Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XII.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915.
NO. 39
GARVIN COUNTY POULTRY
SHOW JAN. 6,1 a
his family to Oklahoma City be
fore the first of February. The
| fact that the head of such a con-
I cern which is one of the largest
J in the state has seen fit to em-
If plans set on foot at a meet- j ploy Mr. Field for so responsible
ing of local chicken fanciers Sat-, a position is a greater compli
urday night meet with no unex-1 ment to him than any words of
DEATH OF C. E. BAKER
A gloom was cast over the en-
OKLAHOMA COTTON CROP
ed about six feet above the
ground and the mule in its des-
tire city""ast* Sunday "when tte | Ti ^^^0^2*
news came from Temple, (Tex.) ' Pan ht in thu fm-k ' f ^15 crop* count'n8 roun«
Sanitarium that C. E. Baker had , ' i i f th- bales, exclusive of linterS, 330,-
passed away at 4 p.m. Mr, the tree and before an>'thl"K haZ Q„«,w ™ «79
There had been ginned in Okla
of the
round as half
: Baker had been operated upon
could be done to release the
will
pected obstace the next annual praise can express, and he
show of the Garvin County Poul \ make good in the place too
try Association to be held at j For some time previous to his
Pauls Valley January 6, 7 and 8, j employment by the Investment
1916, will be one of the best held
in Oklahoma this season.
That interest in the poultry in-
dustry in Garvin County is in-
creasing rapidly is evidenced in
a more than 100 per cent advan-
cement of poultry production in
the past five years. Statistics
company Mr Field had intended
to make the race for County
Judge of Garvin County, but
since his employment he
abandoned all thought: of
race and has so informed
many friends. Mr. Field
made many friends during
has
the
mule's foot the bone was broken
and the foot wrenced off. The
mule had to be killed.
Mr. Nation had bought the
mule Dut the day before of W. J.
E. Kennedy who had been with for it. ]ast year Garvin county had
him rlnrinor Viic illnoac «,ir^ I Whe" Mr W3S 7AQ
of the loss of the mule he paid
Mr. Nation 130 back on the mule.
on Tuesday for appendicitis. His
condition was most favorable un-
til Saturday when complications
set in- His wife, and sister-in-
law, Miss Eunice Hackle, and E
356 bales, against 870,672 for the
same date in 1914
! Jackson County leads with
18,082, Kiowa county second with
16,C95, Bryan county third with
13,892, and Garvin county fourth
with 12,962 bales. To the same
him during his illness wired the!
family of the change in his con-
dition. His mother, Mrs, Kath-
arine Baker, and brother, Covey
s' Baker reached his bedside
some
j hours before the end came. The
•i ui i.i_ /v. ~ ,. i . • r> i if ii i .1 funeral services were held on
are available at the office of the stay in Pauls Valley who regret, .. „ .
. .. . * . „ . f . Tuesday afternoon at Paris, Tex-
has
his
Commercial Club showing this
per cent of increase and even
greater. To just what extent
the county poultry association
has been instrumental in bring-
ing about these conditions is, of j
course, merely conjectural, but|
the association is encouraged to j
enter heartily into the work of |
holding the show as a means of i
still further stimulating interest
in poultry raising, and proposes
to pull off an event that will
eclipse all previous efforts.
The association got down to
business by electing officers and
directors as follows:
E. P. Duffy, President.
to see him and his excellent fami i ... , , ,
. . , , . |as, his former home and also the
ly leave here, but their best . . , , .,. ..
. , -4.1*1. * • I girlgood home of his wife,
wishes go with them to their new
home I Rev. Wm. Denham, assisted
' by the pastor of the Christian
church at Paris, conducted the
services, Rev. Denham paid a
beautiful tribute to the noble
life just ended.
Ed Low, Perry Sullivan, Har-
ry Gage, \V. J. Harris and H. M.
Hamilton went to Paris to act as
pall bearers and pay a last tri-
bute of respect to one whom they
greatly loved and honored in life.
Florial offerings were sent by
the Pauls Valley Lodge Knights
of Pythias, of which deceased
was a member; by the Alternate
AT ADA POULTRY SHOW
C P. Richey and E P. Duffy,
of this city made a cleaning up
at the Ada poultry show last
week. Mr. Richey had only
four of hisPatridge Rock chick
ens entered and he took five pre-
miums. He took first premium
on a cock, a hen, a cockrel and a
pullet, and then a special prize
on the best cock in the show, all
] breeds competing.
TO DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Henry Brockman, the negro,
who was convicted in 1913 in
ginned 28,742 bales. Consider-
ing that the picking and ginning
of this years crop is less than
half of that of last year's crop
and the high prices of cotton anG
cotton seed this year, a bale of
cotton is worth more than twice
this year of what a bale brought
C. P. Richey, Secy.-Treas. I Mr T)uffv on h: a r R y ppf, ' * .ucmuer; uy uie Alternate
E. W. Low A C McCord,*. B ■ ,Saturday Club of which his wife
j-,. jr. ijuw, n. v. took 8 premiams as follows; 1st . ,
Hugh Simpson, John Martin, J. i on hen> 2nd on cockrel; 1st Was 3 member and the
McChesney, E. P. Duffy, C,
R
P. Richie, Directors.
After a general discussion in
which preliminary plans were
agreed upon the association ad
journed to meet again upon call
of the president.
