Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
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Hawkins Elected President
of Charities and Correc-
lalioma City, anil l)r. VV. L. Ken-j
tions Association <iaii, of Enid.
; J. T. Hawkins of Oklahoma City,
The Attendance at the state Meet-j business manager of the city health
lug Held in Norman Thursday department and former superintend-
and Friday was Very Large ent of the United Provident asso-
ciation, Friday night was elected
The disagreeable weather Tliurs- president of the Oklahoma Confer-
day prevented many of the delegat-1 ence of Charities and Corrections
es from attending the session Tliurs-j for the coming year. Hie• plat « or
II holding the next conference was
day morning, however a goodly
however
portion of them were in attendance
at the opening of the morning -ses-
sion, and by Friday morning all
the delegates and many other
prominent charity workers were
present.
.Judge W. L. Eagleton delivered
the welcome address in
pleasing and characteristic manner,
not selected, being left to a com-
mittee which will make the selec-
tion later.
Seven vice presidents were elect-
ed as follows: Charles Page of
Tulsa, first vice president; Prof.
Jerome Dowd of the University of
ueuvereu . , ,
his usual Oklahoma, second vice president;
Dr. I). W. Griffin of Norman, sup-
... i erintendent ot the Oklahoma sani*
and in welcoming the association | ^ ^ pr£sident. Dr.
to Norman he proved to be a strong | j y Mah tate commissioner of
booster for Norman, ^ health, fourth Vice president; Mrs.
the many advantages we have over; ^ Qf flfth
most cities with an equal popula- , Mrfj. Mabei Bassett
tlon" of Sapulpa, sixth vice president,
and Mrs. Nettie Coryell of Chicka-
sha, seventh vice president.
Mrs. Rebecca Finch, of Guthrie,-
responded to the welcome address,
which was most interesting and r ^ ^ ok,ahoma rity
well received. ■ was re-elected general secretary of
Among the nobble V™**™ ^ an(, Miss Egtelle
Oklahoma and other states ar . oklahoma City was named
Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith, ot the
Johnston liescue Home of Dallas, corresponding secretary
Texas who read a most earnest Governor Lee Cruce failed to ap-
1 ' ... . ... ru pear to speak before the conference
and illuminating paper on the work ^ ttddressess were de-
of her institution. Hvered by Dl, Hastings VV. Hart,
Hon Edgar teuton, who talked
; tT , . i «> of New York City, director Ot the
°"nr Mah ""state commissioner of I department of child helping of the
Russell Sage foundation fund, and
" ' i- . u I- .t.ito f.mn past president of the National Con-
Miss Kate Barnard: state com- , i
• • r v,n iHo« ftmt cnrrec-1 ference of Chanties arid Correc-
nnssioner ofchant.es and conec ^ D
'"T)r. Ilinshaw, of Broken Arrow,!president of the University of Ok-
Okla., and Senator Graham of lahoma, and Miss Kate Barnard
lm , state commissioner of charities and
Pryor Creek.
.Judge and Mrs. Hayson, Judge | corrections.
J.T, Hawkins, Mrs. S. R. Cun-1 The feature of the day session
ningham, Dr. R. C. Meloy, Mrs, j was the address of Mrs. Minnie I .
Rebecca Finch, Miss Estella Blair, Rutherford of Magazine, Ark.,
C C Zeigler Wol. R. A. Rogers, I chairman ot the committee on leg-
Mrs Claude McCartney, Elizabeth islation of the National Federation
Stewart. Anna Witteman, Mrs. |of Woman's clubs national treas-
Anna Bachelder, Eva M. Hall and urer of the W C. 'I. I . and presi-
other prominent workers of Okla-i dent of the Arkansas Conference
. of Charities and Corrections. 1 he
"T'm 'Keith and1 Dr. .1 H. Stol-! object of her address was "The
per of Muskogee, the former of {Human Bide of Government."
whom is in charge of juvenile work j
in that city and has been most sue- Baptist Church
cessful. The latter is prasident of The subject of the sermon next
the association, and an earnest Sunday morning will be: "The
worker. Church and It's Finances."
