The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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I PEOPLE
AppJy i cotton cletk vet
BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT to
•£ «t>cnab. cmti. bnrmi. iora or biist-
en, aou rU w<?«4erfal be* ur.g
xw. It if srm-; ud «rr rfte- I_ . . _
! Special to the Cofistrtcrtion.
OKLAHOMA CITY, A«t.
get state board
to rescind action
j rve. Pmrt 23c, itc ar«: $1.60 per bee-,
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Lease Ttrt, Citrctrt Carter. C. O
Harper isi LL Gwati Eivf.:
*r* vt the r.ty «K«d g the •eiekn-
Uat.
Mrs. L«y t£ur rf tie
hatssnas#® m is Lawvn
te. S«M by Central Drug Store. ■ . . . —-
.. ... ., _ . . Tkroorh the effort* of C.rarai -
Mr. ifd Mr*. B Rocey of Law•.or. _ ,. „ . ,. „ * «*
, - — B. f. Hall aad Coasty Trraaarrr i t
♦ttett Saturday i«i Scr.-day at Tea- ! . ' r «• —
; Porter, the Male equalization boa.-J a
!«wm here today rescinded it- if.
..' pie Tialu; frierdi acd rt!ath«.
From Zztrsia.-'t Dajy.
Dr. E. S. Gocch
tksee
id Wk>
7 eiteniay atteacag lie ce'ecratK.e. !
Pn£. J- G. Hester tf Fiion, was k,
Lawtce Tfcidat *eetz^ tee s%kb i--er Mttl
a«d alio to iM Itli SndMr Um jo*-
«f tise repre-
tisa m riiaif tbe
^ >or a tsealy per cewl oa farm 'int <
rt'rs' t/^^r "* ** ctW *" "***•«1 P"**rt7
«r* - < - a.o, Rochester aix f—
This actios will 'ate at least
5HjH «a far* Land atone ia to*
cfce cmmt.
F. Hot*- bat
alio,
owed his
harzse
>re room.
u m
Pt
j i ■■
au, a-ti . •*«*: Uutj- £r* as a a
aa>4 a 9e every r£*rt to : ■•at _si
-the <aar..s*d '.• if ail wen
I at bssi. He ftltd tie ire a.' >
Arret ahead wtlabsc h. + mo-
™cSi( is ti* . Hetddl , P j,,,. <CKXU
. TOO MAST ELECTION RUMORS.
ao«--- - - ijemteMoit
Judtre R J. Ray surprise*
ie. ia tbe way be earn* , w
ire for Ceoty Jaire.
Mrs. iti«tt f'wt
w tl, u<t toad I waoM ratiser te de-
feated tJbaB wake a proe&& « enreyt to
tke >W<
Tbe r«: mptntiou f birr.
Tbe r«' **i istereata f-x-jrat bias.
AH tbe pwwder faetories
Lasted States are roicis^ sigkt ani
day to keep mp with foretss srfera.
_ -*s- i -«et.a« &j os
^ *- Ibe leoslatB.-e frm
iaatie a-ji Cottw (MatKL
Mrs. J. E. Dffl. a brother, D.
J*&sk arx Mrs. HaSia,
C«- :a™6 *• fbeir avor at Fletcher tka
i«i*i after ijieccf a few days
*er atteadia^ the ceiebntiee.
C. D. Marti.-, of Fletcher was a ri -
*''j7 n lawton danty tlae ccie^rataon.
""er W. D. Ibtitr. Earcest Eoren. and
Vit •"- Bcniwea, all of Fletcher, spent
Vtoter«iay ia Lawton.
Mr and Mrs. W. W. Tb.>ir.i' of
Caehe. spent T^cr- iay h*re afcopping
v-jd viritiaC fiiiadi.
ARsriey J. A. Thifendaifer had tbe
"lirf«et&iaie to bnak tats arm yester-
] lay erer?!Ej wbile cranking hu aato-
for) Tie broken measeer wa* set
t.. -Ae^uteiy and he u zettinr aior,-.
j Raedy. , .
The little eiri picked ap on the t'>e3r will return to their home
■xrttt by the poi!ce La-t nisht, and D. C.
thi • are her name a- * 1 u* —1 u— 1
He
D aserx>se and o
td the fine ha:
A ^
:t i Senator J. Elmer Th-. aaa
ait ever.ir,z (root Okla*
wfeere he haj been nr. a 5h<
trip.