In the meantime the Democrat
is requested to state that the
association will be glad to be ad
Womans
„ . n , „ . , . 'Society of the Presbyterian
pullet, 2nd on pullet, 1st on pen;,Church of wh-ch hjs mother had
2nd on display in show, all breeds I, . . n.a ■
.. , , . , long been a member. Offerings
competing; 1st on sweepstake
best pen in show, all breeds com-
peting.
ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICES
The Elks annual memorial ser-
vised of prospective entries as! vice was held at the Elks hall
soon as possible. Requests fori here Sunday afternoon. These
premium lists or any other in-
formation desired should be ad
dressed to the secretary, C. P.
Richie, Pauls Valley, Okla.
The place for holding the show
will be announced later.
services are held in every lodge
| in the United States at the same
i date every year, to commemorate happy
I the good deeds of deceased Elks
| The richulistic ceremony by the
j officers of the lodge is beautiful
| and impressive.
Rev. R. S. Satterfield offered
the invocation. Vocal soles by
were also sent by a number of
personal friends.
Mr. Baker stood high in the
community as a business man
and citizen and was respected
and honored by all who knew
him. As a man he was true in
every sense the word implies,
loyal to his friend?, tender and
loving to his mother and family
and his home life was ideally
An index to his
BAPTIST BAZAR
The Baptist ladies will hold
their annual bazar on Saturday,
Dec 11th at W. F, Johnson's
jewelry store An attractive
line of fancy work and useful
articles, suitable for Christmas
gifts, will be for sale. In con-
nection with the bazar will be a
market of pies, cakes, salads,
chickens, etc Mr. Johnson has
kindly agreed to give 10 per cent
of the proceeds of the sale of his
goods that day to the ladies.
in much better condition than
has been for several years.
McIntosh county for the murder last year. And when the great
of Rich Harding, is to be execut- va|ue 0f the diversification of
ed in the electric chair in the crops this year is thrown into the
McAlester penitentiary to-mor- equasion the country generally is
mow morning. It will be the
first electrocution in Oklahoma.
T|he case run the gauntlets of
the courts and Gov. Williams
thv cas,e refused notice to tax payers
to interfer in the execution.
In view of the fact that the
law requiring the County Treas-
urer to send by mail to each tax
payer the amount of his or her
taxes was repealed by the last
legislature and requiring each
taxpayer to attend upon the
County Treasurer's office and
pay his or her taxes, we deem it
advisable for the convenience
and information of the taxpayers
of Garvin county to give public
notice of this change in the law,
not that we are required to give
this notice, but do so for the
benefit of the taxpayers.
N. D Duffield, Chairman,
Board of County Commissioners.
WOOD NAMED STENOGRAPHER By w- J- Harris- County Clerk-
Andrew Wood, formerly of
Pauls Valley, now of Sapulpa,
has been appointed official steno-
grapher and reporter for the
state industrial commission. At
real j one time he was law clerk to
Atty. Field to Leave Pauls Valley | Miss Elizabeth'Morley and Mrs.
Attv- J. Walker Field who has; Barton Lee were especially well
been in partnership with Hon. I rendered; and the piano solo by
H. M. Carr in the practice of lawi Mrs. Hanna was greatly appre-
here since before statehood will dated. Judge W. R. Wallace in
shortly move to Oklahoma City.' troduced Geo. H. Evans, of the
The partnership has been dissolv, Chickasha lodge of Elks who de-
ed by mutual consent and Mr j livered the memorial address,
Carr who is one of the ablest: and it was an eloquent and beau-
lawyers in the country will con-! tiful address.
tinue to practice law here. j There has not been a death in
Mr. Fields has been employed the Pauls Valley lodge of Elks
by the American Investment Co , | since its organization several
of Oklahoma City, to take charge! years ago, but the services were
of its title ar.d foreclosure depart | heldaccording to the custom of
ment, While Mr. Field will with I the order to set forth the princi-
in the next ten days enter upon j pies of the order and commem-
the discharge of his duties with i orate and pay tribute to the dead
the company he will not move of other lodges.
character was exemplified by the | Gov. R. L. Williams, when the
tender tie which always existed j governor was a member of the
between him and Mr. E. E. Ken-1 supreme court. He entered upon
nedy, his former partner in the his new duties Monday.—Daily
drug business, which was more Oklahoman
like father and son than mere
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
The Democrat has secured the
services of Marion Donahew, the j
well known literary and book
friends. Truly his loved ones
and family find it hard to say
that all is for the best, for often
in a grevious way God's will is
manifest. None can understand
why such a life was taken in the ja£ent. to solicit and collect sub-
youi.ii and bljom of manhood; scriptions, and this is notice to
but they must feel his influence Pe°P'e on whom he calls that
he is the authorized agent of the
Democrat for the purposes nam-
ed. Mr. Donahew is well known
in the county and iB an honest
and upright man, and any cour-
tesies shown by the friends of
the Democrat will be highly ap-
preciated by its publishers.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON-
VENTION
The National democratic com
rnittee met in Washington on
Tuesday and selected St Louis
as the city for the 1916 Demo-
cratic National Convention, and
June 14th is the date. Three
cities contested for the conven-
tion. on first ballot Dallas got
14 votes, Chicago 12 and St.
