The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1914 Page: 1 of 6
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Historical Society
Norman
A LIVP. REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER—j}EVOTED TO THE BEST .NT ERESTg OF NORMAN AND CLEVEL-AND COUNTY
VOLUME XXV
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JULY 2. 1914,
NUMBER 43
SHAWNEE INDIANS HERE. BATTLE LASTS FOUR DAYS.
Will Arrive "Friday Night and Graphic Amount of the W.init
Give Dances—Ball Game
and Dances on the
Fourth.
of Zacatecas by Rebel
Forces Led by
Gen. Villa.
cSZf&SS MS Si-nf 12;U
iit's BandCofmshnwne'ef Inciian V of 'life to totTfederalfml con-
ViolH nn the old Council grounds' stitutionalista, ended last night
saa5s.iiS3rM cr-: •. <**
Vf Vth After an eloquent ad- end Villa and General Natera. ;
I ourth. Alter although The constitutionalist soldiers
SSSSrisu ssj s-ssa K
=^^Vc a'srasgsas
nf hundred braves, squaws and themselves. So far it n; -
WsrJFX- avs'e
dances on Saturday and Satur- Se^timly o^hf Lodty
Thi^will be the special fea- of the fighting.
tuie of the celebration here, but General Villa was in the van
SS1 bLniTcrrowd°sthefrrot1 mUberfSm? sffi. '"accom-
Oklahoma City are expected. ffinyingWm.f were^—
Here's a Prediction for Rain. ^aiVS
Drouth in the near future is a I dad Rogeriguez, one of the best
vlv lnft! he feared in of Villa's brigade commanders,
thp first ten davs of July by L. tutionalists, in many cases
Howell Lewis, an Oklahoma, Mb ^nee jju.nda and
the^coniing condi-isteep incline, passecI, the rifles
tions rror. Lewis said Toes- p handto hand, ^esefea*
3"!lt ifitT 2O00n0:mN5ihi"n!™eemed to lessen the
milea closer^to the earthT^ determinftou of Villa's troops
AN OLD FAVORITE.
We journey through a vale of tears,
By many a cloud o'ercast,
And worldly cares and worldly fears
Go with us to the last!
Not to the last! God's word hath said,
Could we but read aright,
0 pilgrim, lift in hope thy head,
At eve it shall be light.
Though earth born shadows now may shroud
Our thorny path awhile,
God's blessed word can rend each cloud,
And bid the sunshine sniile.
Only believe, in living faith,
His love and power divine,
And, ere life's sun shall set in death,
His light shall round us shine.
When tempest clouds are dark on high,
His bow of love and peace
Shines sweetly in the vaulted sky,
Betokening storms shall cease.
Walk on thy way with hope unchilled,
By faith and not by sight.
And we shall own His word xulilllecl
At eve it shall be light. ^
Sam A. Meeks, Temporarily In-
sane. Kills His Mother and
Then Commits Suicide.
KILLS SELF AND MOTHER. FOSTER MUST SERVE TERM.
Was Convicted in August, 191E,
of Killing of Ed Greenhaw
on Dec. 6, 1911—Sen-
tence Greatly Reduced. f
While temporarily insane,; , '..
Sam A. Meeks, formerly of this j From Tuesday s Daily.
county, shot and killed his moth-, Although the Criminal Court
er near Bucklin, in the Imperial j 0f Appeals handed down a de-
Valley of California, a couple of I cision yesterday affirming the
weeks ago, and then committed j conviction of Geo. Foster for the
suicide. News of the terrible oc-| killing of Ed Greenhaw, Foster's
currence was received by Mr. R. j attorneys, J. B. Dudley and
E. W. Ince, of this city, yester- Judge B. F. Wolf, feel they have
i •.. l I*M/A vi Uiii oati T in COPIIT'ITIO' Jl
day, in a letter from his son, J.
M. Ince, wl^J also lives in the
I Imperial Valley. Mrs. Meeks is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.
I E. W. Ince.
The letter stated that Mr.
Meeks had been acting strange-
ly for some time, and had taken
a gun one morning and entered
gained a victory in securing a
big modification of the sentence.
He was sentenced on August o.
