Edmond Twice - A - Week Enterprise (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 60, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1907 Page: 1 of 6
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Published Every Tuesday And Friday In The Interests Of Edmond And Vicinity
Enterprise
VOL 7
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.. FRIDAY DdCMcBER 6, 1907
NO 60
THE JIM CROW
BILL PASSED
Put Upon Its Third Reading
Thursday and Carried by a Vote
Of 95 to 10.
Guthrie, Dec. 6.—House bill No. I,
being the Jim Crow measure, was
called up Immediately after the con-
vening of the afternoon session Thurs
day. The committee report, recom-
mending passage without amendment,
was adopted, the bill was read a third
"time and passed, the vote being as fol
lows, yeas, 95, nays, 10; absent, 4.
Speaker Murray's announcement of
the passage of the bill was greeted
with loud and prolonged applause.
A vote on the motion to place the
bill on its final passage resultad in 67
yea. and 22 nay. Five republican
members passed during roll call and
upon their names being called a second
time voted yea. They were Evans,
Stagner. Watrous and Frasler. A
brief but warm discussion occurred
while several members explained their
votes, Jones of Oklahoma, stating that
had It taken his vote to pass the bill
the majority should have had It.
Big Woodmen Meeting.
Last Tuesdav night the M. W. A.
lodge of this city held an Interesting
session at their hall—both Interesting
to the candidates as well as the spec-
tators.
The candidates who rode the "goat"
and did other stunts, required of a full
fledged Woodman, were;
Earl Flesher, B I. Queln, Claude
McCoy, Fred Moss. Walter Moss,
Hugh Hull, Leslie Moore, Floyd Grif-
fin, Walter McGilllvray, Will Miller
and Byrl Bates.
The boys certainly enjoyed them-
selves and at the same time furnished
j lots of amusement for the onlookers,
who turned out In large numbers to
see the work. After the regular work
a light lunch was served, Next Tues-
, day will be the annual election of of-
ficers and It is more than likely a
! candidate will be offered for the enter- '
tainment of the new members. The
Woodmen are prospering and many
new members are being added each
month.
LEGISLATURE
GRINDING AWAY
Both Houses Busy and Many
Bills Introduced. Senate
Committees.
Cashiers Body Fou d.
Engagement Rigns are Women's
Tulsa, Okla , Dec. 5.— Holding that
diamond rings given by amorous young
man while courting young women, are
the property of the gentelr sex. John
P. Slack, justice of the peace, has dls
missed the action of O. T. Taylor
against Miss Bessie Briggs to secure
possession of a $150 diamond ring.
Miss Brigs secured possession of
the ring while Taylor was courting her.
He claimed that it was loaned to her
on condition that It should be returned
when the courtship ceased.—
And now it is up to the young man
to carry the case to a higher court and
spend more on attorney's fees than the
'jewelry is really worth.
DIED.
George W. Perry, eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. C. Perry, succumbed to
typhoid fever Nov. 3, at his home near
Sapulpa. Oklahoma, after an illness of
two weeks.
The deceased was 23 years of age
and a former resident of this vicinity.
He leaves a father, a brother and two
sisters, besides many friends to mourn
his untimely death.
Funeral services were held in Sa-
pulpa, the Metho list minister conduct-
ing the services. The body was laid
to rest in the Sapulpa cemetery.
Lawton, Okla., Dec. 5 -—The body
of D. R. Rankin, the defaulting cash
ier of the Merchants and Planters
Bank of this city, has been found In
Cache creek, two miles north of this
city, by an Indian boy. The body had
evidently been in the water some time
as decomposition had set in. The
bank of which Rankin was cashier
closed several weeks ago, after an ex-
amination of Its books showed it to bs
in a bad condition. Several large
notes bearing Rankin's signature and
held without security were found and
as the cashier had not shown up it was
supposed he had fled. Rewards were
offered for his arrest and descriptions
were sent over the United States look-
| ing to his arrest.
It is stated that the other officers
now think Rankin was honest and In
tended to repay the loans made to
himself but on account of the present
financial condition he could not meet
them so decided on committing sul-
; cide. He carried a large life Insur-
ance made payable to his wife.
The work of the legislature is being
pushed as rapidly as possible to get a
complete organization and all com-
mittees appointed. The Senate has
named all of its Committee Chairman
and the full committees will be an.
nounced soon.