Prof. E. E. BatJer awi
have been spending the sa
retoroed to their km* at
mornl&g.
Roy Wheeler. dL-trict cart jter.o-
irrapher, left this rooming for Jvar.szs
City, Mo., where he will join his
family for an extended visit to rela-
tives and friend.'
Mrs. Taomas P. Gore and children.
COSTLY TREATMENT.
I -I
wa*
•.ere.
'.-abled with cofistic
! and indigestion and (pent hnndre.
<bii*n for medicine and '.realm.
| writes C. H. Hines, of Whitlow, j
; 'I went to a St. Louis hospital,
to a hospital in Ksw OHeana, be:
rare was effected. On returnmg f
I began taking Chamberlain's 7
'eta, and worked rieht along. I
them for M>me time and am now
ri.-nt." Slid by •£ dsalrrs.
Nit
SAVE THE WHEAT STRAW
There are millions of tons of wheat
, _ . • ' ^ •!« Ul>ilJVIU •.I
and Thor.-as. ieft today over the _ . ,,, , .
. . -traw in Oklahoma now
Rock ' and for Temple. Texas,:
rhkh
- ,, t« be in the way. We have seen
wnere tn^y will wi«:t relative' art , • ...
. , , of tne straw stacks burning. Anc
t e first of SeDtemtier, after whkh ... .. * .
sapgest that uses may be found for
the straw which will bring greater
. _ , i u> , , , , turns than the ashes which are oV
- - — —— —i Jes.«e Gooden -as -*ir- an" Mrs. Jack Gaines, who . ... , - ... _
-a rned this taontrsg y her mother, h Te been visiting frier-i' -car Meers. ,r . 'f. . * rS*'
who I, visiting rear Ftetefcer ar^ who Wt today for their home at Keokuk ' «** "
t i ,« iwr in straw
I:
'«■« of the big :T>t£tt*U foazkt biro
b«*«rty.
The felWwi who have oeea exp<o.t
wM} m« bees aSoat tiatt the pri-
osary. At least ifr-iVrth soaj aW-
mtt "A ami wrrrMot foraadataoa.
For if staace tkere has ben a eon -
. . aay i a«p sp wins Mretrn infers. . .
uoe report taat there were nor tame to Lawton yesterday to attend ''jWa-
rawogb ballots at Sterira? and that J :h* celebration. The mother's name V , . _
cmntr de x—atir ballou rex * O. Weaver of the ea.t coald vot be learned. Hadley & Crane on D Avenue, is be-1. ' p . C" * . ° 'ilr
ae co« ... oeJBorrai. Eaa^iou rur ... ter. Ranchmen mav be found who will
hort. TVer, «re leas tkan de«- *****->« J" S^nZ b* *Ud to use the straw of whole
ing~whh three other r«d me, ^ ^ ? h ¥ "-\«^borhocA. Then . the
bin, ; C*Jefcrm0°" for ^vera! d^4 Ckhe- *ho W1" 500n s 1 which is left will be rUdy u, sp-ead
The buildin: formerly occupied by T"8 *'**•
- i some stock may be brought in to wir.
-rWic-taamrr '<T!l£ie ballou c*«I and there
baQou printed and
IM deaiocrati<
«etit there.
Whatever exi«U that has
the a£-
isg the state made a terririe S ijw «o! ?* rar<t of rrexalarity ahooid be in- j^ ^
km. bat the people *on vestigated—bat the fact that one aet* "" ** ? sioners
Has election weans as adaraistra- "*,r* *«*« tkan ss^her does r><*
'on* any basis of ckanses sriltm
0 From Saturday's Daily.
It i> said that after Jake Tahaajre Herbert Hodges of Meers, was
did go -orae is hi# '"'tor at the court house today.
; in the
Cache,
store there.
Joe Wolf"s 25th
! starts Friday. *
, ■ Jpon the land. If pot on vheat at the
Clearance Salef^ of fou_ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
^ wbeat. This amount of marure
*-\2d2l
l Mrs. D. E. McA.naw of Elgin," and From Wednesday a DaiTy. ™ ^ P'°Wed W,th no bad
TI0™* CH hA f- BritUin ^ the I™
0 j H. J. Hal lock of South C '-gia. a M,iae' and plowed under at once.
