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The Norman Democrat~Toptc
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CLEVELAND COUNTY
VOLUME 24
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1913.
NUMBER SIX
chautauqua
McGINLE Y-McCALL
lawyers have
NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED
has christ
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS
for norman
big banquet.
come again?
WILL PROBABLY BE HELD
THE FIRST WEEK
IN JUNE.
a strong course,
Directors of Chamber of Com-
merce Heartily Endorse
the Proposition.
In all probability Norman will
have a Chautauqua this year, begin
ning the first Monday in June on ti)
date of (he opening of the summer
session of the University.
C. W. Gould, of Oklahoma C.'ity
representing the Gould Chautauqua
Circuit, was here Tuesday and met
with the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce and all the
plans and propositions were gone
over in detail.
The contract wasn't signed at this
time, owing to the fact that the com
inittee desired the approval of Dr
Brooks and Dean Holmberg, and wt
understand both heartily endorse the
proposition.
The contract is fair and liberal and
is not binding on any one. No indi
n iduai will be asked to buy any more
tickets than he needs for his own
use. The season tickets will sell for
$2.00 each, while the single admi
sion will be fifty cents.
I he chautauqua will begin Mon
day, June 2, and close Saturday, June
7. There are ten numbers as follow
Seminary Girls.
Robert Parker Mills.
University (Norman) Orchestra, 25
pieces.
McCormick and Bronte.
Rowland I). Williams.
Male Quartette.
A. F. Vandeventcr.
Varsity Dramatic Club.
May Williams Gunther.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook.
All the characters are very strong
and the entire course will be instruc-
tive as well as entertaining. The
chance to see and hear Dr. Frederick
A. Cook will be worth the price of
a season ticket. He will tell of his
conquest of the pole, giving an illus
trated lecture of the discovery of th.
new world of crystal glory.
Every town of any size should have
a summer chautauqua, and we be
heve the people of Norman will hear
tily support this movement, as it ha
a tendency to instruct and uplift an .
is along the lines of education which
we art' all most vitally interested
GROUND HOG APPEARS.
If the ground hog visited Norman
Sunday in accordance with the myth
common in all communities, he had
to go back to his hole without seeing
his shadow, thereby insuring an early
spring
The arctomys monax, for that is
the society name for the ground hog
always appears on February 2, after
his season of hibernation has been in
trrrupted. If he sees his shadow he
retires again to his home in the
ground and sleeps for another six
weeks, as he fears the storms of the
severe winter that is expected.
A BIG LAND DEAL.
J C. Jonas has just returned from
Cordell, Okla., where he purchased a
fine farm consisting of 540 acres, the
price paid being $25,000. The land
lies in a body and most of it tillable
with considerable alfalfa ground and
all the land produces good crops. The
land is only a half mile west of Cor-
dell and the price paid is said to be
very reasonable from every point of
figuring. Mr Jonas rented the place
for the present year to the former
Mr. Alfred McCall and Miss Lucy
McGinley were quitely married at the
Methodist parsonage on Wednesday
February 5, 1913, Rev R. L Ownbey
officiating.
Alfred is the son of Mr. and Mr
S. i i. McCall and is a young man oi
business ability and sterling worth
He is associated with his father in
the grocery business and is enjoying
a splendid business.
Miss Lucy is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. 1*. J. McGinley and is one
of Norman's worthy and accomplish-
ed young ladies She is cultured and
refined and will prove a valuable
help-mate.
Immediately after the ceremony
the happy couple took the 3 o'clock
train for a short honey-moon trip to
Oklahoma City. They expect to re
side on East Simmes street, where the
groom has already fitted up the
rooms preparatory to housekeeping
I he contracting parties are both
well and favorably known in Nor
man, having been raised here anc.
are among the most prominent people
of the city, and their numerou-
friends join the Democrat-Topic ii
wishing them a happy, prosperou
and smooth sale across the matri-
monial see of life.
football
schedule.
