The Weekly Herald-Democrat. (McAlester, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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The Airship Flights Will Positively Take Place at the Fair Grounds Next Wednesday
THE WEEKLY HERALD-DEMOCRAT.
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Mcalester, oklahoma. Thursday September 7. 1911
number 2(>
DOiflLE TRftGEEY AT A OAHCE
Insane Lover Kills Former Sweetheart and Suicides at
Lake Park Monday Night.
noticed st&n' -
| impending danger.
' Sherrill first w
! ;ti^ alone in one corner of the dance
hall and is said to have been scow-
Amid tie thronK of dancers and
while the strains of a waltz issued
from the orchestra i it, Lilly Moody,
19 years <fld, of North McAlester, was
shot and killed by W. C. Sherrill. i linu and continually watching Miss
30 a Parser of Dow, at the dancing Moo.!. . Witnesses declare that Sher-
a" , , , .. , rill attempted several times to cn-
pavillion at Lake park. Monday , n ,.onV(;1.sallon with the girl,
night. Sherrill then turned the j )Jt yhe refused to talk to
weapon en himself and sent a bul- i wn. Following her about the
let through his heart. He fell! dance pavilion
across the woman's corpse.
Sherrill attracted
rmsiderable attention, but it was
I niteil in Marriage.
Lee F. Charles and Miss Krmine j
Klington. both of McAlester, were
married in Coalgate Saturday, Sept.
2, at >> p. in., at fhe home of H. K.
Charles, ti brother, by the Re. , \Y . H. ;
AilBcoek. Mr. Charles has been an
employee of the American laundry
for a number of years, his brother,
H. K.. being the original owner of
that plant, later disposing of IiIb in-
terest and opening a latindrj at
Coalgate, which ly now operates.
Mr. Charles and wife will reside at
tinl Fast Seminole.
MisMttiriiiii*. Meet.
Joseph Johnson of Kansas City,
chief of postot'fi e inspectors of this
l division, was here Monday and visit-
ed Postmaster Clark. Mr. lohnson
was editor of a democratic newspa-
per at Plattshurg, Mo., when ap-
pointed a postoffice inspector in
Cleveland's administration ;:nd hi
CARTER LANDS ON 'EM STRONG
During l air Week.
• Herald-Democrat and the |
State Tribune will be sent to |
ldress during the fair for $1.00 ■
Now your name upon Congressman (barter Administers a Severe Drubbing
to a Trio of Washington Swells.
The p;.rk is located about fifteen noticed by some that he made sev- prese„, |10Kj,jon shows how well I
n.iles from McAlester and was jeiul threats. rhese, it is said, the )s rte,j for the place, 'te In
crowded with people from the sur-j girl laughed oil, and seemed to re- son)e of the biggtoi
rounding territory, all participants | gard ;.s a joke his declaration that tJ).g ,7 j vision, always with s.atUf:!
in a big Labor day celebration. Tin
merriment was turned to sorrow and
the dancers crowded
ghastly sight 011 the
Sherrill was a married man and
he would kill her.
About s> o'clock the announcer
around the [called a wait*, anil young Thompson
axed floor. j rushed across the hall to meet Miss
Moody, with whom lie had the dance.
is survived by a bride of three weeks, j Approa dr.ng from the opposite di-
Miss Moodv was an orphan, her fath- rectioti was Sherrill. I he murderer
or having'1 killed in a fight in !Intercepted the young man and as«-
North McAlester about three years i ed M Moody i! she proposed to
ago. Since the death of her parent. ! danci with her friend. I pon
tion ti the government and in a wa>
that impressed the public witii his
rairness. Ferry Freeman and Hen-
ry Robbins, ex-Missourians. put in a
few delightful hours Monday after-
noon with Mr. Johnson tall- • jia over
men and events in Missouri.
the girl lias been teaching school ! ceiving ;rti affirmative reply
mid to lir.ve kept r | whipped a revolver from
lliij s a New-.[wiper.
