The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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The Norman Transcript.
J. J. BURKE, Editor.
VOLUME XXIII
A Live Republican Newspaper—Devoted to the Best Interests of Norman and Cleveland County.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1912.
R. A. BRIGHAM, Publisher.
NUMBER 8
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COUNTY COURT UNIVERSITY
CONVENED | TRACK TEAM
IS
ONLY
FOUR CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL CASES ON THE
DOCKET.
SIX
MUCH GOOD MATETIAL FROM
WHICH TO SELECT SPEED
ARTISTS,
TWO MARRIAGE LICENSES AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Several New Cases of Interest Filed
in the District Court This
Week.
Judge F. B. Swank convened
county court in Norman Monday,
this being a nq jury term. All
the cases were tried except lour
criminal and six civil cases. The
following are the cases which
came apjor trial:
State of Oklahoma vs Trof
Griffin. Griffin was tried three
years ago on a charge of trans-
porting and was convicted. The
case was appealed to the Su-
preme court and was reversed
and remanded for new trial.
The case was dismissed.
State ot Oklahoma vs J. J.
Baker and Scott Stansberry.
This is a case in which the de-
fendants refused Assistant City
Marshal Cain the privilege of in-
specting the Santa Fe books at
the local station. The case
came up for trial Monday and
was dismissed on the ground
that a deputy marshal or police
have no right of access to such
books under a
preme court.
Wm. Foster
Case dismissed
plaintiff.
William,
Co. vs J.
dismissed
tiffs.
Stimulus to Activity Due to Dual Meet
Between Oklahoma and Mis-
souri Universities.
Present indications are that
after neglecting track athletics
for two years the State Univer-
sity will come back into the field
with a team which will prove
among the best west of the Mis
sissippi river next spring. Mis-
souri last year won the Missouri
Valley championship in track
and field events at Des Moines,
and Coach Owen will leave noth-
ing undone to develop a team
capable of trouncing the Tigers.
He has much good material in
view from which to select his
speed artists. Claude Reeds, a
sophomore, wm premier honors
in the southwest in the high
jump "nd hurdles when only a
preparatory student. Ha has
improved wonderfully and prac-
tice should make him the peer of
any track man in the West.
He also does the pole vault, shot
put and broad jump. Harry
Diamond, a senior Law, holds
ruling of the su- J the state record for the mile es-
tablished two years ago. He
vs Roy Giles, i runs the quarter and halt' equal-
at tbe cost ol'jly well. McIntosh, an Indian,
i has few peers as a half miler. |
Halsell. Frszier & Hanson, a new product, is
B. McKinney. Suit! said to be able to negotiate the
at the cost of plain- i quarter in less than fifty-four
i seconds with only early season
1 practice. In addition to t^e ,
! stars mentioned there are ho ts j
of men who have won honors in
! the annual scholastic meet and
several old stars to handle the j
weights. Cross country run-
ning will be inaugurated as soon
as the weather permits.
marriage licenses
Edward Offenburger. 30, and
Emma Bauershmitt, 20, both of
Norman.
Edgar Mefford, 27, and Beu-
lah Russeil, £3, both of Nor-
man. —
DISTRICT COURT
Barbour.- Cash Grocery, thru'
their attorney, J. B. Dudley,
have filed suit against H. L.
Sanderson and Dora E. Sander-
son for $180. The plaintiffs
claim they sold the defendants
groceries to that amount and
pray for judgment against them
for a temporary injunction en-
joining and restraining them
from selling, incumbering or
disposing of certain real estate
during the pendency of this ac-
tion.
J. L. Suddreth vs William
Moutaw, as administrator of the
estate of John Cully, deceased,
A. HI Cully, and the unknown
heirs of John Cully, deceased.
The petition alleges that Wm.
Mootaw as administrator of the
said estate procured an order
from the county court to sell
Jim Love and ''Bud" Harris Arrested.
Jim Love and "Bud" Harris;
were arrested yesterday by City j
Marshal Sadler and Deputy Sher- J
iff Abbott, charged with selling j
liquor. The charge is that thev j
sold a country boy a pi t of |
whisky at a dance a week or two i
ago. The country boy is a wit- •
ness against them. They will
probably give $500 bond each to j
await trial. The officers made a j
search for booze but failed to ^
find more than a quart.
In this connection the big pro-
fits accruing to liquor sellers is
demonstrated. A bill for two
''Be Still and Know that I Am God
"God's in his heaven;
All's right with the world."
Browning.
