Edmond Enterprise and Oklahoma County News. (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 83, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1904 Page: 1 of 6
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Edmond Enterprise
AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTY NEWS.
THURSDAY,
EDMOND. OKLAHOMA.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1904
ENTERPRISE WRINKLES.
By A Disbanded Volunteer.
Think of a cold wave In August.
Men are what women make them.
Political discussions in Guthrie are
black
Did you get through August without
swearing?
lo cure the tobacco habit; smoke
"candidate" cigars.
Do we all growl too much? V/e do.
How is it with you?
The August rains were slow in com-
ing, but were pretty wet.
Penitence for folly does not undo a
wrong or restore lost honor.
The greatest danger to humanity
comes from forces within itself.
Here is hoping that your September
will bring you comfort and health.
When the weathet is bad in Oklaho-
ma, it is much worse everywhere else.
Some people have no confidence in
anybody else, nor In themselves either.
Now, September, do your worst, you
cannot beat the record made by August.
When a woman begins to be a puz-
zle to a man he begins to give her up.
If you want "that nigger in the wood-
pile." search the Republican leaders
at Guthiie.
When a man makes a fool of him-
self the last person he dreams of kick-
ing is the fool!
Some people look upon a friend as a
sort of block and tackle to lift them
out of difficulties.
The vulgarity of ignorant wealth Is
as nauseating as the slatternly habits
of vicious poverty.
i he advice of one good woman is of
more real value than the advice of a
hundred bad men.
Song of the hen:—"Cut, Cut, Ker-
dostick; Cut, Cut, Kerdostick; I had
an egg and lost ick.
When a man boasts of his indepen-
dence you may lookout for his early
surrender to supeiior forces.
There are many far more dangerous
forces in the world than die in the
physical and intellectual giants.
For accidents, tornadoes and hori-
able disasters of various shades, August
1904 excels all its predecessors.
The reason some women fail to be
good home makers is because the "or-
iginal package" was not "A One."
Frank James the notorious ex-train
and bank robber, Is out strong for
Roosevelt. "How we apples swim."
Mrs. Pepperpod wears her hair
pompadour, but her husband, (the
Judge) wears his hair in the cellar
door style.
Sometimes the advice given by the
man you call "A Fool" is much more
sensible than the advice given by "A
Statesman."
To cure chlggerbites; Amputate
the l-a-i-g below the knee and soak it
in boiling salt water twenty-four hours.
No cure, no pay.
Now the Republican national com-
mittee Is chuckling because the great
railway combines are for Roosevelt.
What! The railway trust for Teddy
the Trust Buster! Gee Whiz!
New version.—Meet me on the
bridge at midnight, darling; meet me
there alone; meet me on the bridge,
darling, and don't forget the comb.
Darling, meet me there at midnight
with menthol et cet er a, to scratch
my awful chigger bite; and drive the
pests away.
If developments of rascality in gov-
ernment departments at Washington
continue for the next year as they have
for the year past, the people will natur-
ally conclude "there is something rot-
ton in Denmarck" and will demand a
general housecleaning that shall retire
the pol'tical rats from the public crib
at Washington.
This is the hot season when the
rural editor wonders if he cannot be
made postmaster; and then he culti-
vates his political potato patch so as to
please the local boss and his candidate
for congress. But the poor editor Is
not made to enjoy the political plums.
He is made to eat the crusts. Politi-
cal pie is too rich for his blood.
Visiting the old place near Yukon
last week makes us all the more con-
tented with Pawpaw. Our neice,
Miss Tabltha Dusenberry is here for
her first visit. She attended the meet-
• ing of the famous Pawpaw literary
club this week and was greatly Interest-
ed in the spirited debate on the ques-
tion of female sufferage. She says
that Dr. Calomel Jalap Is a fine speak-
er, but that Mrs. Beanblossom had the
best of the argument. Of couise Mrs.
Beanblossom made a strong talk for
the right of women to vote; she was
seconded by Miss Dillpickle Mrs.
Heliotrope and Rev Mr. Hornblower.
Judge Pepperpod and wife; (we should
say Mrs. Pepperpod and husband) and
Deacon Highflyer sided with Dr. Jalap
but the audience was evenly divided.
Tabltha thinks it a shame that the mat-
ter was not decided.
Jacobs and Murphy, indicted for
rape, are to have their trial October
5 th.
John W. Gates, the eastern railroad
magnate, lost $10,000 playing faro and
was not arrested either. Talk about
the eastern laws. In most of the
western states he would have been
nabbed as soon as It was known he was
gambling.
*
A special United States revenue
collector at Chickasha last week seized
four hundred cases of "Peoples' Food,"
a soft drink that has been sold exten-
sively. I he goods are a brewery pro-
duction and labeled under a name to
conceal what it really was.
