The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 219, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 31, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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the Best Interests of Oklahoma by Voting for Republicanism
Register Now and on September 17th Do Your Best to Advance
The shawnee news
DAILY NEWS 3 MONTHS
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SHAWNEE NEWS 4#c A MONTH
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1907
VOL. 10—NO. 219
WILL BE II BIG m
Monster Parade will Form in the
Morning and Big Picnic will lake
Place in Oak Park-Speakers
and Other Attractions
Labor Day. the great national holl- Union facing Ninth *"**•
, A1_ | 5th division, Broadway Park band
day on which the tollers ol the coun ! unlo electric
s r,r: s szvssz —-
this year. Preparations have ^|°"6th ,JlvlBi0® c. C.. Oklahoma Na-
underway for the past two months by | ^ (;uard floata> business men
the organized labor of the city Hroadway facing Ninth,
make it the greatest demonstration
tver held in the new state. On next
Monday the city will be crowds to
its full capacity by the thousands of
visitors from the country ind sur-
rounding cities and towns that will
take part in the festivities o! the oc-
casion. The largest labor parade
ever witnessed in the state will form
in fiont of the city hall it ten o'clock
Monday morning and then proceed on
Ninth to Market, when It will doubt')
'■>. ck on the same street to Bro dw ty
and thence south to Main, from
where it will take Its course dh'fcctlv
east to Oak Park. At that jluce a
monster picnic wll be held. I'- ad-
dition to the num>"iu8 other at>
tions, speaking by prominent men
and women will be part of the pro-
Fire department.
Frank Urban, marshal of the day.
Following are the contests to take
place during the day with prizes of-
fered in each:
Oldest married couple, a rocking |
chair.
Youngest married couple, set of sil-
ver spoons.
Baby show, 1st prize, $5; 2nd, $3;
3rd, $2.
Indies' nail driving contest, $1
Gentlemen's nail driving contest,
hammer.
Girl's race, white dreBS.
Ladles' race, pair of shows.
Fat man's race, pair of pants.
Sack race. $1.
Greased pole climbing, prizes
for
,, , all climbers.
gram In the afternoon. In1 the coo ^ commlttae desires the News to
shaded grove at Oak Park there there ^ )f ^ unjon hav<; bwn left
is room thousands to celebrate, and ^ ^ unlntentlona] and
it 1. an Ideal place fir a large gather ^ urgej t0 pupate In the
ing to congregate. |
In the parade in which at least 3,- Paraa ■
000 laboring men will be in line the
Labor Day queen, Miss Maud Whit-
taker, will take the lead on a beau-
tiful and elaborate float, which cost
over one hundred and flty dollars to
decorate alone. It will be a magnift
cent sight and the queen will
WATCH THE
WINDOWS.
A W. SHOW
Forbids Public Flirting.
Highmore, S. D., Aug. 31—The com-
be 'nron council of this city passed an or-
—7,Y"b— bevy of dtnance which has since ap-
niaids in waiting. Escorting the pa- proved by Acting Mayor J. E.
rade Will be a platoon of mounted po-1 Donald, which forbids spoony couples
Hra who wHl be followed by the from flirting in public places, and
speakers and other prominent visit- makes the penalty a fine or imprison-
ors m carriages. The Shawnee band ment.
and the Woodmen's hand will be in) The ordinance provides that It shall
line as well as the fire departments be unlawful for "male and fema e pe
and nearly fifty floats representing sons to loiter on the steps of any
the different trades and the firms of church, public building or doorway
to CUV Fraternal and social organ- or any store for the purpose of visit-
i,aliens win have delegations pres. Ing, eating candy «PW«£ « W
ent and at least a thousand farmers like thing on the street, alley r
I, overalls wTll be In line. cant lot or other obscure place, for
Nearly twenty-five hundred men be-(the purpose of flirting In the evening
longing to the Unions of Shawnee time."
wm march with their banners and It will he unlawful for parents or
emblems and each trade will have a guardians or other persons, ha g
distinctive uniform. Applications for minors under their (fcntrol knowing y
space for floats have been receive<i to permit any violation of this ordt-
AT DALLAS, IE*.
Oklahoma City, Aug. 31.-T. P. ; fifly-seeoml congress was elected on
Core, democratic
o, the McKlnley hill. The first ses-
,ng a lot of nice things about the dem-1 ZZ
ocrats. Iheie nr. som . exceeded It $40,000,000. A republl
ver which he is nc> sayin* These ^ ^ ^
are the thinKB he saitl in nis «peenn
n„iiaa bin, and a democratic congress Hill
over ten vears ago in Dallas, texas.
■ *1 ed it.
