TO
that
"i dull and dreary duty is almost the hardest task a man can face. It is a noble thing to be brave in tragic moments but oerhans thprp k
   ^ Slad, and strong, and tender when the sky is gray and when the road is dreary.—George H. Morrison. • • - II1K even n°hler than
ness Office'
Nev>
a want
Results, will Come
isiness Office 
Vs Residen
- cne i
 io. -rtweiy!
1 tie Daily News, Three Months, One Dollar
THE SHAWNEE NEWS
"The Newspaper thai is Making Shawnee Famous-Fear God, Tell the Truth, and Shame the Devil"
W": Print Note Heads, Bill Heads, Utter
Heads, Statements, Envelopes, Vj8jt.
in« Cards, Wedding Invitations, Posters, etc
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
LARHEST CIRCULATION.
THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS, SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA.— s UTIiDAY, AUGUST id, 11)11.
IWEN1Y-0NE TRUE
BILLS RETURNED
Prosecuting Witness Writes He Can't Come Because
of the Warrant That's Out for Him
In Justice Hal Johnson's court I
this morning the cases charging as- J
sault and battery against Mrs. T. W. I
Armentrout and Norman Bentley1
were dismissed, T. W. Armentrout,!
complaining witness, failing to ap-
pear. Armentrout is the Main street
barber to whom his wife recently
administered a whipping, with i
buggy whip, yrblle his cousin Bent
ley held him. He had been found in
company of another woman.
Justice Johnson received a letter
from Armentrout, written from Ok-
lahoma, stating that because of the
warrant out for him charging failure
to support a child under 6 yearB of
age, he would be unable to appear
in the case, as he feared he would
not be able to make bond and would
have to lie in jail until his cage was
disposed of, being a comparative
stranger here. He went at length
into the history of the case and as-
serted that he did not believe he was
guilty, under a proper interpretation
of the law, which he believed was
intended only for such as deserting
a child on a doorstep or at a rail-
way station, leaving it helpless with-
out expecting to ever see it again.
His child, he asserted, he left with
its mother and had provided means
for its support. He deplored the
fact that he couldn't be here for the
preliminary, as he believed that his
wife and Bentley should be punished.
GRANITE RESOURCES IN
STATE OK OKLAHOMA
Norman, Okla., Aug. 26.—Chas. H.
Taylor, professor of mineralogy in
Oklahoma university, has Just fin-
ished a detailed study of the granite
resources of the Wichita mountains,
where he has been gathering data
for a bulletin to be published under
the auspices of the United States
geological survey ana entitled "Gran-
ite Resources of Oklahoma." Prof.
Taylor, assisted by M. L. McCance
and Ben West, both students of ge-
ology at Oklahoma University, has
collected samples of granite from
every part of the state where it oc-
curs. These samples will be shipped
to the university, where they will be
carefully studied before the report
Is written.
Have you noticed how prosperity is
hardly in sight until adversity is for-
got ton?
The child of TKUST Is
CONFIDENCE. Reliance In
what we see and hear begets
TRUST.
Focvis
Vovir E,ye
on the one tiling SECURITY.
The ship which changes Its
renrse for each wind that
blows wlH never make Its port.
Steer for success and a snfe
harbor.
SECURITY STATE BANK
UNDER GUARANTY LAW
Better Be Sale Than Sorry
Durant, Okla, Aug. 26.—The third
grand Jury called to investigate the
recent attempt to drive negroes out
of Durant and at Caddo in this
county, has adjourned. The grand
jury returned a total of 21 true bills,
only a few of which were offenses
committed during the recent trouble
following the burning of the negro
I>ee.
Other matters not germaine were
taken up and disposed of. Eight or
ten of these indictments were against
negroes, charging vagrancy. Ten
white men were inSlcted for unlaw-
ful assembly, three for riot and sev-
eral for circulating notiges warning
negroes to leave Caddo. Other in-
dictments were for various offenses
having nothing to do with the negro
trouble.
The following were among those
Indicted and who have been served,
the others not having been served:
Gove Essex, "Old Man" Madden, Wess
Adams, for unlawful assembly, their
cases being misdemeanors are trans-
ferred to the county court; Dan Al-
len and Jim Bush, charged with riot.
