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Republican in Principle, But Devoted to the Upbuilding of Blackwell and the Development of Kay County.
VOL. 21
BLACKWELL, KAY COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1, 1914
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Mutual Satisfaction
Mutual Satisfaction is the keynote of all success-
ful business. There is a personal relation-
ship between Kay County's Greatest Store
and its customers that has been brought
about only by mutual satisfaction. Our im-
mense volume of business is due to the fact
that we are not only ‘‘Leaders of Low Prices5'
but “Leaders of Quality.' For the new year
we start out with the determination to make
it a more prosperous one for both ‘ The Big
Store and its thousands of satisfied custom-
ers. Come in and see us at any time-there
is always something new to show you.
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L. O. L. P. Blackwell, Oklahoma
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Ring Ont the Old, Ring in the New
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
Lest you should die when 1 am sleep-
ing
Just let me say—while vigil keeping—
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
You smote me oft with cruel blow,
And wept not when I suffered so;
But still I grieve to see you go.
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
I charged not falsely when I said
them up. At the close of the banquet ■ the new. Those participating in the
i
at 8:30 Mrs. J. A. Riehl acting as]
toastmaster, called for the reading of |
toasts that had been prepared by the i
entertainment committee, with each .
I member of the club a vit tim. They
j were witty if not wise, and were so j
nicely read that all enjoyed the jibes j
(and jests. The tables were cleared'
while the men were smoking and then
I all were called to do a li'ttle stunt in
I history making. A book with name '
j of the subject anti instructions was |
! furnished by the committee as was I
! pins, shears and magazines, and by I
fine time, plenty of good things to
program were as follows:    eat and that those present were Sen-
Duet—Mrs. Girssom, Jerome Wines, ator and Mrs. Curran, Mr. and Mrs.
Reading—W. B. Payton.    j J. J. Thayer, Mr. and Mrs L. H.
The Bell Boys, duet—The Shideler ! Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lentz,
Twins.    j Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tucker, Mr. and
Duet—Allie Foster, Mamie DeVel- Mrs. F. .T. doold and Mr. J. R. Wil-
ing.
Reading—T. J. Gilbert.
Music—Mrs. D. Schonwald.
Reading—Clotine Shideler.
Song—Master Grissom.
liams.
At Presbyterian Church
The Y. P. S. C. E. society met in
Baptist Young Folks
The B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist
church had a surprise on their pas-
tor, Rev. Griffin, and family^at the
parsonage, and they had such a good
time that' they actually stayed until
Your hand in chast’ning pressed mv jpietizres one was required to write the | the church parlors at 8:30 and after after midnight and of course being
head;
But oftentimes my steps it stayed
With friendly grasp and kindly aid.
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
history of his subject, as to birth- ] an hour of social fellowship, they as-
place, first lesson, first teacher, first . j sembled for a business meeting and
sweetheart, present sweetheart, first; elected officers for the ensuing year,
party, occupation, pastime hobby, bur-(with, the resolve ihat their work
ial place, etc. Mrs. Beutke was award- , should be better a«d broader. Miss
ed the ladies' prize, she having most | Bertha Whipple, president; Alva
up so late they watched the old year
out and welcomed in the new one.
FORMER PHI DELTAS BANQUET
graphically if not truthfully written ] Beekler, vice
president; Flora Fey,
McDowell, trea-
lteuiiion of 0. B. C. Literary Society
With Miss Helen Kyger
The Phi Delta Literary society of
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
You ^brought me days as black Jthe history ot- b. w. Jones, and Lee j secretary and Robt
But many dressed in drap’ries bright, l)>el "a* 't’U l1 ,he b gentleman^ surer.
