The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The DAVENPORT NEW ERA
"Ye Little Ole Home Paper"
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Vol. 8. No. 21
DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1916
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Big Blow-Out for Masons
The A. F. & A. M. Lodge at
this place had a big blow-out
here last Saturday. The services
were conducted at the Christian
church. A big tent was put up
just east of the church in which
the sumptuous dinner was served
to a good-sized crowd. The dele-
gatioh from Chandler arrived
in time for dinner and stayed all
afternoon.
Kev. Hsndrickson from Chand-
ler delivered the principal ad-
dress. Other . leakers were
Kev. Trickey from Meeker and
"Uncle Joe" Pringey from the
County Seat. Very beautiful
violin music was furnished by
Miss Zora Shaffer of Chandler,
with piano accompaniment.
On account of several bridges
being washed out by the recent
heavy rains, many of the mem-
bers could not be present, but
those who did get here report a
most pleasant day. The main
feature was the excellent dinner.
Geo, Arnold for Sheriff
told him 1 was going to start at
the other end of the alphabet. 1
cannot find anyone whose name
commences with "Z" so how can
I even start to pay my debts?
But 1 have squared it all with
Derringer by promising not to
run fof .Justice of the Peace, but
electioneer for him. He also
promises to call me on the jury
and that is even better than be-
ing Judge.
So I am not a candidate. I am
for Derringer.
CHANDLER ROUTE SIX
In this issue of the New Era
appears the announcement of
George F. Arnold as a candidate
for re-nomination for Sheriff of
Lincoln county, subject to the
Republican primaries in August.
Practically everyone in the
county knows George and they
also know that he has been as
good a sheriff as Lincoln county
ever had. He fearlessly goes
after the bad ones and he gets
them, too. George is to be com-
mended fo his part in helping
capture the noted band of bank unc' one
silos but i
We are having plenty of rain,
hail and wind this week, which is
throwing the farmers so far be-
hind in their crops.
Mrs. Claude Falkinstein of
Drumright is visiting this week
at the Day and Falkinstein homes.
Miss Ora Robinson of Chandler
spent Saturday night with Miss
Delia Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Venner Rounsa-
vell and Roy Rounsavell left a
week ago last Thursday for Kan-
sas, where Mr. and Mrs. Kounsa-
j veil will make their future home I
and Roy will work thru harvest.
The Epworth League at Stone
has been disbanded till fall on
account of the small attendance.
Office of
W. F. HAMM
CITY CLERK
DAVENPORT. OKLAHOMA
To the Citizens of Davenport:
•You are herein notified to cut the
weeds from your lots and to the
center of alleys, and to clean the
rubbish from your premises. Also
owners of hogs must floor their pens
18 inches from the ground or re-
move the hogs from town. This
work must be done by July 1st or
the town will do it and charge same
against the lots of the owner.
Board of Council this 20th day of
June, 1916.
The P. 0. Inspector was calling
on Postmaster Mann last week.
Roy and Allen Cage were shop-
ping at the County Seat Satur-
day afternoon.
Roy Harrison is now driving
the bus, while Nute King takes a
j week's vacation.
Miss Jem Elliott of Chandler
spent the latter part of last week
with friends here.
Charlie Gilbert left last week
for DuQuoin, Kansas, where he
will work during harvest.
Hot emu' for you?
"Arkey" Dye spent Saturday|
evening in Stroud.
Roy Bradsh aw
port Tuesday.
was in Daven-
Claude Gray \\'as at the County
! Seat Saturday evening.
A social was given at the Con-
rad home near Chandler Satur-
day evening. A large crowd
was present in spite of the rain,
and after dainty refreshments of
lemonade and wafers had been
served the crowd departed :<t a
very late hour for home.
Friday evening the lightning
struck the Dagget school house
'Farmer" Mitchell's
great damage was
done.
Misses Ora Melson and Vernal
Bridge and Mr. and Mrs. Feems-
ter spent Saturday night at the
Conrad home.
Miss Laura Wasson
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .less
Morris near Kendrick. Mrs.
Morris is her sister.
Oliver Lay ami Miss Marie Bell
spent a few minutes Sunday even-
ing at the Anatole Betremieux
home.
robbers last spring.
His administration as sheriff
has passed uncensored by bath
Republicans and Democrats, and
it is our opinion that if the Re-
publicans choose him as their
candidate, he will stand a good
chance to get elected.
Mitchell Not A Cantlidate
I wanted to be Justice of the
Peace. Not for the money there
is in it but for the honor. The
people would cull nie Judge.
