Weekly State Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
\ V
t >
l
ih-
4
All the News
All the Time.
Weekly State Democrat
A Paper published in the Metropolis of the Southwest, Devoted to the interests of Lawton, Comanche County and Democracy.
It is Read by
the People.
VOL. V
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JULY 2t>. 1906.
NO 51
OWING TO THE BACKWARD SEASON
I am p-reatly over-stocked. I am offering my entire stock of the newest fabrics, latest patterns, best makes of CLOTHING at a
DISCOUNT OF 25 PER CENT for 15daysonly- The newest and latest line oi STRAW HATS 30 PERCENT OFF.
Pioneer Men's and Boy's Outfitters
1
FEAST FOR
THE FANS
LAWTON AND GAINSVILLE TEAMS
WILL ARRIVE TODAY,
A BATTLE ROYAL
Will Begin This Afternoon With the
first Game of a Series of Three
To Be Played Here at Home.
Rain yesterday prevented a game be-
tween Gainsville and Lawton, and this
morning both teams will arrive in this
city on the Rock Island from the south,
for a series of three games here at Law-
ton, begining this afternoon with the
first game. Although Lawton 6 team
met with defeat in both games at Gains
ville, the local fans are still of the firm
belief that Lawton has the strongest
independent ball' team in Oklahoma or
Texas.
Whenever Lawton's team has lost a ;
series it has lost it when playing against
a team especially organized for that
series of games. The series that wa~
lest to Wichita Falls was lost not to a
regularly organized team but to one that |
was especially strengthened for that
series of games. So it was with the
last two games that bave just been played
at Gainsville, Texas, wherein Lawton -
team met with defeat. They were not
confronted with the regular Gainsville
team, but on the contrary they were con-
fronted with a team that waa composed
of picked players from Bowie, Wichita
Falls, Muskogee and other points.
Although Lawton's team lost the two
games by scores of one to nothing in the
first and two to nothing in the second,
there is no occasion to feel ashamed of
the team. The boys played ball, and
they played fast ball, and demonstrated j
the fact that they were too strong for
any regularly organized club, and that
the only way to defeat them was by i
picking league players and the beet men j
out of other clubs and forming a club of1
that material.
Portions of Texas rejoiced over the de-
feat of Lawton's club, and Der.ioc,!
Texas, telegr; ;<hed congratulations to
Gainsville upon her defeating Lawton, j
It wan simply a case of state pride
Texas growing enthusiastic over the de-
feat of Oklahoma, it being recognized
that Lawton has the strongest indepen
dent club in Oklahoma. l>utjust wait.
Today and tomorrow and the next day,
Lawton's boys will play on their home
diamond, and they may lose the seriis,
but before tbey get through with it
( tbere is going to be some mighty fast
ball playing.
The last game played at Gainsville
' was played in just one hour and t-ix
'minutes, (iainesville scored twice in
the first inning, and there wasn't another
-core made in the game. The batt..ry
(or Gainsville was Washington and Arie,
and that for Lawton was Wolf and Con-
i nor. Lawton made no runs, no hits,
and two errors. Gainsville made two
runs, nine hits and three errors.
IS HE A DESERTER LAWTON TO
CELEBRATE
SOLDIERS ARE LUCKY CAPT. KINO TO WF.P
A Farmer Delivers a Prisoner to the
Cfficers at Fort Sill
NOT THE MANAGER
J. C. Thomas is Not an Officer of the Rig
Four Mining Company.
"I wish ycu would correct a statement
made in the Morning Democrat that J
C. Thomas is manager of the Big Four
Mining Company,1' remarked one of the
oUcials of tbat company to a representa
tive of this paper. The remarks of the
gentleman were occasioned by an ac-
count published in yesterday's issue of
this piper of the arrest of J. C. Thomas
on a charge of giving a check upon a
bank wherein he had no funds, and the
further statement that Thomas was
manager of the ISig Four.
According to a statement made by the
gentleman who desired the correction
made, Thomas was not even an officer of
the ccmpan;, and his only connection
with it was simply as an agent empower-
ed to sell a certain amount of the stock.
The statement contained in yesterday's
paper, that Thomas was manager of the
Big Four, was based upon statements
that Thomas had made to the represent-
ative of this paper.
Advertisers should bear in mind the
fact that the Sunday morning edition of
the Democrat is the best advertising
medium in the city.
A farmer from down near Frederick
arrived at Fort Sill a day or two ago,
having in charge as a prisoner a young
man whom he said was a deserter. The
young man protested his innocenoe, and
I said he had never in his life bslonged to
the regular army. But the tffloers took
him in charge, just the same, and be is
' now in the guard house at the fort. 1 be
young fellow says he, at one time, be
longed to the state malitia of Nebraska,
but that is the only military experience
he ever bad.
j His measurement, marks and descrip
tion were taken by the officers, and these
will be forwarded to the war department
at Washington, where in due course of
time the matter will be investigated,
! and if it turns out that the young fallow
Is not a deserter ' > will be discharged
In case the young fellow ia not a de •
serter it is dollars to doughnuts that the
next time he meets a farmer who looks
like he is hunting for deserters from
Uncle Sam's army, he will give him all
the road, and then some.