COACH BENNIE OWEN HAS
ANNOUNCED SOONER
FOOTBALL DATES.
two games here.
Kansas and the A. & M. College
Games Will Be Played On
Boyd Field.
Coach Uennie Owen has just an
nounced the football schedule for the
coming season. Only two games will
bi played in the state, viz: Kansas at
Norman October 31 and Colorado at
Oklahoma City on Thanksgiving day,
Hesides these two games, Coach Owen
has already scheduled games with
two other state universities, Missouri
at Columbia on October 18, and Texas
at Houston on November 10.
Oklahoma A. and M. is the only
tate school with which a date ha*
been arranged so far The Aggies will
try to realize their life-long ambition
November 21 on their home grounds.
The Sooners will probably arrange
games with other slate schools to fill
in between these more important con
tests.
The schedule follows:
Missouri at Columbia, October 18.
Kansas at Norman, October 31.
Texas at Houston, November 10
Oklahoma A. and M. at Stillwater,
November 21.
Colorado at Oklahoma City, Novem-
ber 27.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
CLEVELAND COUNTY
BAR ASSN.
a good program
Meeting Held at Cottage Home
Friday Night, January
31st, 1913.
DEATH OF L. H. PATTERSON.
Mr L. H. Patterson died at the
home of his son, E. A. Patterson six
miles east of Norman, on Thursday,
January 30, 1913, aged 71 year.,.
Dropsy was the cause of his death.
The funeral services were held at
the family residence Friday conduct
ed by Rev. R. L. Ownbey and the
body shipped to his former home at
hillicothe, Missouri, for burial. The
local post of the Grand Army of the
Rcpubfic had charge of the body at
the depot.
The deceased was a highly respect
ed citizen and his death is mourned
by his four children who survive him
and a host of friends and relatives.
The Democrat-Topic extends it-
sympathy to the bereaved ones in
this irreparable loss.
Last Friday night the lawyers of
leveland county gave their annual
banquet at the Cottage Home. The
affair was a most magnificent one.
The decoration^ were superb and the
menu was par excellence.
Mr. W. 11 Seawell and his corps of
sistants showed unusual ability in
preparing for the event.
Promptly at 8:30 o'clock thirty
ven of the most handsome men,
women and young ladies of Oklahoma
gathered around the banquet board
and the lovely waiters began serving
the several courses. For more than
one hour the guest* partook of the
feast.
After the last course was served
Toastmaster J. P. Dudley arose and
after a few remarks introduced Judge
McMillan who responded to the toast
A Mistake on Both Sides." The Judge
was in first class trim and his remarks
were catchy and pleasing.
Good Fellowship" was the topic
assigned to Mr C. M. Keiger. He
handled the subject in a very diplo-
matic manner. If his suggestions were
lived up to the lawyers of Oklahoma
would be one happy, well regulated
family.
Relation of the Bench to the Bar
and the Bar to the Bench" was ably
discussed by Prof. Cheadle, of the
University law department.
They say the laws are created in
confusion for purposes of litigation,"
the subject ably discussed by
Hon. N. E. Sharp, representative in
the present legislature We are un-
able to understand why the above sub-
ject should be discussed before a body
f lawyers for not one of them would
admit that laws were made for 'the
purpose of litigation. Those present
who were not lawyers (and there were
a few) who certainly received some
valuable information from Mr. Sharp's
remarks. Contrary to our former way
of thinking Mr Sharp made it plain
that litigation was not the intent of
laws.
Mr. James M. Gresham had for his
toast a subject that millions of vol-
umes have been written about, after
dinner oators take pleasure in extoll-
ing to the skies and a subject that
Adam was perhaps the first person in
human form to lay eyes upon, "the
I.adies." Mr. Gresham evidently for
years had studied the subject and
memorized all the nice things worth
preserving. We have heard the ora-
tors of the south, north, east and west
orate on this highly important subject
but we can not recall to mind a sin-
gle one of them who did more justice
to the occasion than Mr. Gresham.