That would make me feel mighty
dignified. After I was dead and
gone my children (and grandson) |
could speak of me as the late
Judge Mitchell. It would be an
honor to them as long as they
lived.
It used to be "Price the Hello jovei' and sPent Sunday.with Mr.
Man." He was elected Justice :in<1 Mrs" L- C- Newnam.
of the Peace. Now we call him Miss Bessie lownsley spent the
"Judge Telephone Price." Law-! Pas' week with Miss Flossie Cod-
yers are glad to get a hearing ''r near 08.
in his Court. I have wanted to Misses Irene Priest and Clevie
be a Judge ever since 1 have Cupp spent Sunday with Miss
been serving so much on the jury. Huhlia Carlson.
1 have learned a lot of law while Misses Alice Cupp and Kozetta
on the jury. Simpson spent Sunday with Miss
I have done some electioneer-! Muriel Newnam.
ing at odd times and found peo- Sam T(nvnsley
pie favorable to my being Justice' (;hilIuller to KQ
with the militia.
Miss Mattie Adams was here
from Drumright Tuesday.
German millet and cane
for sale. D. S. Strough.
seed
Ralph King returned Saturday
afternoon from Bristow.
W^e can save you a hundred j
dollars on a new Stark piano.
Charles Terrill ate dinner at
the Arch Caves home Sunday.
O. D. Groom drove to Chand-
ler in his car Saturday evening.
Emmett Rase of Coyle i:
visiting at the Arch Caves
i here
home.
Misses Lois Hall and Bela Mas-
sey spent Saturday evening in
Chandler.
Jesse Kimball attended band
rehersal at Stroud Monday even-
ing.
Ye Editor was in Kendrick Fri-
I day and C handler Saturday on
! business.
Miss Rijby Olson spent Satur-
day evening with Miss Lela
Boggs in Chandler.
Allen T. Burgess, of the Okla-
homa National Guards, was here
a short while Saturday afternoon.
J. B. Colvin, proprietor of the
Woodland Berry and Poultry
Farm, made a business trip to
Tulsa Monday.
Which President received the
most electoral votes? Answered
in those little 10c books at the
New Era oflice.
Miss Bettie Scott left last
Thursday afternoon for Ken-
tucky to spend a month, visiting
relatives and friends.
The Masonic Hall has receided
a new coat of paint and paper
on the inside and a new carpet is
to be put upon the floor.
T. J. Jones returned home
Monday from a two week's busi-
ness trip to Shamrock. He left
Tuesday for Drumright.
Ralph Nash returned from
Kansas Sunday just in time to
join his company at Chandler, as
I they were going to Fort Sill.
Nute King went to Bristow
Tuesday to visit a few days with
his brothei
Rev. James Cage left last Fri-
day morning for Hominy, where
I lie will conduct a revival.
Pat Anderson has returned to
Shamrock,, where lie is working
visiting j for an oil company.
W.
BORN On Wednesday morn-
ing, June 2Nth, at 4 o'clock, a
bouncing big baby girl to Mr.
\. Braselton of Stroud was ,l"(' M''s- Virgil Stafford. Mother
Claude Edwards and Eddie
.Jones left Tuesday morning for
Western Oklahoma, where they
will work in the harvest fields.
j in town a while Tuesday,
i was going to Chandler.
and babe getting along
• ind "daddy" is happy.
nicely
John I). Nixon of Agra, a can-
didate for County Clerk on the
Republican ticket, was stinking
hands with the voters here a few
hours Saturday.
CLEMATUS ITEMS.
The tains have damaged the
| crops and put the farmers behind
with their work in this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Castle-
j berry of Little Rock motored
We have urged you all along The T..I. Jones family, Claude
to clean up your plact -. Now Edwards and Thornton Smith
we can cite you to a place where spent a very pleasant evening
you can sell your old junk after eating ice cream at the P. II.
you have gathered it up, so there Terrill home. Don't ask what
is no excuse to longer delay. See time they got home because, you
the junk ad in this issue. know, it rained.
Paul Prince for Assessor
In making my announcement
as candidate for nomination for
the oflice of County Assessor I
believe it to be a good policy to
tell you in what manner the of-
fice will be oonducted and I also
feel that Ihe people should know
what a man's qualifications are
before they place him in a public
office of as great importance as
the office of tax assessor. You
should select a man that is a
competent judge of the values of
farm land and city property as
well as stocks of merchandise and
personal property of all kinds.