We reirret very much U Me Conar- former citizen of this cot y untr . ." r°B <^nlM5t the straw it may
Mrs. James Sharp le.'t today for spread over growing wheat ar.d
• « ' :n L.i_ ^ i..
tion for the people—be etood for the
p®**'e he stood for the people and «-*thinr te indicate fraad. . ^ . '. " -" ' -Mr', James Sharp le.'t todav for be spread over growing wheat ar.d
th^ stood for hi-. «>.tever «ay be wrong, shoold be ^ **** ^ "k!a" ^ -it wffl help it by acting as a soil mulch.
a i~ w u-iJ<~« - w-"k*;Zr"""" ' . J- a- «
- *- election. *,rs ®> 1 Commissioner B. . Hall and ( un-
it governor of Oklahonaa.
THE f ELEBKATIO.V.
Last night closed the 1-Tth anniver-
sary celebration and it was a grand
•access. The show was one of the best
ever given and the crowd was a record
breaking crowd. On Thursday
town of Cache locked up and all
earned'hat tar. cm, s said there were not
and any frauds
coMsiitted. should be punished, bat
there is so room for wbolseale charges
and tbey are mkir to the loser as
arefl as to the winner.
He keeps pc-sted on Lawton affairs by
reading the "Old Reliable."
The nominations are all good ones
ar.d a close analysis of the democratic
While Pike Pierce has asked a re- '^ket will show it to be one of the j
roant in tbe sheriff** race yet there j Ktronjrest.
is nothing anywhere V> indicate that.
Robert Wilson and wife sold the ' \7 Treasurer J". V«ter went to Ok-
southea.'t 1-4, section 10, township 1 ahoma this morning to see about
south, rar.ee 12 to Robret H Steven- ^ Ux lery ^ made by the state
son. board.
i A. f>. i!- re of Indiahoma, was Attorney A. H. Japp of Waiter, re
' here
day.
Frisco P.ailroi'J.
harvester company
w iiiaumuma, was •' *"* **' w"fF «* **aiier. re-
declared a trust
e attending the celebration yester- torne<^ to his home today after spend-
ng some time here attending to lesal B> the Unite<i Press-
Mrs. Jno Carter and Mrs. Higgins, busin«* - ST' PAUL- Ab«- 2—
here atten^'ig the
business
Miss Bethyl Hastings of Frederick,
flob .Mc<'alnant did not make as For the •heriff's office. Bob Mc-.
lean and straight a care as any mar Calmant was a persistent worker and '"ho been nere atten' ig the ",ss oetny Hastings of Frederick. A 7.J" 7" . """
is entitled to the congratulation - of to their home at ^rived in Lawton yesterday and wil! ' '*?
■ , . . ... Sterling this rnomins. be here this winter. Miss Hastina will I v ,n,° *l ^ast
hi- . rrei.ds on nis pler*iid race. ; r-rll Ps, >•♦!.«• V-; „ enzan i> ih. mill;..- u.. three different parts a it his sinetv
in the county, and as soon <rs a con-
■The Interna-
tional Harveste- ompany has been
.declared a trust in restraint of trade
test was filed McCalmant asked that bis friends on his spleralid race.
enough left in town to get up a game
of pitch and they had to send to the *" uaUot b"*" be locked in a *ault
country to fin it out. FWtcher and El- far *"***>'-
Everybody that makes a race can, *a.- crowded hard by young Simpson
For Court Clerk
. * <". in' rung. "c.c inis inter, .miss Hasting will1 . .._ — " —
j Mi es Cecil Cantley, Nina Berr-. en?«Ke in the millinery business soon i*, '* *ilhi" 1
:and Mr. Lyman Cole, all of Fk teher.j The Rev. C. D. Montgomery and k ^ d^,'ion ,edwr>'
*ere here atiendinz the rpl#:.rati. - wifp hsv* .. i .. ere t ay.
gin. Faxon and other towns make the
sajne report
In addition to being here, the people
not win. Some are bound to lose ut won out by a sicall margin
Where there are tactions all kinds of Compton has made a good official.
re pleased, had a good time and en- \ roI*or' n,a>' be expected, but they o
Hundred- J<*iaeredit themselves T. B. Orr got scared bke a jack |
, TT ™ «rner,. ■ u. .Montgcmerv and ht,re tmi.v
■ erk R. B. Compton *ere "ere attending the celebration wife have returned to Lawton Mr I . - ..
*- „ from T.mnl, Vt. I " " f"? "" "
I Mr and A. P. Galyon of Fax- 'here he has been conducting Tr*,,on8.b<> aboul «
■inety
court
joyed every minute of k
called at newspaper headquarters and
told us what a good time they had and
not a complaint was re'-.uttered.