"The republican party stands for
principle, though that principle lie
wrong, and It will always light you
In the open, but the democratic purty
Judas-like, will kiss and uetray. The
democrats murdered the free colna';
He was a populist then and thought
the republicans were quite honest
and sincere. Here are some of the
things he said in that memorable
speech, which he Is not saying now:
The trouble with the democratic
party Is that It Is a party of state,- --- ^ murd„r„(t house
men without statesmanship, of pa suppo„ed friends. In the mat
lots without patriotism, of heroes £ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ McKln,ey
without heroism. And that party - t(,cted articles, the democrats
policy when entrusted w h Power al-1 - ^ ^ ^ ^ fr>,(, „Kt__wool>
ways leaves farmers without farms, (i
laborers without labor and free men indigo and hides^^ ^
" "Who e^r heard of a democratic if tactics of fighting In the dark or
platform lasting over twojears?^The J BenatorT
vjl.. rz
.. . ix nrincinle as much as they did in tne
«*itv of monev as the result of condi- Pril,u "c "n ' ^
tions brought about by the democratic good old days when Mr. Gore saw
,)r K a y , things only through the spectacles of
partjr" l.j „ j. Pod7 As a matter of fact, isn't this
••The fifty-second congress hftd a a *>p government under ro-
democratic majority of 48 and If It P ^ wou|d„ t it be well
rSp^e orPkepfa0sringle com- to go aheadwiththe
mand or discharged jingle obl.a- ~
States0 T will "quit the stump, retire bypath of democratic objections and
from the canvass, return to Misalsslp- fault finding^
pi and never raise my voice again
against the democratic party. The WINDOWS OF THE B. A W.
Labor—I can't make any prog
A LABOR DA SM SUGGESTION.
ress by marching after you and over the rocky road you ,ead
from the German Society, the Red
Men and numerous other similar or-
ders. The business men of the city
have been Invited to help celebrate
the event and many have already
made arrangements for their floats.
Tecumseh and other towns have been
nance by such minors. The ordi-
nance becomes effective after two
weeks' publication in the official pa-
per.
IF YOU ARE UP TOWN ANY
TIME DURING THE DAY DON'T
TO SEE THE B. * W. WIN-
rade and it is safe to say that at DOWS.
no city in all the Southwest will La-
bor Day be so fittingly observed by
the people as in Shawnee. A number
of innovations and new features will
be added this year. The
farmers will have a Iiar-
tlcularly novel float In their exhibit
of the products of their farms. It
will be original tn design and make-up
Charleston, 111., Aug. 31. -Sixteen
persons were killed outright, four oth-
ers injured so seriously that they
die.! in hospitals shortly after being
removed there and two score hurt in
wreck on the Mattoon-Charleston
interurban line, a mile west of Char-
leston. Many others of those injured
are expected to die.
long intvrurban car and trailer,
crowded with passengers bound for
the Coles county fair, crashed head-
on Into an express car bound west on
a heavy grade. The impact of the
collision was terrific, as both cars
were running at nearly forty miles an
hour, and all three of them were prac-
tically reduced to knidling wood;
There were ninety-nine persons on
the east bound car and trailer and a
or injured.
majority of them were either killed
The crash of the collision was fol-
lowed by screams of the dying, which
attracted the attention of farmers
working in the fields near by and they
came to the rescue. Superhuman
KILLED III
WRECK
strength seemed to he theirs, as they
lifted the broken timbers from the
injured.
Telephone messages were sent to
Mattoon and Charleston and relief
expeditions were formed. A special
car under direction of Dr. Charles
Fry, head physician of the Eastern
| Illinois Traction company, iwth phy-
sicians and nurses from the Metho-
dist Memorial hospital, was rushed to
the scene.
1 Ambulances from Mattoon and this
city were also hurried to the wreck
and the injured were conveyed to the
Methodist Memorial hospital here and
the Montgomery sanitarium in Char
| leston. Physicians from both cities
worked In common in giving succor
WORK.
SAVE.
DEPOSIT WITH US.
YOU'RE A 8UCCESS.
ONE DIME WILL START
AN ACCOUNT.
BANK Of COMMERCE
MONEY MAKES MONEY
Put a little of it in one of our
homes or investments and see the re-
suits.
mlttee -
for the Ohio exile, the following let
ter from Ed O. Cassidy to a hench
man is herewith published:
OUR LISTS
are aimply crowded with good and
cheap propositions. We quot Just a
few below:
26 beautiful RoBe Garden lots at
150 each, on easy terms.
4 beautiful east front lots on cor-
W1U be original U1 oeauunui
The entire day is to be one continual ^ ner of Dewey and Tnckler streets, at
festivity in which the entire city will
join.
1st division, mounted police, Wood-
man, queen of labor day, commercial
union, typographical union, farmers
union. Form on Ninth street, facing
west.
2nd division, carpenter's union,
bricklayers' union. Form on Oklaho-
ma avenue facing Ninth street.
3rd division, barber's union, gar-
tnant workers' union, A. F. of L-.
lathers' union, teamBters union. IMrm
on Philadelphia facing Ninth.