In this respect I believe 1 am
qualified. If you nominate and
elect me to this office, I will do
my best to give you an equal
assessment at a fair cash value
and devote my time to the office
duties and as far as possible ap-
point local deputies to do the
field work that I am unable to do.
Thanking you for past favors,
I am, Your friend,
Paul Prince
Kendrick to Celebrate 4th
As a result of a run-away horse
and an overturned buggy, Miss
Lucille Duke has been getting
about with the aid of a crutch
for over a week.
The business men of our thriv-
ing little neighbor city, Kendrick,
have decided that the 4th of July
is a day to be celebrated, so they
have set to with a good free will
and offer the following program
to the people of their neighbor-
hood. To further show the
wide-awakeness of these men, we
call your attention to the whole
page ad in this issue of the New
Era advertising their town. The
program for the 4th is as fol-
lows:
2 p. in.—Sack race.
2:30—Potato race.
3:00 Auto race.
IMO—Horse race.
4:00—Foot race, boys.
4:30— Lean men's race.
4:45—Fat men's race.
5:00—Rope pulling contest.
Good music on the grounds.
Other entertainments too num-
erous to mention.
of the Peace, whether tliey could
support me or not. While elec-
tioneering 1 was informed that
my friend, Mr. Derringer, was
also a candidate for the same
office.
1 have always liked Mr. Der-
ringer. In fact, I have borrowed
money of him at different times
always • promising him that 1
would pay him when 1 picked
my cotton. He came out to look
at my cotton and is still looking,
as I do not raise cotton. Then I
promised that I would pay my
debts in alphabetical order.
Later he asked me how long it
would be before 1 got to "D." 1
speed
was called to
to the border
We all wish
and a safe re-
him God
turn.
Mrs. L. C. Newnam and little
son and daughter called on Mrs.
C. H. Douglas Wednesday.
THE EMBROIDERY CLUB
The Embroidery Club met at
the home of Mrs. W. A. Truinbo
June 21st, 1916. Minutes read
and approved; roll called. Special
guests were Miss Marchbank and
Mrs. J. M. Reed of Tulsa. At 4
o'clock dainty refreshments were
served. Next week the Club
meets with Mrs. Woodruff.
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP NOW
P'.INT
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II. 11. Smith of Shawnee, a can-
didate for Congress, made a
j speech to the voters here Satur-
day afternoon. He was accom-
panied by the Shawnee band.
Miss Lena Turner, who
been here visiting with
; friends for over a week, return-
I nd to her home in Oklahoma City
Monday, after spending a
lew hours in Chandler.
L. C. Elliott A Bad Egg
L. C. Elliott, a republican can-
didate for the nomination for
Commissioner from the Second
District, was in town Tuesday,
but he failed to come around to
the New Era oflice as he promis-
ed us last Saturday.
About two months ago we met
l,a^ Mr. Elliott at the Santa Fe depot
in Davenport, and at that time he
promised us that he would an-
nounce in the New Era before
the primaries. Last Saturday
evening we were in Chandler,
and happened to meet Mr. Elliot
W e have a few small books on the street and stopped for a
entitled Ihe Presidency of the little chat. We mentioned the
I nited States of America," for announcement and he said "Yes,
sale at this oflice at 10c a copy yes, I'll be thru Davenport Mon-
This is a non-partisan book anil day or Tuesday and We
gives worlds of interesting facts i understood from his further re-
not lound elsewhere. j marks that he would leave his
| announcement with us.
We saw him in Davenport
,, , , ,, ... i Tuesday but he failed to notice
Manitou, Colo., where they will
make their future home. These'
good people have been residents
of Davenport for a long time
in fact, almost ever since there
Mr. and Mrs.
ft here Sunday
I. T. Hamilton!
afternoon for
was a town here. Their
friends regret to see them
and all join us in wishing
happiness and success in
new home.
OUR WEEKLY DON'T;
many
leave,
them
their
•IfDon't laugh at the pcculi
antiesof others; there may be
something wrong with YOU.
us. Thinking that probably he
had forgotten his promise, we
went to the livery barn just as
he was preparing to leave, and
he told us that he uuessed he
couldn't announce in our paper.
To our notion this makes him
out a man whose word . annot be
relied upon.
We're not printing this in the
interest of any othei candidate,
but merely to let the voters who
read the New Era know what
kind of a man we have found L.
C. Elliot to be.
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Tryon, W. M. The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1916, newspaper, June 29, 1916; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109372/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.