The last toast was given by Judge
J. F. Sh'arpe member of the supreme
mrt commission on "The Appelat
Courts." The speaker gave a short
history of the courts and the splen-
did work they are doing. The election
if officers for the ensuing year clos
*d the program for the evening.
The new officers are: Judge F B
Swank, president: County Attorn
.1 D. Grigsby, vice-president, and J
M Gresham, secretary and treasurer
The out of town guests were Judge
and Mrs. J F. Sharpe.
The newspaper men were the guest
of the legal fraternity.
1 lie governor s four appointment
to the state board of education wer
unanimously confirmed by the senate
in the executive se ion last Saturday
It was stated by one of the senator
that the confirmation was unanimous,
not a single dissenting vote on either
of the appointees being recorded
The appointments confirmed are.
II. M. Duncan of Pauls Valley, for
tin term ending July 1, 1913; Henry
Potter, of Ardmore, for the term
nding July 1, 1915; Frank )■ Wikoff,
>f Oklahoma City, for the term end
ng July 1, 1917, and F. B. Fite, of
Muskogee, for the term ending July 1.
1917.
It i- understood that Superintendent
R U. Wilson who. by virtue of hi-
office is president ol the board, will
call tlu new members together inline
diatcly for the purpose of transacting
sonic important business, such as ap
proving claims and salaries for the
past month.
MRS. PENNY OF LINDSAY
RELATES A VERY PE
CULIAR STORY.
mad a vision
Saw the Picture of Christ On the
Wall,—Piano Plays Old
Familiar Tune.
PATIENTS ARRIVE AT VINITA.
Word comes that the three hundred
patients who were transferred from
the sanitarium here to the Vinita in-
stitution arrived safely and everything
was in readiness to receive them into
the new home.
The building at Vinita is magnific-
ent and was built at a total cost to
the state of $211,000. Furniture, fix
tures, beds and clothing are all new
and it is said the inspection of the
building reveals one of the most beau-
tiful homes for the ill-fated inmates
one could imagine.
The state owns a 750-acre farm
there, well improved with a dairy,
hogs and chickens and will cultivate
the land this year
Boost, don't knock.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. tarson of
Oklahoma City were here Sunday.
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Greismer & Forman
real estate
and loans
We have a cash buyer for a good one hun-
dred and sixty or eighty acre farm. Price
must be right. See us at once.
A well improved three acre Chicken Ranch
for rent, cheap
FELL FROM SCAFFOLD.
Last Friday while working on the
law building at the University the
scaffold broke and three laborers were
more or less injured in the accident
Bill Jones got hi- face skinned up
considerably and Harry Johnson re
ceived a sprained wrist and a fev
other injuries of a minor nature, whil
Bob Ingle received several cuts and
bruises about the legs and hips. We
also understand that Gabe Powell got
his shoulder and shoulder blade brok
and otherwise received bruises and
injuries which have given him more
or less pain.
Fortunately none of the injuries
were of a very serious nature and the
boys will be up and going again be-
fore many days.
5AKER-WRIGHT.
Mr. Janie- Edgar Wright, aged 19.
of New Castle, and Mis> Hazel Be-
atrice Baker, aged 18, of Norman,
were united in marriage at the Adkins
crossing on the west side of the river
in McClain county on Monday, Feb-
ruary 3, 1013, Rev J W Linton „i
the Free Methodist church.
The young couple stands very high
in their respective communities and
have the best wishes of their many
friends.
Mr. Seawell of Kansas City was
here last Sunday the guest of his
brother, W. H. Seawell.
OIL BOOM AT CUSHING.
J. D. Pridgen is at home from Cush
ing, where he spent several months in
the oil fields. He says the oil excite
ment there is remarkable. The town
overflowed with visitors and spec-
tators and hotels and boarding house-
are inadequate to accommodate the
large crowds which conic there daily.
