The Hugo Husonian (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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The Hugo Husonian
The Official Advertising Medium of the City of Hugo and the County of Choctaw.
VOL X.
HUQO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 31, 1911
No. 27
NKW WORLD IS BEING BORN.
A TRAN8-ATLANTIC AIRSHIP,
no SHOT OEM
GRANT MDir NIGHT
john McAFEE shot in back
with shot gun by un
known party.
Killed at His Own Door.—Before
Bad Reputation in the Neigh-
borhood.
Friday night some unknown party
ar parties, ambushed John McAfee, a
negro living two miles west of Grant,
from the fence in front of the house.
Suddenly the wife heard a loud voice
and a shot that roared like,a shotgun.
Hastily summoning help he was car
ried into the house where he died at
once. An examination showed that
buckshot had been the charge blown
into him. Saturday morning word was
Brought to Grant of the killing and
Sheriff Loftln and Assistant County
Attorney Jordan were sent for. They
made a hurried trip to the scene of
the shooting in company with Justice
of the Peace Blard who held an In-
quest over the body this morning
No evidence was obtained in regard
to the murderer and a verdict in ac
cordance was rendered.
McAfee was a friend of Jack Gooch,
the murderer of the old darky Jordan
who was killed last June. He was
held by the officers in connection
with that and was on the chaingang
for a while.
goldman paris store robbed
$25 Reward is Offered f-r the Arrest
and Conviction of Bural.ir-..
The warehouse of the GolJ ian Gro-
ce* v .jQp&Qy v.as borsi.u yed again
Tuoa<.&y night. A reward h<u lieen of
ferel _,j the fi;u ,fr the arrest and
• cm! 'Ion of the i' !Ity one.
Several months ago the warehouse
of the same firm was burglarised
several times and some of the stolen
goods were found at one or two pla-
ces. Tuesday nigbt ten cases of com
and four cases of tomatoes were stol-
en. Officers are at work on the case.
—Paris Advocate
New Bishop of Nachez.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug.31.—In the pres-
ence of a great gathering of prelates
and priests of the south and of the
Catholic laity of Atlanta and vicinity
the Rev. John E. Gunn, D. D„ was
today consecrated bishop of Nachez,
Miss., as successor of the late Bishop
Heslln. The ceremony was perform
ed in Sacred Heart church and was
attended by all of the pomp and de-
tail prescribed by the Roman Cathol-
ic ritual. The consecrating prelate
was Archbishop Blenk of New Or-
leans, who was assisted by the bish-
ops of Savannah, Mobile. Nashville
and other cities of th° s mth.
The new bishop of ichez was
born in Ireland forty-.- . w yearg ag0
and comes of a family :hit has been
prominent for generuti i s In the fa-
mous Irish lace Industr He receiv-
ed his early education «5er the di-
rection of Mariet Father n Dundalk,
Ireland, and later studied the higher
branches of learning in England and
Rome. In the latter city he was or
dalned to the priesthood in 1890. For
two years following his ordination he
wa« engaged in mission work in Eng-
land. Then he came to America to
become a teacher in the new Marist
College in Atlanta and later was as-
signed to the Sacred Heart parish In
this city. He continued his pastoral
duties and mission work in this vi-
cinity until his recent appointment
to the bishopric.
Jupiter is Said to be the Creator of
This Phenomena.
From the New York American.
Paris.—The planet Jupiter whose
volume is 1,279 times that of the
earth, and superior in dimensions
and weight to all the other planets
put together, is Just now attracting
the attention of astronomers.
M. Giacobinl of the Paris Observa-
tory, who has made a special study
of Jupiter, has described a red spot
which possesses a relative fixity, but
within the last year its mobility has
increased in great proportion and its
longitude is about thirty degrees.
That Is all we can say scientifically
Is it really the forming of a new
continent? Can we draw this deduc-
tion from this phenomenon so diffi-
cult to seize? It Is possible, but who
can say so with certainty?
M. Camllle Flammarion, however,
expresses himself with far greater
confidence in this matter.
'We are assisting at the ereation
of a world. Under our dazzled eyes
a new world is being created In the
infinity, and in Jupiter we bail the
world of the future."
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
August 29.
Notice.
To all who donated and signed the
petition circulated by T. W. Tyler in
behalf of the Farmers Institute and
Choctaw County Fair association.
You are advised not to pay In any
amount If yon are called on by any
oae sooner than Sept. 5th, 1911. For
reasons see T. W Tyler
1809—Oliver Wendell Holmes, the fa-
mous author, bom in Cambridge,
Mass. Died in Boston, Oct. 7,
1894.
