The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 13.
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NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1905
NUMBER 41
(Taken from Tom Watson's Magazine.
the street cars are owned and oper,
a ted by the city government. Who
has ever heard of a strike on those
lines? From Liverpool to Birming-
ham and from Birmingham to Glas
THEY RAN NUDE x
Oklahoma City Religionists Take a Queer
j Streak of Enthusiasm and Run Naked-
While Oklahoma City has for the
j past few days been the Jerusalem for
, an unusual number of traveling evan-
gelists the limit was reached this
afternoon when James Sharpe, his
wife and small son and John Aitken
inarched down one of the most promi-
nent and thickly populated streets of
stitch of clothing.
gow you will find the principle of ' t'3e without
public ownership applied with per-1 They were PromPt|y arrested and
feet success, and nowhere has the I taken t0 the police court late this
operation of public utilities by the ! even'n£ adjudged insane by the coun-
public been stopped by a strike. ! ty boartJ and a" but the boy sent to
It seems utmost impossible for the the a8y'um at Norman. When be
people of our great cities to learn ; fore llle Poiic< court, Aitken said he
was God Almighty King of Kings and
the lesson taught by our own troubles
and taught further by the object-
lessons furnished us by nationalities
which are not such cowardly slaves-of
the corporations as we seem to be.
The most amazing feature in Ameri-
can life today is the audacity with
which predatory corporations as we
Lord of Lords. He was formerly a
barber at Cleveland O.
Sharpe and his family lived at
Woodward Okla. two years ago; he
has an older son in Portland Ore. He
says some months ago a star fell and
he was revealed as an angel and
seem to be. The most amazing B'nce that time has consecrated by
ty is the i the Lord The scene created by these
feature in American life today is the ,
audacity with which predatory cor-! PeoPle caused the greatest sensation
poration ride forth, like the feudal j known here for some time- T1)e city
barons of olden times, to strike down 1 ba!! been <)verrun by tbese gospel ex-
tbe average citizen and rob him of Pounders and two new ones arrived
this evening from Michigan.—State
In the great city of New York there
is a Subway, an underground street,
which was opened at the expense of
the taxpayers. Every dollar of the
enormous expenditure came out of
the pockets of the citizens of New
York. After this Subway had been
completed and paid for by the people,
it was turned over to a private cor-
poration to be used for private pro-
fit. It is unnecessary to cay that
such a stupendous piece of folly could
never have been committed by wise
men or honest men On the face of
it, the transaction reeks with rascal-
ity-
Let us, however, contemplate actu-
al results. The men to whom the
property was given operate the Sub-
way to make all the money that is
possible out of the franchise. In do-
ing so they have come into collision
with their employees. The disagree-
ment results in a strike. The exper-
ienced operators of the cars leave
them, Inexperienced men take hold
The necessara oonsequence is danger
to life and limb, Which only the care-
less or reckless would incur.
The thousands of people in New
York, to whom the Subway is a daily
necessity, are incommoded and in-
jured. The entire city suffers be-
cause of the dispute between the cor-
poration and its employe^.
I will not enter into the question as
to who is to blame for the strike. It
is sufficient to say that under private
ownership of this thoroughfare the
strike does occur and all of its evil
consequences naturally follow. No
matter whether Belmont is right or
wrong; no matter whether his em-
ployees are right or wrong, the ef-
fect upon the public is precisely the
same. The public gets hurt. The
public suffers and the public is help-
less Such a situation is surely suffi-
cient to arouse thought and investi-
gation.
Ever since we have allowed private
corporations to take charge of public
utilities we have had the strike, the
riot, the loss of money, the loss of
life. As long as private ownship
continues to exploit these things would ha ve to be intelligent, he would I The orchards suffered great I
which belong to the public, we will have to be honest, he would have to ,1 the blossoms and leaves were
continue to have the strike, the riot, be brave, but if he had these quali-1 stripped froni the fruit trees until
loss of money and the loss of life. ties and were besides, a patriot there is no 1,0Pe whatever of any
the en-|'ruit th's year* Many of the apple
limbs had so much of their bark
pealed by the falling of the large
hail that there is great danger of
many of the trees d)ing. AM the
Oase Dismissed Against J, 0. Wails.
