Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1906 Page: 11 of 16
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Attempt to Assassinate
Judge Hocker.
SHOTGUN THE WEAPON
Purcell Lawyer Fired Upon
While He Was Driving From
B\ars to His Home at a Late
Hour Last Night.
Appeal for Democracy Democratic Ticket
Judge W. H. Hocker, one of the
prominent attorneys of Purcell was fired
upon by an unknown man iasi week
a^d was wounded in the head and
body with biHshot. Several shot
wire removed from his scalp Friday
morning but one of the leaden pellets
that remain in his leg is causing him
much pain.
The attempt upon Mr. Hocker's
life was made about 11 o'clock last
night. He is the republican candi-
date for delegate to the constitutional
convention from the Purcell district
and had been to Byars to participate in
a joint discussion with his opponent,
Col. McClain. At the conclusion of
the meeting he entered his buggy and
started to drive home. He had left
Byars only a short distance when
two shots were fired from a shotgun
leveled at the vehicle from a distance
of a few yards.
Judge Hocker was struck by the
scattering missies, several lodging in
the back of his head and neck and one
entering the calf of his leg. He con-
tinued his drive to Purcell where he
received medical attention and today
is able to be about his office. Judge
Hocker is a law partner of Y. E. Tay-
lor and Albert Rennie of this city, the
firm name being Hocker, Rennie &
Taylor, and is well known throughout
this entire section, as an aggressive
attorney.
Joseph H. Leatherman, deputy U.
S. marshal, is in charge of the official
investigation, and a rigid search for
evidence h?s been instituted. Judge
Hocker in his legal career has acquired
his quota of enemies, as is the lot of
every man whose calling is of a more
or less public character. To one of
these the attempted assassination is
attributed.
* CAME IN FROM HART
T ' And is First to Cross
New Bridge.
J. U. McConnell was the first man
to cross the Washita river on the new
temporary bridge built by the Com- J
mercial club to replace the structure
burned by an incendiary last Sunday
morning. Mr. McConnell reached
the city with a large load at an early i
hour Friday and sold his cotton:
to the Freeman-Sipes company.
"I would have come in last Mon-1
day" said Mr- McConnell, "but out
our way we heard about the bridge be-
ing burned and so I waited. A lot of
the people who are neighbors of mine >
are ready to sell a good lot of cotton,
but have been holding off waiting a |
chance to get across the river into Pauls
Valley. We think that it is a dirty i
shame about that old briflge being
burned, and you can bet tl.at every j
farmer out our way is twice as much in
favor of Pauls Valley as before it hap-
pened."
According to Mr. McConnell con-
siderable cotton will be brought in
from his neighborhood tomorrow and
the first of n_xt week. The farmers
have been waiting until they knew for
certain that they could cross the river.
Got the Cotton
Reports from Byars say that the en-
terprising merchants of that live town
have benefitted greatlv during the past
week by receiving in their market many
loads of cotton that were brought there
on account of the burning of the Wash-
ita river bridge. While of course this
city regrets the diverting of any of its
trade it is pleasing to know that <?ur
fuiends are benefitted, instead of en-
couraging those who would resort to
unfair methods to injure Pauls Valley.
} Photo Studio
We are ready to make those picts
ures for you now. All work guaran-
teed and prices reasonable. All the
latest styles in portrait cards.
Yours to please,
Wood & Dickey.
(By J. P. Gibson, Elmore, I. T.)
To the democratic voters and theirs
sympathizers in this constitutional dis-
trict.
The campaign is nearing a close.
As each of you have doubtless heard
the issues discussed thoroughly it
would seem useless to mention them.
It has already been said by our repub-
lican friends that if anyone stayed at
home on election day it would be safe
to brand him as a democrat, and by
this, together with the fact that some
of our members were not pieased with
the selection of our candidate, they
would capture the election. Now
brethren, to our God only are we due
more than our country and no man
can be a democrat unless he believes
in the majority ruling. There is now
no other way to get the constitution
written in harmony with democratic
ideas, except by fighting and voting
for Mr. Lasater's election.