\t present he says five hundred teams
are busy hauling lumber and machin-
ery to the fields to put up derricks,
and that already one can count from
a house top over five hundred pro-
ducing wells. He says the town is
growing by leaps and bounds and
that lots that sold for six hundred
dollars on Christmas were sold re
cently foi1 ten thousand dollars.
MORE PARK DIRT.
Another load of dirt for the Ed-
wards park was unloaded Monday and
men with scrapers are placing it where
it belongs. When planting time come?
Mr. Edwards expects to set out tree
and flowers and make it one of the
most beautiful spots of ground in Ok
lahoma.
Dirt is also being placed on tin
right-of-way south of the express of
fice, also by the fire station and other
places and before the job is complet
d the whole right-of-way will look
like a city park. Of course the Santa
J-e people are anxious to get their
property in fine shape before moving
their division up from Purcell.
SHAWNEE LOSES IN COUNTY
SEAT CONTEST.
Has Christ come again?
Does He come in the flesh
and in the spirit and reveal
Himself to man?
Does He call and knock at
the door of the soul of man
and warn him to flee the wrath
to come?
Does II,- come in person and
warn us that death is near at
hand ?
Dpi > He come to the bed-
side of a dying soul and carry
the spirit to the better world?
Doe- He visit this old sin
cursed earth to get the minds
of the people away from sin
and corruption and cause them
to place their minds and hearts
on higher and nobler things?
These are merely thoughts
that each individual has a right
to solve according to his own
faith and belief.
In a special county -eat election in
Pottawatomie county Wednesday
Shawnee lost to Tecumseh, the vote
standing 3,069 for Tecumseh and 2,
378 for Shawnee.
'I he election closed a bitter county
seat fight It was featured by person
al animosities although there were no
altercations.
Shawnee was the winner in the first
election held two years ago, but the
election was declared void by the su
preme court of the state because
Shawnee offered inducements to the
)ters in the way of buildings for a
•urt house.
BROKE HER ANKLE.
Mr- Sarah Edwards, mother o.
Mrs, Roy ( Smith, accidentally fell
Saturday and broke her ankh I'll
ground was frozen and she slipped
and fell with the above result, \-id-
from considerable pain she i- getting
along reasonably well. Her many
friends sincerely hope she will have
peedy recovery and will soon be u|
and about again
1 A Richards, who recently re
turned from a visit to his brother at
Lindsay, Okla , tells a peculiar and
interesting -tors that happened in
that city one night last week.
Mrs. Penny and two children were
at home by themselves while Mr
Penny was in California on business
One night about two o'clock Mrs.
Penny wa- aroused from her peaceful
slumber when the piano began to
play, Je-tis, Lover of My Soul." She
raised up in the bed and looked
around but could see no one. On the
wall just to one side of the piano she
saw the picture of Christ shining in
perfect glory with a light as bright
as the noonday sun. This frightened
her, and she covered up her head for
a few moments and when she looked
the second time the picture had mov
ed until it stood immediately over the
piano. She fell back again and cov-
< red up her head and when the pian
had finished one stanza and the choru
the music ceased and the picture wa
gone. She got up, lighted the lamp
and searched the house to see if any
one could possibly be on the inside,
but her -earch proved in vain as far
as any discovery was concerned The
doors and windows were all just like
she left them—fastened down so that
entrance by human being was im-
possible.
•Mrs. Penny, though frightened and
bothered over the incident, decided
she would keep her vision a secret
and reveal it to no one, owing to un-
belief in tin minds of the people rela
tive to such ^things However, the
following day one of her neighbors
-ailed and wanted to know "What
n earth she was doing up at two
>'clock at night playing the piano
Mrs penny then told of her vision
nd now the entire city is stired witfi
peculiar wonder. A telegram was jm
mediately sent to her husband, on e
to her mother and to other relatives
to learn if anything had happened
The Wyoming legislature . n j,.mt
ballot. Tuesday, reelected United
States Senator \\ ,rr< n fur a fifth
term, although oppo ,,| by the pr
sres-ivev Hi- majority was won by
having several seat c,i„te*ts decided
in his favor.
