County Democrat-News (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1928 Page: 4 of 4
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THF ml VTV DEMtX RM-NEWS. TIM RSPAY. Al’Cl ST 16, 1Q2A
ANOTHER DAM
THREATENS TO
CRUMBLE SOON
Florida. Caro lira- Georgia
hirst Scenes of Florida s Storm
GLENPOOL
Again in 1‘ath of
llisss-
trout Storm-.
ATLANTA Oa Aul
P» - Draining a tern
ched by almost Incev*
Hit ra;n
during the past two »
river* of three sou' hr:
were flowing wide
bank; today, the I Km
Isolating cities am!
< u .j&ini
tremendous daman<
highway* and railroad
row
From Spartanburg
Ashville and Try on N
Macon and Quitir.*'
reports of flood
equaling or surpass.!
the history of the ath
tion*
Menaced Ares Cut
Off
All the menaced
irra A
Nerth Carolina »**
t ■
from communication is
te W<*d-
nesdav night but hr!
1 rr thr
line* went down Ash'
ported hasty prepam
car* for hundred* of
rr f vigfH»s
from the French br<>*
id nvrr
valley w here Bee Tre<
threatening to coliaps*
Many mtu eommuni'.ie- along
the Parolet river were
' hremt -
erred with Try-on N C
already
feeling the rush of fl
• a .tier*
unleashed when Ciif'o
r. Tex-
tile Mill dam No 2 »-
Wednesday night
pn! out
The suburban mUl co:
rr.muni-
tie* of Beaumont am
1 Ark-
wright at Spartar.burt
i \Af rc
flooded for the seconi
j umt
Mr John Egbert and Mr
Audley DeFriese of Olenpool
were In Seminole the firm of
last wrk
Mr* Ororgr Mile* and par-
'nu. Mr and Mr* E H Thomp-
*on have returned from a abort
visit In the southern part of
the state
Mr and Mr* J Farrel land
a nice vacation with her rela-
tive* In Joplin. Mo
Mr N A Mrlnlosh of Ok-
mulgee was visiting hi* daugh-
ter, Mr* W H Moore, near
Qlenpool recently
Mr P D Outealt of Watkins
was in Olenpool Tuesday.
Mr Irven Cross of Olenpool
was In Watkins Sunday
Mr Aaron Langely was In
Jenk* Monday
Mr Clarence Cross, employe
daughter. Wilma, are home of the Tidal Oasollne Co. drove
from a two weeks' vacation
lebanon. Mo
Mr Oeorgv Bark, prominent eabrolet
, to Fairfax Sunday and came
1 home in a new Chevrolet sport
business man of Kiefer was
Olenpool Thursday
Mr Loyd Lee made a bust
ness trip to Tulsa last Thurs-
day
Mrs David Jeffries, who has
been visiting her parent* In
Norman the last week return-
ed to her home in Olenpool
Sunday afternoon
Louis Egbert and toyd Lee
were in Muskogee Sunday, vis-
iting friends and relatives
Kenneth Langley, Minnie
Duck. Emmett Lee and Pauline
Powell were In
Drumrlght Sunday
The Olenpool high school
building which has been under
reconditioning for the past two
weeks has Just been finished
Painters are still working on
Mis* Marie Crowe returned to
' Olenpool Sunday from Bristow
where she has been visiting
Miss Elsie Pickett
At Full Pay
She I* that his better half?
Hr No—that's his Latin quar-
ter -Judge
Mr .ind Mr* O 8 Rhui of
Sand Springs were visiting Mr
and Mrs Edward Adams Sun-
day
Mrs Willis Money and daugh-
ter. Marguerite, were shopping
In Sapulps Monday
Mrs David McCsrrei and
Miss Thelma Holcomb were
Tulsa visitor* Monday —--j
Mr and Mrs C j Spangler last Span of I'Avctnent on
of Tulaa spent Friday night
and Saturday with Mr and
Mrs Lew Wilder
Nelson Hemlnger and 81 Llnk-
hart came In Sunday from a
fishing trip on the Illinois
BRISTOW ROAD
TO BE OPENED
IN TWO WEEKS
Hoy Scout \cwn
Highway Through Creek
County Nearly Heady.
Rr HOMER A. STEPHENS
The monthly Court of Honor
of the Sapulps Boy Scouts will
be held st the Presbyterian
chureh on August JO at 7 SO
o'clock All arout certificates
must be in by 6 o'clock of that
, evening.