About one year ago J. C Wails was
indicted by a grandjuiy jr. Oklahoma
City growing out of a trade Wails
had made for some jewelery and
f!KM).00 in cash for Watts farm west
of Norman. The party turned the
jewelery over to Wails on the trade j
Program
Of the 11th annual convention of
the Cleveland county Sunday Scbooi
association which will be held in
Noble on May the ! th and 10th 1D05.
MORNING SESSION MAY 9th.
10(0 a. m.—Praise service led by
Rev. Alexander of Not man.
J.
of
what he makes as fast as he makes
it. Individually, we have plenty of
courage, but collectively, we are the
most cowardly creatures on earth.
The communal spirit seems to be
dead wit'ain us Public opinion is in
its infancy. The strength which lies
dormant within us because of our
numbers seems to be a fact of which
the masses are totally ignora nt.
Acting swiftly, acting with unity of
purpose, acting with the keenest in-
telligence, acting with a magnificent
courage, the outlaws of modern com
mercialism dash at their object with
superb confidence in their prowess,
and they have seized and ridden
away with the spoils before the
drowsy, ignorant and timid public
have awakened to the fact that they
have been raided, stricken down and
plundered several feet deep. On looking out
If the city government of New north from Morgan after the storm
\ ork had at its bead a man "with a | had passed the hills looked as white
beard on his chin," he could find a j as they did after last winters heavy
way to solve this Subway problem and 1 snow storm. Where the hail drifted
all kindred problems within a few | it froze solid so that by the next
weeks, and in such a manner that it afternoon it still remained from one
would never be presented again. He 'lo tvvo 'eet thick.
Capital.
These parties will be remembered
as the old man, woman and little boy
who were on the streets of Norman
week before last with the gospel
wagon and quite a number of citizens
engaged with them in some very
heated arguments.
Destructive Hail St«m
Last Ihursday afternoon the
largest most destructive hail storm
that has ever visited Oklahoma pass-
ed through the northern part of this
county. The portion of the storm
which did the most damage set in
on Elm Creek about one mile west
of Morgan and extended east to
Slushjr having a width of about two
miles. Where (he hail fell heaviest
it was six inches deep on the level,
while in many places it drifted
several feet deep.
iSnf°re 'k f5Ued l° raiSC thC!10 ;,(,-welcome address, by Rev.
$900.00 in cash. He concluded that) L. Snlllvant of Noble.
he did not want farm and wanted I 10 40-Respunse by Rev Howe
"ails to give jewelery back. This [ Moore.
Wails refused to do, and the party 10 50-Address by the Field Secretary
went before the grand jury and sue How to get trained teachers WIH-
ceeded In getting Wails indicted. I iam Rogers of Medford
From time he was indicted up to U 15-The primary department by
present time Wails has labored to Mrs Pauline Shackleford of N'or-
ceae7 'Ti Tr iUt TUi "eVer SUC' ' ma" the countv PrilnarJ' «upt.
ceed and last Friday Mr Walls with 11 30-The township association by
his witnesses all went to Oklahoma w. E Dragon, of Box
City- to have case tried; but found the u 40—Open discussion by the town-
lerntory not ready for trial and the ship presidents.
prosecuting attorney, dismissed the u ^-Adjournment.
case. Newell and Jackson looked afteknoon session.
did WaUsTee! ' ■At"° i ' 30 P" m'"Praise service led bv Rev.
did Walls feel any uneasiness as to T> o. Sbanks of Lexington
the out come of the case and he 1 45-Music by the Capshaw S S
ever en ertained an idea of giving j 2 00 Home department by Buxlon of
up the jewelery he secured in the Oklahoma City.
trade. He was only mad because he i •> on / ; • e
did not irpt thp .o t ; i -° °pen (^8CUS810n of the home de-
uia not get the $900 cash that was to J partment
be paid in the trade. The fellow U 30-Address by Fred L. Wenner of
thought he was soaking Jess good in | Guthrie on county S. S. association
the jewelery and Jess knew he wa- 2 50_0pen disc, Jon on county S S
not even if jewelry had no. been | „SSOciation work. county S ^
worth a cent and as a matter of fact -i in n .