At Austin, the rex , legislature
lected Mortis Sheppard lor the short
term to succeed R M Johnston, ap
pointed to fill the unexpired turn ot
Senator Bailey, and also ,l,t.,|
Sheppard for the long term.
At Santa he, the \,«
I.iture re elieteil Senator A II I ,,||
At I upeka. Kansas, the Kan .,
legislature chose Judge William II. I
1 hompson, democrat, to succeed'
nited Slates Senator Curtis, rcpuh '
licati
At e.dumbia, S i . the South Car
lma leyislatun re elected Senator
Sen Tillman for a fourth term
At Carson City, the N.vada legi*
II,e carried out the will of the
democratic primary by electing K< v
1'ittman to the senate
At Little Rock, the \rkansas leg
lature elected Judge W M Kavan
ugh to the senate for thi hurt term,
and Go\ Robinson ti, the long term
not guilty
says judge.
.
J F. NICHOLS AND SON,
REED NICHOLS. GIVEN
THEIR LIBERTY.
trial wednesday
Were Accused of Killin John L.
Jones Northeast of Norman
November 12th, 1912.
heaviest snow
of the season.
MOISTURE SECURED AND
SLEIGHING ENJOYED
BY MANY
benefits wheat.
Weather Reaches the Zero Mark
—Water Pipes Freeze.—
Plumbers Busy.
One peculiar thing about the inci
ent i the fact that no picture harfg-
■n the wall where Christ stood and
I -licet of music with "Jesus, [.over
t M > Soul" is in the house.
Mr and Mrs. Penny reside in a
lock and a half of Mr. Richard's
brother and the two families are close
neighbors and intimate friends.
STROKE OF PARALYSIS.
Mrs. M K. Dorrance suffered a
vere stroke of paralysis in her left
side last Saturday. She was stricken
with paralysis about ten years ago
but soon recovered and since that time
has been enjoying splendid health The
troke Saturday came as a complete
surprise Her numerous friends, how
ever, will be glad to learn she is con
iderably better and on the rapid road
to recovery.
FOR DIRECT SENATORS.
Both branches of the Michigan leg
lature as well a- Colorado and Iowa
now have ratified the proposed
amendment to the federal constitu
tion providing for the direct election
of United States senators by the peo
pie. This makes the ninth state ap
proving the amendment, and others
are expected to follow
DEATHS.
The two months old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl King died Saturday
t a very brief illness The little
contracted a severe cold Friday
from which it never recovered. Fun-
al services were conducted Sunday
by 1 D Corning from the family
residence and burial was made in the
F. O. (> I cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs King have the sin-
cere sympathy of the entire com-
munity in this the loss of their only
child
By far the heaviest snow of the
on came Saturday, covering the
ground to a depth of from four to sjx
inches. It started falling early Satur
day morning and continued until in
the afternoon. Then was sufficient
now on the ground for sleighing, and
many were out enjoying the sport.
Farmers say the snow will be of
great benefit to agricultural regions.
it will put a splendid moisture i:i
the subsoil and prepare the ground for
pring planting. It will also be of
great benefit to the wheat crop.
Sunday was the coldest day of the
new year, the thermometer registering
in the neighborhood of zero. Numer
ous water pipes got out of commis-
sion and for several days the plumbers
have been busy making repairs.
I he outlook for good crops this
year in Cleveland county could hardly
be more promising. We have already
had enough cold weather to kill tin
insects, and rain and snow enough to
keep a splendid moisture in the ground
and the farmers have lost no time in
turning the soil when the weather
would permit According to reports
t'very available piece of ground will
be put in a -tate of cultivation.