Sherrill I W. K. Barrett, a brother of Hot
and is
time. | pod.
about
weeks
: niar-
with Sherrill for some littl
The couple parted company
two months ago and three
ago Sherrill was married. H
ried life was not very hup v. it is
said, and Sunday night he i:nd his
wife separated. The wife was in the
dance hall at the time of the trag-
edy, ard it is said she wen: there
in search or her husband with
hope that a reconciliation could be
affected.
hip
placed the muzzle against
the giris breast and shot her down.
Standing over the bleeding and
prostrate body, the murderer fired
three .ore shots into the corpse and
before anyone could stop him he
sent a bullet into his own breast.
Both died instantly. The bodies
were placed on a special car and
the | brought to McAlester.
The remains of the unfortunate
young lady were laid to rest Wed-
Miss Moody went to the park early
In the afternoon in company with
Joel Thompson of North McAlester.
She spent the afternoon and even-
ing in the dancing pavilion and was
apparently happy with 110 idea of the
nesday in the North Side cemetery
by the side of her mother and fath-
er. The last sad rites were attend-
ed by a host of friends and sympa- j re(1 voj,.PS 0f the school children on
thizers. Rev. J. S. Thomas conduct-
ed the services.
Charles Barrett, of Shawnee, lias
bought Hie Noble County Sentinel,
at Perry, the only democratic paper
in that county. W. K. Harrett is
an all-wool and a yard-wide Demo-
crat and ought, to give the citizens
of that city and county a number
one periodical. The retiring editor
and publisher, Thomas O. Hunger,
will probably enter the university
:;t Oklahoma City.
Burba's Band.
Arrangements have been made
with H. C. Burba's band to give a
concert accompanied by five hund-
i'!USOM-..tS KX.IO\ I I.AST
.Tailor Me<iownii
Charges at
Fntcvtilin
a Dinner.
HU
The inmates of th
were treated * • a ro' ' feast
LaV V-Ut.v, Va Kinds of meat
were'Served 1111,1 ,,1P dishes handed
the evening of the first day of the
fair on the fair grounds. The
grounds will be lighted with eleven
carbon lights and over a hundred
smaller ones. The Pittsburg County
Fair is going to be a hummer and
and
the county ought to join with the
management to make the 1911 effort
a "booming" success.
the list of the two best democratic
papers in Oklahoma. Kither paper
is worth double the prt-e asked.
Come in and subscribe.
Dancing v.; indulged in during tht
afternoon and evening until the
tragedy occurred, when all enter-
tainments v. ere ended.
The park management had secur-
ed a number of extra attrn<,«>..:'.s
su.'h as cold drink stands, lunch
stands and other Concessions, arrang-
ed in convenient places on the
grounds. There was plenty of free
i "e water and the management spar-
ed 110 pains to make the pick a pleas-
ant place to spend the day. Swings,
merry-go-rounds and other attrac-
tions were there for the young.
The crowd was larg , but it was
handled admirably. It was tin order-
ly crowd and the only thing that
happened to mar the day was the
tragedy in the dancing pavilion early
in the evening, which is told in an-
other column. The railroad com-
pany is to be congratulated in the
way it handled the crowds to and
from the park.
BANkKHS (OMMIiMIVIllj; ACT.
Kansas Woman tiets k'ayiucnt 011 De-
posit in Defunct Concern.
Atchison, K«; i., Sept. 7.—Daniel
Hooper, Atchison's city attorney, has
a woman client here who received
$.-,00 from a Vermont attorney. The
111011' '■ traveled a long ways and was
a long time getting to her. The wo-
man's brother, named Maloney, died
in Washington twelve years ago. He
left $5,400 in a Walla Walla bank,
which failed shortly afterward. The
heirs despaired of getting any of
the money, but payment made today
Washington, D. C . Sept.