1819—Joseph E. McDonald, who rep-
resented Indiana in the United
States senate, born in Butler
county, Ohio. Died in Indianapo-
lis June 21, 1891.
1833—Fire in Constantinople destroy
ed 12,000 bouses.
18S5—The "Beever," first steam ves-
sel to ply on the Pacific ocean,
left England for Fort Vancouver.
1857—Minnesota adopted a state coh-
stituUon.
1862—Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis,
lT. S. A. shot and mortally wound-
ed Maj. William Nelson In an al-
tercation at Louisville.
1864—Gen. Crook superseded Gener-
al Hunter as commander of the
Department of West Virginia.
1883—The Salvation army commenc-
ed operations in Canada.
1885—The first cable road in New
York began its service.
1905—Japanese and Russian envoys
at Portsmouth reached peace
agreement.
1910—Gen. Juan J. Estrada assumed
office as preuident of Nicaragua.
American Bar Meeting.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 31.—The thir-
I ty-fourth annual meeting of the Am-
erican Bar association was opened in
Huntington hall today, and will con-
tinue throughout tomorrow and
Thursday, concluding with a banquet
Thursday evening. Many eminent
representatives of the Massachusetts
bar were present at the opening, in
addition to some 400 delegates from
other parts of the country.
President Edgar H. Farrar of New
Orleans called the gathering to order
and Lieutenant Governor Frothing-
barn and Mayor Fitzgerald delivered
the greetings of the state of Massa-
chusetts and the city of Boston. In
his opening address President Farrar
reviewed the most noteworthy chang-
es in statute law in the several
states and by congress during the
past year. The initial session con
eluded with the annual reports of the
other officers and the election of new
members.
Tomorrow morning former Justice
Henry B. Brown of the Supreme
Court of the United States will read
a paper on tho "New Federal Judl-
clal Code." In the evening William
B. Brownlow of New York will pre-
sent an addresB on "Anti-Trust Leg-
islation and Litigation." Officers for
the ensuing year will be chosen at
the session on Thuraday evening
Mrs. W. N. Dickson, of Elington,
Mo., who was called to Grant on ac-
count of the fatal Illness of her fath-
er Rev. J. Y. Collins, was In the city
today, en route to her homa
Boys and Girls
On Sept, 9th, Saturday, at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon there will be a meeting of the Choctaw
County Boy's and Girl's Corn Club in the court
house. Every boy and girl in the county is invited
to attend and join the club. There will be news of
great interest. Don't miss it.
ANOTHER BLACK
FIENDJURNED
ASSAULTED WHITE WOMAN
NEAR PURCELL WEDNESOAY
NIGHT.
Negroes Captured Him and Turned
Him Over to Mob—Woman Will
Die.
Purcell, Okla., Aug. 25.—While a
crowd of more than three thousand
gleeful men, women and girls looked
on, applauding every move, a few
grim white men Thursday afternoon
poured coal oil over the naked body
of Pete Carter, the negro fiend who
attacked Mrs. Minnie Spragglns near
here. Wednesday night and laid him
on a pile of oil-soked fagots, to which
a torch was applied. There he burn-
ed to a crtBp
The negro was caught by three
other negroes about 3:45 Thursday
afternoon and turned over to the mob
Undersheriff Frank Farris and Depu
tySherlff Hart Hayes, the only offi-
cers in Purcell, were locked In-, the
"boozeroom" of the court nouse when
they attempted to save the negro's
life. . . -
Mrs. Spragging is dead.,
The following telegram about the
Purcell tragedy was very kindly sent
to the Husonian by County Commiss-
ioner J. M. Morton, who is in Purcell
inspecting steel bridges in the interest
of Choctaw county.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug 25.
Daily Husonian, Hugo, Okla.
Negro burned in Purcell, Okla.. at Died Sunday Morning at 6 O'clock at
5:30 p. m. Charged with rape of white
lady living near Prcell. Great excite-
ment prevails. Lady not expected to
live. Home of the lady was burned by
negro after deed was done.
J. M. MORTON
sin nm it
BEEIN jONE WEEK.
G. T."KiNG BACK FROM OKLAHO-
MA 'CITY AND SAY8 WORK
WILL BE PUSHED.
Sondj Sold in East—First Work Will
Be Done on East Kirk Street.
G. T. King, representative of F. R.
Stone, the municipal contractor wno
Installed Hugo's sewer system and
has the contract for the street pav-
ing, is back from a week's trip to
Oklahoma City where he went in the
interest of the project. Arrange-
ments were made to sell the bonds
to some eastern capitalists. The city
is not responsible for the sale of
the bonds as all it does is to issue
them to the contractor who thus
takes them as pay for the work.