1912, to eighteen years impris-
onment, term to commence when
he was delivered to the warden
of the penitentiary. The su-
preme court states it believes
this se ter.ee excessive, and
Filed for State Offices.
the room where his mother was recommends one of ten years,
(sleeping and shot her through I to run from the day he wassen-
the head, killing her instantly, j tenced—August 3, 1912. Thus,
He then shot himself. Mrs. yen if his attorneys get no fur*
Meeks and daughter were in ther satisfaction, they have suc-
another part of the house at the ceeded in cutting ten years from
| time, but ran out and escaped, the term of imprisonment, to
and it is believed Mr. Meeks in- .say nothing about the time he
i tended to kill the whole family, would get for good behavior—
[ Financial difficulties are suppos-! probably three years more,
led to have caused his mental de-jMessrs. Dudley and Wolf have
pression, as he had frequently not given up yet, however, but
——-— i pression, as ne nau naiucnuj ;noi given up jrci,,
(JETTING WORSE IN MEXICO stated that when he could not will ask i'or a rehearing. 1 hey
j | give his family all they desired ciaim they have perfectly good
| British Urged to Hasten from he would kill himself, and, while, grounds for reversal and new
Several Cleveland county men : n caoital — Media- he had considerable property trial. They have certainly shown
lave filed with the state eteC" finn nn j ast LeGrs— ancj something like 175 acres of an earnestness and preseverance
fine cotton, he was heavily in jn behalf of their client most
debt. The family consisted of commendable from a profession-
iuni Mrs. Meeks and four children, ai standpoint, for it seemed a
Believing he has the support two boys and two girls. ^The forlorn hope when they took
tion on Its Last Legs—
Villa and Carranza.
have iuou ..... —----- .
tion board for state offices. The
list is: T u 1
F„r Lieut (tovernor-John W. ^ My
Barbour, ox JNoiman, i, • ;• Relieving he has the support, two Doys anu iwu lonuiu wr.v-..
He has some eight con}Pe,tlt?^ j of President Wilson and Sena- mother was some 80 years of age charge of the case.
for the nomination, but hii, grvan villa is becoming and had made her home with Geo. Foster, who is a Chick-
friends declare he has a good 3^ independent of Mr. and Mrs. Meeks for some a8aw Indian, killed Ed Green-
chance. I Carranza and letting that gentle-! years. haw, a Norman livery man, on
For State Auditor — B. T •! kn'ow that he is not the " Mr. Meeks lived northwest of Dec. 6, 1911, in the road near the
(Frank) Morris, of Norman ghow ^ thg Congtitution. Norman for a number of years, peter Mappes place west of Nor-
Progressive. A Mr. Bruton of g Jt ,g thg breach leaving here some seven years man. Mr. Greenhaw had car-
Muskogee is his only competitor • Carranza and Villa is ag0 for Texas and moving to ried Foster to the Foster ranch
for the Progressive nomination. d ag -t California from there four years ;n McClain county in a buggy.
For Congress — Rev. E. U. wiuemug cycij A . i ~ j — :*u to _ i.nw— .Jo™ ohnut
widening everv day, ana as it caiuornia iroiii meie iuui m medium wumj ~ —oo*.
perigee, that is it is *«>"""| j.ip^Ynaton~of Villa's troops, For Congress — nev. r,. wmenmg eve y y, neighbored with L. P. and the killing took place about
miles closer to the earth than J^eminaton^rt ^VUia^ ^P ^ Wh;twel, Dem.; Hon Jas M. Qne of the tales is Barker for many years, and will 9 0'cI0Ck p. m„ as they were r<v
its mean proximity 24 , trenches and redoubts on all Gresham, Rep.; L. Lurry, Pierce, the Ameri- be well remembered by the old- turning to town, Greenhaw be-
mHes. On July 7 the moon will up trenc^ano^ ^ . r. Lurry is the mer- that n. uay ^ f^niahjng thfi tjmers of this locality. He was ing shot and killed as he sat in
be full. This combina , i „nvpr for the attacking troops, i chant at Box. 1 rnnnev to finance the Constitu- highly respected and the news the buggy. 1 he testimony in the
ing so close together Th d f defenders grad-i For State Senator-Tom F. ^ hil th Brit- will be received with deep regret Case disclosed that Foster was
produce rain through the | JX^rrLedunti, the last Carey, Dem.; J. J-Burke R«P'i XolkiSgs are back of Huer- by all who knew him. very much under the influence