Louis 25 and St
the second ballot.
Louis won on
will live on.
"To live in hearts we leave
behind is not to die."
HAD TO KILL THE MULE
J. F. Nation, of Elmore City,
in breaking a fine three year old
mule last Friday, had the rope by
which he was holding the mule
wrapped around a tree that fork-
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
Never in the history of Pauls Valley has there been such bargains
in Tailor-made suits. The low price of cotton in the South last fall
has caused more return of suits than in history of tailoring and we
arranged with one of the largest wholesale houses in Chicago to
handle part of the return.. These suits are tailor-made and deposits
paid on sum from $5, $10, $15, as high as $30. On sale $10.00
NOTICE.
The law firm of Carr &. Field,
which has been in existence for
over seven vears, has this day
by mutual consent been dis-
solved. said dissolution to take
effect December 1st. 1915.
H. M. Carr.
J. W. Field.
Adv. 38-2t.
Mrs. Pauline Kennedy, of
Frank Pruiet was transacting!Goodnight, Texas, is visiting
business in Norman on Tuesday her sister, Mrs. Wm. Saxon.
.00
Every man and hoy in and around Pauls Valley can wear a $20.00, $25.00 or $30.00
value taiior made suit this fall for
We also clean, pres and repair anything in the clothes line and guarantee to satisfy. Nev
line of Gents Furnishings.
BERT WILLIAMSON
Wall St. Gents Furnisher and Tailcr
Pauls Valley, Okla.
TAKE:
county commissioners
N. D. Ruffield, Sam Neill and
T. II, Rice met in regular ses
sion Monday and transacted the
mortthly rotine business. The
only business out of the ordinary
monthly matters were the new
road law and matters relating to
taxes Elsewhere in this paper
will be found a notice to tax-
payers which is self explanitory.
Below is a petition which the
commissioners have addressed to
our lawmakers. It shows for its
self the difficulties under the new
road law, and it shows too that
the commissioners have studied
the law and are fully aware of
the difficulties they are up
against in working under the
lasv.
State of Oklahoma,
County of Garvin.
To the Hon. Joe A. Edwards and
Ben Franklin, Senator* fiom Garvin,
McClain and Cleveland Counties, and
Hon. C. I. Murray and L. 1). Abney
Representatives from Garvin County;
Greeting:
We, the Couiuy Commissioners of
Garvin County, from experience and a
close study of the New Highway law
passed hy the recent legislature are
forced to conclude that said law is
greatly in need of certain amendments
to make it practicable and workable
with efficiency and economy We,
therefore, ask your consideration of
the matter and your best efforts to
have the said law so amended as have
all township and county roads, bridges
and culverts on same placed exclusive-
ly in the hands of the County Com-
missioners of their respective counties,
and have what is known under this law
as State Highways with their bridges
and culverts placed in the hands of
The State Highway Commission, and
also so amend said law so as to have
the laying out and designing of the
State Hhigway roads placed exclusive-
ly in the hands of the County Com-
missioners of their respective counties.
With the law as it now is in the
construction of small township and
county roads, bridges and culverts, We
lind it necessary to employ a civil en-
gineer at great expense to make a sur-
vey, prepare plans and specifications
for all such roads, bridges and culverts
which must then be approved by the
State Highway Commission before
such work can be done; then after
such road is opened, bridge or culvert
is built the engineer must again ex-
amine the work and report to the State
Highway Commission whose approve!
must be secured before such work can
be paid for.
In this long and expensives red tape
system we find from experience and
observation that tne system itself will
cost more in the construction of such
bridges and culverts than the culverts
and bridges themselves will cost if
left to be constructed by a road over-
seer under the properly guarded sup-
ervision of the County Commissioners
and the long delay of such a system
is an expensive factor in contracting
such work.
Believing that the amendments sug-
gested are necessary to the road law,
we ask your earnest consideration to
the matter and your best efforts to
secure such amendments.
Respectfully submitted,
N. D. DUFFIELD,
SAM NULL,
T. H. RICE,
Commissioners of Garvin County.
ROBINSONS CHILL TONIC
For CHILLS, FEVERS, and all MALARIA Diseases.
A Guaranteed Remedy made in Pauls Valley by
T H E
PALACE DRUG STORE
Sold by all First Class Dealers at 50c per bottle.
For your Liver take aJRob'insons High Ball—25c. Ask your Neighbor
PAULS VALLEY, OKLA.
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1915, newspaper, December 9, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118590/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.