Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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CONSOLIDATION OF CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE. NOKMAN TKANSCItll'T AND NORMAN DEMOCRAT-WIC.
NUMBER
NOKMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH •>. \ms.
VOL. XXVI
Stirring Tales
Pleasant Meeting
Held In $3,000 Each
Of the War
. G White Walter Williamson and Neighborly Club, No 7 met on
' j. A. Gammell Charged With Steal- Wednesday of last week (March 0)
' . , .. . .. m. . ♦ rircum-1 at the home of Mrs. H. l>. Miller tor
ing hid Murp y s y an all-day meeting for the purpose of
a' Trldl- of pajamas. Just before lunch we
On the morning of March 13th, Sid
Murphy, living near the Robinson
school "house, found that someone had
broken into his smokehouse and stol-
en several hams and other pieces of
meat. The officers were notified, and
found tracks of an automobile near
the house, which they traced to a
point near Moore. The automobile had
three diamond tires and one cord tire,
and by some good detective work it
was ascertained that Walter William-
son, living some six miles west of
Moore, owned such a machine. A
search warrant was issued by Judge
Grigsby on the 18th, and the premi-
ses of J. G. White, Walter William-
son and J. G. Gammell, all residents
of that neighborhood, were searched
Part of the meat was found buried in
a barrel of kafir corn at the William-
son home and part concealed in a bale
of hay in the haymow of White, and
the three men were arrested.
At the preliminary before Judge
Grigsby on Monday the whole neigh-
borhood was in attendance, much in-
terest being taken and the alleged
theft causing much excitement, for
all the parties are well known. After
hearing the testimony, Judge Grigs
by held each of the defendants to the
district court in the sum of $3000 to
answer to the charge of grand lar-
ceny, which bond they gave and were
released. The officers told of the
search warrant and of where the meat
was found, and of the tires of the
Williamson car, which corresponded
-with the tracks made by the machine
used in the stealing. No meat was
found at the Gammel home, but
tracks of a shoe around the smoke
house corresponded with a shoe worn
by Gammel, and he was believed to
be one of the men. In addition, he had
helped Murphy move about the first
of January from the White- William- j
were visited by Raymond Tullius, who
was home from the Great Lakes
training station on a furlough. In
February Raymond had a birthday
and a box was sent to him in which
the club put an emergency kit with
several useful articles in it. He ex-
pressed his thanks for same and said
he would sure do all he could to get
the best of the Huns. The Club also
sent Easter Greetings to our former
members, Mrs. Wilson of Arizona,
and Mrs. L. M. Newman of Nebraska.
We also decided to send flowers to a
sick neighbor who is in the hospital at
Oklahoma City at present.
We surely did enjoy the day and
decided to meet again in two weeks
or on April 3rd at Mrs. R. L. Hard-
man's for another all-day meeting.
We wish all the neighbors would
come and help do this much needed
work. A Hoover lunch will be served
at noon.
Mrs. R. E. HARDMAN, Secretary
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NORMAN'S WAR SAVINGS BANK
F. B. Swank Announces
For Re-Election For a Second Term,
For District Judge of the 14th Ju-
dicial District, Including Cleveland,
McClain, Garvin and Murray Coun-
ties.
One of the Greatest Patriotic Demonstrations of
the Year Marks the Dedication of Nor-
man's War Savings Bank.
In this issue of the Enterprise ap-
pears the announcement of F. B.
Swank, for re-election as District
Judge of the 14tli Judicial District of
Oklahoma, on the Democratic ticket.
Judge Swank has been in the office
now for little more than three years
I I and has absolutely made good in
every respect. Every person who
comes into his court is assured of an
impartial trial and a square deal, lie
is the hardest worked judge in the
state and has the largest District in
Oklahoma, but he always keeps up
i with his cases and his decision
George Allen For
County Judge
With this issue of the Enterprise
appears the announcement of George
Allen, as a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for County Judge,
' ~~T . , . w.i^ry subject to the action of the Demo-
Long Lines of Cadets, School Children, Decorated Automobile
S* ! cratic voters of Cleveland county,
Students in Uniform, Red Cross Workers and
Other Patriotic Societies.