KIEFER
Mrs Algertha
Muskogee and f-rnestw hltUrt
As an afiermath to the Florida hurricane, torrential rains
flooded the damaged area The ha If-submerged motor car In the
upper picture i* on the main highway out of Okeechobee City
Below is a flashlight picture taken while a 40-mlli gale still blew
It show* an overturned truck on a bridge
wtthln a week and Spartanburg
was without gx* Anderson Mill
bridge on Tiger river wa* swept
away
Tornado Strike* Bath
A freakish tornado tore up
50 houses at Bath. S C Wed-
nesday and injured one wo-
man A score of house* were
damaged or destroyed by a
similar storm at Newberry but
no casualties were reported
Charleston also reported heavy
damage from the storm and
high water
In Georgia Quitman appear-
ed the worst hit having beer,
isolated by flood water releas-
ed by the collapse of two dams
on Okaptlco creek Brice dam
impounding a 17 000-acre lake
and Melton dam holding 500
acres of impounded water col-
lapsed Wednesday
Milledgeville Oa was with-
out drinking water and was
Isolated Macon had bu- one
real line open and reported
the Ogmulgee river two feel
over flood stage with another
four-foot rise expected today
out
Mr Elea Adams, employe of
the Denney Service station of
Olenpool. has been on the cick
list for the past few days but
he is now able to continue
working
Mr Robert Ringletary of
Jenk* was visiting Mr and Mr*
Will Cross of Olenpool Wedne*
day afternoon
Thurman Cross, member of
the Olenpool high school is
Bonher and
Jr., of Dela-
ware. Okla . who has been vis-
iting Miss Gladys Whlttet for
the past week returned home
accompanied by Mrs Hasel
timer
Mrs C. L Huff left Monday
left to be laid on the Bristow -
river and brought a 42-pound I*epcw road on highway M and
cat fish back with them as
proof of their fish story
Mr* John Slocum. Mr* Pete
Smith and Mrs Ellen Faylor
and children left overland Mon-
day morning for El Paso. Tcx-
Mr Stephens will take ar"|
acout on any water tro. at ■ • r
Only *000 feet of concrete ,/“me convenient The cost will
be |0r each, by arrangement
with Henaon park. If you wish
to work on life saving be sure
to bring some on* on whom
you may practice
as. to visit with relatives
about two week*
Mr* Clyde Gregory ha* re-
turned from Avsnt where she
has been visiting her mother
the last *pan of the Main
Street of America through
Creek county will be .omplet-
cd within two weeks, according
to announcement of engineers
of the project ___...
One mile of the new highway *°n ,w,1‘ “ " V-
On Wednesday morning. Aug-
ust 19. at about • 15 Mr Ben
between the two town* is In
use at the present The
stretch which *«• begun in
June was about seven mile*
Mr and Mr* A L Agee and jlon* Moutai is still In ef
daughters. Joe Ann and Patty I feet for all the route between
Jane, of Tulaa were week-end Rristow and Depew save the
gunst* of Mr. and Mr* Willi* onr •*>••* which is in use Op
the woodwork both Inside and | morning for Bristow. Okla. to
Money
Glen Jones of Tula* was s
guest in the home of Mr
Mr* E A Nave Sunday
I Mr and Mr* Odell Hinaon
and son of Okmulgee, were
visit her daughter. Mrs Ray
Myers
Mr Dick Hearn who has been
ill the past week with flu I*
able to be out again
Mr* Howard Steel and son
of Seminole is visiting her
mother. Mr* Dsve Burchfield
Mr* A 8 McHenry and son.