Every convenience was prov eo the
public, plenty of ice water and free
entertinment.
Rol Robertson, chaira.a" cf the
general committee, had a very heavy
job and performed tbe work well. On
him and bis sub-committee* depended
the succe-s of the event and to him
much credit is due.
_ three ne
f Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Galyon of Fax- 'here" he "has bwTconducting r^ivai' COrpor*,ions ^ abou' r1ual i
ion, *bo have been visiUnjr during the and Mrs. Montgomery from Texas I i comn,on stockholders,
celebration, returned home this mom- 'here she has been visiting relative^\ J** previ0us decision
inz Mr. Montgomery had thirtv-So ^-I u ™ *"< -
_.. R°bert H. Stevens of Geronimo, versions at Temple and considers it a' tak .i*"1?*' «*|.w,pr""* tours
A good ticket ha, been r mrnated. -abb,: in his race for cooat, ^tomey/^ * ff*** **'" * « court ^ ^ccessfQ' meeting. Mr. and Mrs ^7^°"
ZZZZZT" tt I" """ "°d *"" """1 " «' - «-"i ■ ta-
T. . - C' have hardly lit in the community, at neetIn* tonight at eirrht o'clock and
rbe eierti n offW :als in eac^ pre- o 1 u.. , ... a!' members are ursed
■. . !east the old nestors think so, and al- u, D ~ „
are huMSt ard try to do tne There wa- a heavy vote polled in so th - I j . W' B' Caswfc" «nd wi
f nrimflrv rt&ai-lt* ViftA
' li,tnat P°Utif« and religion does not deed to Phebe Caswell, all of Queen I
right thing, and wholesale rmr.ori the primary—nearly 3000 in all—1 mix well
abo h -oma tU—-about 206 repub- A Sparlin brought to this office this "-own*hip I north, range :
licans and about 2500 fifrnocratic morning the basket of vegetables with -'deration being $4 800.00.
I which he won first prize at the agri-
M E.MORI A L.
City. Mo., to southwest 1-4, sectkr* 20 D'.*d at her hcme in our cit>' A g-
is township 1 north, range 12, the con-'l^ I"5' 19U' Mk* ^'reny Peare
.daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. "'
THE ELECTION MACHINERY. v.-tts.
The election machinery U too cum-
r.ersome and too exi^entive and must
W.
, — r>€Iace . aped seventeen years.
cultural display. They are as fine as RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT ' ? th* de#th of Miss ?**<«
we have ever seen and go to show; i keenly realize our Iosj?. She was 6
.. true friend, and ner devotion to tl.-.se
running stont E. L. what this country really can produce. . U bereas, God in His infinite mercy' ["* 1€r ' and !,er devotion to t' ~ t
<jordon put on for County Assersor Mr. Sparlin also won first prize for r removed from our midst Brother, 'oved would make a bright chau-
the best nn.J i j _ . George McClain, who met his death ,ter in anv life
The crowd wa a record breaking ^ 0ordon f« *>t County Asaeesor Mr. Sparlin also won first prize for r ur ...u^ nrotneri
one and was entirely free from any The constitution must he changed and the bunch that was after him the best canned fruit and second prize ad' who met hLs death jter in any life. Nothing but the
disturtjance, l>eing orderly ar.d free 50 ** to permit county central com- were r-t slow, h-rs Gorton weara the for the best bale of alfalfa. jlt 14. we feel that^'the "death^of'tlK,UgHt °f the lovir!r '3nd that re
fron. any roughness. mittees to say if nominations should smile that will not lade jma' blaze was discovered about ^r°ther McClain the bereaved family i" "er can reoonc''e 115 to her
be made by primary or convention, or -""" 9 ?'clock this mornin* in the rear of J *!and the community, has suf;abience' "hile she has gone from tee
_ a house located at No. 5 B Avenue. t ^ ^ '0is- .-cenes, the conflkts, the sorrow and
"STAND FIRM ON COTTON.- a convent.on to nominaU and In the tlection Comafith< The r>e department was called and fei W^Vo^ Tit*? °* °f life' still live ,n
Washrsftoa. In an address to cot- then confirm by a preferential pri- countv ^Un ^ J#M of , quickly extinguished the blaze. It is °ur heartfdt sym^y £'uU"b^^^e of those who kntw
urn growers and people of the cotton mzry. jndse This is nearly alvravs the case. known ,low the fire started. *d. fa,"ily of our deceased Brother in Fletcher Times.