Hon. Graham Taylor, president] Sunday School meets at JO
national conference, Chicago, who j o'clock. The men's class has taken
gave a fine address Thursday night, j new interest and Prof. Hale makes
Miss E. Norvella Gould, who is the class worth any man's time,
doing a great work in the Out-door Other classes are doing good work
relief section, with headquarters in land there is a place for all.
Oklahoma City. j B. Y. P. U. meets at 7 p. m.
The Mental Defective section j Subject: ''Religion and Literature"
held an interesting session at the j There will be no sermon at the
Sanitarium Friday and were great- , church in the evening, but we will
lv pleased with the institution j join in a unionjservice at the opera
and the evident care and attention house at H o'clock.
being given the patients by Dr. j Jxo. S. Bridges,
Griffin. Some eminent men were) Minister
J. t. Walls Recovering
Tuesday morning a report reach-
ed Norman that J. C. Wails had
been found dead in his room at
Pawhuska, by inhaling gas fumes
escaping from a stove into room
during the night. His son and
daughter left immediately for Ok-
lahoma City to catch the Katy train
for Pawhuska. A little later the
report came that he was not dead
but the doctors expressed little
hopes of his recovery. In the
evening another report announced
that he was still alive, but held out
little hope. Wednesday morning,
however, found him alive and re-
covering and his many friends here
were glad to hear the news.
Mr. Wails has been in Pawhuska
for several months engaged in the
collecting business. From Mr.
Cook we learn that accident was
due to the character of stove used
in the front office which Mr. Wails
left burning when lie retired for
the night. The pressure of the gas
increased during the night and
more gas was forced into stove than
was consumed.
Dr. Roscoe Walker had charge
of the -ase aiiil by heroic treatment
pulled his patient through.
Delegates Appointed
Mayor L. C. Oliver has appoint
ed the following delegates to tin
Dry Farming Congress and the
International Soil Products exposi-
tion which meets at Tulsa on the
22nd:
W. M. Newell, II. O. Miller,
Eric L. Castile, \V. N. Rueker, •!.
W Riggers, J. J. Roberts, Bonis
Tiillius, W. 1j. Kagleton, .1. <>.
Fox and W. W. McCnllough.
All the delegates are making
preparation to attend and the ma-
jority will leave Norman Sunday
to be present on the big day which
is Monday, 27.
The president of the Chamber of
Commerce has the appointment of
four delegates and President Eagle-
ton will make these appointments
in due time.
This exposition is the greatest
meeting of its kind ever held in
Oklahoma, and it would be worth
many times the cost if the farmers
and others would attend.
Saunders—William* •
Mr. C. W. Saunders, cashier at
the Santa Fe at the Norman office,
and Miss Eula Williams, of Enid,
were happily married at the resi-
dence of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Williams, in that
city Sunday.
The bride is a sister of Prof. Guy
Williams, of the University faculty,
and is said to be a charming and
popular young lady, while the
groom is a very popular and am-
bitious young man.
They left immediately after the
wedding for Arkansas City for a
visit with Mr. Saunders parents,
and from there they will go toChil-
| licothe, Mo., and Chicago for a
j week's pleasure trip.
After November 1st they will be
"at home" to their many friends
at 119 West Eufaula.
Norman 19; Chickasha 0
The football game Friday after-
noon between Norman High and
Chickasha High was an excellent
game, however the score of Nor-
man showed it to be somewhat one-
sided, being 10 to 0 in favor of our
boys.
Chickasha played a hard game,
but her forces were too weak anil
showed the lack of proper training
to compete with such a well organ-
ized eleven as the Norman High.
This was the secoud victory for
Norman this year, the first being
the game with Guthrie.
