Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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IV ni.rt VA1.LKV lUCMOCHAT. THCR8UAV MAKCH 2. 1911
PAILS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED BY
Democrat Publishing Co.
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Paul* Valley, — Oklahoma.
rn^nt,—hoping laU
nate the latter.
COUNTY COURT
OUR CIRCULATION
«A*NL M. LASATfB.
Mil.AS LAMTeif.
KOV M. U STEK
Contributing £dit«*
Huiiimii Manaftr
to, elimi-
lied says our business men uo
jdoubt will believe the Democrat
HSTRICT8 Editor's circulation statement
In another column of the "hen they getJwtter acquainted
Dkmock at appears a copy of the J
1 Act passed by the legislature
KaiiM last Saturday to liecomeeffective
90 day
with him
■ ISSUED EVfcXY THURSDAY..
SLBSCKMTIOV HATES:
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Red has already
shown that he beiieves it by
failing to "call"us on our"show
after"tlie adjournment | * hi^ rw°^
of the legislature unless vetoed,
by the governor, originated b,| ^hold, good
Senator Joe B. Tboropeon of We cannot discred.t the verac
Paul. Valley, creating three:"h"* our dis ,ngu,.h«l con
County Court Districts in Oar temporaryconcedesusby return
vln County .defining their bound- '"8 he comphment; nor can we
J 1 .ii • iico I ha anvarfimnflr urto/^a ATTarcul
arieK. so as to include in the
Stratford County Court District
, three and a half townships of
, land embracing McGee, Strat-
i ford and Walker; in the Lind-
"1 laugh not at another's loss,
1 grudge not at another's gain:
No worldy waves my mind canj6ay County Court District, four
toss; ' and a half townships of land
My state at one doth still re- embracing Lindsay, Erin
main: j Springs, Wallville and Purdy;
I fear no foe, I fawn no friend; jn the Pauls Valley County
i
ithe not
end."
life, nor dread
A called session of the
Congress seema assured.
Gkn. W. L. C'aukjx ("Old
'l ige"), the most distinguished
citized of Dallas, was buried
there last Monday.
Our latest information on the
subject is that the proposed
County Assessor's bill has been
amended by the Simiate to be in-
effective till January 1st, l'J12,
but not yet passed in any
shape
my Court District, the remaining
i territory and post-offices in Gar-
I vin County.
y | We are informed that O. W.
Patchell opposed 6ome features,
or all. of the bill and attempted
to defeat tr amend it in vain,
while Representative Tabor is
quoted as favoring it.
The bill is its own best com-
ment on the fidelity of our leg-
islators to the interest of the
tax-payers and their constitu
ents in the county.
use the advertising space offered
us at the 100% increase of price
quoted: the Democrat is its own
advertising medium,—the best
in Pauls Valley: read it and
move to Garvin County.
Our faith in our assertion is
shown by our former offer
quoted below, which has never
been challenged and which holds
good indefinitely:
' We assert that the Pauls
Valley Democrat has more week-
ly subscribers than all three of
you,—Banner, Lance and Enter
City School Board; and from
< ich ward, two members of the
City Council.
As stated, there is none other
than the democratic ticket out
lor nomination; and the demo-
crats will therefore fill all the
city offices, it ee ims.
Therefore that party should at
lishedonNov. 3rd., 1910, which once organize in the City as
1 provided by law by selecting its
City Executive Committee as
provided in Article No. 2 of the
Election Laws of 1909 (page No.
206) to certify the result of the
primary election to the County
Election Board.
No candidate should fail to
file with the County Election
B^ard, not less than ten days
before the election, the written
notice required by law to have
his name printed on the ticket.
Females entitled under sec-
tion three of article three if the
constitution to vote at school
school election districts or meet
ing9, duly registered, and all
duly registered and not other-
wise disqualified male citizen
jirise,—put together, and that it of the State over twenty one
JP « years of age, or who will be over
CIRCULATION of either one J
of you three weeklies.
We offer tihs proposition to
pp
test the matter: You may each j
choose one reputable business
man of this city to compose a
committee of three to decide the
matter. We will choose none
but will hand to the committee
our subscription list and one
hundred dollars, each of you
handing in your subscription
list.
