls, Iowa. j labor are high but property of all
___(kinds is going up in proportion and
Mrs. Callison of Major county, who mits ,kewise s0 ,hVe need he no loss
has recently bought the F. W. Mc-3n such an investment.
Ewen property comer of Fourth and Ah a s place as a substantial ebon!
Maple, left Monday to spend a Couple j*own 's assured ami as long as ou»
of weeks visiting the family of her'! schools continue to grow just so long
daughter. Mrs. Elmer Webb, north of >i!l t1l,ere he a dcmand for hol,scs
At a meeting of the Directors ot
the Commercial Club last night a
number of things were considered
that if carried to a successful termin-
ation will mean much to every citi-
zen of Alva. For some time the
Club have had u*der consideration
the building of a much needed hotel
with all modern conveniences and
after discussion a committee com-
posed of Geo. \V. Bell, J. D. Bridges,
and G. M. Lisk was appointed, to in-
vestigate the Hockenberry System
of building hotels and report at a
meeting of the ctitb next Monday
evening. Secretary Moore has been
in correspondence with this com-
pany for over a year and believes
their plan of building is a good one.
Realizing the need of more houses
to lake care of the increase in popu-
lation, as there are no vacant houses
sin town a committee composed of
G- A. Harbaugh, Chairman, F.
S. Gunn, A- W. Kavanaugh, J. A.
Renfrew and. H. A. Noah, were ap-
pointed to investigate and suggest
a plan for starting a building cam-
paign and report Monday evening
next.
F\ S. Gunn was appointed to secure
information as to the best way to
maintain and operate a County Hos-
pital.
I’res. Battenberg appeared before
the Club and extended the thanks of
himself and faculty for the interest
the club had manifested in the wel-
fare of the Normal aAd requested the
assistance of the Club in putting on
an advertising campaign on behalf
of the Normal with in the next tw.i
weeks.
The chair appointed Anton Davis,
J. W. Monfort, S. F. Shea and Pre.»
Rattenburg as committee on advert-
ising and report next Monday eve-
ning. It is suggested in this connec-
tion that alt persons willing to go
with automobiles on short excur-
sions to town in adjoining counties
report to Anton Davis at the Ford
Garage some timt this week.
Every director was present at the
litre lug last night and they all ex-
pressed the feeling in order to keep
Lace with our neighboring towns,
Alva must wake up and get busy oi
die would he onpof the has-beens
,and as it takes money to do things
•• iw days a committee was appo.M-
t-d i ?!.• pest the necessary incr-:.i*e
ia Commercial Club dues.
Every business man and citizen of
Alva should ^et behind the Directors
of the Club and lend every aid pos-
ib'e in making this town the best
"it northwestern Oklahoma.
Mrs. Madeline Mason wife of Byno
Mason of the United States Navy, ar-
rived on the Santa Fe Sunday eve-
ning and was met at the depot by
her father-in-law, 1-red Mason of
Garnet and accompanied him to their
home northwest of Alva. Mrs. Ma-
son is a French girl, Mademoiselle
Madeline Marsdon, who was mar-
ried at Havre, France in August,
1918 to Byno Mason of the U. S.
Navy. Byno enlisted in the navy in
October 1915. He and his wife land-
ed at New York August 6th and By-
no entered the U. S. Ffospital on
Long Island and will remain for
some time. Young Mrs. Mason, who
cannot speak English was taken in
charge by the Red Cross and sent
to Alwt in care of representatives of
that splendid organization- Mr. Fred
Mason called on the Record, Tues-
day anil expresses himself as de-
lighted with his new found daughter-
in-law. Although they cannot con-
verse with each other very fluently
her pleasant face astd winning man-
ners make her a most welcome guest
in the home of her husband’s people.
So far as we have learned Mr. Mason
is the first Woods County hoy to
bring home a French bride.
MID-SUMMER RECITAL
Thursday of last week Mrs. Birch
0. Haines' piano pupils of the 1st
and 2nd grades gave a recital at her
down-town studio over the .Vogue
Millinery. The room was beautiful
with ferns plants and flowers, and
after the recital cream was served.
