The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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THE PRAGUE RECORD.
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THE PRAGUE RECORD also being held with the ex-
• ception of on Mondays and
(Successor to Prague Patriot.) Saturdays. Th'.s revival is of
' more value to Prague and to
Guaranteed Circulation. her citizens than the dev lop-
■ ing of oil fields, or the crea-
FRANK S. NIPPER,. .Editor, tion of new enterprises. It is
of more value than the turn-
Prague, Lincoln Ccuniy, Okla. ing loose of moneyed resources
or other worldly affairs be-
Issued Every Thursday.
Dollar Per Year.
One | cause it has for its object the
saving of souls—the storing
up of "treasures in heaver."
Entered as Second-Class against that day when earthly
Mail Matter, May 13, 1009. riches count for naught. This
at the Postoffice at Prague, revival should be attended by
Oklahoma, under Act of every person within the con-
March 3, 1879. • ! fines of Prague and by those
j living within a driving dis-
tance of the town. Those liv-
ing in town should make it a
point to see that those living
at a distance are enabled to
attend the services. It be-
hooves each and everyone of
Advertising Rates:
Our advertising for 1915,
are as follows:
Display advertising, 6 inches
or over, inch . 15c
Contract. 500 in. or over. .10c
Locals, per line, one or more us to c'° something to furthei
the cause of the Master and
of his faithful servants who
are now laboring in this field
issues, per line 5c
Professional cards, 1 inch per
month 50c .
—"the harvest is truly great,
A NEWSPAPER FOR ALL! ^ut the labore™ ?r* feW'."
THE PEOPLE some may say that Prague is
* | not such a bad town, and it
■ ;sn't, but there is so much
room for improvement that a
. I magnifying glass is needed to
Prague will celebrate the 4; I detect the leally good. Fiom
Time to cut the weeds!
I a civic and commercial stand-
| point, Sodom and Gomorrah
were not "bad" towns, but
their respect for God was so
little, their appreciation of
His great blessings and mer-
cies were so shamelessly trod-
den under foot, that His for-
bearance, and long suffering
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Lots of people in town last
Saturday.
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We don't mind furnishing
copy or preparing v copy for
our advertisers, but we hardly
think it's 1 right—to have our
labor and effort along this I could no longer stand their
line turned over to the oppo- (insults and they were destroy-
sition without even as much as led! In Prague, the desire to
a "thank you'
have done.
It seems to us that some peo-
ple carry about their persons
on purpose, "touchy-spots"
just in order to work up a
grievance, especially when
they happen to feel them-
selves under obligations to
others for favors shown. "Oh,
Cromwell. Cromwell, Crom-
well ! Had I but served my
God with half the
for what we | accumulate riches and world-
ly treasures has become so,
great that we are overlooking
God's business and the almigh-
ly dollar has practically be-
come our God, usurping the
plate of H;m who careth for
us, and heeding not his advice
when he says "lay your treas-
ures up in Heaven, where
thieves enter not, nor where
the moth nor rust corrupt
not." We are all sinful and
served my k:ng, he would not
in mine age have left me nak-
ed to mine enemies!'' There's
a sequel to this right hen
Prague.
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"SECOND FIDDLE.-'
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Every indication now points
to Prague playing "second
fiddle" in the development of
oil industries and other mat-
ters of like nature. With not i ❖
enough enterprise and ambi- ^
tion in the town to hold to- &
gether the semblance of a
commercial organization, with
business institutions so narrow
and selfish that they get sore
at each other over the flim-
siest excuses or pretexts, with
a continuous growling and
grappling at each others
throats, there is 110 wonder
that the town does not grow
nor prosper. It is high time
that such conditions were
eliminated. We could go into
detail in regard to this mat-
ter and mention numerous oc-
casions, but that would only
be adding fuel to the flames
so let it suffice without men-
tioning any names or occur-
rences, but let us all get to-
gether, lay aside petty griev-
ances, personal jealousies and
work for a greater Prague!
It can be done, and done for
the betterment of all. Why
allow the canker worm ot
contention and discord to de-
stroy the flower of prosperity
and commercial progress when
its work can be so easily
stopped? Let's all unite in a
big get-to-getiier movement
for the upbuilding of Prague,
your town and mine, "our
town," which can so easily be
made the "REST" town in Cen-
tral Oklahoma. Are you with
us in the matter?
