Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
VOL. X.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1913.
NO 5
JOE B. THOMPSON
Fights for One.i Meetings of the
Party Caucus — Compared
With "Pitchfork" Tillman
That Congressman Joe B.
sition was generally understood
to l>e reflective of the White
House view. Mr. Palmer de-
clared that the public not only
was entitled to know wha was
done in caucus, buf i< v it was
done.
This brought an 'omphalic re-
ply from Mr. U-ider.v'ood who
favored the closed conclave. Mr.
Underwood frankly informed
his auditors that if the public
II STATEMENT FROM THE
BOARD OF f
To the Citizens oi the Pauls Val-
ley P 'bool Di: - . ict
structing the building; the tim-
bers were put iu in a green con-
dition and have shrunken, which
makes the defects of the build- j
ing appear rrealur than they j Two Crews Working Out of the
really are. Then the joists were! Cj jn T y(? D;rmioil£.
not bra'ed nor anchored to the!
wal as 'hey should b%ve been. |
lit is thu opinion of those who
Thompson is going to be one of !and press were admitted to thei j T Jonfeg was appointed toi""","*""" ...
the really big men in the nat- 'caucus party, differences would estimate the cost of remodeling!,)erhap8' render8 ,T 1,nsale'
At a meeting of the Boa.d of haye ex8<Binedthe buJlding that
Education held March 26. 1913., j(. jg ^ ^ ^ ^ of ^
a committee consisting ot R. E. j ^ ^ causeg f() vibratfl
iCa'ter, t . H. Ihomason, and
I too much in heavy winds and,
ional capital is confirmed in the! be heralded as party dissensions
many press reports that come ! CONFUSION EXISTS IN chamber.
from Washington. While Mr. Thompson heid
In a party caucus on the 8th forth utmost confusion existed
inst. when the question arose as
to whether they should be in
star chamber or open session
Mr. Thompson, although in the
minority, fought to the last
ditch for the open sessions, and
appears to have left the ever-
lasting impression upon that
body of legislators that he was
a man of deep convictions and]
and repairing the Lee School |
Building and adding to it two
rooms, of constructing two
rooms on the Eastside, of seat-
ing these rooms, of remodeling
the heating plants at the Lee
and Jefferson Buildings, and of
I equipment for manual training,
his palmiest days doesn t coin-; domestic science, and the com-
pare to that tellow Thompson^niercial branches
when hd gets on a rampage," | At the reKular meeting held
exclaimed a flustered Democrat, Apjijl ? ^ t,)e followhl{,
as he left the capitol. members being present- Tom
Three resolutions regarding I Wofford, c H Thomason, Al
in the chamber, and at times a
half-dozen members were speak-
ing at once,
• Pitchfork Ben Tillman in
t .„rd,
. el! founded ideas, and who had j :'le caucus rules were offeied as ^)er^ Rennje) j j King,
the courage of his convictions. I soon as the Democrats met. Mr. j joneSi ^ ^ Carter, and
Following are extracts from the Shackelford, of Missouri, moved ;
Washington Times of April 9tli1 that the
in which Mr. Thompson appears!*0 t-ie
as among the leaders: j of the Cabinet,
J. T.
J. H
| Patterson. After hearing the it-
1 Ok J 1/vTI Dl/I I, AI ICI llvdl lllb lllu I v | . , | i * |
e caucus should he open ^ 0f^e committee appointed e ^ 111° ! V
President, the members |at theprevious meeting, a reso-j1 >e,hveS """J
and
wanted
Senators, i
to throw
previous meeting
lution was unanimously adopt-
'The caucus which may ex jMr; Carlin wanted to jed calling for abond election in
tend through two days, is going j tl,e ?a,, le* ° pU'" am. ithe amount of $15,000 to cover,
to be a spirited affair. This was i I lbllc a,ul Mr- Hobson mo\ e< nw)dwj repairs, equipment, and
shown vestenlay when for two jthal each caucus should make
, .r its own rule regarding publicity.
hours the militant Democracy, 6 -
The alignment between the
one
believe the building will last lon-
ger, and he more economical in
the long run, if the present roof
is removed and replaced with a
Hat roof, making the building
two instead of \hree stories high.