The following took part in the pro-
gram:
Jessie and Viota HendrirJU, Roy
McCormick, Doris Monday, Lois
Strothers, Eula Adams, Jo Haines,
Jessie and Myrtle Crawford, Audrey
Oldson, Dorothy Haines, Richard
Braley, Francis Adams, Justine
Haines, Fern Otte, Jessie Cameron,
Mandeline Dividing Zona Hufford,
Clifford McClain, Elnora Deckard,
Arthur Carrel!.
On the 20th of August Mrs. Haines
more advanced pupils an dthose fin-
ishing the tenth grade will give a
recital-
NAMED MAUD ANNETTA
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bingham of
near Capron are the parents of a
baby girl who arrived at the hospit-
al in Wichita, Monday, August 11
Mrs. Bingham, formerly. Miss Maud
Drake, is well known here and i.
mapy friends who will rejoice with
her. The new arrival has been nam-
ed Maud Annett'a.
town.
Kelley Brannon, who has been j
some months ' LaVerne returned
to Alva a few days ago.
HAVE CLOSED BRIDGE
Repairs on the bridge over the
Salt Fork north of Alva have made
it necessary for rraffic over that
road to ford tlm river until the work
is comp1e*e(1. County Engineer Wnv
Ha ,Hand -enor»« ‘Fat the bridge v. i-I!
be closed for a bo'it four weeks.
Mr. and Mrs L. W. Moore return-
ed Saturday from a two weeks’ vaca-
tion trip and visit with relatives at
Medford and points in Kansas. They
report an eninvable and refreshing
vacation and Moore has resum-
ed his duties as secretary of the
Commercial Club with renewed en
ergy.
States Senate ever since he became a
member of that body. He is a bril-
liant orator, popular Chautauqua lect-
urer and one of the shrewdest polit-
icians in the United States. lie has
been considerably out of line with
1)is party because of his opposition
to many administration measures
that seemed essential to the success-
ful prosecution of the war-
Notwithstanding this Senator Gore
will he a mos formidable candidate
und he will put up the fight of his
life to win.
The Senator has been chairman of
the Senate Committee on Agricult-
ure for many years and has kept in
.close tQUch atl al ^tirnrs with the
, farming interest* of the state.
He luld meetings at Tulsa and
Ciaremore some two weeks ago that
j were well attended and he is adver- . bl.,(* be will spend so if : mouth*
:iscd as oneof the speakers at the (visiting his daughter’s family,
jinteeting of the Farmers’ Union to
or rooms-
TWO WOODS COUNTY
VETERANS RETURN
James Limi-ngs of Avard and -
Throckmorton of Capron returned
Saturday night to their homes after
having seen 15 months service over-
seas. They were members, of tin.
Fourtli Division, regulars and saw
much fighting from July 18th, 1918,
when the Germans began their re-
trograde movement until the finish.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Bertha Schwartz, was horn in
St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1840. Died
July 18, 1919, at the home of her
I daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wagner, at Freedom, Ok-
lahoma. She came to this country in
1860 and in 1870 was married to Wil-
liaw Schwartz. To this union eight
children were horn, six of whom sur-
vive her. Her husband and two chil-
dren have gone on In fore. Besides
her six childre nslte leaves to mourn
2 grandchildren, two great grand-
children, one sister, one brother and
a host of friends. In 1887 she was
converted and joined the Mennonite
Brethren church, of which she re-
mained a a fit h fttJ member. She was
laid to rest in the Lookout cemetery
and funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Morlin. Her death was
caused by paralysis. Her children
were Mrs- Fred Wagner .Mrs. Anna
Murrel, August B. Schwartz, and
P. C. F.mberson of OchilUxe, Texas, mg jn
is in the city shaking hanrls with old jnev arfil Miss Cuba Edith Cole. These
friends. 'voting people will make their home
------- [in Alva.
W. C. Craves, cashier ot th; F! it ! - , Tuesday morning at 11 :30 at 'be M.
nt . Konst.:-.. State Bank, w*: it he jE parsonage, Rev. Anderson read the
MARRIED TWO COUPLES
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock at the
Methodist church, Rev. E. C. Ander-
son pronounced the ceremony unit- looks better to them than ever be-
ing in marriage Mr. Arthur J- Ken-jfore and they arc glad that they c
Mr. Liming says that they saw nine . „ .