The fretful mm is an unhaopy man. Baing
fretful and unhappy, ha is. althoujh unwittingly,
a nuisance. Ha is fretful bacausa he is fearful
and apprahensiva. Such a man could not ba oth-
erwise than unhappv. because fear bagets unhap-
piness and misery, for it is of itself torture. Tne
fearful man's apprehansions and direful anticipa-
tions disturb the calmness and serenity of those
about him. His unfortunate condition is caused
by inconstancy anticipated misfortune and troub-
le, unstable beliefs and hopes. He is never settled,
either in mind or in place of abode, which recalls
the observation of the wise man to the effect
that "the double-minded man is unstable in all his
ways." He is not in a condition to obey the ad-
monition, "Be still and know that I am God," nor
listen to the command. "Stand still and see the
salvation of the Lord." How different would be
his condition would he but listen to the voice of
Him who said to his followers when they noted
the withered fig tree, "Have taith in God. It is
the fretful, inconsiatent, preturbed man w.io
trusts too much to himself, regardless of the ad-
vice of the great apostle, who said, "We should
not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raiseth the
dead," remarking in another passage, For by
faith ye stand." And what a pitiful spect acle are
those who profess an abiding faitli in the infinite
justice and benevolence of God, bnt who are doubt-
ful of his providence. They are such as were de-
scribed by a recent writer when he said:
"Surely it is worse than having no God, to
kneel down and say, 'Our Father who art in
heaven,' and then go forth, fretting and fearing
as if He never knew or cared. It is worse trrn
being an orphan to have a Father and yet torget
His love." .
Such a one frets and fumes and worries about
things which are beyond his control, as though the
whole universe were about to be destroyed in a
crash of matter and wreck of worlds. It is infin-
ite wisdom that guides the destinies of souls and
systems, of men and nations. If only the thought-
less man would realize that "the wisdom of this
world is foolishess with God,' and that my
thoughts are not your thoughts," neither are my
ways your ways. . . . For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my way higher than
your wavs, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
He that is fearful and fretful, who is awed
by unaccountable dread, either real zes that he is
a violator of the law of right, or is without real
faith in the providence and protection of the Infin-
ite. He who has an abiding faith has a true idea
of right, because he does it; he has a general
reverence for it, because he does it continually,
and he finds peace ineffable in it when he does
right at all times. The calm, well-poisad, serene
man carries blessings with him unwittingly. To
him these lines were addressed;
"I will not wish the riches or the glow
of greatness,
But that, vvheresoev'er thou go.
Some weary heart mav gladden at thy smile,
Some weary life know sunshine for a while.
And so thy years shall leave a track of light,
Like angels' footsteps passing
through the night.'
A BO* 18 CITIZENS IV
DETERMINED DRILL LOR
10 SUCCEED OIL AND CAS
WAS ONCY SEVEN YEARS OLD BUT PROSPECi S GOOD FOR PAYING DIS-
RAISED THti BEST CROP COVERY OF OIL. GAS
IN THE STATE. OR COAL.
HE USED GOOD JUDGMENT CALL FOR MlSi MEETINQ
i Rules Suspended for Frank Norcum
to Enter Corn Growing
Contest.
Citizens to Discuss Proposition
Meeting to Be Held Monday
Nlillit. Jan. 22.
gallons of whisky was found on
•Need Heartfelt Political Religion."
Death of the Little Luella Bumgarner.
Little Luella Bumgarner, sev-
en years of daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Bumgarner of
this city, met a terrible death
_ | last Saturday, at the home of
certain rod estate owned .by Eighty Mla^Ses ^2® Z tad
the plain'tlff everything. : we would get along without the gone to spen
estate for $926 cash. Plaintiff
I one of the parties. It was made i An old line, dyed in the woo
out for $2.95, or about $1 42 per Democrat, in sending his annual
gallon. As Hie ruling price is; dues to the Transcript, s^ys:
51 per pint, or $8 per gallon, it. "Here it is. rind check .or
can easily be seen why liquor j two instead ot one, wtiicn win
, 1. 'I'linf onua \rr\l1 COT
J, A. Mitchell, special agent
of the United States Aarieultur-
al Department in farmers' de-
monstration work, lectured on
the work at a district school
house near Stroud recently, and
tells an interesting story about
7-year old Frank Norcum of
that locality. It seems that in
boys' agricultural clubs the
competitors have to be ten years
of age, and Frank's two brothers
were over that age and compet-
ing for prizes, each having two
j acres of cotton and one of corn,
| While he was lecturing, Mr.
i Mitchell noticed a little boy on
I the edge of the crowd, a pathet-
I ic little figure, choking back his
| sobs and trying to hide his tears
: unnoticed, o l his sleeve.