Under the law a person is not allowed
to be detained ever eight days for the
purpose of ascertaining whether he is a
deserter, and when this time is exceeded
they can secure their release upon a
writ of habeas corpus, but as a rule the
average man is unfamiliar with the law.
HER FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ON MONDAY
AUGUST 6TH.
A
Arranged for the Occasion, and Every
thing \bsolutel) i ree. A tor-
dial Imitation Extended.
Ammon Goudy was brought up from
Waurika yesterday morning, by Deputy
Sheriff Elrod, on a charge of disturbing
a public meeting. It is said that lasl
spring he broke up a meeting at a liter-
ary society in fhe vicinity of Waurika,
and then skipped for Texas He return-
ed adav or two ago, and yesterday was
captured and brought to the city. He
is a young fellow about nineteen years
old. His trial is set for July 30th, in I he
p-obate court.
MERCHANTS & PLANTERS BANK
Capital c6 Surplus $26,000.
Centrally Located, Conservatively Man
aged, Absolute Protection to Deposi-
tors. Come and see us.
H A Lloyd
President
L S Meyer
Vice-Pres.
D R Rankin
Cashier
' A Bank Account Makes a Light Heart."
The CITY NA™!tAL
Give us a
Trial
Ln supplying your drugs
and medicines.
We think you will be a
Pleased Customer
Ever afterwards. We
have anything in our pat-
ent Varnish and Glass de-
partments.
Jones Bros
The Druggists
307 D AVE.
Following is the program arranged for
the big celebration to be held here on
August 6th, as agreed upon by the ex-
ecutive oommittee at Its meeting Tues-
day night:
The big street parade will form at the
fair grounds at 9 a m . and march west
on C avenue to Seventh street, thence
south to D, thence east.
ON E AVENUE,
.0 a. m.—White man's horse race,
from Third to Seventh streets. First
prize 810, second $5.
ON I) AVENUE,
10:30 a. m.—Squaw horse raoe, from
Second to Fifth streets. First prize ?5,
second $3.
10:45 a. m.—Indian buck race, fr^ni
Second to Fiflh. First prize $5, sec. 13.
II a. m.—Free for all foot race, from
Third to Fourth. First prize 15, sec $3
1:15 p. in.—Wheelbarrow race, from
Third to Fourth streets. Frize9 $5 & $3.
1:30 p. m.—Potato race, between 3rd
and 4th. Pri7< s 85 and 13.
ON C AVENUE.
11:15 a. m.—Squaw horse race, from
Second to Fifth streets. $5.00 to first
and $3.00 to second.
11:30 a. m.—Indian back race, from
Second to Fifth streets. $5 00 to first
and $3 00 to Becond,
11.45 a. m.—Free for all foot race.
$5 00 to first and $3 00 to itcond.
1:45 p. m.—Sack race between Third
and Fourth streets. $5.00 to first and
$3,00 to second.
2i00 p. m.—Squaw foot race, from
Third to Fourth Btreet. $5.00 to first
and $3 00 to second,
Barbaoue at corner Third and D
avt>cue at one o'clock.
AT THE PAIR GROUNDS 2:30 P. M.
Free for all pacep'.hLlf mile beats, be6t
3 in 5, with $60 to first, $>5 to second
and ?10to third.
Indian horse race, half mile dash,—
110 to first, $6 to second and $4 to third
Green pacing raoe, half mile heats,
best two in three, #30 to first, $20 to
second and 110 to third.
Indian race, one mile.—-$10 to firet,
$6 to second and $4 to third.
Green trotting race, half mile heats,
beat two in three.—$30 to first, $20 to
second and $10 to third.
Speaking at corner of Fourth Bnd D
avenue from 7-30 to 9 p. m.
Fireworks oo North Boundary at 9:15
p. m.
Mu.«ic during day and evening by the
Lawton cornet band.
Everything free, and everybody in
vited.
Troops at Fort Sill the Only Ones in
the United States Not to March.
1 he only regular army troops in the
United States that are not now on the
move are troops I, K, Land M, of the
j 13th cavalry, now stationed at Fort
Sill. The troops from Fort Reno are
' now marching > wrland towards Fort |
Riley, Kansas, where the army maneu |
vers are to be held. In Texas troop*|
are marching towards Austin, where
the maneuvers are to be held, in fact
i in almost every state in the nation regu-
lar army troopB are on the march,
and in the whole Union the oniy regu-
lar army troops that will not participate
in the maneuvers are those that oompnse
the squadron of cavalry nnw at Fort Sill.