To Collect Historical Material
Mr. Joseph P. Thoburn, newly
appointed instructor in history in
the University of Oklahoma, has
worked out in detail a novel and
interesting plan whereby local his-
tory in the state may be collected
and preserved.
Mr. Thoburn's plan is to organ-
ize co-operative history clubs in
the various high schools of the
state to work in conjunction with J
the department of history in the
University. The clubs will collect
local historical material, such as
the name of the town or city, for
whom or for what it. was named;,
names and dates of arrival of first
settlers; date and location of the
i tirst public buildings, postoffice.
schools or churches erected; records
of important events; such as storms,
tires, floods and building of rail-
roads and other similar material.
The importance of this plan will
; be seen when it is remembered that
I the sources of this information—
i pioneers, frontiersmen, traders,
trappers, freighters and stage driv-
' ers—are rapidly disappearing and
facts that can now be obtained tirst
hand will soon become unreliable
1 tradition.
Tom Akin Bound Over
Home Bakery
Goods
Our Home Bakery Department Is Proving
Immensely Popular.
Bread, Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts
and Cookies Baked Daily
Special orders Given prompt attention.
We would appreciate a visit from you.
F. J. McGINLEY
Tom Akin, whose preliminary
trials were held Friday in Judge
Linton's court, on charges of steal-
ing a horse, and shooting with in-
tent to kill a man in the southern
part of the county, was bound over
| to the district court on both charg-
| es, $500 bond being required in
| the stealing case and $250 in the
! shooting affair. On failure to
furnish bond, he is in jail.
Alley Wood, arrested on the
stealing case with Akin, waived
: preliminary and is in jail.
New Pastor For M. E. Church
Rev. J. B. Patterson, of Medford,
will be the new pastor of the M.
E. church of Norman. He is said
j to be an able minister and fine
j pastor.
Rev. L. D. Corning, who has
! been pastor of the church here for
! the past two years, goes to Med-
ford.
| We regret the departure of Kev.
Corning and family from our midst,
and assure the people of Medford
1 they were fortunate in securing an
excellent preacher and a good
family.
Normal Crop Year
The above is the answer editor
Jemocrat makes to the lax artieh
appearing in the Enterprise of the
date of October 9th.
The year 1911 was almost a total
crop failure and the year 1912 an
almost normal crop was harvested,
yet from the figures given by the
1). T. editor it would seem that
about as many tracts of delinquency
were advertised in 1912 as in 1911.
This we think itself should be
sufficient to cause some serious
thinking on the part of the taxpay-
ers, as to how things were drifting
and to look around and see if steps
could not be taken to stem the drift
or trend of public affairs.
Over Kid years ago one of the
; wisest of American statesmen said
to his fellow countrymen "Eternal
| vigilance on 'he part of the people
is the price of liberty". In the
present age such a statesman would
no doubt be styled a knocker by
such progressive boosters as the
editor of the Democrat-Topic, for
such a statesman would most cer-
tainly have called his countrymen's
attention to a trend of taxation
that was climbing higher and high
| er every succeeding year. He would]
have attempted to arouse more vig-
ilance on the part of the taxpayers
and tax expenders to the end that
5 more eje o n o m i c a 1 government;
i should be secured, if possible,
i An indifference on the taxpayers of
I a commonwealth or a municipality
1 gives great opportunity for the
; tax-eating bacteria to multiply and
j they never fail to do so under such
I favorable conditions. It is a vig-
j ilant and wide awak populace to
the dangers of a growing and tax-
I eating bacteria, that inocculates
; against the spread of this necessary
germ and keeps it within reasonable
limits for the public weal.
The editor of the D. T. did not
say in his article that the sum total
of the delinquent tax for the year
J9J1 was less than for the year 1912
—simply that the number of tracts
advertised was less. The Kilter-
prise article was directed particu-
i larly to the sum total of the delin- !
queiicy occuring not only in Cleve-
land county but throughout the
state.