If the committee, on count-
ing the list and testing their
genuineness, fails to render a
decision supporting onr assertion
above, it is autorized to divide
the hundred dollars equally a
mong you and we will immedi-
ately suspend publication.
If it does find in favor of our
assertion, you are each to print
this proposition and the com-
mittee's rejiort.
Advertisers are entitled to
KNOW the papers' subscription
lists, anyway^ and this would
'h® (disclose them.
.This proposition is made in
good faith: will you each put
up or shut up?"
Boonr Wii.t.iamh of Lehigh
proposes to resign as a member
of the needless State Capitol
Commission which Governor
Ciuce wants abolished. Dr. Leo
Bonnett, another member, re
fuses to sign the resignation.
Ex-Govekno« Haskell's pro-
posal tbn* a State railroad be
built i -egarded askance by
some because the Ex governor
is said to bo now engaged in
railroad promotion, and his
personal interest in the project
is feared.
Thk Oklahoma Senate has
practically killed the House's
District Attorney Bill, thereby
aving the State $150,000.00 a
year proposed to be expended in
the creation of useless offices
Ui be tilled by appointment of
the Governor. it should utay
dead.
DR. J. A. YOUNG
Dr. J. A. Young, City Health
Ollicer of Pauls Valley, has
foimed a partnership for the
practice of medicine and surgery
with Dr. W. C. Hottle, formerly
of Paoli, now of Oklahoma City,
proprietor of the Riverside Hos-
pital of that City, and will move
to his new field of labor so soon
as transpoitationcan be effected
Dr. Young has been in Pauls
Valley for many years and as a
citizen has always distinguish-
ed himself for bis broad-minded
attitude and leadership in ques-
tions vitally affecting the civic
Tkooy says he favors giving
the right suffrage to all citizens
irrespective of sex. If its exer
cine were made cumpulsory also
on all that have that right, it
wouldn't be so bad; but Presi
dent Taft made a true even tho
indiscreet statement when he
said that as a rule only the more
undesirable classes of women
would at present exercise that
right if they had it-
1'iie Southerlaud amendment
to the resolution in the United
States Senate providing for the
submission of a constitutional
amendment giving the people a
right to elect Senators by di-
rect vote was adopted vesting
in Congress the light to pre-
scribe the time, place and man-
ner of the election of Senators.
Southern Senators (looking for
an excuse to vote against the
direct vote plan of electing sen-
ators) expressed a fear of Fed-
eral interference in local elec
tion laws and helped defeat the
resolution. It would have been
well to inaugurate the direct
vote even with the amend-
growth and well-being of
City. If on such questions he
has had a fault, it has manifest-
ed itself in an uncompromising
adherence to the ideally r-i-g-h t
rather than in a placid acqui-
escense in the expediency of the
preeminently practicable.
His mold of mind is the bane
of a politcian and the measure
of a patriot.
His many friends here will
miss him immeasurably in social
contact;aml the savant who will
succeed to his full meed of pub-
lic usefulness has not yet Dei
heralded.
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THE PRIMARY ELECTION
At the primary election for
the City of Pauls Valley to be
held on the third Tuesday in
March, 1911, (March 21st.), there
will be nominated, on the demo-
cratic ticket alone, for the City
at large, a mayor, clerk, police
judge, treasurer, attorney, mar-
shal, assessor, street commis-
sioner and a treasurer of the
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We have opened an up-to-date
hardware store in the building on
Main street, formerly occupied
by S. B. Wells, handling every-
thing in hardware, including
windmills, pumps, tin and sheet
metal work in all its branches.
Come in and get acquainted and
inspect our stock.
twenty one years of age on April
4th., and who will have resided
in the State one year and in the
County six months and in their
election precinct thirty days
next perceeding April 4th., and
those similarly qualified who
have become qualified voters
since the registration books were
last opened, are qualified voters
in the primary election.
This will include the territory
recently taken into the City
limits by an extension of its
boundaries.