Mr. King says that work will com
meace in 10 da) band will rapidly be
pushed Yorward to completion. Kirk
strejft will be the first street upon
which "verk Will be done. The curb
and gutter will be first done
Tb r« are -27 blocks to be paved
i« the residence district, a distance
of li o t' two miles. The entire
-work, Will.'be a top of three-Inch road
asphalt with a macadam underlay,
excepting Wade and Jefferson streets
which will have a concrete base. No
contract has yet been let for the
downtown street paving but It will
be doubtless taken care of by the
council in the near future.
That is the Prophecy of Grahame-
White, the English Aviator.
From the New York Globe. CONTRACT NOT YET AWARDED—
An aeroplane one thousand fetrf( COMMISSIONERS WILL CON-
long, with wings of steel, able to car-! SIDER BID FIR8T.
ry one thousand passengers and'
make the trip from England to New
Midland, Massilion and Austin Com-
!•* I « A 11- _ I
panies Are Lowest Bidders. Bids
York in fifteen hours, which Is at the
rat6 of about two hundred miles an
hour, and in twenty years, was the
prophecy made by Claude Grahame-
Whlte. the famous British aviator;
who arrived on the Cunard liner Mau
retania.
"Oh, tnere's not a bit of doubt of
It," he said. "The sport is evolving
very, very fast."
"How much horsepower would such
a giant plane have to develop?"
"Oh, I should say perhaps seventy-
five uousand horsepower," he said.
"And what will make such a vast
power, steam, coal or gasoline?"
"Well, I cannot say, but It may
very well be that we shall have de-
veloped our engines so that b;| then
It will be possible to get our power
by wireless."
"And battle planes?" Will they, too,
be on such a vast scale?"
"I should say they will hardly be
as long, but they will have equally
Are High.
On last Saturday the representativ-
es of the various bridge companies
here for the letting of the contract
for the construction of Choctaw
county's bridges filed their bids with
County Clerk Milam. Monday morning
the three county commissioners met
and read the bids. As a whole they
were a little higher than looked for.
The bids of all but three companies
were so high that only the three were
held by the commissioners for con-
sideration.
There are twenty-seven bridges to
be built, six of which are large and
costly; the other twenty-one being
much cheaper. The Midland Bridge
Co. of Kansas City, Mo., bid on the
six large bridge $100,996.00, and on
the twenty-one smaller ones $18,257.
The Massilion Bridge Co. of Massil-
miss mollie brackeen dead.
Home—Sick a Short Time.
x ur .uaeoiiiuu duu^c v>u. ui ma Sell-
vast power. I expect to see the first ioD Ohjo |u4>199.0o and $20,412.00.
battle of the next war settled decis- AugUn Bros Qf ,106i996 00
.vely in the air for the control of the and $15>778.oo. These three compa-
aLs"tb f0T war and commereia,pur ;nie8 were the only 0ne8 t0 submlt
poses. j compiete bids, the other companies
"What do you think of Atwoods , bidding on onjy a part of the brid
flight from .St. Louis to New York?" The weatherford Machine and Foun-
as asked. dry Co. of Weatherford, Texas, p lac-
he" re'li TelT' VCr> g0<>d; ^ fine'": a bid based °n their own plans
e,lI'"e^,1 | ar*d not upon those of the commis-
Win you attempt anything like sioners filed in the office ^
' " | ty clerk. They have a wire bridge
Oh. no; it's too risky for me. I proposition, which is not as popular
have come back to America merely as the reguIar 8twl bridge nor lp.
to try some ordinary garden variety parently as lasting. It is considera-
of flying."
Board of Education Meets.
bly cheaper of construction as their
bid of $73,103.00 shows. It is doubt-
ful if their bid is legal as it was not
based on the plans filed with tha
county clerk.
The commissioners will not make
days is
The Hugo Board of Education held
a very interesting meeting last night,
and ampng the many things that were their decision for several „
done they appointed Wilt T. Hawkins j they wish to consider these bids very
carefully before deciding. Upon the
face of the figures the Midland Com
pany has the lowest bid on the six
big bridges and Austin Bros, the low-
est on the twenty-one small ones.
Heap Mu:h Travel.
HOTEL OPENS MONDAY NIGHT.
Public Invited and Doors Thrown
Wide Open—String Band.
On next Monday night the new
Webb hotel will be opened by the
proprietor. R. W. Wilkerson. in fine
•tyle. The buildlhg Is receiving fin-
Ishing touches and with the excep-
tion of a window or two is complete
now. The wiring, done by the Bom-
ford Electric Co., is complete with a
few minor exceptions and will be all
ready for illumination the night of
the opening. The kitchen is the
most complete In southeast Oklaho-
ma and will be a model for the wo-
rwrj m or~n' <uu*h,er *
Mr. person, will be the housekeep-
of the new structure.