It is our purpose to remodel
the roof as here suggested, to
remove the flooring from the
second floor, placing the joists
closer together, biacing them
and anchoring them to the wall
and to make such other repairs
as are necessary to making the
building absolutely sate. The
building may be safe now as
[some think; but we are not a'*"
and when
li en are at
stake, we can afford to take no
risk. We think it is best to err
'j jf we err at all, on the side of
All the leading citizens are tak-
ing right hold of the work and
boosting for it, but there are
some who have not given to the
work as liberally as they rr.ight.
We MUST raise sufficient funds
to put this work through, which
j it appears will be done, as it will
i , i . t i • 1 be one of the biggest drawing
Work has been started in earn- ' . f* . „ ,
iV c ■ .u cards in iretting trade to Pauls
est on grading and fixing the rf '" Jf . .
i r t> i Val ev. There is no Question a-
roads running out from Pauls!** J tuv rit?t fnhp
Valley to our trade territory M this b,Mn* ™E BEST trade
ere the spring andsummer lapses
and marketing point in Garvin
county and we must get the .-oads
in shape so people can get r.ere.
we predict that we will have ev-
ery road loading to Pauls Valley j
worked and in good traveling;
shape.
The Committee secured J. G.
Jenson's traction engine and]
Wess Harris in charge and the
way they are getting over the]
road and the good work they are.
doing is pleasing to the committ-1
ee.
W. H. McCarty was put in:
charge of the County teams and
tools and is working out west of'
town at present on the Antioch 1
road. He is an experienced man
on building roads, having had j
charge of the street work in |
Pauls Valley several years asj
street commissioner, and he is, ^ ^ opening up U1 a
getting good results irom that localion ;UI(1 we l)red;ct for
NEW FIRM OPENS
A. W. Kerr, as mentioned i'i
last issue, arrived this week
from Shawnee bringing a stock
of dry goods and furnishings,
etc , and has just about gotten
opened ip in the building re-
cently vacated by R. H -*\vis
& Co., on Wall Street.
Mr. Kerr will be assisted in
the managment of the ntore by
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bond, who
accompanied the stock. Hiese
two gentlemen have the ai>j e u-
anco of wide a vake business
men, have a complete! ,-'o<;k ot
jand the State Department, was
quickly drawn."
TO DEBATE IN CHECOTAH
wrangled over the question of
throwing the doors open to the 1 °pp°smg
public. Congressman Under- jsentatne
, • , i a Underwood view and the other
wood majority leader, and Con , , . , "... „
D , . of the view of the White House
gressman Palmer, an Adnnn-1
istration spokesman were on op-
posing sides, and Congressman I
Thompson of Oklahoma, a new j
member, asserted his rights in
most vigoious and vitriolic man-
ner.
The caucus session yesterday
afternoon was a diverting and
lively affair. Even those on
the outside beyond the closed
doors heard echoes of the fray,
and there was not a dull mom
ent.
oklahom an stafids.on rights
"Young man, go back. You
can't put me out of here,"
shouted Congressman Thomp-
son, the Oklahoma new mem-
ber, at one stage of the proceed-
ings. congressman Murray of
Massachusetts had hustled to
Mr. Thompson's seat to explain
a pending motion to table all
motions for the o(>e« caucus.
The Oklahoman did'nt want
any advice, even k'fee were a re-
cruit legislator, and the more
experienced Murray was shooed
back to his place as assistant
secretary of the caucus.
Congressman Palmer, the
caucus chairman, left the chair
to plead for the open party
council. He did'nt refer di-
rectly to the President's stigg^s
tions for open doors, but his po-
additions. This election is to lie
We believe the addition of
two rooms will strengthen the
held April 21, 1913.
factions oue repre- 1 According to the report ot '^e [ absolutely necessary if we make
of the Clark and <"omin^tee' 8 includes tjie e„iaigement of the high
18500 for remodeling and repair- gchool demanded by the people,
ing the Lee Building and add-
ing to it two rooms; $2,000 for
constructing two rooms on the
.-idditioual accommodation is
absolutely necessary on the East
jside, if that school is to do good
The High School debating
team, composed of Joe Thomp-
son, Albert Rennie. and Lee
Field, accompanied by Prof.