, •> 10 County secretary s annual renort
was not worth even one fourth of k / o annual report
lourin oi by county Secretary M. McCollough
what the party represented it in be: J of Norman
enoui'l^n th,'" tU(ii Ule fani' 'Ut;h 8 30 °ur county pledgeand miscella-
enough in the trade so as to cover j neous businef9'
any Joss, to nun that might accrue bv t nn \ • 4 * r
reason nf f , . : ! 4 °°--Appointment of oommittees and
reason of jewelry not being worth, adjournment.
evening session.
what party represented it to be
Jess says that he made the trade fair
and square with the party and for
this reason could i.ot be frightened
by a threatened criminal prosecution,
Jess says that he was wronged just
$900 worth, the sum the party had j
agreed to pay in addition to jewelry
8 00—Song service led by S. E. Ru-
dolph of Box
8 20—Offering for incidental expenses
of this convention.
8 30 The Holy Land as I actually
saw It by Dr. Buxton.
morning session may lOtb.
stock; in the trade in addition to the ! o nn a ™
,,PTe «< | XATEni*
criminal prosecution unjustly instiiu-, H 30_The Terr(lorial aR(Ioclat,on by
I say nothing abuut the amount of wishing to do what is best for the en
which the traveling public is robbed tire community, he could win a vie-
by these corporations which own the tory which would repeat itself in all i
public utilities. I confine myself sim- the centres of our population, and
p y and solely to this thought, namely which would terminate the reign of
that under private ownership the ' rascality which now exploits, for per-
situation, which now confronts the sonal ends, the powers and the op
traveling public of New York City, is portunities of public office in almost
liable to happen at any time and at j every great city of this Republic,
any p'ace throughout the Union 1
rirh anl'n fra"Chi9" ^ U8ed for , Annual May Festival.
selnsa and private gain, | J
rp. ^ f r , ! The second annual May Festiva
That is the fruit of the tree. It the School of Music, University
always has been: it always will be. 1
That kind of tree will never bear J
any other sort of fruit.
Then why not cut it down?
crops that were up were beaten
down into the ground so that every-
thing will have to be planted over
again.
On the ninth of this month this
same section was visited by a severe
wind storm. Mr. J. C. White's corn
of ! crib and barn were blown down.
Bachelor's
Friday night, May
for Monday night is
Public ownership removes the mo- romatic drama, "A
tive for misuse of public utilities, and Romance." This play is
when the motive goes the evil will ^
„ and entertaining. Special musical
get the chance to gratify themselves numbers will be furnished by orches-
at the public expense, just so long tra and university organizations be-
will they do it. tween the acts. The second night of
In every conllict between Capital ' May Festival is a musical program,
and Labor the public loses—no mat
of [ Mr. E. W. Moore's home was
Oklahoma will begiven in the opera | moved from its foundation and
house, Monday iyght, May 1st anil j several of Mr. Bahner's large apple
th. The program trees were twisted down.
is the popular,
Old Settlers Reunion,
Persuant to call the Committee
met
at Arline
m. Apri'
.o ci four act |
comedy intensely interesting pleasing i formerly appointed
go. As long as selfishness and greed and entertaining. Special musical Hotel in Norman at 12
17, 1905, as guests of the Chairman
Andrew Kingkade enjoying a good
dinner and transacting business nec
essarily coming before the meeting
ter whether Capital wins or Labor
wins.
Public ownership would do for the
railroads what it does for the Post-
Office, the Police Department, or the
Fire Department. Who ever heard
of a strike among the Post-oOffice
employees? Or in the police force?
Or among the firemen?
In Germany the railroads are own-
ed a nd operated by the Government,
and nobody ever heard of traffic be-
ing blocked by a strike. I11 Austria
the story is the same In Australia
it is the same. In New Zealand it is
the same. Nowhere on earth, so far
as I know, has there ever been a
Among the attractive fea ures are
the following: camp scenes and songs
ted against him and one they uould
not even hazzard going to trial 011;
but dismissed when forced to a show
down.
Baily Isabel' Killed by Officers-
Wednesday oflast week Bailey Isa
bell was killed at his home near
Hartshorn I. T. by Deputy Sheriff
Sam Bartell of Oklahoma City. Bail-
ey Ieabell was wanted in Oklahoma
City for the killing of the Fox broth-
ers near Harrah eight years ago. He
was orrested at the time and lodged
in the Oklahoma City jail but suc-
ceeded in brerking jail and has
been at large ever since. Bartell
learned of his whereabouts on March
18th and together with SherllT Garri- j duty by Hon. James Gre.-ham of
son and two U. S. marshals from i Norman.
South McAlester they surrounded , 2 05-County treasurer's report bv
Bailey's house Tuesday night of last j county treasurer A. Kingkade of
Norman.
215—Election of delegate-i to the
Territorial S. S. convention.
