The New Era. (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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Vol. 6. No 37
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DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1914.
$1.00 per year
4 TO STREETER SPEAKMAN.
I understand that, you are de-
nying ray statement of the pay-
ment to John J. Lavis of an
attorney fe.; of 1610.00 for as-
sisting you during your admin-
istration as county attorney I
know nothing of this matter
other than what is shown by
the records of Lincoln County.
The minutes of the meeting of
the County Commissioners of
Sept. 15th, 1913 shows that at
that time the County Commis-
sioners employed John J. L>avia
and approved the contract there-
tofore made with him. These
minutes are approved by Jake
Collar, Chairman. Do you
deny this?
The written contract, signed
Mfcvlako Collar, Chairman, dated
Sept. 15th, 1913. filed Sept 15th,
1913 in the office of the County
Clerk provides that John J.
Davis is to be paid for his ser-
vices "au amount equal to
twenty-five percent of the full
amount received and recovered
by reason of said action." Do
you deny this*
The said contract further pro-
vides as follows, "That the
Board was advised by the Coun-
ty Attorney of Lincoln County.
Streeter Speak man, that they
had legal authority to employ a
counsil to conduct cases in the
Supreme Court in which the
County was interested." This
was signed Jake Collar, Chair-
man. Do you deny this?
There is now on file in the
office of the Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court a motion in cause
No. 3034, State of Oklahoma,
vs Moss Brewing Company,
asking for the allowance to John
J, Davis of the sum of $610.00
and containing the following
provision, "And it is the desire
of the parties hereto if the sase
can be allowed, that the court
make the order directing the
clerk to pay said John J. Davis
the amount of the lien claim
now held by the said clerk."
This motion was signed t y John
J. Davis and Streeter Speakman,
county attorney. Do you deny
this?
I here is also on file in said
court iu said cause the order of
that court directing the clerk of
said court to pay to John J.
Davis the sum of $610.00. This
order is under date of October
3rd, 1913. It is signed by Chas.
Wilson, Jr. Do you deny
fe '
Will
TI
'hereafter Jas. Embry, Clerk
of the District Court, refused to
pay out the money and wrote
you a letter asking you for an
official opinion as to what to do
in the matter. Your answer to
that letter, under date of October
3rd., 1913. contained this pro-
vision, 'While I do not agree
with the law followed by the
Court in this case and while I do
not think the claim was valid, it
will be safe for you to obey the
Courte orders." Do your deny
this?
Which of you was wrong
about the legality of the order of
the court, yourself or Judge
i Wilson?
" If you were wrong, was it
when you questioned Judge
Wilson or when you advised the
County Board to employ Davis?
Do you think it light for you
to advise the County Board to
employ Davis and then, as vou
now state, protest against the
payment to him of the amount
agreed to be paid him?
If any of the above statements
are untrue, pie vso advise me so
that I can correct them. As I
statjd above, the only informa-
tion I have concerning the mat-
ter is that contained in the pub-
lic records as above mentioned.
Thos. G. Andrews
Political Adverttawnent.
SPEARMAN'S RECORD MISREPRESENTED.
FIRST: John Davis has
never assisted Streeter
Speakman in any case.
Second: The receipts of
fines and forfeitures during
Speakman's term are greater
than those during the term
of former County Attorney.
.First: In an article published
in all papers of Lincoln County,
of last week, the opponent of
Streeter Speakman tried to prove
to the voters of Lincobi County
that it was cheaper to hire a
County Attorney AND A DEP-
UTY than for the County Attor-
ney to do the work himself with
out a Deputy. In order to prove
such an absurd proposition, of
course it was necessary to man-
ufacture some fictitious figures.
One of the most glaring mis—
representations is the statement
that John Davis received $610.00
as Assistant. John Davis has
never assisted Streetei- Speak-
man iu any case in any Court.