From Saturdays Daily
Starting early
— ■ - 1 with his cases ana nis aecisjous are
son neighborhood to his present home, j hQnesti equjtable and fair in every re-
or.,1 in.ii. the location of the smoke i spect jje |ioes more business with
and knew the location of the smoke
house and what it contained.
Tom Cheatwood is being assisted
in the prosecution by Attorney Ben
Williams, while the interests of the
defendants are being looked after by
Judge J. B. Dudley and R. C. Hardie.
All the defendants are well-to-do
residents of their locality.
this (Saturday)
morning, the roads leading into Noi-
man were filled with automobiles, car-
riages, wagons and horsemen, their
objective being the big patriotic cele-
bration at Norman and the dedication
of the War Savings Bank, and early
in the day the streets were crowded.
Our visitors came, too, to a city which
demonstrated its patriotism with a
liberal display of "Old Glory" and!
cratic voters of
August 6, 101K.
I George is a young man. twenty-
— . — | nine years of age.- lie was born in
Cleveland County Teachers associa- Hill County, Texas, coming to Okla-
University faculty.
University students
Citizens,
.Automobiles.
i homa in 1S80, His education was pro-
cured in Norman. He farmed for a
number of years after having finish-
ed high school. In the fall of 1012 he
entered the law school of the -tali
The three goddesses in tlw Liberty | university, was admitted to the Bar
Float were Helen Berry, llessie Frost j of this state in 1914, and was gradu-
and Rebecca Brett, and drew hearty ated from the law school in 1915. He
cheers. 1 managed to attend school at the uni-
Tfee display made by the pupils of 1 versity by raising crops during his
Survivor of Terrific Hun Onslaught
Tells of Trench Life and Warfare—
Sergt. Edward Edwards. One of the
l ew Survivors of "Princess I'at"
Regiment Will He Here Friday
Night.
| Passing safely through the daring
j and spectacular actions in which the
j Princess Pats participated until their
annihilation early in the great war.
i Sergt. Edward Edwards, one of a very
| few survivors of the old regiment.
I has been assigned to Oklahoma on a
1 speaking tour for five days and will
| address a mass meeting in this city
\ Friday night, March 29th, at the
j Christian church.
j The history of the Princess Pat
i regiment furnishes a chapter in its
j history to which Canadian-- point
| with pride. The life of the regiment
; was brief hut its record was brilliant.
In August 1914, the Princess Patriot
suggested to the Duke of Connaught.
that a regiment be organized in Can
I ada, for active service in France, con-
1 sisling only of men who had seen
active service in the British army
I The duke commissioned Major Ham
_ ilton Gault of Ottawa to organize
such a regiment. Within thirty days
I the ranks were filled, for the larger
part. of Boer war veteran^. Within
sixty days the regiment landed in
Franc.', flying the standard made by
the Princess Patriea, who was elec-
ted an honorary colonel. In Novem-
ber 1914, tliey pushed on to the hat-
tie front to reinforce the thin line of
Britishers, who were still holding a
six mile front in the Ypres sector and
the Princess Pats were pitted against
i the famou- Prussian (luard, which,
i was making a desperate effort to
break through the line and force a
j passage to Calais. The Prussian
i Guard was haulted but the Princess
Fats were annihilated and when the
oil was called after one of the fierc-
est battles of that uncertain period, it
was found that the casualties had
wiped out GO percent of the whole
regiment. The Princess Pat^ bad been
annihilated and had lost its entity.