Do not neglect your duty because
we are largely in the majority, but let
each democrat appoint himself a com-
mittee of one to go to the polls early
and vote—then see that the other boys
come in and vote—it is but six miles
across a township.
Go and get your friend if you have
to walk—it would be the best day's
work done this year.
We have a candidate whose life is
an open book and above reproach, who
has never handled an unclean dollar,
who is not an office seeker but en-
listed in the race because of the earn-
est solicitations of the people from all
over the district.
The republicans have some good
men in their party, but that party is so
honeycombed by the railroads, corpo-
rations and trusts that they cannot be
trusted to write the constitution—look
at their record—if all other things were
equal.
I et each of us do our duty; the bal-
lot is our only safeguard; the railroads,
the trusts and monopolies never sleep,
and if they can keep you from realizing
the importance of your vote they will
do the rest—you need have no fear.
We believe in economy of govern-
ment, the republican party does not—
you remember the record of the last
congress.
Are you not tired of carpetbag rule?
If the democrats control the con-
vention this will be the greatest com-
monwealth of the nation. If not, that
almost unchangeable document, written
to shape not only our destinies but
those even of the ceaseless ages of
time, will bring a blush to the cheeks
of honest manhood. The ideas of gov-
ernment enunciated by the immortal
Jefferson, defended by the heroic
Jackson, and now being proclaimed
and being defended by the peerless
leader, the greatest living djm ocrat,
William Jennings Bryan, are a pride to
every democrat.
It is your duty to democracy in the
new state to keep the banners hoisted,
saying to the republicans, "you shall
not crucify mankind upon the cross of
greed and gain."
SHIPPED FROM HERE
Subject to the action of the Democratic
primary when called
i All announcements in this column must be
' accompanied by the Cash, For conmy of-
j hces $7.50, and precinct $5.00.
For Congress —
Retard Bond
Claude Weaver,
! For Constitutional Deleg- le—
Milas Lasaler.
For Sheriff —
Chas. F. Worley.
Andy P. Jennings.
Jim C. Hybarger.
Republican Ticket
Subject to the action ot the Republican pri-
mary or convention when called. -
SPOT CASH
is my system- I buy for cash, get
all discounts a ixl sell for Cash at
ECONOMY PRICES
Fui avery tiling to lie found in u well selected stock
ot Groceries, Furnishing ({nods and Notions
It'll Pay You to Trade Here
R. A. COWLING
Opposite Pauls Valley National B?nk
m
For Sheriff—
John C. Starns.
Stockbuyer Finds Facilities Here
to His Advantage
H- Fibus of Shawnee, Okla., has
been buying mules in this section for
the past few days, and already has ship-
ped several carloads from this city. In
the southern part of the district he
made heavy purchases and had the
animals driven to Pauls Valley for ship-
ment.
Mr. Fibus found a distinct advantage
in this c:ty as a shipping point, for he
was enabled to secure the terminal rate
afforded by the railway, whereas had
he shipped some of his purchases from
a point south he would be compelled
to pay a local rate in addition to the
regular tariff.
Friday's News
While the lamp holds out to burn,
the latest stayer out can find his way
home. Our lamps will burn all night
Rennie Hardware Company.
Doctor H. H. Wilson, eye, ear, nose
and throat Specialist of Norman Okla.
Will be in Drs. Callaway & Lindsays
office the first Friday in each month.
Take those rags out of that window
and go to Agnew & Baker's and get
you window glass.
The Pauls Valley Republican made
it* bow this week, and Editor Cowgill
is to be congratulated up«n his first
number. Typographically the paper
is neat and editorially it is full of the j
usual republican pen-eloquence. Of j
course it's too bad that Brother Cow-
gill's ability should be diverted to a
defense of things republican—but as
Mr. Dooley would say "A mon hez
many an apinyin thot he can foind no
rayson fur." The Republican is wel-
comed by The Democrat for the reason
that every new enterprise helps Pauls
Valley.
Glass all sizes and strengths at Ag{
new & Baker's.