Other arrests will follow The grand
Jury examined something over 70
witnesses in their deliberations. The!
negro trouble is fast disappearing
and no trouble is looked for in the!
Purcell, Okla., Aug. 26. Purcell It;
as quiet as it ever has been, and
were it not for a few scattered ashes
around a clean spot in the center of
Main street there would be nothing
to show that a mob took the life of
a negro here Thursday afternoon,
Early in the morning two laborers
drove a wagon up to the pile of
ashes on the spot where Pete Orfrter,
negro assailant of Mrs. ftlmile
Spraggins, had died under the pro-
visions of that unwritten white man's
law which demands a life for the
lost honor of a white woman, and
shoveling the ashes into a wagon,
drove out of town with them.
Many were present at the lynch
ing, some 3,00# to be exact, but none
recognized any of the leaders of the
mob, so far as can be learned, and
County Attorney Ben Franklin says
it is his opinion that there is no
chance for action against the mob
leaders.
R. McMillan, judge of this district,
has not been In Purcell recently, and
It is not known whether ho will de-
mand a grand Jury Investigation.
EVENING EDITION. Oi/a ,
<*,
FOUR PAGES.
S°CA
I AW ton, Okla., Aug. 26.—Law ton's
aldermanic deadlock, which has con-
tinued unabated sinco Wednesday
morning, was broken Friday when
two of tho filibustering councilmen
attempted a special meeting to con-
aider a resolution authorizing the
mayor to call an election on the
proposition of the proposed charter.
The resolution was adopted instruct-
ing the mayor to issue the call Fri-
day, but Mayor Block refused to
sign the proclamation. He has un-
til Saturday to issue the call and
by that time if he still refuses appli-
cation for peremptory writ of man-
damus will be filed with the supreme
court.
Jl T^ ap
II '5, Mi^l
•  .iff
  M
Governor Not Informed.
...... uwuu.o io .uorcu 1UI 1U Uie Oklahoma City, Aug. 26.—Gov.
future. Everything is pacific. Bonds Cruce, according to his statement
were arranged at $2,500. Friday night, has received no offi-
cial notification of the lynching, but
declares he makes It a rule to allow
the local officers to do their duty
alone until they call on him for as-
sistance. He says he will not in-
terfere in this case until requested
to do so.
NO LABEL ON
HE CROWED LIKE
I
Cases Against 25 South end Men Were Worked Up By
Deputy Game Wardens in Disguise
Case No. 109" on the appearance
docket of the superior court is blank.
Up until Wednesday it had not been
filled in at all. On thai date, how-
ever, divers charges for the filing of
certain court proceedings were made,
though the title of tho case was
still left off.
Attaches of the court profess not
to know what the case Is. Up to
the time when the charges were set
down, they maintained that it was a
case that Bome attorney (they didn't
remember who) had started to file
and had then withdrawn. There ap-
pears to be something very myster-
ious about it, as Deputy Clerk Alex-
ander professes not to even know
where the papers in tho case are.
From other sources it is learned
that the case Is one wherein a local
attorney sued for and obtained a
divorce, leaving town Immediately
after the decree was secured.
Bartlesville, Okla., Aug. 26—The'
... , " | J. W. Wayne's little boy "Billy"
tact that Muskogees banner dis-  >.,. i „ j ,
i hab learned something new about
Played at the State Federation of roosterB Ho can give a
Labor convention here did not bear lmltatio„ Qf # oock crQ (re_
I wh 'TV WaS ' reaS°n QUentljr does so' 'he mystl-
! ,, 7' Was UOt 6uccessful in flcatlon of the feathered fowls. Yes-
■ landing the convention for 1912.
I*. +
{14* BASEBALL *
1+ BENSON PARK *
SUNDAY AT 8:00 P. M. *
I j+ +
A Simple Matter
Many people have a notion that there is something compli-
cated about the banking business. There isn't
In carrying your account, it is just a matter of credit and
debit. The main thing is to be accurate in giving the exact
credit and charging the right check to the proper account.
Banks sometimes make mistakes, but it is the purpose of
the bank to make as few mistakes as possible.
The desire of the officers of this bank -and also lta book-
keepers is to be accurate in the handling of its accounts. If
a mistake occurs we are more than willing to see that It is
corrected.