rt-U., a-de public Saturday night, J^e state elecUou board should be where rw<|,„, doub,e ^ from ^ ,, ^...,7^- ! W. find wtS,0".0^^0.": ._ ! i
the congresatonal er.mmittee which abolished except the secretary to re- ;;ame eounty ^ the distrkt
volunte^'ef' geveral days ago to seek c*'ve the filings and the state ticket 0
feature- to prevent .eriow conse- "hf'uld be certified to the county clerk n,,. M^bUcaais pUyed shrewd
quences to the south because of the «rd the staU and county ticket in ^ Jtat€ by ,
European war, declared: pnr.ted together in each county, and convention and nominating their
-Our mcsaze to you is-rtand ^rd of commissioner, should act sUU ticket-that left them free to
firm. Sell cotton only as a last neces- " '!*«ion board. ToU they Kked in the prhnar-/.
A general simplification of these p
laws would be . step in the right di-; For County Clerk Sandy Gregory
rectk. had a hard race but won the second
From Monday's Dally.
W e find words inadequate to ex-
press our grief and sorrow on this oc-
si- casion.
LUND HAS MOVED.
>ity."
Member* of the comn'ttt*, headed
br Senator Hoke Smith c/ Georgia,
after a careful inve'-ig* .of condi-
tions up to the present time thought
the least possible cotton ehouid be put
upon the market during the utzxt six
Leslie D. Baker to Harriet A. Matt,
a parcel of land in southwest 1-4,
northeast 1-4, section 1, township 1
north, range 12 for $300.
Mr. and Mrs. Del Baldwin. Miss
Audrey Baldwin of Indiahoma and
Miss Maria McDougal of New York,
who have been spending past week
the guest 0f Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Green, returned to their home Sun-
(**7'
United 8t*',t enator and a con- wanted the other fellow to act, if you L.J"*o''Shi,,i"s^ "l ^ cy" > a«d
grewman w won lM'" Susie May Une, 18, of Fletcher,
were granted license today.
0 term by a fair margin. Sandy says he
The fine rain create* a good spirit knows how to run against a man but
in the fanners. It makes plowing for when it comes to running against a
j wb**t easy and our friends on tbe good, efficient women, jts different.
ty days, asserting that the agencies farm* tell us the country is in much e
of the fedeml government, both e*« setter shape than it was last year at A good ticket has been nominated—
culive and legislative, are doir.g .11 (this time. some had to lose-but every gc*d
possible to relieve the strains of th, j ioser will at once get behind the ticket
situation caused by tbe Il k of trar.?- Comanche county ,till holds a and act jnat like you would have!
portation acflitie- and the dar er ¥ United 8t*',. :>«• .r^t . .k .u . . -. I
facing no irark< t abroad.
J. B. Nobles was transacting busi- casion. .
ness in the city Saturday from Cache. To his *ife and children, we com- A' L' Lund has moved bis stock of
M. K. Bahan of Cache, transacted j th,f^jau> the bands of Him who paper P3'"1® and glass to the ston
business in the city Saturday. i a things well. (building first door west of Yale
The lawton Band under the diSc-, M -rbfn th! de?th of Brother,Theat™ ^ D Avenue. It is an ex-
tion of L. L. I-eedom left today over j oldest and most resp^ted me^b^i'181:ocatlon- Mr. Lund is deserv-
the noon Rock Island for Temple J His voice will no K ^aH in '
Ok la., where they will be for the next | the ,cou"'els of the lodge, his kind
three days playing some good music an°dr ,rood advice
r. .h. rmP„ j j-
\\ P a Pain
is aeserv-
>ng the success he has achieved here.
DIES OF CANCER.
hi - « to Tuj2 YoUnsSho,t died of canroi-
hw family, and in humble submits,. n Tuesda>" evening in Lawton, at the
of "ur"Creator "nd he3rtS to the -ill of «fty-one years. She leaves a
t_Bsband *nd five children. Remains
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. JONES.
J. L. RHOADES.
W. H. MILLER.
Committee.
How To Give Qulnlae To Children.
n*U V5"
— ' «
ZV^f ,here Wednesda>- from
i!1< (atholic Church.
here for instruction,
a deuchment of state artillery'
rom Ka^«s arrived at Fort
mi io uk? do^, tZ hY~ 'k" Jr*1' c j arrived at Fort S'll
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