Here are the facts tegarding the
John Davis fee:
He did assist the;ATTORNEY
GENERAL in a case in the Su-
preme Court. It was a damage
suit against the Moss Brewing
Co mpany for running a Booze
Joint in Chandler during the
time John Davis was County
Attorney.
Section 1554 of the Revised
Laws of Oklahoma makes it the
duty of the County Attorney to
conduct these cases tn the Dist-
rict Court. Section 8Q57 of the
same Statute makes it the duty
of the ATTORNEY GENERAL
to conduc t these cases tn the Su-
preme Court. This case was in
the Supreme Court and under
the supervision of the Attorney
General, and beyond the super
vision of the County Attorney
two years before Speakman's
election.- The case had been
neglected by the Attorney Gen
eral. The Board of county
Commissioners hired John Davis,
since he had first begun the ac-
tion, to assist, not the county
attorney, but the ATTORNEY
GENERAL, in the supreme
court and agreed to pay Davis
twenty—five percent of all he
collected. By permission of the
ATTORNEY GENERAL, Davis
took charge of the case in the
supreme court and got Judg-
ment for $2, 440.00 from the
Moss Brewing Company. The
county commissioners refused to
allow Davis's claim upon advice
of the county attorney. Davis
was forced to sue for his fee and
Speakman opposed the suit but
Da vis collected his fee of twenty
five percent, and the remaining
$1,830.00 was turned into the
road and bridge fund.
A certified copy of all records
referred to, and a sworn copy of
all statements made herein can
be obtained by writing Streeter
Speakman, county attorney.
Second: The last part of the
article is as follows: ''The re
ceipts of Lincoln county from
fines and fees under Jones were
119,824.00 and under the present
county attorney for the same
length of time were $14,610.55,
leaving a deficiency of #5,0U0.00
in the salary fund. *6,000.00 is
too much money for Lincoln
county to pay for the privalege
of running the office without a
deputy."
The reader will note the above
figures are taken from the SAL
ARY FUND. Now, section
3219 of the Revised Laws of Ok
lahoma provides that fees of the
county clerk, register of deeds,
county treasurer, etc.. shall be
turned into the salary fund. It
Davenports Second Trades Day
Band music.
Awarding of ribbons by
the New Era.
■ Blue ribbon for best. Red
ribbon for second best.
White ribbon for third.
3 heads of cane.
3 heads of kafir.
3 heads of feterita.
3 heads of milo.
3 ears of corn.
3 sweet potatoes.
3 apples.
3 turnips.
Squash.
Pumpkin.
Watermelon.
Pound of Butter.
Band music.
Ball game.
Band music.
Anyone living in the town
of Davenport is excluded
from any of these contests.
Prof. Cisco will have
charge of the carrying out
of the program which will
start immediately at 1:30 p.
m.
All exhibits will be left at
the band stand before 1:30
p. m. and will be taken
charge of by some compe-
tant person.
There will be no waits-
no delays Something will
be doing ail the time from
1:30 till evening.
We are preparing to show
you a big time. With the
experience of having had
the Trades Day before, we
feel confident that it will be
a bigger success this time
than ever before.
The band boys have been
hard at work for the last
month and you will be
surprised, on Saturday Oct-
ober 31st if you come and
hear them play.
A number of sports will
pulled off that are not men-
tioned above, such as foot
races, sack races, etc. A
more complete program will
be published next week.
Come, Oct. 31.
was the shortage in the receipts
of these offices that the above
figures show. Section 3195 of
the same Statute provides that
all fees of the county attorney
shall bo paid into the COURT
FUND. Not one cent with
which the county attorney has a
thing to do ever finds its way to
the salary fund.
Remember, that the fees of
the coutily attorrey are turned
into the COURT FUND. For
tne same year referred to in this
article where it is claimed that
$19 824.00 was collected under
Jones term, the recorbs in the
county clerk's office will show
that, that there collected into
the COURT FUND $1,111.37,
the next year in which $14,610.55
was turned into the salaiy fund,
the records will show that under
Speakman's term $1,314.69 was
turned into the COURT FUND, j
showing an increase of $213.32
in fund with which the county
attorney is concerned.