2 35—Relation of 8. S to the church
by Rev. Crosby of Purcell.
2 50—Question box conducted by E.
L Cralle, of Norman.
.'I 05—Miscellaneous business.
4 00—Adjournment.
M. McCoLLorcii, Secretary.
Rev. William Rogers of Medford
9 50—County Presidents annual ad-
dress by H. II. Everette.
10 10—Report of committees and
election of officers.
10 25—Cradle Roll by Hon. Wm. New-
ell of Norman.
10 40—Open discussion on same.
10 50—Should ministers attend S, S.
by Rev. Clay T. Runyon of Norman.
1105—Open discussion by the minis-
ters present.
11 20—The superintendents duties in
the S. S. by Dr. Hoshall of Franklin
11 35—Open discu>*ion on same.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1 30—Song Service.
1 45—The qualified S. S. teachers
week and kept guard on sameunti
about Wednesday noon when Bailey
was observed coming across a field
toward the house. Officer Bartell
pulled down on him with a winchester
calling upon him to throw up his
hands but Baily started to pull his
pistol and Bartell Hired three times
wounding him so badly that he lived
only about 20 minutes. Bailey Isa-
bell formerly was a resident in this
county and known to many of the old
settlers. He was a dangerou-t man
when intoxicated and often became
intoxicated when he came to Norman.
After leaving this county he moved
to Oklahoma county
Easter Servica-
Ilsv. Barnes will preach an Easter
sermon at 11 a. m. the church will
be suitably decorated for the occa-
sion. The choir has made careful
preparation of some very line K.i-ter
and there got alIUIK ,
there were present H. S. Dixon, of into trouble with the Fox brothers music and no doubt will attract
Hall, Paul Leslie from North part , over stipulations in a rental contract many music lovers The new choir
by glee club, one act comedy, hum '' M *' '8 f, e and j resulting in his killing both of the has been doing splendid service under
orous musical sketch,string quartette ! V, en,®.n Norman, j p0x brothers and for which crime he the leadership of Miss Sundstrom.
brass quartette, ladies chorus and j 'rans V 1111 cs nort'1 am 3 was wanted. i Everyone is invited to this Easter
♦♦ i . , . , miles east of Norman was selected , . "
Unl h t" n a"l the Place for holding the next re- j Di'd at hl,n'C •" this city Thursday , *erv"e-
ore e> ra aru )an< union and August 9th, 1905, the date. even'n^ 'as^ week from a stroke ! The members of the track team are
A committee on general arragements ; paralysis Louisa M. beloved wife of j out at hours seasonable and unseason-
was appointed consisting of there-|John Essex, aged 71 years. Funeral I able now a days practicing for com-
gular secretary Capt. McKinney, j services were held in First Christian ing 4 11..1- v. 1.
Paul Leslie, and H. VV. Stubbeman. I
A Hung Jury,
| The trial of R. M. McFarland vice-
president of the defunct Holdenville
Bank, 011 h charge of misappropriat-
ing about *3000, of the Bank's funds
occupied two days and resulted in a
hung jury. There are three other
similar indictments. R. M. McFar-
| land resided in Norman for a number
of years and was well known to many
i people here
strike when the principle of govern
ment ownership was In operation. I Carl Froneburger returned Wed
Take those cities of England where nesday from a visit at Minco, I. T.
It is intended to make the next
annual reunion to best of the meet-
ings held so far and the cooperation
of all old settlers are earnestly
solicited. No further business ap
pearing the meeting adjourned to
meet at the call of the chairman.
Those present desire to thank the
chairman for hospitality extended.
H. VV. Stubbeman,
Secretary pro. tern.
| events. A little boy rush into
jhurch last Sunday afternoon at 2 I the house pVetty soon after he got up
o'clock and body interred In the War-! the other morning to have his father
ren cemetery west of Norman.
I have a thoroughbred shorthorn j
bull at my stable in east Norman and I
parties desiring service of same call
on me.
J. M. Lutts,
Opposite old court house block.
Len Goodrich spent a few days with
home folk this week.
come out and see what he supposed
was a crazy man, "running round
with hardly any clothes 011." Of
course it was only one of the long
distance runners practicing.
Rev Hayill was in Noble Wednes-
day.
A. D. Acers was a business visitor
in Oklahoma City Wednesday.
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Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1905, newspaper, April 21, 1905; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116072/m1/1/?q=%22new-sou%22: accessed June 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.