Hollis, were transacting busi-
ness in Tulsa Monday morning
Earl Johnson Is spending hi*
vacation in Salt Lake City,
visiting
More hi
Mr and Mr*
Sunday. •
enlng of the road will
place in September, although
and definite announcement! have
net been made
To Add More Traffic
Completion of the Bristow
scout desiring to learn farw v
diving The price is I Or if you
bring your own salt. On Wed-
nesday evening Harry Mathis
of Troop • will challenge any
boy of 14 years or under to a
1M yard free style swimming
race in Benson park The prl.r
take l* to be a free season ticket for
the remainder of the season
The swimming pool at Scout
camp haa been drained because
It ms* considered as unsafe for
Oeorge Depew paving will add mate- the boy* xwimmlng The water
rially to the Comport of tour
suffering from a severe throat . Utah and other western states
The young girl* of the Chris- ,n* OTrr highway m with It*
completion .traffic t* likely to
he more universally routed over
the Main Street of America
Fourteen miles between
Chandler and Weitston Is un-
der contract and the construe-
tian church will give g cos-
i time Missionary program at
the ehurch Sunday night
NEW STORK OPENED
in row MIN III OHES ",,n »• *"tng from Weiuton
was green on top and had a I
disagreeable odor It I* hoped
that tt may be refilled again
toon
Mr Thrift of the Thrift an* |
Davenport, attorneys, has pre-
sented the Boy Scouts a large-
star framed picture of Lind
_. , .... pleted Five mile* west
In line with a program of ex-: Chandler has been finished
About two miles has been com- tw>T*h Thr P*1"™ h»ng at
Scout headquarters
operation which he underwent
last Friday morning in 8apulp*
Walter Oliver of Muskogee was
a week-end visitor with hi*
Attending physicians said that father and sister*
he had a very diseased throat
and It would be some time be
fore he would be able to re-
sume work
Mr and Mr* Leon Lassiter
paitsu n within Creek county
the firm of
Inc. announce* through E E
Cowman, president the opening ber
of a new ttore at Drumrlght.
two door* from the postofficr
This is about half of the or-
Qrwmsn-Hughe* iginal contract and all should
be finished by late in Septem-
Tulsa were Sunday guest.* I ,h*'r' Opening date was Friday
Mis* Mvrtlc Edward*
Mr and Mr* Earl Kamey
Mr C W. Lee who underwent and family and Mr
an operation for rupture Iasi Billie Wilder were guest* of Mr
August
The
__ „_ ot **.017 0* was filed by O
new enterprise Cowman Dan* Wew against E
week in the Oklahoma Baptist and Mr* E A Nave last week
hospital at Muskogee is report Mr* Emma Morell and Mr* I pulpa
ed to be in the very beat ccndi Oscar VanNoy
t>on Calif. were
Mr Dan White, one of th<
W
. „ ._. . ■ _I ■ against E L Bell
and Mr* ! pointed out. will handle manv in the district court The petl-
Of the same line* of mrrehan- tion Mate* ih*i Bed
disc as the parent store in 8a
A full stock of Victor, pulpa by payments of 169 each
RANK EXAMINER SUNG
C O Shull, state bank exam-
iner filed a pent ton In the dis-
trict court Tuesday asking for
money on alleged promisory
notes with the defunct Hank of
a money Judgment Commerce against Don Walker
and C E Kmtev The petition
'tales that Don Walker ha*
9990 unite id oa g note and that
rh titik) rut nun
Bult for
agreed to Kin ley owes the bank tDI n
buy a piece of property in Be- __________
Greetings. dumknpf hast
first men that came to Glen dren of Waggoner Sunday
'Ll. -srs; r;? c*r;r jzzi ^/Zzsszriz
Mr* Walter VanNoy and chll- equ.pment were feature* of the be paid by l»» Recover" of g«e. Uutf
opening display that attracted, the property or a money judg-
ment U asked by the plaintiff
If you didn't own a boat, the best mean* of travel about
More than . 5 J^chcbee City. Fla . after «*. was on horseback The
pool who has been in Missouri
tor the past several year* was visitor Sunday
visiting friends here last Won
day
Mr R F Burt, superintend
j ent of the Olenpool school* ha*
i had In his home for the past
I few day* his brothers and
families from Texas A happy
reunion of the Burt brotheri
was reported
Mr and Mrs Sam Tanner
t and sons, Sammy and Waiue
j were in Muskogee
j morning.
I Mrs Robert E Lee has been
Mr* Jor Zammrr was a Jenks i large crowd* of shopper*
goes that?"
"Hosannah body
kelly’"—Judge
and how
hers seen
Mr and Mr* Charley Nalfeh
and family were visiting rela-ll
tives In Henrvetta Sunday
Rollo Smith left Sunday
morning lor Maude on a buti- j
ness trip
Mrs Estelle Cox and daugh-'
ters. Misses Helen and Ollle *
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr* Ed Fagan and family
Mis* Marguerite Davis and1
Sunday j Bill Maine were Tulaa visitors I.