Do you Uiink that such an
article was published for the
purpose of informing you or
deceiving you? Do you think
that a man who would deceive
ycu to get an office might de
ceive you after ho gets that
office?
Political Advertisement.
Trades Daj—Oct. 31 st. Come.
Tom Ray of Wellston is here
this week.
W. A. Trumbo was in ('hand-
ler Monday.
R. D. Edwards went to Chand-
ler Wednesday.
Peter Ostran, owner of the
Jessamine Hotel building, is in
town.
Dr, Adams, a dentist from
Oklahoma City, now has an
office here.
D. M. Hawkins was herefrom
Cushing Tuesday, looking after
the Sam Hawkins Estate, he be-
ing the administrator.
John Nash of Shawnee visited
his parents between trains Tue-
sday. Ralph went home with
him, returned Wednesday.
Mrs. Pearl Zombulace, of Aus-
tin Tex., arrived Wednesday
morning to be at the bedside of
Mrs. Betty Alexander.
WE ARE OPTIMISTS.
Commerce in countries now
at war must be reconstructed
through immense business with
this country;
New commercial reltions with
countries of South America will
tax the business—handling ca-
pacity of the United States;
\n immense amount of ac
cumulated business now checked
will open soou in vast grain and
cotton areas of America
Increased demands and new
enterprises are arising here and
we are drawing near to an era of
prosperity greater than we have
ever known.
Thousands of bookkeepers and
stenographers must lie ready,
we make a specialty of prepar
ing them, giving them the very
latest and best in from two to
four months less time than cour-
ses not so complete cau be had
elsewhere. We understand our
business as we have been at it
for eighteeu years. We have
many hundreds of graduates
who are being promoted and
call on us for stenographers and
bookkeepers to fill the places
they are leaving; hunreds of
lady office girls are married
overy year; many go into busi
uess of their own. There will
be a place for you when you are
ready for it-
Write now for our large, free
catalog.
Capital City Business College,
Guthrie,Okla.
POSTPONDED.
The literary program that was
advertised to be pulled off at the
school house Friday night Oct.
23rd, by the Philomaethian
Literary society has t>een post-
ponded on account of diphtheria
until the Friday night following,
Oct. 30th. This program will be
given by the eighth grade and
high school pupils and will be
good. W atch tor program next
week.
The cotton gins are very busy
this week.
Get Your sale bills printed at
the New Era office Davenport
Okla.
Don't forget to bring the 25c
coupon to town with you Trad
en Day. You will find it on the
trades day sheet.
00 YOU WANT TO 60 TO C0LLE6E?
To the boy or girl who will
get us the most dollars on
subscription to the New Era
between NOW and January
the first, 1915 at 2 p. m.
sharp, we will give FREE a
$50 scholarship to the Capi-
tal City Business College at
Guthrie that is good for a
complete unlimited course of
Bookkeeping or Shorthand.
Begin now and avoid the
rush. If you will call at
this office we will gladly
give instructions and sample
copies. It will pay to start
RIGHT NOW.
Just think of it You
have been wanting to go to
business college for three or
four years now, but just
haven't had the money to
pay tuition. Start now and
win something that is worth
while. There's no time like
NOW.
NOTICE.
No one shall be allowed to pick
pecans on my place. Positively
no trespassing—Oby Olson.
Chas. F, Buzzi was in town
Saturday.
Mrs. Ada Berry was in Chand-
ler Saturday.
Your Rx is in good hands if
sent to Moore.
Everybody is looking for frost
these morning.
Frank King was in Chandler
Saturday evening.
Claude Adams made a trip to
Cushing Saturday.
Hobart Baugus was at the
County seat Saturday.
J. T. Hamilton made a busi-
ness trip to Chandler Monday.