Nowlin, will go lo Checotah to
debate on Saturday night.
They debated on the affiim
ative side of the income ta.x
with the Norman team and won.
Saturday night they will take
the negative side and we hope
they will again come out
flying colors.
eastside; $1500 for seating andf k W)y every teacher has
heating the additional than llfty pbptts.ahd with
and foi remodeling the heating gnojj clovvded conditions, good
plants at the Lee and Jefferson U (ivk js impogsib;H. Besides,we
Buildings; and *3000 for equ.p-l, viujaling the stat,e ]lealth
me,it for manual training, do. | )aw> when we p,ace more than
mestic science, and the eonv■ it-ulty pupiiein a r< om.and if the
I mercial br anches. 1 jieamj officer were to enforce the
! We employed a number of j |aW( he would order the Jeffer-
j contractors and architects tol^,, Building closed today.
make investigations of the Lee to the equipment for man-
direction.
The Finance committee has j
been at work and has raised con-11
siderable money and are still at j
work as more money is needed to
push :he work to all rural dis- ogee, Supervising Deputy of the
tricts and get every road leading R. N. A, was here the past week
to Pauls Valley in traveling con instructing the local lodge in put-
dition. ting on the work.
I them a good business and wei-
Icome them to our city.'
Mrs. Florence Harris of Musk -
Building and to report back to
us; but these reports were so
conflicting that we could ar-
wit h
SATURDAY MARKET
The Presbyterian ladies will
hold their Saturday market at
E. A. Williams grocery store on
I the 19th Cakes, pies, chickens,
ect. will be for sale.
The many friends of Mr and
Mis Jack Terrell will be glad to
know they have returned to
Pauls Valley and have gone to
house-keeping in their own
home on the corner of Willow
Stand Rennie Ave Mr Terrell j place.
ual training, domestic science,
and the commeicial branches,
we are all agreed. A IT area-
rive at no definite conclusion; greed that in our school work
from them. After having made j we need lebs theory and more
a thorough investigation of the | practice; less of the book idea
situation for ourselves.and after and nioreofthe work idej-. The
having harmonized the best we i hane 0f our present system is
could the conflicting reports of | jt trains our boys and girla
the architects and contractors, away from work instead of for
will travel for the Tyler-
son Grocery Co.
we have decided that the build
mg is not a total loss, and that
with the expenditure of three or
four thousand dollars it can be
made perfectly safe. We find
that the outside walls are good;
the foundation shows no evi-
dence of having given away:
the walls have not spread, and
j the joists are resting as secure
■ly-as when they were put in
The materials put in the
Simp | building
the very
work.
This bond issue includes an
amount for remodeling the heat-
ing plants at the Le^* and Jef-
ferson Buildings. A s most of
you know, for the past two or
three winters these plants have
not been giving eflective service,
and they must he repaired if
they are to be used.
We are making this state-
ment to you that yon may know
Use Good Paint
A coat ol paint—good paint—saves ten limes its cast
by protecting against weather and decay.
Paint your house, porch and lawn fence with Acme
Quality House Paints. They will stand between the
wood and the weather and prutect and beautify your pro-
perty better tnan any other paint.
ACME QUALITY
—our trade mark—on any paint or finish means that it's
the best that can possibly be made for the purpose.
We have paints and finishes for all surfaces—houses,
barns, roofs, floors, carriages. In fact, if it's a surface to
pe painted, enambled, stained, varnished or finished ;n
any way, we have an Acme Quality kind to fit the pur-
pose.
We will be glad to show you colors whether you buy
or not.
PALACE DRUG STORE
For the Liver take Robinson's High Balls
The Store That J
(Cont. to 1st column on last page
^ood. but
j masonry
n
Come here and select your wants. Don't go to some other store and pay more money for
something not as good as our line of laces, embroideries, white goods, silk and lisle hosiery
men and women'z union suits, women's vests, aad a nice assortment of white and colored
dresses for women and children. Don't be misled by something claimed to be just as
good and just as cheap. Come here and save money. A new and complete line of Am-
erican Beauty Corsets.
The Store that Saves
You Money.
W. M. FREEMAN
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1913, newspaper, April 17, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118452/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.