temperate jon^ in large areas. of the city J. W• Houchin, _ Socmhst.Jhe jh ViHa is said ■ of liquor and did not know much
jssrirw ^ra. s 4
will start on the ^ocky moun ^ hgre Fourteen thous- Garvin county, will compete - leader in Mexico is years, died at his home on West had existed for some time be-
tain slope and work • <_. federals were entrenched in with Mr. Carey for the Demo- apparent. Gray street yesterday (Wednes- tween the parties, lhe grounds
eastward, taking abou _ - |'seemingly impregnable posi- cratic nomination. The ^tric The Mediation congress at day) afternoon, after an illness upon which reversal was asked
tions Five thousand prisoners; is composed of Cleveland, Garvin Falis ;s about to dis- of some months. The funeral Vvas that a continuance apphed
were captured by Gen. Villa's and McClain counties. ™'s f'f" Se without accomplishing will be held this afternoon at for by Foster's attorneys be-
Twelve cannon, nine trict is^heavi^Democr^tic, and anvthing at au_ No agreement 3:30 from the residence, with canse of the^bsence of^materia^
VCIJ I11L4V.1* wt.vv,-. ----
of liquor and did not know mucn
about what had happened or
how the killing really occurred;
Mr. P. F. Clark, who has been Foster, however, putting in a
• 1 /• XT mnnir t • - A r\C r\-r\ o O Rq r
Death of P. F. Clark.
to get to the Atlantic coast.
Old Regime's Last Meeting.
The Old Regime dosed its j n^itPary
year's work on June 18th at the rifles and
i i • i* _ i i /if 1\/r o XAI N
J hJ ■.■jrj vr I lllto Clllvl UU VUHIW"""
beautiful home ot Mrs. W. iVlnon anfi rifle ammunition were
Rucker, North Peters avenue.
Besides the membership there
were the folloying guests: Mrs.
Judge McMillan, Mrs. E. K.
Himes, Mrs. Art Maher, of Jop-
lin, Mo.; Mrs. J. R. Hale, Mrs. |tacking side were not stated d. uvuu
Sam Ambrister, Mrs. D. W. Mar- j definitelv The federals were 1 didate and b. Uu
quart, Mrs. B. F Williams, Mrs. reportefj to have dynamited, ton, represents ti'
John Barbour, Mrs. C. C. Mc- many buildings of the city be- For District J
Clure, Miss Vida Marquart. *'ie fore evacuating, slaying those Swank of Norma
Twelve c—, nhie trict is heavily Democratic, and So a^eement 3:30 from the ^ residence, with ^useV ti
trains, six thousand; if Mr. Carey gets the 0n a provisional president could Rev. Stillwell conducting the witnesses
1 three carloads of can- (which he certainly should) the P Constitu- services. Interment in I. 0. O. McMillan,
'district will be sure to be well m! amvea u '
but the Criminal
-Mrs. R
D.
program was:
"The New South"
C. Berry.
"Biltmore" — Mrs.
Griffin.
"Some Writers of the South-
land,"—Mrs. John Franing. i
The club discussed their pic-
captured. ,—^ii,^'the Senate" ^ in hi, 63rd
The dead on the federal side, For Representative H. O. ,intl vice versa if the mediation year, and until his sickness had vital even had they been pres-
according to official figures, |Miller, J. A. Morrl®°" anf^ Jol fai]s ,;t is probable the war will i.een a most active citizen He ent and that the tria 1 couit was
numbered 4000 and 2000 wound- Franing hav|; e or ^ eo 0n until one or the other fac- was highly respected by all who „0t in erroy"^fP"g^e CO?n
ed while the losses to the at-1 Democratic nomination, (^eo. k uccessfu] That this is knew him as an earnest, honest tinuance. Fostei has been in
SctoS side were not stated B. Dodd i.^h.LI ^ opinion of the British gov- Eentlen, n. A wife and two j„il since he
- Dujty- of. eminent is seen in advice from children survive him, who have and was never taken to McAies
the Socialist. ]lntish Consul in the City of the sympathy of the community, ter. It is piobabie he wi stay
y be- For District Judge — F. B. ^ Rritish subiects there — ] here a while longer, until the
evacuating, slaying those,Swank of.Norman will compete ^ ]p,ivp tho |itv at once> Evi-
who had occu-' for the B—tic
Sthe hulldin. in theThe state Wof edncation
W-1 — , ciahsts w ill have candid. . pritish consul. There are some at its meeting in Oklahoma City
Ladies' Auxilliary to Farmers this position. „ goo British subjects in the City vesterday elected Prof. S. M.