Many bills have been introduced
and one passed. The Jim Crow bill
was House bill No. I and its passage
was an occasion for much enthusiasm.
In both houses the work Is going on
In an exceedingly harmonious manner
and will be pushed as rapidly as pos
slble.
The Oklahoman's news bureau re-
ported the following as Thursday's
business:
Following a democratic love feast
in the house this morning, which char-
acterized the session as the most
spectacular and intensely interesting to
date, the jlm crow bill passed the
house by a vote of 95 to 10
Governor Haskell's first special
message, submitting a report of the
asylum trustees, was presented in both
houses this afternoon.
Senator Roydie introduced his bank-
ing bill, which accords with ths wishes
of the governor as expressed in his
general message, before the senate.
The full quota of senate and house
appoihtments was gompleted.
Speaker Murray's state printer
measure was read a second time and
placed In the hands of a special com-
mittee.
Mr. Vandeventer's measures, pro
vidlng for the transmission of the $5,-
000.000 fund from the United States
treasurer to the state treasurer and
that relating to the investment of
school fund were under consideration
In the house until a late hour in the
afternoon.
Senate committee chairman ware
agreed upon by the senate caucus
A concurrent resolution expressing
gratitude to john Sharp Williams for
his efforts toward securing statehood,
was adopted ty both houses.
CHAIRMEN
APPOINTED
President McCredh of The Cham-
ber of Commerce Announced
The heads of Committees.
New Phrases.
A Good Sale.
The combination public sale held
Tuesday by D. R. McGowen and Thad
Sutton was one of the best sales ever
held in this section of the country.
Tuttle and Son, who cried this sale,
report all stuff as selling weil. The
proceeds went near tne $4,000 mark.
The sale of J. C. Miller, Wednesday,
which was a'so cried by these popular
auctioneers, wa: a good one. The
Tuttle's always get the price.
Troops held in Readiness. *
Goldfield, Nevada, Dec. 5.—Word
received here states that President
Roosevelt has ordered federal troops
held in readiness to move to Goldfield
should the situation at tnat point prove
worse. It Is said the president took
this action in accordance with a re-
q uest from Gov. Sparks, of Idaho, who
represented that the miners who wese
on strike were in revolt and rioting
was imminent.
The strike is still in a deadlock
neither side appearing to have gained
any advantage. Both sides claim
break of contract and have apparently
settled down for a long fight.
A neighboring editor who wanted a
supply of phrases to substitute for
"dainty luncheon," "royal entertainer,"
"enjoyable time." "masterfuladdress,"
"charming hostess, "conventional
black," "a few well chosen and appro-
priate remarks,' "mourn his untimely
departure," etc , has been advised by
the Ada Democrat of the following:
"A bundh he might use the next time
he tries to write up a banquet, a
speech and a death all In one article
under the headiug, 'A Social Gather-
ing:' Miss Whangdoodle gave a blow
out last night at her home and made a
holy show of herself as a hostess.
Col. Gasbag was called on for a speech
and unloaded a requisite amount of
hot air; the whole dad gum bunch had
on sombre rags, in honor of the bump-
ing off of an old Gazaboo, who kicked
the bncket last night. Tne gladh«nd
girl who engineered the entertasnment
got there with both feet ani is a regu
lar lollapaloolu when it comes to spell-
binding a bunch of guests."—Oklaho-
man.
At a special meeting of the Cham-
ber of Commerce last Wednesday
night at Woodman Hall, President
McCredie announced the following ap-
pointments for chairmen of commit-
tees.
Entertainment—W, D. Thompson.
Membership—F. E Rosneburg.
Education—Prof. C H. Roberts.
Auditing—J. L. Roblson.
Legislative—W S. Patten.
Civic Improvements Geo. B Far-
rar
Arbitration—W.J. Huffman.
Agriculture—G. D. Doxsie.
Advertising—Ray Wood.
These chairmen have the privilege
j of selecting two members e :h f jr as
sociates on the committee and should
i announce their selections by the next
meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 18th.
$22,000 in Cheek'. Gone
First Batch of Gold Coin Dis-
tinctive.
Pearl Compton of Oklahoma City
is visiting his cousin, Harry Hlatt.