The ranks were filled but in a few
less expense than any other Judge in
the state, and holds court all the time,
works early and late, day and night
and never wastes any time. He is
economical and believe*- in keeping
the expenses of the court down to the
lowest figure as every one knows who
has ever been in his court. He is a
j friend to everybody and is easily ap-
i proached. Any person, high or low,
{rich or poor, feels no hesitancy in
, talking to him and does not have to
1 "epnrl in hi* card. 1* letch Swank
With this issue of the Enterprise ,| ^ ^ th(; „)mmon and working
appears the announcement of Don. anl, is a friend to the poor and
Lewis, as a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for court clerk, , ^ gwank hag spent Marly his
subject to the action of the en - ^ ,jfe jn this district, being
cratic voters at the primary, August . jn Garvin County near what
Lewis Announces
For Court Clerk
6, 1918.
Mr. Lewis was born in 1890, and it
fell his misfortune to lose his father
in 1891, his mother being left a wid-
ow, and he and his mother came to
the home of her father in Cleveland
county in 1892, and since that time
he has resided in Cleveland county, j ----^^ ^ an(1 stu(|ied at niEht.
Since he was large enough he has Ha spen the different sides of life
been a tiller of the soil. jg beUer ab)e t() render his de.
Three years ago he was ordained | ^ ^ ,g ^ of ^ reagons
is known as old Beef Creek. All the
old-timers in the district remember
him as a poor boy who worked on the
farms and ranches of the Indi^i
country years ago. His education was
had by his won efforts. He worked on
the farm as a hired man until after
bunting, every business house in the I the grade school? was especially m- vacation. i w{_eks j(. waa foum, that over 90 per
city being decorated and the homes spiring, each boy and girl and lute " ' " ' v.i i cent of the original members had be*n
along the line of the parade showing | tot being armed with an American I ted < .ty Attorney o ■ H«> n There now remain
a like patriotic feeling. | Hag which they waved with an en- still •■ont.m,™ to hoi, hat ofl , hav- ^ ^ ^ jf) „ervice in Prance.
The exercises of the day were open- ] thusiasm that brought out tokens o ing np't in" 1 ■ I Sergeant Edwards tells a thrilling
ed~ with a meeting of the County.hearty approval from the crowds, w .mi yiais i a n . < • early battles and conditions
Council of Defense an account of! delegation of school children from the ; H„ record ,s clean and above - , • warfare of today.
i whkh is given elsewhere. There was I Noble schools, filling three large proach, and he promises that it sha ,
an earnestness and enthusiasm dis- wagons drawn by a truck driven by rema n so. If nomma ed i.ii.l elected r Travis
: I)]aVed a this meeting which makes . R. F. Ellinger was also a pleasing fea- 1 ounty Judge he will be fa. and just 150> S 10 C amp LraVlS
Al T .. T -n I h1vp ' in liis decisions, and in all things con-
it sure the new Liberty Loan will be . effic-ientlv and eco- The six boys who will leave tonior
it, firip ,hnn<. I The high school cadets and the Red duct his oltice enicicntiy ann no
put over in tine snapt. # now (Friday) for Camp iravis, being
mi nnr#.i~ Wii< iatp ;n netting I Cross w orkers of that institution also nomicalh. * . ,
The parade was late in , „„„„ r vrt vnnncr msin hotter known in the Cleveland county (iuota ot the
started, but was the palest patriotic j made a lasting ™p«s„ j ^ ~ and i March ,9th call, arc as
nrr°onf ^t r, ... Frank K. .smith, Norman.
extending from the University campus . sight. j county personally before the primary.
clear down town and taking half a.,! The student body of the University,, If elected he promises to be at his
hour or more to pass a given point, the faculty ofthat great institution. , uft.ee and ready to attend t„ business
It passed through crowds of enthus-1 the Liberty Float, Joan d' Arc on ; whenever he is needed. He will great-
iastic citizens who lined the line of ; horseback (Miss Mattie Muldrow) the ly appreciate your support
the march and gave it enthusiastic ap-; automobiles decorated in bunting and | - •
proval. The following was the order American flags, the citizens on foot! jj-.j J\in^ F()l* Slieril't
*s a minister of the gospel and since j
that time has been engaged in the i
work and expects to continue in that i
that he gives such universal satis-
faction in his work in the courts. NTot-
i withstanding
the fact that
district and :
he has
many
of march: am' carriages, all made a spectack
Marshal of the day—Capt. L. C,. that will long be remembered in the
Giles, mounted upon a fine horse and .annals of Norman.