Rep-| the store, and as we reached ihe
resentative Charles D. Carter of Ok-
lahoma created a great deal of ex-
citement in fashionable F. street
Friday afternoon and 'incidentally
gave a severe drubbing to four
clerks in « department store, whom
he accu-.-d of Insulting his pretty
door he called me several names. I
returned and prepared to strike him
when lie started toward me. I then
gave him as good a licking as my
long experience 011 the plains as a
boxer would permit. We then start-
ed to leave when three of his assocl-
IS year-old daughter. Miss Italy Car- j ates took up the fight I was plain-
ter. l.v outnumbered, but would nof run
The Oklahoma congressman, who | struck right and left with my cane
is seven sixteenths Indian, put one and finally routed the whole bunch."
of the elei'kH, Joseph Josephson, out , Miss Carter HyitcHcftl.
of commission with his fists and, While the fight was in progress
later put the other three, who had Miss Italy Carter stood 011 the slde-
ome to tlie rescue of their associate
to route with his cane. He quickly
departed from the store and, plac-
ing hiR daughter in a passing motor
car hurried to the nearest station
house where he introduced himself
and ; ave himself up He explained
to Captain Hillinherger the cause
leading up to the trouble. He was
not detained. Unless the four clerks
demand satisfaction the incident will
be closed. Representative Carter
said Friday night.
One of tbp clerks, who is said to
have insulted Miss Carter, shows
walk at ti time when fashionable F
street is thronged with the elite of
the city 011 their daily afternoon pa-
rade, and screamed so loudly she
was heard for blocks.
The sight of a pretty girl in such
distress attracted hundreds, who
rushed to the scene. Efforts to sep-
arate the congressman and the clerk
were unsuccessful, and not until the
last one had disappeared behind a
case of rubber coats, did the fight
cease.
Representative Carter immediately
hailed a passing motor car and di-
the prisoners were
1 with dainties 01
sci/l tions. The da; v:
occasion of exchanging
prisoners
tion of tlie event.
Charley Carter got more publicity
| outside his district by licking those
i Washington clerk: than through any- (>y |ovaj citizen of this city
j thing that lias happened since lie
j went to Washington, not even except-
ing Sam Blythe's calling him tlie
ounty jail j handsomest man in the house. We
are all glad he did it Now let him
g t bill through.JIhe next session
providing for the sale of .it least ;h>
surfa -e of the segregated coal land
and h. will be given an ovation
wherever he goes in his district.
Guthrie Daily Leader.
arid
alipr
plentifully lond-
rious de-
made the
ourtesies.
sed nut eli
companions escaped with minor
bruises, as the rattan cane carried
by the sturdy Oklahoman was not
| of a dangerous type.
Clerk (Jot Gay.
According to Representative Car-
ter. his daughter entered the store
and asked for a certain make of
coat. giving a description. Tlie
clerk, " thinking her alone, Mr. Car-
ter said, tried to engage her in con-
versation.
"Italy refused to converse with
the clerk," he continued, "and the
clerk continued his advances, which
were followed by repulses from mv
was a part of the woman's share of (daughter and. became insulting,
the deposlte. took a hand I11 the conversation at
The lawyer said the* president of this juncture and politely asked the
the defunct bank is devoting his life ; clerk the cause of the trouble. He
to making good the losses of deposi- became infuriated and said several
tors and has paid off $100,000. uncomplimentary things about mv
Hoooer declines to make public the daughter
woman's name. j "I told her to accompany me from
many signs of the encounter. His . reeled the driver to go to the police
station in the greatest possible
haste.
He said he was willing to pay a
heavy fine' for the satisfaction of
knowing that his daughter's defam-
ers had been thrashed.
pr<
Ad club.
It is Governor McAlester
Hon. J. J. McAlester, in. the ab-
of Governor Cruce from the
Meeting of
The regular weekly session was I senc
pulled off at the Busby Tuesday per j stau>, is governor indeed. It is
schedule. Many splendid talks : understood that the governor will
made along the Hue of bene- | ^ ou( of )he ptate fm. about tifteen
advertising—-how to obtain t
There I days during which time Lieutenant
Labor Day at McAlester.