"What's the matter with the
|little fellow," asked Mitchell.
"I'm not big enough to go in-
to the contest with Abner and
James," wailed the lad. "I've
got the acre of corn and two of
' cotton just as good as they have
l 'n it's not my fault I'm not big-
ger. "
"But did you plough your own
land?" asked Mitchell.
"No, I'm not big enough to
■ plough, but I helped mamma to
| pay papa for ploughing for me.
I'm not to blame because I'm
not big enough to plow, I've
j chopped my corn and cotton and
its clean."
"Then and there," said Mitch- j
1 ell, "I broke the rules of the de-1
| partment and received Frank ;
. Norcum into the contest His j
i corn is as fine as any in the
; state. After the others had laid ,
: their corn by Frank continued to |
: hoe his.
"But either Frank was _too|
! short or the corn was too high. |
j Anyway, there was a neutral
strip between the tips of Frank's
fingers and the big eai\s oi ,
]corn. Therefore Frank carried!
a little box to steo upon in order;
j to tie strips around his best ears 1
iof corn.
I "I may have strained the rules
>in letting Frank in, but I'd like
j to strain the same way for a
! thousand more boys or girls o!
| the same sort.
Kingkade Hotel Transferred.
The Oklahoma City rimas ot
! Sunday had the following;
Andrew Kingkade, builder of ,
Kingkade hotel on Grand ave-
Owing to the fact thst oil, gas
| and coal are baing discovered in
| all parts of the state and that,
too, in paying quantities, the
| citizens of Norman are of the
opinion that the sime discover-
! ies can be made here, hence an
| official call has been made for
la mass meeting at the court
house Monday night, Jan. 22,
1912. The following is the call:
Pursuant to instructions from
the City council and suggestions
from many of the citizens of
Norman, a mass meeting is here-
by called to meet at t <e district
court room on Monday night,
Jan. 22, at 7:30, for the purpose
of considering the feasibility of
t>oring a deep well in the hope of
discovering either oil, gas or
coal. This is a matter of great
interest to every citizen of Nor-
man, and it is hoped that a large
and representative body of cit-
izens will attend this maeting.
N. E. Sharp, Mayor.
Football Injuries Cause Insanity.
The Oklahoma News of Tues-
day contained the following:
"A kick in the head, received
in a football game four years
ago, is the cause of the insanity
of Charles D. Ewing, 20, who
Tuesday was sent to the Norman
asylum, according to the finding
of the county insanity commis-
sion.
"Ewing be:ame suddenly in-
sane Sunday, attacking his sis-
ter with a fence picket, and
threatening to kill her. He
imagines himself persecuted and
makes threats of violence to ev-
eryone he sees.
"Ewing was kicked in the head
while playing football in Okla-
homa City four > ears ago. Dr.
Dicken operated on the boy, and
seemingly he recovered.
"At his examination by the
insanity commission Tuesday
morning, how -ver, it was decid-
ed that his present attack is due
to the old wound in his head.
"Ewing has been cler.dng in a
drug store iu Oklahoma City.
He was born in Norman only
two years after the opaning of
the Territory.
Home From Ca ifornia.
Dr. and Mrs. 11. G. Goodrich
and family, who left Norman
some months ago for Los An-
geles, Cali., expecting to make
that city their future home,
further states that he is in pos-
eession of the property, but that
Wm. Mootaw, as administrator,
and A. H. Cully as heir of John
Cully, claim some right, title,
interest or lien in said premises,
wherefore plaintiff prays for
judgment against the defendants
quieting and confirming his title
to said real estate.
Farmers National Bank vs B.
Payton and Elizabeth Payton.
Suit on note for $280 due and
payable Oct. 15, 1911, with in-
terest at 10 per cent from ma-
turity. Gresham & Gresham
attorneys for plaintiff.
the night with
Transcript. j cous,in- Mhr'fd Mrs'Briggs'
1 ''WVint think vou of our love- little daughter.