profession, he is also livin* — -
farm in the Corbett district in t e ^ try> he has he,(, court in
southern part of the county, and is oti,er'counties of the state belp-
farming. He feels that he, . thorough many^ That he ha
ly qualified to fill the ^t.es of th ^ ^ ^ showR by th(.
office m a most sati ^tory | condition of the dockets in the differ-
and with less physical * .j . | ent counties of his District, and by
thereby continue in his religious al, who haye becn in Court before l,im
work with a greater degree of acur- ^ ^ spcnds any e::-
acy- ,ti tra time that he has in building up
Mr. Lewis is a most lllllust',ou^ ] Uu, ,omlllullity and country in fra-
honest and ambitious young man and , ^ ^ ^ ^ and m assist.
is going to make the race for couit h . nment in the war work
clerk on his merits and solicit an n- , ^ has r Krpat ()ea, uf
vestigation as to his character am Kvery pel.son in this district
ability, and ifyou Unows him' and also knows how he
and well qualified he will greaHy ap- , had ^ ^ &nd tojl and strup.
preciate your support, an i n fQr an educatjoni and how much
nated and elected will do 1. . hp apprecjates assistance and friend-
render efficient and satisfae oiy s "i ()e says that this is the best
vice during his term of^office. district in the state and asks for a
second term as District Judge. He I3
l-unning 011 his merits and record and
will greatly appreciate any assistance
given him.
Judge Swank will have no opposi-
tion as he has done so well that every
person in the District is for him for
re-election for a second term. He will
greatly appreciate your support and
help in the primary, August 6, 1918.
carrying a beautiful American flag.
Service FJag, carried by cadets.
Band.
Hoard of Governors ij. cars.
Postoffice officials in cars.
Joan of Arc—Mounted.
University regiment.
Goddesses—on float.
Pledger car.
Cross in Uniform in cars,
it Side grade schools.
East Side grade schools.
High school battalion.
hool students.
Kei
We
High
After the parade, fine addresses
| were made by Hon. Henry M. Scales.
| former mayor of Oklahoma City, and
Maj. Robt. Massie of the Canadian
army, after which the bank was
thrown open for business anil at once
began to have a large patronage—
Cashier John Hardie and Secretary
Dot Bell having all they could do to
! wait upon the customers.
It was a great and glorioifs day for
Norman, one that cannot but arouse
the highest type of patriotism among
our people.
I With thi> issue of the l-.nterprise
i appears the .nnouncement of Ira
> King for the Democratic nomination
I for sheriff of Cleveland c-rjr. y, sub
Don Martin, Norman.
John W. Smith Norman.
Henry H. French, Tribby.
Gaston P. Lefer, Lexington.
Edwin II. Russell, Norman, R. .
All these boys have asked to go,
and several others have expressed a
desire to be one of the contingent, so
that the hoard have been at some diffi-
culty in making out the list. Chief
Clerk McLauehlin thinks, however.
it these will be the men, although
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t the list is still subject to change.
ject to the ;:ciion of the 'Jemocratu- j
voters at the primary, August G, l'Jib'. , ~ 7 . . -
, , -lom E. Smith was in receipt ot a
Mr K-rirf has been a v ident ot . . .. . .
.., ' , _ ,w, i|,jn letter yesterday from our old triend
Cleveland county for more than _< • j
, - , , and former fellow tow nsman, («eo. >1
years, and for several years was en- I v .. . .
• .. . f l0( ! W mans, oi Artesia, N. Mex., asking
ofaeed in farming before beginning ...
1 11 1 ,,1 1, ■ wMi... vaav< ! h'm for prices 011 a firstclass male
the blacksmith trade, r or some >ear^ , '
1 • -,l llf LVonHin hut Hereford. Mr. Winans has a tine
he was a blacksmith at rranKJin, out
, ,, ♦<•,,. ,.0 - ho hoc ,nn 'herd of these fine cattle at Artesia.
for the past four years he has con-
and wants to make them finer. .Mr.