The heavy rain early in the day j
prevented man: from i.f-endHc but
after it cleared up the doings start- j
ed along and kept a rapid pa.-e un- j
t:l dark.
The program that had been r.r-I
ranged was necessarily cut short ow-
ing to the late start. Nothing, of
course, was done in the forenoon, j
Mayor Hanraty started ir with p
speech about 2:4.">. From that time I
until dark events were kept moving.
All the races, swimming and foot j
races were cancelled. One perform- J
nice of the slack wire walking was j
put on. The vaudeville show put on ;
1 performance at i! o'clock. Speeches j
ficlal
trade and how to retain it
was a general concensus or opinion ■ Governor McAlester is at tlie capital
•among the members present that, perform int. all .he duties ot the of- wore delivered by Rev. .1. S. Weaver
' —Judge E. S. Hurt and others. The
1>Y,*S reports tail to re"ord any boxing lontest between Fleming and
official acts performed, such as call- lackson was not started until ti p. 111.
printer's Ink in the way of newspa
per" would bring the trade but It
was then up to the merchant to
nroperlv display his merchandise and
Show that it was worth the money
in order to hold that trade. Secre-
Wall was present after his
a brief talV.
Now Located at 213 East Choctaw
rald-Hcni'M r;it h-ts rr'v
arc d
.ill inn k«' up tor
uit;iil<'d
the
\\.
by uivirm you
wain I'U'r.v Irii'iit!
rest* I) Km "opening
Hade to tin* fn< c tluit ln tter linrguiii* <•
ester than in any other town in the '•tat
in IX k si rat paper.
this paper t«.- b;ive 2111 advertisement
\otv is the time to 'awaken the
111 l*e obtained in >lr\l-
e. .(Jet in line.
tarv
eas-'ern trip and mfldc
F Whitman was i'lfo in
and addressed the inem-
Maj.
attendanr
br.rship.
Off To Ardmore.
The following MeAleater citizens
were among the throng at Ardmore
this week attending the Confederate
reunion: Col. and Mrs. J. I. Mc-
Alester, Gen. and Mrs. R H ole-
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ansley,
Lou Durant,
me n
Geo
ur„. Coleman. Miss
Mi" U W. Dick and daughter, .ler-
line Miss Mttrion Naylor. Mrs. J.
K Wright, Capt. Bailey, Mrs. I. '•
Bavis and Mrs. 11. E. Williams.
f " " " _ " .
The Rooster sermon.
The Rooster service by Rev. Lul-
'tfell at i he Presbyterian church
Vtnndav night was all that it was ad-
vertised to be. The audience w-as
limited on account ot the climatic
conditions but the sermon was worth
the time of nil who attended to have
ihe opportunity to partake thereof.
Lac.k of space this week prevents
our giving in detail the many goOtl
points rendered on this occasion.
Kqunl to F.inergeucy.
Col. William Mathewson of this
city is always equal to any emer-
gency and is ever ready to reply to
any statement made by another per-
son on the spur of tlie moment.
Col Mathewson who yesterday
was the center of an admiring group
of friends entertained them with this
little reminiscence:
"A few years ago I met a fellow
who taing exceptions to something
1 said, replied to me: 'If It were not
for your gray hairs, 1 would lick
you.'
'• 'My friend. I replied. 'I'll just
accommodate you by having > tjlis
hair dyed ns black as night. ■
Wichita Eagle.
A. H. Wise has returned from
his trip to the eastern states on a
fall buying and visiting tour Mr.
Pollock, who has had charge of the
store in his absence has gone back
to Oklahoma City.
ing a special session of the legis-
lature, removing the board of educa-
tion or other executive acts which
questions will no doubt be left for
Governor t'ruce to dispose of after
his return to the state.