That the editor of the D. T. has
never burdened the editorical col-
umns of his paper with any sug-
gestions as to how the burdens of
taxation might be lightened either
in city, county, or state, should
be suggestive enough to the tax-
payers to let them understand the
, interest the D. T. editor takes in
so important a matter to the peo-
ple as the tax question. There is
no agency in the county of so great
a potency on the taxation as the
county press. A vigilant county
'press, makes vigilant county of-
I flci'als.
In one of the fastest games ever
witnessed by the University of Mis-
souri football enthusiasts on Rollins
field lust Saturday, Oklahoma was
beaten by a score of 2< I to 17. (>ver
three thousand people saw the
game. Oklahoma began the con-
test with live substitutes in the
field. Captain Ambrister and Reeds,
two of Oklahoma's best men, were
disqualified because of the Missouri
Valley conference rules that no man
can play in the conference who has
made his letter more than three
times. The backtield suffered by
the loss of Weeden and Collins,
who were on the hospital list, and
! the line was weakened considerably
by the loss of Markham, the big
1 tackle, who was out of the game on
account of an injured shoulder.
The feature of the game was the
speed and open playing, to which
both teams resorted. Missouri never
saw prettier interference than was
displayed by the Sooners. Okla-
homa made her big gains by the
long end runs of Courtright, Cap-
shaw and Beyer. The Tiger's line
was superior, and her gains were
made by mass plays. Oklahoma
used the forward pass in the lat-
j ter part of the game with success,
and during the latter part of the
i game threatened to overcome the
I Tigers' lead and score a victory.
The Sooners used only one extra
man, and emerged from the strug-
1 gle in the best of condition. Sev-
eral of the Missourians were forced
| to leave the game, and a number
! of substitutes were used.
Hee<l To West Point
! Congressman 4. B. Thompsou
j has named Frank F. Weed, an em-
ploye in the local postoffice, as his
I choice for the West Point cadet-
| ship, he having passed the best ex-
| amination at the competitive test
I given in Oklahoma City recently,
his average being 9!!. His physi-
cal examination was excellent, only
j one or two deficiencies.
He expects to take his entrance
examination in March or April and
enter West Point sometime next
summer.
Death of Baby
Norene Louise, the eleven mon-
ths old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Burke, died at the home of
its grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Burke, three miles norlheast of
Norman, Monday morning at 7
o'clock.
The funeral services- were held
at the residence at 2p. in. Tuesday,
with burial in the I. <>. O. F. cem-
etery. The bereaved ones have the
sympathy of the entire neighbor-
hood.
Hornier Student Dies
Word has been received in Nor
man of the death at Los Angeles,
|Cal.,of Perry A. Foreman, forrn-
j erly a student of the University at
1 Norman. He had been ill with
typhoid fever for several weeks
] prior to death. The funeral servic-
es and interment took place at San
| Bernardino, Cal., Saturday.
Forman attended school here for
three years, was a member of the
j Sigma Chi fraternity and very
S popular in this city.
News of the Court
Deputy Sheriff Barker returned
' Tuesday morning from Tiger, with
lv 1{. Aubrey, who is charged with
disposing of fifty acres of cotton,
which he had mortgaged to S. J.
Shu It/, of Franklin. He waived
examination and gave bond in th:•
1 sum of $500 to appear at district
court.
Aubrey formerly lived in the
Franklin neighborhood, and has
appeared before the courts of justice
I before on other charges.
Tuesday in Justice Linton s
! court Jones and Jackson, the pris-
oners who escaped from the county
jail a couple of weeks ago, waived
preliminary hearing on the charge
j of stealing a revolver from Jailer
1 Cotteral's desk, and were bound
over to the district court in the
sum of $5(10, and for failure to
'furnished bond are confined in the
| jail.
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Fox, J. O. Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1913, newspaper, October 23, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108422/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.