Boh logan Gets Another Chance. ,,!!? ,dministratiori' I want While Mrs. Briggs was absent
Sheriff W. L. Shirley is here t0u f^now ?hateverything U | from, the house milking, the ht-
from Woodbury, lenn., called j possible for me to have said | tie girls, who had been out play-
by news that the supreme court i .0' the mjsmanagement and ing, came in to get warm. Lu-
had decided that Bob Logan : shortcomings of past Republican <;lla got too close to the stove,
cihnnlH crn hnpk to that state, an ! j. • • nrwr ni
had decided that 1500 i,ogan L.hortcominrrs 0f past Republican i eiia goi too ciuhc iu uie huv,c,
should go back to that state, an administrations in any state of an(l 1,1 a moment her dress was
account of which was given in ^^ion I San surely duplicate in flames. She ran out of he
last week's Transcript. Mr. ;,, t th ono we now have and house onto the poarch, where the
Shirley wasted no time but came j th(J Qne prececiing it. Wlnd fanned the flames, and be-
at once; but Logan's attorneys,! right, and y
Messrs. Ben Williams and J. B. ,, th' faul
No School in West Side Building.
wind fanned the flames, and be
ou will be! fore help could reach her, the
able to see"those faults in your'clothing was burned1 from-her
own party like I see them in ; body. She lingered till 11.30 p.
mine We all need just old m. When death put an end to h?r
S suffering.
; Luella was a bright little girl,
'just beginning to go to school,
and was very popular with her
The utmost sympa-
and
IV ingKHUU IIOUJl I vjriauu v- «•"« «• C, , • ,
1 nue between Broadway and San- turned to Norman Sunday niglitj
1 ta Fe streets, has sold the pro-j glad, indeed to get back ' home
Iperty to the Hotel Kingkade | to old associates and old scenes
i company. The consideration was I he doctor talks interestingly ot
$1, with the vendee corporation his California experience, and
assuming four mortgages of a i evidently is not greatly pleased
total of $195,000. One mort- j with that country. We always
(•gage was for $100,000, and the did have an idea it was greatly
'other three $60,000, §25,000 and ;over-advertised and over-rated
! $5,000. The deed was filed for
i record Saturday. Mr. King- Bank o, Moore Elects Officers,
kade is said to have retained The stockholders and directors
! considerable stock in the new , of the Bank of Moore held their
company.
Dudley, were even then too fast
for him, for they had filed an mjne We an neea ,n
original habeas corpus proceed- j heartfelt political religion
ing, bringing up some new tea- j
tures, and a hearing on the mat- (
ter will be held tomorrow before i New Postmasters. — — ..
Judge Clark at Oklahema City. I On Monday last, John Apple- playmates. _
Then, if that fails, the lawyers I by, Editor of Hobart Republi- thy is felt for
will probably find other loop-!Can, was appointed postmaster relatives.
" ' ' ' " ' to succeed Guy Gil- The funeral was held
her parents
Throe «P<>Hon<* nf the five-sec-!wi^ probably find other loop-!Can, was
tion boiler which furnishes, heat;i
Monday
f«rVhP WPsf siS bu ldfnjr broke that Mr. Shirley will again re- lette, term expired. S. E. Wa - afternoon from the M. E. Church
nf last wefk and 1 turn to Tennessee without his ien succeeds Chas. Butler at V.- South, Rev. Ownby conducting
•n LnRenueynce no School has' Prisoner. I nita. Franklin C. Wright is ap- the services Burial was made
been,held in that building, this! — — 7 . .. goipted postmaster_at< Wanette, | in the 1. O. O. F. cemetary.
week. It is probable it will be i -Albert C. Romine, of Ho-
Monday before the new sections j bai t, Grand Chancellor ot the
will be'in place and school can | Knights of Pythias, was here
he resumed.
' niugiao \ji i j ujiuo, t v v 0
Tiesday visiting the local lodge, 'postmasteas appointed
Okla. It is said that State
Chairman Jim Harris was instru- J. 0. Shead made a busi-
mental in having these new ness trip to Oklahoma City yes
annual meeting Saturday, Jan
uary 13th. The board of direc-
tors remains the same. The fol-
In Hands of Trustees. lowing officers were elected:
The State Investment Com- C. H. Brand, President; Ken-
pany, consisting of C. M. Greis- neth McLennan and .v, ^ \V
mer, E. E. Foreman and Aaron i Bleakney, Vice Presidents; S.
McDaniel, is in the hands of Mahler, Cashier, A. J. Orr,
trustees, C. H. Bessent and R. .bookkeeper.
V. Downing being agreed upon* The board found the bank in
by the partners. The firm has j a sound and healthy condition,
done a good business in real es- j with no loans to stockholders,
tate, and we trust their affairs j officers or directors, l he same
will soon be satisfactorily ad-1 conservative policy ot tair deal-
justed, The Transcript under- ing will be continued in the tu-
stands that Mr. McDaniel has ture.
opened up a business for him-
self, and probably Messrs. Fore-
—Tuesday was another of a
terday.
MJU, ttliu piuuauijr iucooio. a. v/i v - * ? l i , • ,
man and Greismer will do the; series ot windy days wnicu vve
same. have been experiencing of late
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