Governor McAlester will probabl)
confine his executive acts to the
daily routine of the office such as
passing upon requisitions presented
or requested, service with any board
of which the governor is a member
provided an emergency meetng is
necessary, to signing notary com-
missions or charters granted, and
he may consider some pardon or
parolo applications.
McAlester for once boasts that
it is the home of the governor of the
state of Oklahoma.
TH K L.ITKST.
Lightning struck and demolished
the chimney on Clyde Stewart's res-
idence this afternoon.
Tom Taylor's residence on Day-
ton, and contents were totally des-
troyed by fire, that supposedly origi-
nated from coals dropping out of a
coo.lt stove. Mrs. Taylor and child
were in the country visiting. Some
insurance.
ill
The Pittsburg County Fair will be
the county will meet and greet each other.
opened next week—Sept. Kith—and for four days the whole people of
Let everybody come prepared to enjoy this occasion.
please all classes of citizens. The
farm8 pTod u c t s—th e'^a'v i a tor—the'' race's'and manyTmutrents^lready ' engaged will interest you. Come
out, sure.
< tkliiliouia Stale Fair.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 7.—The
Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma
City, September 2ti to October 7,
will be nothing short of ,160 acres
of education and amusement this
year. Sixty big buildings and barns
will be literally filled w!}th agri-
cultural products, livestock and
wares made In Oklahoma and other
tales. A special department has
also been set aside for the schools
which will be an attractive feature.
While the entire exposition will
be in tlie nature of a liberal educa-
tion for all the people, the Oklaho-
ma State Fair has made special ef-
forts to get a creditable display of
the work in the schools of Okla-
lionij. And with a view of still
■ inHi r ei; ourag'iijt the pupils one
'.jj, ha- been Set aside as Kdu-
ational and Ci'ilitHen's ftny. This
event will take place this year on
FrHny. September 29 and every
tea her and every pupil of the com-
mon schools of Oklahoma will
doubtless be at the b'g exposition
grounds. As has been the custom
in tlie past, children of the common
schools will he admitted to the
grounds on Children's day absolutely
tree of charge. Their parents owe
them a trip to the big state fair,
and it will better qualify them for
their various school rooms.
There will be a world of amuse-
ment at the fair every day but
Secretary 1. S. Mann announces that
lie proposes to see that something;
special is provided lor the little
ones, or . hlldren in the rural and
eiti schools. There will be LaBelle
llelene and her wonderful canines;
Leon Morris' comedy ponies; the
c-reat Marco Twins; the Four Fam-
ous Newsomes; the wonderful Her-
bert A Kline' shows, containing
-ome twenty odd attractions; the
bis horse show and countless other
ings that will appeal to all the
children as well as the older people.
The school ,exhibits will be of
particular Interest to the thousands
of teachers of Oklahoma as well as
the lens of thousands of children.
Substantial premiums have been
offered for country school exhib-
ts. graded school exhibits, kinder-
| garten work, high school work, do-
mestic science, mechanical drawing,
manual training, forge work. etc.
Attention is called to the fact that
entries In the educational depart-
ment close September 23. and all
work must have been performed
since September 1, 1910. Any teach-
er or pupil desiring any informa-
tion about the educational depart-
ment or Rduratlonal and Children's
Hay will be provided with full In-
formation by writing to I. S. Manan,
Secretary, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Tlie "Sane Fourth" Worth While.
Statistics have borne out the
contentions of those who have par-
ticipated in the movement for a
! sane observance of the Fourth of
July. The Journal of the American
Medical association, comparing the
record for this year with that of
eight vears ago, shows:
190,1 1911
Killed 486 r>7
Died from lockjaw .... (Ot; 10
i Injured 4.449 1.603
While In is probably true that the
statistics for neither year are ex-
act. the reduction in the number of
fatalities and injuries render it
plainly evident that the crusade
against the deadly toy pistol and ex-
plosives, formerly so generally em-
ployed in celebrating the nation's
independence has proven of grent
benefit In the preservation of human
lives.—Oklahoma.
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