Edmond stores are now bowers of
beauty with the many Christmas dain-
ties on display. All having large and
varied stocks, and comprise everything
from the cheapest toy to the more ex-
pensive gifts. If you do not find some
suitable remembrance it will be be-
cause you don't look.
********
* CLOSED ITS DOORS
* *
* The National Bank of Com &
* merce of Kansas City Mo., fail-
* ed to open for business Thurs-
% day morning and a notice was ^
* posted by the directors that it *
* had been placed in the hands *
* of J as. T Bradley, National ^
* Bank Examiner. *
* Later a statement was Issued
by the board to the effect that *
* they hope to open the bank *
* again for business In the very *
% near future. They also stated *
% that the cause of the bank fail- *
% ure was due to the transfer of
* accounts of country banks and *
* not due to any run by local de-
* positors. It was generally sup- *
* posed that the National Bank *
* of Commerce was the Kansas ip
* City Correspondent for a major- *
* ity of small banks In the South *
* west but within the past three *
* weeks these banks have been *
* transferring their accounts to *
* other banks in Kansas City un- *
* til at the present time the re- *
^ port is made that Oklahoma *
* banks are not hard hit by the *
* failure, ^
* Edmond banks are in no way *
* disturbed as they have other *
* banks in the City as their cor- *
* respondents and the failure of
* the Bank of Commerce does
* not effect them in the least. *
****** *
Tulsa. Okla , Dec. 5.—Breaking
open 22 boxes in the Tulsa post office,
early this morning, unknown rubbers
secured $22,000 worth of checks and
irafts, Abvut $6,0 0 of the total
amount was In cash, r's checks taken
rom the post office boxes of the Cen-
tral National bank and the Farmers
National bank.
The police and county authorises
have bean working on the casr; all
lay wltiout succes . Every clue as
to the idenity of the robbers and the
j location of the si 1 . i ma 1 see ns to
: have vanish- d.
Philadelphia, Dec. 5.—The first in-
stallment of gold twenty-dollar pieces
has been shipped from the mint in
this city to various sub-treasuries
There were 115,000 of them, their
monetary value being $2,300,000
On one side of the coin is an eagle
flying, with outstretched wings, on the
other, a figure of "liberty." The coins
were made concave, the figures being
in high relief, nine strokes of a hyd
raulic press being required to make
them. Hereafter only one stroke will
be used, and thus the coins just cir
culated will be different from those
to be put in circulation later.
FRIVOLITIES.
Were They Gambling?
In the Oklahoma City police court
this week two men charged with gam-
bling were discharged because the ar-
resting officers were unable to prove
the men were playing for money.
In a drawer in the faro table $69 50
was found but as the owners of the es-
tablishment and all the players dis-
claim all ownership of this money,
consequently the officers could not
prove they were playing for money.
Whose money is It?
H. F. Sottong of M uncle Indianan
has accepted a position at the 0.
Meat Market. He stayed 10 years in
the last place in Indiana so we can
expect him to be a resident of Ed-
mond for some time,
A Big touring car had j i t whizzed
by with a ro.r like a giant rocket, and
Pat and Mike turned to watch it dis-
appear in a cloud of dust
"Thim chug wagons must cost a
hape uv cash," sai I Mi'te. "The rich
is fairly burnin' in ;,ey."
"An' be the mell uv it." . nil a Pat
"It must be thot tainted money we do
be hearln' so much about,"
Crockett and t ie Mu as—H irpar's
Weekly teli, hnv, w i n Davy Crokett
sat in Congress as a r pr r I'ive of
the Stato (. l"-j > , ,; ■ id many
clashes with men of more '.Jucition
hut Ies3 wit than hitnse f. It Is told
of him that one day, while he was
standing in 'ront of his hotel on Penn-
sylvania Avenue, a swarm of mul;s
trotted by under the custody of an
overseer fr^m one of the stock farms
in Virginia. A Congressman from
r3oston, who was standing n;ar by, at-
tracted Crockett's attsotion to the un
usual sight, saying:
"Hello there, Crockett; here's a lot
of your constituents on parade Where
are they going?
The celebrated hunter locked at the
animals with a qu zzical glance, and
then, turn ng to t i s oth r, aid quietly,
but with great emphasis, "They are
going to Massachusetts to teach
shool."
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