caricaturist for & ’ compillatiou ot i At 10:45 the congregation met, and    _ .. .    ,,
j ,    , , ,    .. ,,    ( „    ■    « the former Oklahoma Baptist college
the past, present and future ot Mrs. after a song and prayer service or    ,
t    .....    .• .u m ...    ,    .    .    ... . ,,    held a reunion and banquet at the
Foster. At the birth of the New !nearly an hour m which the orches-    Blackwell
Year all    joined in singing    "Blest    be j    tra and congregation    took    part.    Rev.    1 D1' Kyffr home, l(D    east    Blackwell
(the Tie    That Binds,”    and    "God    Be'    Stowe preached from    Phil.    3-15.    The    a]L>V* ’    ll< s ay evening    a    eig u
With Us Till We Meet Again,” and ! sermon was closed just .as the ol<1 Io clock Many old students came from
,    ,,    „ 1    . ,    , ...    ,    out of town to be present at the re-
then Happy New Year greetings, ex- year was dying, and in silent prayer,    ,    . .    ,
V,    .    .    |    .    ..    .    union.    It was voted    to    make    the
pressions of approval    and    apprecia- j    they bade the old year goodbye;    and
tion and good nights, the unanimous I after a prayer for the New Year they
vote being that it was the best ever. I sang America and the doxology. After
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. B. | the benediction they spent a few min-
D. Ashbrook and daughter, Miss Mary;! utes in New Year greetings, and all
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stephenson, Dr. | counted the evening most enjoyably
and Mrs. Allen Lowery; Judge and | and profitably spent.
Mrs. D. S. Rose; Colonel and Mrs. |    -
i thank thee for their lingering light.
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bve.
Good Bye, Old Year, Good Bye.
When you beside your Fathers lie.
Should others pass you hearless by,
I’ll raise a grateful stone—Good bye,,
Kensington Club
The annual New Year banquet and
watch meeting of the Kensington club
was held this year with Mr. and Mrs.
B. D. Ashbrook on east Blackwell ave-
nue. The work of preparing the eat-
ables and entertainment had been
parceled out to different members,
and the assembling of the parts into
one delightful whole, was accomplish-
ed to the complete satisfaction of all.
Places at the banquet table were as-
certained by assembling kewpies, the
lady having one side of him and the
gentleman the other. Each gentleman
was personally served by his lady, j
and we confess with shame that there \
was some rank favoritism shown in
the matter of over filling Willard Fos-
ter’s plate, and a second helping for
Wiley Stephenson. The first course
was bouillon with crackers, and the
amber liquid was of such exquisite
B. W. Jones; Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Foster; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. W. Mc-
Dowell and daughter Elizabeth; Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Beutke; Mr. and Mrs.
bee Dyer; Mp. and Mrs. J. W. Hall;
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Riehl, the only ab-
sentees being Mr. and Mrs. Guy Day.
Fraternal Aid Keeps New Year’s Vigil
As the last hours of the old year
slowly ebbing sway the members of
Blackwell Council No. 162, F. A. A.,
assembled at their hall for the pur-
post of bidding farewell to the Old
Year, which had been a most pros-
perous one for them, and greeting the
new with the determination that its
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drink a barrel of it. The second
course was real turkey, dressing,
gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry
jelly, slaw, Parker house rolls and
coffee and the last course was pine-
apple sherbet and cake with after din-
ner mints for those who needed them,
and we did not notice anyone pass
the old. The program consisted of a
mask party, participated in by about
fifty couples, vocal and instrumental
music and readings, a session of the
council, initiation of five candidates,
followed by a jolly good watch party
and refreshments served juBt as the
watchman rang out the olS and in
At Christian Church
At the Christian church class No.
13, the Wide Awake class of boys,
with Mrs. G. E. Dowis as teacher, en-
tentained Mr. Dowis’ class No. 14, the
young ladies who are Gleaners. The
room was nicely decorated with the
class colors, green and white for the
Wide Awakes and blue and gold for
the Gleaners. There were about 70
present of the classes, with a few
friends. They had a nice social time
and as the old year was departing the
class No. 13 toasted the New Yrear
class No. 14, with the following, “May
the mistakes of 13 be the stepping
stones wmherby 14 may be our very
best.” Mr. and Mrs. DowIb are cer-
tainly doing a great work for the
young people of this community.