National Bank of Commerce,
OF SHAWNEE
I 
--
Shawnee, who won the conven-
tion, however, would have given
Muskogee a hot tight, even had the
"lebel" disadvantage to Muskogee not
been in evidence
Clint Tullis, representative of the
trades assembly of Shawnee, was re-
sponsible for the argument of the
banner, calling it to the attention of
the delegates at a moment when all
were looking at the sign. Enid, El
Reno, Guthrie and Okmulgee were
also candidates for the convention.
Chandler was placed in nomination
by Ollie S. Wilson for the 1913 con-
vention.
SIXiKH SEW73G MACHINES
Are sold only by Singer Sewing Ma-
chine Co., dealing directly from mak-
er to user. They are now being
sold at lower prices; also the best
oil, needles, belts, etc., of which we
carry a larger stock than any other
dealer, and we are "on the spot" to
give careful attention to all custom-
ers Singer Sewing Machine Co., 124
North Bell St. Phone 363. 26-tf
terday, however, he carried the joke
a little too far to suit the lord of
the Wayne hen-yard. Standing in-
side the yard, he flapped his arms
and let out a vociferous crow. Chan-
ticleer jumped in astonishment and
stood at attention before the lad, who
again flapped his arms and once
more sent forth tho clarion notes.
This was too much for the rooster
and it immediately sprung into
action, with the result that
New York. Aug. 26.—Sailing se-
renely over New York's myriad water
craft, its ferryboats and ocean lin-
ers, Harry N. Atwood, the Boston
aviator, arrived in New York in his
aeroplane Friday, the first man in
history to travel as far as from St.
Louis to New York by way of Chi-
cago. in a heavier-than-air machine.
At wood's safe landing on Govern-
ors Island, after flying down from
Nyack, N. Y., above the Hudson riv-
er, through a fog which made him
only dimly visible to the million eyes
that watched him, was a notable in-
cident in the annals of the air. He
not only broke the world'6 record,'
covering 1,265 miles in an air line, I
or perhaps 100 more miles with hlsj
detours, but he flew all the way in
the same biplane and with no im-
portant mishaps. Atwood's flight is I
comparable only to that made by
fast trains, for he covered the dis-
tance in an actual flying time of 28
houi«s and 31 minutes.
Atwood's final lap in his long Jour-
ney was a glide, 26 miles from
Nyack, N. Y. He landed, smiling,
hatless and hungry, in the arms of
a handful of United States army of-
ficers and men who hailed him as
America's greatest aviator.
"I expect to go to Boston," he
said. "We will take my machine
apart heie and ship it on. I do not
intend to do any more flying around
New York until I return from my
I shall
■M  'Billy"  u aa 1.1 A x IWUIU
was down and out with a spur wound.trip across the continent, i u>u
in his leg In lees time than it takes probably start from Los Angeles or
to tell about it. san Francisco about Oct. 1, but have
' not decided the exact date yet."
One new bayonet adopted for Gei- Atwood carried with him a letter
man infantry carries a wire cutter from the St. LouIb Dispatch to the
near its base and another has saw New York World, which he delivered
teeth on the back of the blade. | last night.
Several of the Tecumseh citizens
arrested yesterday on warrants
charging violation of the fish laws
by seining were arraigned before
County Judge Ross F. Lockridge yes-
terday and pleaded not guilty. The
minimum penalty for tho oiTense
charged is a fino of $50.
Three plainly dressed men ap-
peared yesterday at the county at-
torney's office with the statement
they wanted some warrants.
"How many?" asked the deputy
county attorney.
"Oh, about twenty-five," was tbej
reply.
"What for?" was the next questloi
asked tbem.
"For seining fish," came the re-
spouse. The men then explained that
l hey were deputy game wardens who
had been sent down here by the
state game warden to stop the prac-
tice of seining, which, they declared,
was very prevalent In the county. I
They have been hobnobbing with the I
fishermen, camping with them, swap-
ping stories with them and using
every effort to get their confidence,;
to help get the necessary evidence.
Most of tho men accused live in Te-
cumseh and the south end of the
county. It Is understood that most
of them are charged with "hogging"
fish, which has not been generally
I considered as against the law. In
| "hogging," a seln Is weighted down
| about a drift and the fish are caught
with the bare hands as they at-
j tempt to escape. In some cases,
however, largo hooks are used to
snag them as they attempt to get
out.