In all cities of the First Class
the law requires the registra-
tion officers to keep open their
books for registration on the
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
next proceeding the Tuesday
election day; and on the same
Saturday, the precinct election
b >ard will hold a session in its
ward to determine all griev-
ances, if any, and correct all er-
rors, if any, piesented to them
by citizens as to their registra-
tion and their consequent right
to vote on the succeeding Tues-
day; therefore all voters are
given sufficient time to bring
mandamus proceedings to com-
pel the allowance of the right to
vote if such is attempted to be
denied them.
The law provides that "The
precinct inspector of election
shall have power to administer
oaths and to examine under
oath applicants for registra-
tion"; and "Any person who
shall make any false affidavit
as to his qualifications as an
elector in order to vote in any
election shall be guilty of felo-
ny," etc.
it is contemplated by law,
and by party procedure, that
those voters shall participate in
party primary who pledge them-
selves to support for office the
nominee of that primary elec-
tion.
We believe that in legal con-
templation, and in party equity,
all qualified voters, who will in
good faith support the nominee
of tho coming primary, should
be allowed to participate in the
election.
They are citizens of the City
and must live under the official
acts of the nominee'of the dem-
ocratic party of March 21st., as
they will be elected to office on
April 4th. All of these candi-
dates are straight democrats,—
strictly above suspicion as to
their party fealty. There is in
volved no question of the elec-
tion of the democratic nominees,
and no "dark horse" party can
a.— the only
Democratic Candidates
Announcement lef I'" ' I'V offices
in thin column "0 invwUbly in #d
! vnnce
Primary March 21, 1'Jll
I For Mayor;
Hirinri I.ee
J. W. Carter
J. E. Hiffle
For City Clerk:
"Mac" Williamson
Ruas L. Mitchell
T. J. O'Neal
For City Attorney:
Bob Wallace
Monroe Osborn
For Police Judge;
R H. (Dad) Carter
T. L. Kendall
T. S. McFarland
For City Marshal:
Joe F. Hughes
George Welch
Joe K. Roberts (re-election)
Street Commissioner:
W H'McCarty
For Counoilmen:
First Ward—R. W. Humphrey
—G. G. Terry
Second Ward—W. H. Paul
—W. M. Freeman
Third Ward—J. F. Amonette
—N. D. Duffield
Fourth Ward:—F- N. Pruiet
John Shumate
question is a full participation
of the qualified voters in the
City in the nomination and elec-
tion of its officers.
We see no fair and legal ob-
jection to permitting voters of
all parties to participate in the
primary election, provided they
properly qualify and legally
register as to the coming pri-
mary.
didate is in the field:
Our Advertisers Kick
Joe Dukes advertised in the
Democrat last week fine cotton
seed for sale, and the people
near him^ haueld them all off
before he could fill his mail
orders and he is now swamped
with written orders and demands
that we take his "ad" out and
explain that he can't fill the
orders
Freeman & Shores advertised
mules for sale and sold three
pair away out near Lindsay,
and want it known that they
don't guarantee an unlimited
supply of mules, but can still
supplv quick customers.
W. C. Van Hoozer gave us
"copy " advertising 6 spools of
thread for two bits: "the devil"
turned our G upside down and
made it a 9. Mr. Van Hoozer
wasn't responsible for the act
of 'the devel ', but his custo-
mers almost mobed him in de-
manding the bargain. He still
has the SIX for a quarter as
he originally wrote it.
The Democrat Publishing Co.,
is not responsible for the indivi-
dual debts of any member of the
firm or employees who may be
in the employ of the corpora-
tion. Please present YOUR
bills to the bookkeeper promptly,
both receivable and payable.
Democrat Pub. Co.
By G. L. Lasater.
Special Election!
The legislature has passed «
resolution submitting to ihe
voters at a special election on
April 35th 1911, an amend,
raent to article nine of section
nine of the Constitution.
Two different forms of amend-
ment proposed to this article
have already been defeated —
one at a special and one at a
general election last year
300 new styles in gingham,
10c. a yard at VanHoozere.
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Lasater, Wayne H. Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1911, newspaper, March 2, 1911; Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118351/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.