They may get orders later to partici-
' pate Ir the ..rruy maneuvers, but it is
hardly probalie, and they will enjoy
taking it ea,;y at Foit S 11 whil all other
troops are on the match through the
] boiling sun.
Captain of the Engineers Will be Mar-
ried at Guthrie Next Sunday.
Captain Frank B. King, assistant city
engineer and captain of the Lawton
company of engineers of the National
Guard, will soon become a benedict. He
has been keeping the matter quiet, in
order to surprise his numerous friend*
here at. Lawton, brt 6uch things will be-
come known despite the beBt efforts to
maintain them a secret. The biido to
be is Miss Alice Shercr, of Guthrie, und
the wedding will take place in that city
on Sunday, July 20th, The Guthrie
Daily Capitol, of the 24th, had the fol-
lowing item among its society news:
"Mrs. E. M. Bamford, assisted by a
number of young ladies, gave a hose
shower in honor of Miss Alioe Sherer,
whose marriage to Captain Frank B.
King, of Lawton, Oklahoma, is an-
nounced for Sunday, July 29. The
afternoon wbs spent in mailing aprons
for the biide to-be. A daiDty luncheon
was served at six o'clock."
A slaughter house, situated about two
and a half miles south of the city, and
belonging to John Leberrnan, was burn-
ed to the ground about 1 o'clock yester-
day morning At the time it burned It
contained tive bead of cattle, two hogs
and one calf, dressed for the market
The loss amounts to several hundred
dollars. The cause of the fire is un
known.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY, j
Capital and Surplus, $60,000.00
F. M. ENGLISH. S. H. KINO, E. E. SHIPLEY,
President. Vice-President. Cashier
We respectfully solicit your banking t>ueiness. proroiang good service, perfect safety
and courteous treatment.
Je
% TRIBUNE
We have just contracted
2 for the agency of this
jw high grade wheel in addi-
« tion to the CLEVELAND
t T. S. BRUCE
aa B/cycle" ant/ Snmlrles
CREAMERY
BUTTER A,
At All Groceries.
IT IS THE BEST.
PURE & SWEET.
Captain Dowell ana wife, of the Sal
vation Army will farewell Sunday nigbt
and on Monday or Tuesday take their
departure for Chicago. They bave been
he*e six months, and during tbat time
they have had twenty five conversions
have saved twenty five souls and done
an incalculable amount of good besides
They are peasant people, and in tsU-
ing with a representative of "this paper
lait nigbt, Captain Dowell said the
people of Lawton had been exceedingly
kind to himself and wife. They will be
suceeded by Envoy Peas and wife who
come here from Wichita, Kansas.
A forcible detainer action, for the re-
covery of possession of the Rankin
batel, located at the corner of E avenue
and Fifth street, was teiminated in
Justice Perkins court yesterday. The
action was brought by D. C. Austin,
who owns the building, against Rankin
& Collins, the present tenants. Ran-
kin & Collins were holding under a
lease oi the property entered into with
Frank McMasterp, when he owned the
property, the lease expiring on July let,
1906, but containing a clause that the
defendants claimed gave them an exten-
sion of time. The case was tried toa
jury and a verdict was rendered in favor
of the -ilaintiff.
ThomaB Bixby, one ef the editors of
this paper, was able to drive down to
this office for a few moments last night,
for the first time in four weeks. His
wife is now down with the same fever
that afflicted bim.
Talbert Good-Day secured a writ of
replivin out of the probate court, yester-
day, to replevin a mare and two v~olts
from S. Spitler, who lives fifteen miles
north-east of the city. He olaims to
have lost the mare three years ago, she
either having been utolea or strayed
away. He claims the colts as her in-
crease.
Sanitary Officer Talmadge yesterday
received a letter from a certain party
registering a kick against a peroon who
buried a dog in the alley in the rear of
126 C avenue. The officer ordered ths
remains of the oanine removed instanter.
Lawton Ice Co,
Telephone Number 36,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
LAWTON. OKLA.
CAPITAL $50,090, SURPLOS & PROFITS $20,000,
The United States Treasury Department has rec-
ognized the importance of Lawton as a financial centre
and has designated this bank a
United States Depository
Being amply able to care for your business and
desiring your account, whether large or small, we in-
vite you to call. We promise you good treatment
and absolute safety for your funds.
GEO. M. PASCHAL, Pies, t H, OUIKETTt, Vice Pies,
GUY C, MBERISM, Cashier,
THE
WORLDS FAIR
STORE 318-320 C Ave
Furniture and House Furnishings
Will sell cheaper than any House in Oklahoma. Freight paid to any point in Comanche county
Has
Everything
in
I
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Neff, Robert A. & Bixby, T. M. Weekly State Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1906, newspaper, July 26, 1906; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc123100/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.