, ,■ . ,i, 1 olin F. Schwartz, of Freedom, Okla.,
months service in Germany along the | >*
Rhine between Coblenz and Cologne, j
I-ike all returned soldiers, these
boys say that their home country
here again. Welcome home hoys.
William Schwartz of Kiowa, Kans,
and Fred Schwartz of ('.antes, New
Mexico.
t: t. sday.
rringe service for Mr. Lea Davis
be held at Clinton. Aug- 19th.
Attorney General P. Freelinfc
announced his candidacy for the
Senatorial nomination two weeks
|ago and A“ornei F G. McAdams oi
I Oklahoma City entered the race some
time previous. The contest promises
I to he a most interesting feature of
I he state Tamnaiwi in 1920.
Ivan Noe) and family who have
been vis-ling 1v brother, A. G.
Noal-and family. ’"ft Saturday to vis-
it relatives at Pre*t, Kansas, befort
returning to their home at Oklahoma
City
--------- land Miss Ftlivl Galhreath of Daro-
John Snider, the Cival w tr vete »a nia. Mr. and Mrs. Davis will reside
father rf Levi Snyder, left Wcdnis-pon a farm near Avard.
day c-itt.ing for Freedom., 'Can
Mr. and Mrs. Ike McHugh and Mr.
and Mrs. Will McHugh of Canron
were attending the circus in Alva
Tttesdn v.
Chalmers Morefield, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E Morefield of Capron,
has just landed in France. He had
served one term in the army and re-
enlisted. .He is a member of the
Friends’ Reconstruction work and
will teach in Paris.
R. O. Renfrew, of the Renfrew In-
vestment Co., of Woodward, and
Mrs. Renfrew spent last week-end
visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Renfrew of the Record.
Visitors from Avard Monday were
Ed Roberts and R. B. Patton-
Bret Tanner, who was so severely
cut on the leg by a piece of glass a
wee kago, is reported to he getting
ilong fine, but not yet able to attend jjorinan spending a brief vacation
C. W. Harrison of the Powell-IIar-
rison Furniture Company, leaves this
week to’ join his wife and son in
Kentucky. They expect to return to
Alva in about three weeks.
L. W. Moore, as ex-county food ad-
ministrator received a wire Wed>
nesday from Howard Figg of the
State Committee .asking him to head
the profiteering investigation in this
county. Mr. Moore was obliged to
decline on account of other pressing
duties.
Mrs Stella P. La*ley is here from
Will some man who has money to
-nvest. build some good houses in
Alva to rent. We need them badly.
Miss Mate Updi i'|"iff of the Prib-
tile hotel, has pone to Colorado for a
few weeks’ vacation.
to his usual business duties
Mrs. Will Haviland and daughter,
Lucille returned Monday front a visit
with relatives at Albliquerque vew
Mexico- Miss Lucille Rankin ot
Wellington Kansas, returned '"'*h
the niattd is pending a few dai s at
their home on Flynn Avenue.
iting her son Boh and other relat-
ives and friends.
Mrs. D. L. Fra-fcr of the Model
Dry Goods Co., who went to Geuda
'Springs, Kansas for treatment two
weeks ago, is reported to be rapidly
regaining his health and will soon
be at home again
(barley (utinup, formerly of Cap-
ron. has accepted a position as night
clerk at the American Express com-
pany's office.
Ab Tanner, of Tinner Bros. Cloth-
ing store, returned Saturday from a
business trip to Kansas Citv and
Other points in Missouri and Kan-
sas.
Mr. and Mrs. F Rail and Mrs.
Alice l’rav 1 ft Tuesday hy way of
auto for a two we-ks pleasure trip
to Colorado.
A 10-pound giid arr! -ed Monday
evening at the horr" of M-. and Mrs.
Herb Long. 1117 0*---taw strtet. and
’he proud parents a"* correspondirg-
ingly rejoiced.
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