Saturday evening j
This Is Final!
fell there in the last lew weeks
one-third norma! annual pre-
cipitation
PU11 and highw*v travr
throughout the efieced ares
-was practically at a s-^ndstiU
____________ Mr and Mrs Pedro Back and,
show a lone aquatic equestrian on the main high- ! *Mttlng her mother-in-law. Mrs small daughter. Thelma Lee
<1 at the left some of ihe flooded buildings A . . jC W. Lee. for the last await
airmail'e ! *t rm t> depu ted below These three home* Mr Troy Wiggins of Hilton
at
Injured
A graphic idea of the force of the Florida hurricane may be
sained here Thi* giant live oak in the Okeechobee district is
with many road* making hasty estimated to b* well over a century old but tt wa* literally ,orn
- " fling with it a large section of earth.
visited Mrs Back's Makar. Mm. I
Bob Skinner and Mr Skint • r I
89c Camp
Blankets.
Sale Price
K arniniv were crushed by falling live oaks, bui nobody wa* »a* a Olenpool visitor Sunday 'in Tulaa Sunday
Mrs W R Jeffries and Miss J Ira. Florene and Oarland,
Bamadale spent the i
here with their!
Clean Sweep Sale
Ends Saturday
Extra Specials For The l*ast Day
efforts to rescue stranded tram* UP by Its r<«
and operate- by detour* Tht
Southern ir. the Ashev ,.f
rltory wa* the last t< lapnulate
Wednesday night bu'. 16 land-
sltdes on two divisions forced a
halt
Train I* Stranded
One passenger train wa* re-
ported stranded near Campo-
bello S C, while two filled
busses were held up near Bats
Cave in the same state
This week's flood ir the three
states is the second within 10
.day*, both being caused by
heavy rams, lollowmg gales
which blew In from Florida
While clear ikle* were ex-
pected throughout Georgia to-
day the weather forecast did
not promise as much relief to
the Carolina*
WRIT IS FILED
FOR ED GLASS
Attorney for Accused
Slayer Files Petition in
District (ourt.
Negro j
i in
Petition for a writ f haoea*, (7-; . .7-7;—;-
corpus seeking the release t'WoMlUl) Nlll (.oHJff
Ed Glass, accused negro slayer i
of Shep Bruraley, was filed in I
the district court this after-'
noon by Moman Pruitt Okla -1
horn* City criminal lawyer Itt
declared that the testimony
taken In the county Jail at the
preliminary hearing before
County Judge sebe Christian
Frances Lee were in Tulsa Mon- Hough of
day on business week-end
Mr and Mrs Ernest Holland\ grandparents Mr and Mrs
ol Kiefer were visiting Mrs
Holland's mother. Mr* W R
Jeffries Tuesday
Kenneth Colvin, who has
D Back
Mack King of Ramona la
here visiting his sister. Mr*
Pedro Back He ts employed
been in Seminole all summer j at the Model bakery this week,
has returned to his hom« near | taking the place of Mrs Slo ,
Glen pool for a few weeks' visit cum while she is on her vaca-
The Sunday school which has lion
House Faint
'Dependable "Regulation'
Heady-mixed House paint.
tn white and color* Clean
3weep Price- -
81.79
GALLON
been In session since school
was out last spring has devel-|Clty
oped into what is now known
as the largest Sunday school
class in the history of Olen-
pool
Mr N A Barnes of Blxby
was in Jenks Monday morning
on business
SI Beckett and Flossie Eaton,
graduates of the class of '28 in
Olenpool. were In town Sun-
day morning.
Mr Puree Bell, employe of
the Tidal Gasoline co, of Glen-
pool. was In Drumrlght Sun-
day.
Mr Elza Adams. Troy and
Dee Gregory of Oklahoma
Is spending a few days
here with his sister. Mrs Ira
Shobe
Mr* Homer Heck and Mi*
May Nave of Tulsa were week-
end guests of Mis* Nave's par-
ent* Mr and Mr* E A Nave
Mr and Mr* W R Br-el
have returned from Hot
Spring*. Ark where they spent
a 10 days' vacation
Mr and Mrs Lew Wilder and
Mrs Billie Wilder were guests
of Mrs E E Warren of Inola.