Hyacinths at Senator Curran’s
The Hyacinths had a banquet and
watch meeMng at the home of Sena-
tor James E. Curran. Our informant
was very stingy with his information
and would only say that they bad a
meeting an annual affair. Much old
college spirit was aroused at the
meeting of so many old students who
are now following numerous voca-
tions. The banquet was provided by
receipts from the sale of the society
j furniture. The courses ran: Bouillon,
jwafers, roast turkey, dressing, pota-
toes, turkey giblets, Parker house
rolls, cranberries, olives, coffee, cel-
ery, pickles, fruit salad, tea biscuits,
brick sherbet, macaroons.
Homa Wood presided as toastmaster
and the following toasts were given;
"The Phi Delta Colors,” Miss Lola
North; “Old Memories,” Miss Inez
Harris; “Phi Delta Dead, Yet Alive,”
Gilbert Clift; “Absent Members,” Miss
Okla Wood.
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BLACKWELL,    OKLAHOMA
Foster, Beth Willet, Fae Willet, W.
Kistler, P. Lively, C. Flood, A. W.
Vance, Lola North, Inez and Lois Har-
ris.
quite severely burned in assisting,
and everybody worked heroically to
save the other buildings. The water
pressure seemed very low and they
--- | did not get the help there that was
Celebrated Their ‘21st Anniversary hoped for. Mr. Peckham’s loss is
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clift, who re- quite heavy, but he appreciates the
side west of town, celebrated their saving of Symboleer and the other
21st wedding anniversary Friday, Dec. horses, and equipment, and the sav-
26, 1913. A bountiful dinner was ing of the other buildings and is
served and a jolly time reigned grateful to all who in any manner as-
througout the day. They received j sited in that work,
many beautiful presents, and at a late
hour the guests departed, wishing Mr.
and Mrs. Clift many more happy an-
niversaries.
Those present were: W. T. Clift and
family, John Clift and family, and
Mr. and Mrs. Eggers and family, the
latter a sister of Mrs. Alfred Clift.
NEW CURTAIN FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Honey Will he liaised by Presen tattoo
Of Play
A Costly Blaze
About 2 o’clock Monday morning
Mr. Ed L. Peckham learned that the
big horse barn on the home place
was on fire, and for the next hour or
two there was something doing. The
neighbors, the fire department and a
During the intermission between ] fow others who in some way learned
course" telegrams and letters from
absent members were read. In a bus-
iness meeting it was voted to make
the banquet an annual affair and a
committee was appointed for next
year. After this the members made
New Year's resolutions, toasted
marshmallows over the candles and
sang old society songs and yells.
Those present were: H. E. Clift, W.
Clift, G. Clift, Helen Kyger, F. L. Gar-
ton, Mrs. Hale, Pearl Kistler, Mrs.
Murray, Ida Hine, Mary Peckham, W.
McDanald, Laura Randall, Louise El-
ledge, Lloyd Jones, Myrtle Lee, AlUe
of the fire, responded to the call for
aid and their energies were largely
directed in saving the horses, seven
of which were in the barn. The pride
of Chicaskia Stock Farm, the best
horse in the country. Symboleer, was
housed in the big barn and there were
some anxious moments until he was
safely led out of danger. Mr. Peck-
ham recently in vacating his old old
office building, the B. E. S. building,
had much of the office equipment,
books, etc., stored in the barn and
all that stuff was burned up. A neigh-
bor, Mr. W. H. Pauley, had his hand
I Since the high school auditorium
j has come into use, there has ever been
I a strong demand for a suitable stage
j curtain. There were many entertain-
ments in the auditorium last year
! for which a curtain was badly needed.
Necessity made some kind of a curtain
imperative but the best securable was
a miserable makeshift which nearly
spoiled several productions. Hie
school authorities after careful con-
sideration have decided that the only
feasible means of securing a curtain
would be through an entertainment to
defray the cost. This plan has been
used by several nearby schools with
much success. A good, wholesome
play was thought to be the easiest and
most effective form of entertainment;
and with this end in view, “The Wom-
an-Hater,” a splendid four act comedy,
has been selected. The cast of char-
acters has been chosen from the best
available material in Blackwell. Since
most of the characters are high school
students, hearsals are being held *hjs
week, so that the greater part of
the work may be done before regular
school work begins. The date of the
play has not been definitely decided
but will probably be some time m
the fourth week of January. Fuller
details will be printed later.