4th division, bartenders' union, tin-
ner's union, clerkB' union. Form on
$162.50 each. Half cash and balance
monthly.
Nice B room cottage on Draper av-
enue, $1700
Nice 5 room cottage on 10th street,
$1250.
Nice 7 room two story residence
Including nloo 100 foot comer. Just
the place to raise chickens, have
your own horse and buggy, * c. Part
cash and balance on long and easy
terms, $15f0,
See Us «or Bargains
COFFIN A LAMBARD,
nS N. Beil Bt.
Phone 3«8
$250 cash and $15 per month will
$150 cash and monthly payments
buys a neat roo mhouse, barn, well
, and 50x165 foot lot. east front. No,
Hospital facilities proved inadequate'20C N McKlnley St. Price only $1
and private homes were thrown open.[ 000.
Wives of farmers turned nurses and
transformed their homes into emer-
gency hospitals. The dead wen, - ^ good 4 room cottage, barn
brought to Mattoon and placed in the ^ ^ foQt lot .wlthlll two
morgue and local undertaking esta - of Rock lBland shops
lishments.
40 acr*« fine land in a high, sight-
ly and beautiful location on inter-
urban car line, near Benson Park, is
a snap at $5,000.
Oklahoma City. August 31.-AS an along the works under the supervision
•xample of the despicable methods be-' of their white employes, and on
by the Haskell state com j day oI election these white employes,
its attempt to get votes j who |)y the way arc republicans, will
.1 !«♦ I .. ■ V. imllnir nPMiimtR
Oklahoma City, Aug. 26, 1907
My dear Sir:
My attention has been called to
the fact that the republican party is
adopting desperate means to elect
Frantz governor. Arrangements have
been made with the various railroads
in the new state to import negroes
Into certain counties under the guise
of laborers. These negroes are placed
In close or doubtful counties in
which a great deal of railroad or min-
ing work is now being done. The plan
under which they expect to vote thiB
class of people 13 about as follows
They will maintain them at camps
bring them to Buch voting precincts
In these counties as are controlled
by republican election boards.
In cities where registration is "e-
qured I find that the republicans are
registering every negro confined with
in the city limits, and they will at-
tempt to vote these negroes under
the same plan as above advised.
If this situation exists in your coun-
ty, we desire to have you make a
complete and careful investigation ami
advise me at once in order that I may
come to your assistance and defeat
this attempt at illegitimate voting.
Be prompt in this Batter and give
it your personal attenton.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Ed O. Cassidy,
Chairman Executive Committee.
HAVE SELECTED
The bankers and business men of
Shawnee have selected their t!ne-up
for the game to be played at League
Park on the tenth of September for
the benefit of the advertising fund of
the Chamber of Commerce. It will
be a game worth seeing as evidenced
by the strong aggregations that have
been picked. On the day of the game
most of the business houses will closc
at three in the afternoon in order to
give every one an opportunity of tak
ing in the game. The respective
teams are being put through a stren-
uous course of practicing and training
and every day they gather on the
diamond at League Park for their
daily work-out. All the players are
old timers and have started at some
time or other and with a little coach,
Ing will be In their old time form on
the day of the game. On Sunday at
3 p. m. the two teams will meet at
Streeters photograph gallery t ohave
their pitcure taken. Following are
the lineups: Bankers, C. J. Benson
captain; Russell Johnson, Harry Pier-
son, John Stuart, Walter Templeton
Jno. W. Jones, Henry Dryer and
Ralph Red.
Business men' Geo. Carter, cap-
tain; D. H. Morgan. Houseley
Houseley, Calhoun Sparks, Richards
E. C. Stanard, Dave Bell and Geo
Smith.
Five acre block, all m cultivation
fine for truck garden and chicken
ranch, located within three blocks of
car line, is a bragaln at $1,050 cash
$2300 will buy a neat 5 room dwell
ing, 2 closets, bath room, cistern and
75x140 foot lot. Cement walks. Lo-
cated in 6th block on North Broad-
way.
Think about it We have two brick
store rooms in Shawnee that the own-
er requests us to sell in a hurry be-
cause he needs the money. Our price
is $6,999 for both buildings.
MOOD 8 PUBH
The Real Estate Men
Ov«r Oklahoma National Bank,
phone 60S.
STATEMENT.
OF THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL BANK
at the Close of Business.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1907
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts 5573,643.86
Banking house, furniture and fixtures .. 22,000.00
United states Bonds and Premiums ... 62,600.00
CASH AND SIGH EXCHANGE 208,657.42
OVERDRAFTS 5,476.65-214,033.07
$862,076.93
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock, and Surplus funds .... $106,758.47
Circulation 60.000.00
DEPOSITS 706,318.46
$862,076.93
Attest:
J. M. AYDELOTTE,
R F. HAMILTON.
H. T. DOUGLAS,
F. V. ASKEW,
Directors.
The above statement is correct.
JNO. W. JONES, Cashier.
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