,M,i,Ute' IcoolwSdge Robinson McMl- of Mexico and the, are leaving Barrett, of lhe State Univers.ty,
several months.
Death of Mrs. M. F. Rucker.
^ will compete with as fast as they can get away.
I Baily of Chickasha
Democratic nomination,
i Republican candidate has
A. C. Barrett of Stratford
J. I
M.
for the
No
filed.
The Fourth at Noble.
Mrs. M. F. Rucker. whose ser-
President of the preparatory ious Utaess was noted m Tues-
school at Claremore, a position day s Transcript passe y
that carries a salary of $2100 \a«t evening (Wedfsday, J uly
with it. G. W. Austin, city sup- L ^14) at 5.30 at he
The citizens and business men criiitendent at vice ;re being held at the
of Noble are sure arranging to selected as head o ^ afternoon with Revs,
have one of the most enjoyable trial school tor girhs at Chick nome am] j L Pat-
Fourth of July celebrations ever asha, and W • C. , officiating, and the body
pulled off ir, Cleveland county ^"J^schSS to succeed will be taken ,, her old home at
They are working as one man to the inn ant sen _
make it a success and give the Prof. E. D Murdaugh.
people of the surrounding coun-
a good time; their bankers,
clao^w^ =, ■ ,, ,
"committees of one" to see that
everything possible is done.
They are to have merry-go-
rounds, platform dances, speak-
ing, fine band music, races of all
Bethany, Mo., * this afternoon
The appointment of Prof, and laid to rest h,-the side of
The chid cnscusseu men 1 A ladies auxilliaiy to
nic to be given to their husbands | Cleveland county Farmers jf. E. Riddle of Chickasha
on the beautiful lawn of Mr. and stitute was organized Tuesday , sharp 0f purCell and Frank
Mrs I D Maguire. afternoon at Miss Kate liar- -
The program for next year hour's office with Mrs. E Levy
was read by Mrs. J. D. Maguire as president, Mrs. Cora iu. Hull
and adopted by the club. Mrs. ; as vice-president and Mrs. Wm
B F Williams was voted in as Barr secretary. An executive j ^ Socialist candidate.
active member. Mesdames Ma- committee consisting of the
guire, McClure and Rucker ren- three officers and Mrs. J-A- Notice_Registration.
dered some beautiful music Oliver and Mrs J- A Ramsey
The hostess, assisted by Mrs. E. was also selected There was an ^ ^ ^ _n my office jn clev(1
K. Himes, served delicious re- excellent attendance. . land Co Abstract rooms, from try —
freshments. After the social ganization is foi the piomotion everv evening and from merchants, mill men and all
hour lhe club adjourned for of' domestic science culin^ ^ (Vd( (k (;vei.y night classes making themselves
summer vacation. i0 make an exhibit along these 'Uiring July for the pujpo^f
—News comes from Nashville, lines at the fair to j" '^^THOS. VINCENT, Inspector.
Tenn., that Dr. Henry Meier,! connection with the Old Settlers ________
formerly with the University of re-union in September. There, Curtis left for
Oklahoma, who went from here will be another meeting at Miss, —Lloyd B. Curtis
to Vanderbilt university, has Barbour s office on
been elected to the chair of Pro- July 11, and all ladies
fKeStaTuryeSy'TKen-'"' '""" |^d=tion7This is one of to™S.nd a'rnonth. f
.,t n-mville Kv It is con- The Cottage Home the crack bands of Chicago, an« (-urnjqhe!j much more than she her return she w... take .... -i
ns K SLMsts ojU^ aasM ss-" «.s win b. P*^
number of promineiit educators business men and clerks of Nor- so th<i bancI will go^to some of -.11 and winter. She is a most —Postmaster A. J
ioeen of a very high order. can take the time to go home. ber.
educator of long experience, a
man of state wide acquaintance
and influence, and author of
numerous books.
who
Mrs. Rucker was 69 years 6
months and 25 days old, and has
been in poor health for some
years, but recently her ailments
have been serious. She was a
most estimable lady, with a
world of warm friends; a most
Smith was
Moore last
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Burke, J. J. The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1914, newspaper, July 2, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc139179/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.