At the sale of government lots this
morning Moman Pruiett bought the
property adjoining his present holdings
on the east side.
A good lantern for IS cents—this is
no light joke, come and see 'em.
Rennie Hardware Company.
Try a box of Loose-Wiles Arcadia
chocolates; at Worleys.
Judge J. B. Thompson, Moman
Pruiett, Claude Weaver, W. B M.
Mitchell, City Attorney Charles H.
Thomasson and Mayor Joe Myers went
to Davis today to meet Gov. Jeff Davis
of Arkansas. Gov. Davis will speak at
Wynnewood tonight.
Don't go to the theatre without a
box of chocolates; at Worleys.
P. N. Kerr and A. F. Pyeatt drove
to Wynnewood this afternoon to hear
the speech of Governor Jeff Davis.
Try a box of Loose-Wiles Arcadia
chocolates—at Worley's.
Dee McFarland is again very ill and
will be removed to another climate.
Jerry McCloskey, a prominent Davis
merchant, was in the city this morn-
ing.
Box candy and bon bons at Worleys.
Closing; Out Sale
We are going to close out our busi-
ness by Jan. 1st. We offer a cut price
on watches, clocks, jewelry, cutlery,
cut glass and hand painted china ware.
Opening Oct. 1st and continue until
entire stock is closed out. Seek and
ye shall find bargains at the M. & M.
Drug store.
I ...Reliable Groceries... $
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You like to know that you can depend
upon the quality when buying things
to eat. You can rely absolutely upon
quality when we fill your order. And
you'll find our prices lower if anything.
E. A. Williams
The Reliable Grocery
Orders Filled Quickly when you Pr.one 31
Pauls Valley Transfer
J. L. Henson, Prop
Fresh Baltimore Oysters for Friday'
dinner at E. T. Rogers & Son s, Phone
Will move your household
goods, trunks, boxes, freight to
and from the depot or haul any-
thing from any place to any-
where. Prompt attention.
No Slip ; No Slide
r.A Bias Girth Stable Blan-
kets don't slip, don't slide.
They keep their place upon
the horse. Horsemen like
them, recommend tliein, use
them. The horse is comfort-
able. No tight girthing.
Buy a 5.\ Bi.m Oirth for the Stable.
Hut a f>A Square for the Street.
'■ - — We Sell Them •
B ANKETS FOR
HORSES
We have received a big
assortment of the cele-
brated 5A Horse Blank-
kets and Winter
LAP ROBES
direct from the factory.
Our styles and prices
will suit you. We carry
a complete stock of Sad-
dles and Harness and
all stable necessities.
Goodpasture
& Sanders.
E H SCRIVNER
JOHN MOORE
Valley Cafe
Scrivner & Moore, Props
OPEN NIGHT AND DAY
Prompt Servic
Callaway, Lindsey & Callaway
Physicians and Surgeons.
Office over Bank of Commerce,
Pauls Valley, Ind. Ter.
WARNING ORDER
In the United States Court in the Indian
Territory, Southern District:
Andrew Finney,Plaintiff, ] 937 at
vs Purcell
Rhoda Finney, Defendant J
The defendant Rhoda Finney is warn-
ed to appear in this Court in thirty days and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff,
Andrew Finney •
Witness the Hon. J. T. Dickerson
Judge of said Court, and the seat thereof,
this 13 day of October 1906.
C. M. CAMPBELL. Clerk.
By T. F. Green, Deputy.
H M. Carr, Attorney for plaintiff
Dorset Carter Atty. for non-resident
STUMP & McGUIRE
Re staurant
SHORT ORDER AND REGULAR MEALS
Fresh Fish, Oysters, the choicest Steaks and
Chops and every delicacy the market affords
cooked to please the particular palate
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, Chickasaw St. South of McClure.
Charter Oak stoves at Washita Hard Now is the time to get your window
ware Co. * Klass tthe Palace Drug Store.
Heaters of every description at Fancy confectionery in boxes at
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Shaw & Parham. Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1906, newspaper, November 1, 1906; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116148/m1/11/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.