,enj "j j have become as dead men, and
nothing "but the'intervention of
God can save us from the
wrath to come. It is up to us,
the opportunity of rendering
unto God the th'ngs that are
God's, is now. confronting us.
will we take advantage of it
and get right before it's too
late? Attend the service to-
night.
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FOR FRESH BAKED
BREAD, PASTRY
AND CAKES
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IT'S GREAT VALUE!
The big revival now going
on at the warehouse n Prague
being conducted by Revs.
Shafer and Dunlap, is grow-
ing in interest with each ser- -
vice. Special day services are
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Send your orders to
CITY BAKERY
J. M. Martin, Prop.
Special Attention Giv-
en All orders.
Let us do your Baking
this Summer.
We will save you
Money.
Tell us what you want
We'll do the rest.
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filsapiM
-- BUY A —
DEER.ING NEW IDEAL
BINDER.
Best constructed frame. Lightest
draft. No knotter troubles. You
will find them at—
MERTES HARDWARE
Also Deering Twine that weiehs
5 pounds to the ball.
ceived by Mrs. Sarah M.Walk-
er, the mother of the unfortu-
nate young man, correcting the
statement relative to the dis-
tance reported in the journal
at which the opening was seen
by the two men:
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Willows, Cal., June 7, 1915.
—Mrs. Sarah M. Walker.
Dear Madam:—I am enclos-
ing a clipping from one of the
local papers but wish to cor-
rect one statement where it
says Walker and Fletcher:
saw the open bridge when!
thirty of forty feet away. Mr.
Fletcher stated on the stand i
that they were within eight or!
ten feet of the drop when they
noticed it. Respectfully,
D. C. TUCKER.
Coroner.
NOTICE.
The sale of stands and
stand rights for the Prague
celebration will take place
Monday afternoon, June 21st.
at one o'clock*. For further
particulars see W. M. Alexan-
der or W. P. Shumate.
GOOD FRESH GROCERIES ARE
ALWAYS WHOLESOME
We offer the people of
Prague one of the nicest,
cleanest, most wholesome
stocks to select from and
at prices that are as low
as honest, legitimate busi-
ness can be conducted on.
We will appreciate a
share of your patronage
and ask you to give us
a trial order. Let us demonstrate our service to you.
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HOPKINS & SON
First Door South Prague Record Office. Phone 165
WALKER SWAM NEAR do not illuminate the central
PARTNER WHO STOOD , portion of the structure com-
HELPLESS ON BANK i pletely. Walker's auto head-
lights were burning, but as
Responsibility for the acci- the approach of the "draw"
is up an incline, and
dent on the bridge at Butte
City yesterday has not yet
been ..fixed. The coroner's
jury which was empanneled
by Coroner Tucker brought in
a verdict to the effect that N.
A. Walker, the victim of the
open drawbridge, came to his
death by accidental drowning.
The coroner's jury was
composed of J. C. Crowell,
Robert McKee, John Bielar,
\v. II. Gardner, H.
man, Fred Horner,
the
"draw" portion is level, the
headlamps elevated the shaft
of light whjch they cast until
its lower rim was above the
great chasm. Anyhow, this is
the story as several told it to-
day.
Walker and Fletcher were
talking. They saw the open
bridge when thirty of forty
feet from the fatal drop. Both
L. Tall- veiled. Fletcher j u 111 pe d .
H. M. Walker and the car went 011
Page, John Williams, C. F. over.
Martens. Fletcher was projected for-
Theie was quite a bit of j ward by the movement of the
test'mony taken as to whether; car withfti two feet of the gap
the chainguards were in their that waited there to let him
proper place. Bridge Tender^ down to death. Then he
For Sale or Trade,
FOR SALE.
320 acre tract best Okfus-
kee county up land;
225 acres in cultivation, bal-
ance fine pasture, everlasting
| springs, good heavy timbered
land, all level; oil and gas
j lease runs for three years with
j rental of $320 per year. Land
can be rented for agricultural
I purposes for $4.00 per acre.
1 Situated three miles southwest
I of McCawber oil well which
is now producing sixty or more
j barrels per day; 8 miles north-
east of the Paden oil well
which was brought in afew
months ago. This land can be
bought for $35 per acre with
perfect title. This land is
8 miles north of Boley, Okla.,
and eleven miles northeast of
Paden, Okla., twp. 13, range 8.