Sunday morning at six o'clock there
entered Into that world from which
there is no return the spirit of Miss
Mollie Brackeen Miss Brackeenwas
a native of Enloe, Texas, and it was
there that her sorrowing parents re-
moved her body Monday morning. She
was born nineteen years ago, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bra
ckeen and has lived in Hugo since
the e fly days of the city The fun-
eral will be this afternoon in Enloe.
as Truant, Officer, for the coming
term, qf, the public schools, which
start the 11th of September.
Ii u:il tc I'm cmy of the truant of-
ficer to see that all i rarnts who have
clii'dren >; ge send tbei.
diildren to school at least six monc.i'
It will be the duty of the truant of-
ficer to see that all parents who have! Passenger traffic on the Frisco in
children of the scholastic age, send and out of this city seems to be very
their children to school at least six! # . ~ a
, I these days notwithstanding ev-
montns in each vear. The statutes! ^ j
, .,. . ' siaiuies erybody seems to be busy, and espe-
of Oklahoma provide, among other, riat|v „ „.itVl ,h -
k.K . Uiu . ciauy so with the farmers who are
things, that children of the proper • .. .
I busy garnering their products
age must attend some school, at least,
_ .. , . Sunday afternoon the reporter for
six months out of each year, with a: ... ,, ^ ur
the Husonian was seeing the sights
at the passenger station and took oc-
casion to count the passengers who
got off and boarded three trains. No.
penalty attached to the parent or
guardian who failed who fail to com-
ply with the law.
Mr. Hawkins is probation officer
for the county, which position he will
continue to hold, and is the proper
man in the proper place as truant
officer, and it goes without saying
that the children in Hugo will at -
tend some school, or he wiH know the
reason why, and all violators will be
brought to JusUce.
low. Che., Tournament.
Cedar Rapid^T Aug. 31,-The
txst ch** talent of the state I. rep-
resented at the thirteenth annual
tournament of the low. State Che*
~' Wh'Cb b™" today
and will continue until Fridav The
tournament will dec.de the champion-
•*P title, now held by E. L. MlHer of
Clinton.
For Transporting Whiskey. NN
Last night, a mile and a half south
or Hugo, Sheriff Loftln and his depu-
ties captured Ed Houghton and N. F.
Berry, driving into Hugo from Ar-
thur City with 108 pints of wriskey
in their possession. Berry is ferry-
man on Red River at Arthur City.
Both men were put in jail. At their
examining trial today before Justice
Oakes, they were bound over and
bond fixed at $1,000 each, which neitr-
er has yet made.
of a special session for reforming the
congregational districts, when the ses-
sion shoald be held, and what subjects
should be considered.
The Hstless expression of the aver-
age church congregation Is in marked
contract with the animated expression
on the faces of the Saturday evening
picture show crowd—Chick-
asha Express
Among those who are not success-
ful at swatting flies are some of the
of the eutfielders we might name,
mentiens the Blackwell News.
A Tahlequah merchant advertises
coffins on credit. That is certainly
inducement to shuffle off when you
consider that he can never dun you
personally, by mail or long distance
telephone -Webbers Fall Record.
"Oh, you Blondie." The Medford
Patriot printed this one: Wanted—
a stenographer who will not get mar-
ried. Brunette or some other unat-
tractive kind preferred. Apply to-..
An Indtant man is suing his wife
for diverce and one of his causes for
action is that his wife won't talk to
him There are a fsw men in the
world yet who don't know a good
thing when they see it — Bartlesville
Enterprise
6. from the south, No. 5 from the
north and the train which leaves at
three for the east.
On number six there were fifty-four
people who got off here, and there
were twenty-nine who got aboard; on
number five there were thirty-one
people got off and forty-two got on;
in this number, however, there were
some twenty men who were leaving
for the Texas cotton fields; on the
passenger train going east there were
eighty-two people aboard when it
left the station. When the passenger
train for the west began to take on
passengers the reporter ran ont of
figures and quit the Job.
NEW FARM EXPERT.
R- F. Scott to Succeed E. P. Ansley
As Government Man.
The office of local farm agent of the
Government, recently vacated by the
promotion of E. P. Ansley. has been
filled by the appointment of R. f.
Scott, of Carter County. Mr. Scott is
a practical as well as a scientific
farmer, and seems to know the work
well. His wife and fiva children will
not move to Hugo until fall. Mr.
Scott's farm in Carter County ad-
Joins the City of Ardmore.
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