*
The old time sock social is again
being revived in the territory. The
Wannette Winner says "The matching
of socks between timid maidens and
bashful swains was a feature much en-
joyed by the older ones present who
matched them long ago." Next.
*
A two days' reunion of the confed-
erate veterans will be held at Altus on
the 9th and 1 Oth of September. This is
the brigade embracing Greer and four
other counties in its command. An
extensive program will be prepared for
the entertainment of the old soldiers
and visitors.
At 1:30 Tuesday afternoon the Brew
ster thresher engine at Carnegie,
Okla., was blown to pieces, killing Geo.
Brewster and fatally Injuring his broth-
er. Byron who was standing on the
rear platform of the engine. Every
bone in George's body was broken and
he was thrown 50 yards away. A third
brother was badly scalded.
Both ends blew out of the boiler and
a piece of heavy iron was thrown
through the siding of the house 100
yards away. A horse standing near
the boiler had its head blown off*
Byron was Insured in the Modern
Woodmen of America.
Leo Joy, of Harrison creek, brought
to this office a fine water melon. We
are very much obliged for all melons.
Twenty-five women last Sunday
tried the Carrie Nation act in Cuba,
Kansas, and were very successful ac-
cording to daily dispatches.
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A careless groceryman at Lawton
this week sold gasoline for coal oil and
as a result a rooming house had a nar-
row escape from being burned.
Word received (rom B. A. Saunder
and family state that they arrivea at
Blsmark, Dakota, last Wednesday.
and enjoyed the trip immensly.
*
The old settlers' annual picnic will
be held September, 17th, in a grove
near Witcher. There will be good
speakers present, and a jolly time is
anticipated.
*
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Joseph Forbes,aged 35 whose home
was near Byron, Okla., was instantly
killed Tuesday in attempting to harness
an unbroken colt, by being kicked in
the stomach.
*t
A young man who was breaking on
the Santa Fe was severly hurt at Pon-
ca City last week by getting his foot
between the couplers of a couple cars.
It Is likely that he will have the mem-
ber amputated.
The origin of this, which is going
eastern newspaper rounds, is unknown:
"1 am not much of a mathematician,"
said the cigarette, "but I can add to a
man s nervous troubles! I can subtract
from his physical energy, I can multi-
ply his aches and pains, I can divide
his mental powers, I take interest from
his work, and discount his chances for
success."—Wannette Winner.
One day last week Jo' n Schaefer
brought to this office a sample of cot-
ton raised on his farm east of Edmond
and near Luther which has 75 boll,
squares and blossoms on a stock which
is six feet high The sample shown is
not one picked stalk, but Is just an
average. What country can show a
better conditio*! than this?
* *
It does seem as though some
foreigners would never learn. A turk
who has been making his home in
Oklahoma City attempted to start a
harmen in that city and was gobbled
up by the police just as he had acquired
two inmates for the institution. He
will likely see how the interior of Lan-
sing, Kansas, looks.
Cecil Casey, a boy 12 years old.
making his home with Joel Berham,
near Weatherford, Okla., was kicked
in the throat by a horse he was trying
to catch and died almost Instantly.
The accident occurred in a pasture
and the body of the boy was not found
for some hours afterward. The ac-
cident occured Tuesday.
^ V
The following story of a man who
passed a cemetery one night is not so
bad: His hair rose and he lit out at a
greyhound pace and the ghost followed
him. After running three miles he
sat down on a log to rest when to his
surprise he found the ghost beside him.
The ghost said: "We were going
some, weren't we?" The man re-
plied "Yes, and as soon as I can catch
my breath we are going some more.'
—Exchange.
John Carter, a colored man whose
residence is seven miles north and one
west of Luther was struck and killed
by lightning on the Abernathy farm
one mile from his home during the
storm last Friday evening about 5
o'clock. He had a load of lumber on
his wagon and seeing a hard rain ap-
proaching stopped, unhitched his team
by the road side and went to two trees
for shelter a short distance from the
road, and while standing between the
two trees, the lightening from all ap-
pearances seems to have come down
one tree and striking him on top of
the head then continued its course
downward on the other tree.—Luther
Register.
*
Next Monday morning at 9 o'clock
the Edmond city schools will be opened
for a nine months' term, and then the
troubles of the small boy, who has been
romping around the town and on the
creeks swimming and fishing, will be
at an end for many l-o-n-g months to
come. The school will be presided
over by a most officient faculty, and
promises to be the best school year in
the history of the city schools. Ed-
mond's city schools have long been
noted for their excellent standing in the
educational centers of Oklahoma, and
few if any of the older states can boast
of better schools.