Sunday
Mr and Mrs Olen DeOart-
more of Jenks. and small dau-
l p to 78c Grade* Ribbed
SWIM SUITS
Ttaturday only, men's and _
boys' one piece California Bf J
•lyle Battling Bulls good M r
quality cotton ribbed, val-# R M
ues up to 79c, special at
AMAZING BARGAINS
Strong for Record
In Endurance Suim
COLTON Calif. Aug 16
1AP > - Mrs. Lee Fourrter.
swimming instructor. had
WRg not mffiriently inermunat- passed the forty-second hour
™ her endurance swim at j
charge of murder Verbatim
testimony of the trial was at-1
tached to the petition Hi* im-!
release was demanOed
rUUIS LONG FLIGHT
WSMONOTON. Aug 18 AP 1
—Lint C. F Bchilt marine
aviator who recently m** award
ad tt»e congressional medal of
, announced that he will
Utt next Monday on a _ __
°*ht 10 *6»nagua, was fed wlth broth.
midnight and was reported
going strong this morning in
her effort to beat ihe mark
of 54 hour* 28 minutes set
recently by Mrs Myrtle Hud-
dlestone
Mr* Fourrter whiled away
the forty-first hour in the
open air tank here with a
burst of activity showing her
reserve strength
During the night hour* she
TWO AKK ARRESTED
AFTER Al'TO WRECK
A wrecked car In a ditch on
the Blxby road was found late
yesterday afternoon by passing
moteagaa and an ambulance
was called to the aid of L. T
Green and W T Smith, who
were in the automobile Char-
ges of drunkenneas were placed
»gam*t the pair Oreen was re-
leased but Smith was fined S10
and coaU. They were arrested
by Deputy Sheriffs Rankin and
Lee.
Injuries of Oreen, who was
placed In the city Jail follow-
ing his arroot. were believed to
be serious. He was unconscious
for Kveral hour* after the mls-
Roy Wiggins were in Jenks Sat-^hter were week-end guests of
urday night
Mr John E Driscoll and Mr
Dude Crabtree of Glenpool
have returned from a vacation
in the southwestern part of
the state
Mr and Mrs David Dunbar
were visiting relatives in Olen-
pool Sunday
Misses Mary Wise and Marie
Fields, members of the gradu-
ating class of ‘2a. who have
been attending Draughon's
Business college of Tulsa this
summer, were In Olenpool Sun-
day morning
Mr Russell Yarger. employe
of the Sabo Orocery store near
Olenpool. has been given orders
by local phyHclans to quit the
inside work on account of It
being loo confining for his
health
Mr Harry Jeffries was In
Olenpool Monday
Mr. Joe Dye. prominent cat-
tleman and farmer or near
Mounds wag in Olenpool Mon-
day morning
Raymood McIntosh, fonner
member of the Olenpool High
eehooi. Is In Bnid. where he la
the
Mr and Mrs Ira Shobe
VanNoy Culpepper returned
home Sunday from a week's
visit with Mr and Mrs Walter,
VanNoy of Waggoner
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Morgan
and children were Sapulps vis-
itors Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Harry Purpo-
plle accompanied by Mrs Jack
Allen and daughter of Beau-
mont. Texas, left Sunday morn-
ing for a two weeks' vacation
trio to points In Kansas and
Colorado
Mr and Mrs Ira Ray and
son. James, were swimming at
Riverside drive Sunday evening
Mr and Mrs Alfred Reel
were visaing Mrs. Reel's father.
Mr William DeHart, who is ill
at Mornlngatde hospital In
Tulaa.
Mrs. Lou Morgan of Sapulps
was a Sunday visitor in the
home of her son. Mr. Roacoe
Morgan and Mrs. Morgan
Mr. and lira. BUlie Wilder
an visaing in JopUn. Mo . this
vaek. the bourn guests of Mr.
and Mrs Burt Brash.
Mrs Clarence Martin of Tulaa
was the week-end sweet of her
Mr. and Mrs C. L.
Folding Stools
Camp Grids
Auto Tents
Camp Cols
Trunk Straps
Water Bags
Air Pillows
Camp Axes
Frying Pans
Cot Mattreases
Luggage Camera
Minnow Buckets
Steel Rods
Trot Lines
Prog Spears
100-yd Reels
Shakespeare Mouse
Bas* Flies
Tackle Boxes
Rubber Crabs
Cord Stringers
Ply Books
Tennis Shoes
Khaki Breeches
Light weight Pants
Pancy Dress Shirts
Big Yank" Unions
Soft Straw Hats
White Hdkf*
Mens Oxford*
Drees Hose
Golf Hose
Fancy Ties
S fer 91
Denim Work Hats
t
Again we offer this stu-
pendous bargain! Satur-
day only, our remaining
stock of Men's Denim
Work Hats go on sale at
the special price ot .
Men*s Work Sox
Only a few left, so you’ll
have to hurry If you want
%o share In this outstand-
ing bargain. Have ribbed
tops Solid colors pair
Man's and
Boys'
Clean
Price
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