The snow Saturday is holding on
well and as it melts every drop goes
the ground.
SUFFRAGE WINS IN NEW YIRK
\Y hat is regarded as the first skirm
sli in the battle for women suffrage
n New York state was won by the j
advocates of the measure when, on
Monday last, the proposed amend
ment giving women the right to vot-
tssed almost unanimously. It
had already passed the senate but be
fore it becomes a law it must be pass
d by another legislature and fav.ired
by a majority vote of the people at
the polls, that i-, the voters.
You will save money by buying
your seed potatoes at Crittenden s
Grocery.
The preliminary trial of J. F. N'ich-
1- and son, Reed Nichols, was heard
hi'i'Te County Judge F. B. Swank
W cdnesday and the defendants w ere
vMven their liebrty, there being in>uf-
ficint e\ idence to warrant any con-
viction.
Mr. Nichols and son weft arrested
I uesday, January 21st, and placed in
the c<'iintv jail here charged with the
murder of John L. Jones and setting
fir* to his home on the night of No-
w mber 12, 1912. Immediately after
the crime, relatives of Jones retained
the Dvcr-Stege Detective Agency of
Oklahoma ( ity who were responsible
in having Nichols and his son brought
to trial
Ben !• Williams was employed to
represent thi defendants and in the
trial Wednesday the evidence on the
part of the state was so weak that not
a singlt witness vvas placed on the
-land by the defendant Witnesses tes-
tified that they saw the fire, saw the
body of Jones, but saw no trace of
anyone or anything that would have
a tendency to throw suspicion on eith-
er Nichols or his ?-on. The witnesses
were under rule, but all told practic-
ally the same story The state used
one of Mr J ones' younger boys as a
witness and the lad proved a very
wduable witness for the defendants,
lie was examined very closely by
t ounty Attorney Grigsby. but was
not shaken in his testimony. He said
his father and brother were both at
home on the night of the murder, and
if anyone phoned them they knew
nothing about it, as their phone was
out of commission. The attorney for
the defendants never questioned a
ingle witness
Those who heard the testimony in
the case are of the opinion that the
detective agency had Nichols and his
son arrested merely to see if some-
thing could not be said or learned that
would ultimately lead to the arrest
and conviction of the guilty party.
The detectives are solely re«ponsible
for what embarrassment, trouble and
expense it has caused Mr. Nichols
and his son.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
The state legislature is now enter-
ing on its sjxth week with more ac-
complished uptodate than any past
legislature
It begins to look now as if the legis-
lature has gotten over its high tension
and are getting down to real business.
So far no office state or county has
been abolished although bills to that
effect hav« passed one or the other
houses.
Represntative Sharp has -ucceeded
in hav ing his bill passed in the lower
hou^e to abolish the office of assist-
ant county superintendent. Mr. Sharp
has also introduced a bill to eliminate
pool and hillard halls fr om state
-chool towns.
1 he imp- a liment trial of State Au-
<I:tor l eo Meyer was called up in the
senate y< ferday The >ame charge will
' e presented there that were made by
Vttoniev < teneral West in the county
court of Oklahoma county.
Mi and Mrs. D. F. Dunn and Cha-.
Hill and family left Tuesday for San
Antonia. IYxas after a few days visit
with J < Rodger- and family
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The nine months old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. c I Meyer three miles
northeast of town died Tuesday and
was buried in the I. O. O F. ceme-
tery Wednesday Rev Janke con-
ducted the funeral services. The be-
reaved parents have the utmost sym-
pathy of the entire community.
Died, Wednesday, February 5, 1913,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hold emann, aged 79
/ears, 11 months and 5 days. Funeral
ervices were held at the residence <>f
Mrs. Alice F. Butler, East Symmes
St., at 3 p. m Thursday. Rev R L
Ownbey officiating. Interment was
made in the I. O. O F. cemetery.
Boost, don't knock.
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