Tuesday morning, August 6, the
State Central Normal school, located
at this point will open lor the ten
months' term. This school In the past
has proven to be the best educational
institution in Oklahoma, and one of the
best in the west. Twenty-six teachers
will compose the faculty of the institu-
tion this year. The fine new $40,000
building which has just been completed
and accepted will be the main building.
The building which has been in use for
past 13 years will be used for the model
department, etc.
what the people think of a man who
cannot fulfill his most sacred promise
to them. Mr. Mathews will have the
largest majority ever polled in this
territory this fall.
*
C, A. McNabb, who is superintend-
ent of exhibits for Oklahoma at th«
World's fair, returned to St. Louis to-
day after spending several days in the
territory. Mr. McNabb reports that
the Oklahoma exhibits in agriculture
and horticulture are being well sus-
tained by fresh additions from day to
day. He says that the entries on corn
and other agricultural products will be
closed not later than September 3.
! resh fruit and vegetables are wanted
but they should be selected specimens
of prime quality and size. Apples
should not be picked until they are so
near ripe that they are perfectly color-
ed. Each specimen should be abso-
lutely perfect, as the slightest sign of
decay or the presence of Insect pests
of any kind, not to mention bruises,
will disqualify an apple for exhibition
purposes. There should also be at
leat five apples of each variety as It is
not deemed best to place a plate con-
taining fewer than that number on ex-
hibition.
Mr. McNabb says that the Oklaho-
ma commission had to pay express on
some packages that were rendered ab-
solutely unfit for exhibition purposes by
reason of the fact that they had been
improperly packed. Careful packing
is absolutely necessary. Fruit that has
been bruised by being shipped loosely
without any packing, or fruit that has
moulded because It has been nailed up
in the airtight box, cannot be placed
upon exhibition and, as funds are lim-
ited, the commission cannot pay trans-
portation charges on stuff that is worse
than useless. It is desired that all
persons who have products which they
desire to have exhibited at the fair,
communicate with the honorary
World's fair commissioner for their
own county, with C. A. McNabb, su-
perintendent of exhibits, section 42,
Agricultural building, World's fair, St.
Louis, or with Secretary J. B. Tho-
burn, of the territorial board of agri-
culture, at Guthrie.
The jury in the case of Jesse Hill,
the murderer of Dee Evens, near Jones
City, Oklahoma county, returned a
verdict at 2 o clock Sunday morning
finding the prisoner guilty, and fixing
his punishment at ninety-nine years'
imprisonment. The verdict was
reached after three and a half hours of
deliberation. On several ballots five
of the jury favored hanging. Hall
murdered a neighbor negro because
the latter asked the payment of money
he loaned Kail. Hall used a shotgun
and first shot Evens in a leg, then In
an arm and finally blew off his head.
A good Republican was In the office
Saturday, and told us that he was going
to vote the Republican ticket all right
only he intended to help elect Frank
Mathews. He said there were a whole
lot more Republicans In Greer county
who were going to do the same thing.
Though of course nothing like this will
happen, Frank Mathews ought to get
every vote cast in Greer county-
Granite Enterprise. Greer county will
not be the only county in the territory
which will have a good majority of
republicans vote for Hon. F. Mathews
at the next election. Even when the
morning glory up the street prints that
long list of speeches of Mr. Mathews,
there will be a majoiity in this county
that will dim the eyes on the honest ?
Bird, who has made a feeble attempt
to represent this great territory of
ours in the great Congress of the
United States. All the promises that
McGuire made two years ago have fal-
len by the wayside and when the votes
are counted this fall he will be shown
Gr«i(({ —Whl taker,
What came as a surprise to the
man) friends of a happy young couple
last Friday morning was the announce •
ment that Mr. Netis C. Whltaker and
Miss Ethel E. Gregg had Deen married
the evening before.
Thursday evening at 8 p. m. the
Rev. Henry Gable of this city pro-
nounced the ceremony which will bind
this happy couple together for life.
The wedding was solemnized at the
home of the bride on East Campbell
street. Friday moming they took the
train for Laguna, New Mexico, where
they will make their future home.
Mrs. Whltaker holds a good position In
the Indian school at that place and Mr.
Whltaker will engage in the trader's
store business.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Whltaker wish them a long and happy
life.
*
Real Estate Transfers.
C. N Place to L. M. Waldorf, lots
21 to 28, block 4 Surber's 1st, $150.
Frank McLoney to A. W. Maker,
lots 17 and 18. block 58, Edmond;
$800.
J. W. Wahl to LeRoy Spangler,
lots 7 and 8, block 2, Classen's Sixth
addition; $1,000.
J. V. Fenner, to J. B, Howard, lot
4, block 1, Classen's second; $1,300.
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