1 Smith uave him a price of $1000 on
in half-brother to the champion Here
lord i'.iH of Oklahoma, and Mr. Win-
ducted a blacksmith business in Nor-
Killed Girl's Parents f inc $50; Thirty Days
man.
Two years ago 1
; for the democratic
sheriff, beinji defeate
made the race
nomination for 1 -
... ans will probably be here 111 a few
by Sheriff ' , , .
davs to look him over.
Wheelis, but notwithstanding his de-
„ ^11 ivii 1 l'^.i i feat he proved loyal to the democratic
Bartlesville, Okla., March 23.-Ly-1 Charlie Dilbeck and i\MI Keele' ■ lk.ket aml jj.1 aH'he couW in assisting - Wienie Roast Saturday Kveiung
at the In place of their usual Friday evening
r election "open house," the Presbyterian young
... , , iieople will have a bike and wieni<
Ira h.mr is a good clean, hard- ' _ ...
^ roast 011 Saturday evening. They will
recovering the two Norman boys arrested near _n the vjctory of the nominees
facing a Captal Hill for transporting liquor, Xovembei
BULLETIN
By United Press:
London, March 27, 2 p. m.—
"The situation is now less critical
than at anv time during the last
days," (.en. Maurice, director
of operations, declars, summing
„o reports. ( (Ticial reports indi-
rate capture ot Albert b> the
enemv. but British holding west-
ern embankment ol the railway
on outskirts of the town.
—BUY THRIFT STAMPS!
ing dead in a hospital
i from shotgun wounds,
I charge of double murder and an in- 'pleaded guilty in the Oklahoma coun-
i dictment for violation of the Mann j ty court on Thursday and were given working and ambitious young man
r.-t, was the cloud through which j a fine of $50 each and 30 days in jail, i with all the qualifications for a fear-(
William Toothaker peered at the They told Judge Zwick they had got- M"' ^on< • 1 01 Kla •
,J , * 1 I law enforcement, and if nominated
world here today. ten the liquor from the porter of a ^ ( f (.levelan(J coun.
Under an indictment on a white | Santa Fe train at Norman, and were _ ^ ^ ^ that a)| ^ ^ ^
slavery charge, Toothaker tried to i taking* it to Oklahoma ( ity for dis- • ^ ^
'spirit awav Freda Silvis, 15-year-old posal. They both claimed, too, that "1Ll1 •
I girl for whose seduction he is | they were in the next draft and ex-: Careful y con-.de, the claims of
'charged to prevent her from ap 1 pected to go from Norman 011 March Ira King before casting >oui \<> 1 or
I pearing against him. |28th. but the local selective board sheriff at the August primary and ,
Louis Baldwin, step-father of the knw nothing of th.tr selection, so you be^ V a^recTate
girl interfered. Baldwin's wife came i Probably their claim was camouflage. wJ' ' 1
to her hustand's assistance, firkg on | Mr. Falkenstine has recovered the your support.
rocthaker with a shotgun. Tootl aker ] 1'ord which the boys were using at
claims in relf defense he returned the the time of their arrest.
fire mortally wounding Baldwin and
his wife. —Subscribe for the Transcript.
sbyterian Church
evening and walk
-Mrs. D. W. Gooding left this
at the P
15:30 Saturday
-onie suitable spot at the edge of
town. Anyone who can roast a wienie,
toast a marshmallow, and walk
dozen miles is invited to go along. The
time has been changed from Friday to.
Saturday 011 account of the patri-
otic mass meeting Friday. 11
WHITWELL.
Get to the Christian church early
tomorrow (Friday) night if you ex-
pect a seat. The audience that will
i greet Miss Dorothy Frooks and
morning on a visit to her daughter, Hergt. Edwards will fill that edific
.Mrs. Lee Woods, at Duncan, Okla. j to the very doors.
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