The Nyal line has no fakes,
only cures, Owl Drug Co. only.
County Attorney Speakman
was in town between trains Fri-
day.
Cash for all kind of hides.—
Deweey M. Tryon Davenport
Okla.
Harold and Raymond Adams
visited with their aunt near
Stroud over Sunday.
Mrs. Betty Alexander, who
has been sick for some time, is
improving somewhat.
Rev. T. M. Moore preached at
the Methodist church Sunday
morning and evening.
'Possum hides bot at highest
market prices. Deweey M.Try-
on, at the New Era office.
Prof, Cisco, John Taulbee and
Ralph Nash went hunting on
Deep Fork Saturday night.
The attendance at the Sunday
schools last Sunday was light on
account of the diphtheria scare.
Be careful you don't overlook
the big club of magazines which
we are sending our scbecribers
this year. Read our ad.
O. O. Burgess was over from
Chandler Saturday and captured
two negroes, two quarts of
whisky and a big "six—gun."
P. M. Imel has taken advant-
age of our clubbing offer and
will now get three magazines
for only 25 cents extra. Look
for our ad.
Davenport's Second Trades
Day will be bigger and better
than the first. Come to town
and stay all day, and have the
time of your life.
TO THE VOTERS OF LINCOLN COUNTY:
Under the date of October 9th,
1914 there was published in the
Progressive News the following
item:
"Demoi ratic candidate, Stree
tei Speakman, present incum-
bent, who says the reason the
bootleggers still Operate in
Chandler is that the Sheriff's of
fice refusts to do its duty." I
investigated the matter and was
informed by J. S. Newby, who
had prepared the copy for that
paper, that the statement had
been made to him by Streeter
Speakman, present county at-
torney.
I want to state that both my-
self and all of niY office force
have been ready and willing at
all times to do the bidding of
the county attorney in the en-
forcement of not only the liquor
law but all other law. I want
further io state that the county
attorney has never been denied
a request for assistance from my
office. I want further to state
that over three fourths of the
arrests made in Lincoln county
have been made and the men
put in jail before the county at-
torney ever took any action in
the matter.
If the county attorney knows
of any violation of the law in
Chandler or anywhere else in
Lincoln county, it is hie duty to
see that an information is filed
and a warrant issued. When
this is done he need not worry.
No one can ever say that I, or
any of my force, have ever fail-
ed or refused to serve a warrant
turned over to me.
Truly, -
Chas. F. Buzzi,
Sheriff Lincoln Co.
Political Advertisement.
HOLD YOUR COTTON
By getting a farm loan at ft
low rate of interest. See J. T.
Hamilton, Davenport, Okla.
Old papers for sale at this
office.—20c for 100.
Theckle lmel is sick with dip—
theria this week.
Don't forget the Trades Day,
Saturday, Oct. 31 st.
Mrs. D. L. Cozart is number-
ed with the sick this week.
Mrs. Mable Conger went to
Chandler Saturday morning.
Get a business education. See
our offer on the extra sheet this
week.
I write for the Aetna, the frest
fire insurance company.—E. B.
Moore.
Deweey Tryon will buy hides
and furs this winter if brought
to the New Era office.
Rev. A. C. Gustin will preach
at the Methodist church Satur-
day night, Sunday morning and
night.
Fairbanks Tryon, who has
been sick with typhoid fever,
for a number of week is slightly
improving.
We have been so rushed for
time and space this week that
we have had to omit some local
news and some country news.
The M. E. Sunday school has
adopted the plan of having one
of the students review the lea-
son each Sunday. This is a
good stunt.
We took a stroll about the
little city Sunday evening and
was really surprised at what wo
saw. Should all the weeds be
cut and the town cleaned up in
general, this wnull be thn pret-
tiest to..a in i.ib county. The
location is ideal.
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Tryon, W. M. The New Era. (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1914, newspaper, October 22, 1914; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109966/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 27, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.