The deputy game wardens have
been working up the cases for two
weeks. They get as their pay one
half of the fines collected, which, in
case of convictions, will make them
a considerable sum of money. They
assert that Pottawatomie county has
the worst reputation of any county
In the state for violation of the fish
and game laws, according to the
State game warden.
   I
Gl'OGENHEIMS SAII 
TO HAVE INVADED
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 26. -Mining
men who are interested in the mines
of the Arhuckle and Wichita moun-
tains and tho fields around Ravia,
state that the Guggenhelras havo en-
tered tho Oklahoma field and that
they have agents quietly at work ob-
taining control of the most prom-
ising properties. It Is stated that
|ihey Intend to get control of all the
mineral lands in the Chickasaw na-
tion that give promise of rich de-
velopment.
Men can argue a point for hours
without displaying too much temper
but not so with womenfolks.
OPES OFFICE
B. B. Blakeney and J. H. Mlley, of
I he firm of Blakeney, Maxey & Miley,
go to Muskogee the first of the week
to open a branch law office there.
A part of the office equipment has
already been shipped to that place.
The office here will be maintained
as usual, but the members of the
firm will alternate in service at the
Muskogee office. Mr. Blakeney will,
however, remove his family to Mus-
kogee in the near future, according
to present plans.
I'aiiiig taxes non due.
22-9t
DR. J. Ill, CARROLL
RENTS A NICE ROME
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, 1112,100.00
VjVUL
B
SURPRISE THAT IS PLEASANT
to the heads of the family Is had
by giving the shoes to us to mend
and having them returned almost
as good as new.
THE FAMILY SHOE BILLS
may be greatly reduced by letting
us look over the worn pairs be-
fore throwing them aside Our
work is so capable and so reason-
able that it Is a surprise to all
who try it.
J. M. VAN TRESS
10: North Broadway. Phone 184.
STATEMENT Or CONDITION
- of the—
Shawnee National Bank
SHAWNEE, OKLA.
As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at
the close of business
Wednesday, June 7th, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Time Loans and Discount* $626,647.85
U. S. Bonds, at par  60W00
Banking House, Furniture, and Fixtures....,  22,000.90
Stocks and Securities (County Warrants)  26,784.68
Demand Lotns    58,069,92
Cash and Sight Exchange  210,540.88 268,600Jill
TotaI  
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock  $60,000.00
Surplus   60,000.00
Undivided Profits   12.917.47 112,917.47
Circulating Notes   60,000.00
D«P  lt    781,064.76
Tot*1   $898,982.28
The abovs statment la correct:
JNO. W, JONES. Caahler.s
Attest: H. T. DOUGLAS,
J. M. AYDELOTTE,
S. C. VINSON. Directors
Dr. J. M. Carroll has leased the
handsome, recently remodeled Taylor
property, corner of Oklahoma and
Ninth streets, and will occupy it the
coming fall and winter. The home
is now one of the most beautidul In
the city.
+ + + + + + +
* +
* BASEBALL .j.
* BENSON PARK 4.
•fr SUNDAY
^•+^ + + + •1 + + + + ^ +
Union State BanK
GAINED 517,571.28
in deposits more than all the
Shawnee banks combined in
the three months from March
7th to June 7th, 1911.
THERE'S A REASON!
We have the strongest CASH
RESERVE OF ANY BANK IN
SHAWNEE.
WE SOLICT YOUR BUSINESS
Deposits of this bank are
guaranteed against loss. Most
people prefer not to take a
chance.
Union State Bank
A Bank's First Duty
is to its depositors. The business of this bank is conducted
on this basis, which is, in truth, SECURITY AND CONSER-
VATISM. Safety 1s considered before profits.
We feel Justified in asking for your banking business, assur-
ing you alwayB courteous treatment and satisfactory service
THE ROLL OF HONOR BANK.
Willard Johnston. President. F. B. Reed, Vice-President
C. M. Cade, Cashier. W. J. Barnett, Ass't Cashier.
CAPITAL 9100,000.00. (J. g. DEPOSITORY
THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
SHMKE, OKUHIMI
ANN
■ ——1