40 acres of deeded land,
with 25 acres in cultivation,
most of balance can be put in
cultivation, situated in the
NW corner of twp. 12, range
8. $35 per acre in fee.
40 acres of good farm land
with about 25 acres in cultiva-
tion ti little nearer the Paden
well than the above land in
twp. 12, range S, At" $3." per
acj'e in fee.
For further information ad-
dress J. D. KEATON, Prague,
Okla.
FOR SALE.—A irable
piece of Prague residence
property on easy terms. Call
at the Record office.
Subscribe for the Record.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury
ns morcurv will surely dostroy the hous.' of
mid «• 'in | I' ti 1. derange tin- whole hria
entering it Om ugh tin- murium surfatv*. s.'jv-U
nrtlrl should rovrr he us«>d except 011
ti mis ti« !n iv; .liable | hj slcliins, us tin- (lamuff
tiny \v 11 (lit Is tt'ii fold to tin1 pood you ran 1.0*-
*11.l.v <! live 11'..in tin 111. Hull's Catarrh ' uro.
liuiiiiifiH tured l.v r. .1. ('honey ti Co.. T- !• ' < ,
cortulus 10 im-.ury. end Is taken lnt«iiwiltr.
noting directly u|on ti:■ Idt.nil and roueou* Kar-
faees , f the syNtiin. In buying llall - < rurTb
Cure I •• sure y011 g. t the peiuiine It Is t.<t<«r
Interna!:.*- 111.1 In Toledo. Ohio, ty i .
t in s. \ . Ti s'imonlulri free.
Sold l.y Unu'gi-ts. prl-e, 7&c. per 1 tt!e.
Ti k * Hall** I'limlly f'ills for coufttlpatiio.
Letter to W. G. Phillips,
Prague.
Dear Sir: There are two
sorts of furniture. You know
both; for you sell 'em both.
One sort looks better than it
is, and the other is better than
it looks. There isn't any other
sort.
The same, two sorts of
paint, no more; and we make
'em both—we make tons of
stuff that isn't worth its
freight. Belongs to the busi-
ness—have to. Belongs ta
your business—you have to.
But this is aside. We put.
into cans, with our name on,
the very best paint there is in
the world: Devoe lead-and-
zinc. It takes fewer gallons*
than mixed paints, and it
wears twice as long as lead-
and-oil.
Mr. C. O. Brown, of Colum-
bia, S. C., painted his house
with Devoe lead-and-zinc. The
painter, on seeing the quanti-
ty sent to the house, said there
wasn't enough. There were
ten gallons left, when the jol
was done.
Yours truly,
F. W. DEVOE & CO.
New York, Chicago and Kan-
sas City.
P. S. Prague Drug Co.,
sella our paint.
Cal Smallwood swore he put
the chain ujf himself. Mr.
Fletcher, who was with Wal-
ker and who saved himself I
clutched something at the side
of the bridge and saved him-
self.
He was stunned, bruised
by jumping, before the
went over, swore that
car j and horrified, but he jumped
the to his feet and ran back off
A Kansas editor has figured
it out that the length of a
chain was not in its place. The the bridge to the ground and
chain was not broken. If it j down under the bridge to the
was up, the machine must river.
have gone under or over it. Walker became disentangl-
It was said today that the ed from his auto and rose to
grand jury, which meets next the surface of the water and
day's woik depends entirely
on the occupation. Thus, it
you lay brick, eight hours; if
Monday, will make a thorough began to swim for shore. He
investigation into the facts. was a powerful swimmer. But
Walker was an Oklahoma; the current was swift and
man, but had lived in Cali-i strong and the luckless man
you keep house, 16 hours; if forma for some time and with was stunned by bruises on his
you preach the gospel, two Fletcher, his partner, had head made perhaps by bump-
hours; if. you are a porter in | owned a Moulton tract ranch ing against the car. He swam
a sleeping car, 20 hours; it for thre years. His body is j to a point not more than twen-
now at the Tucker morgue, 'ty feet from shore. And there
Reports were in circulation j stood his partner!
Naples j today to theeffect that Fletch- Walker cried out for help.
er had said that Walker's Fletcher could not swim a
relatives would bring a suit stroke and there was nothing
against the county for dam- the bank that could be
I "Pres. used to save. There was a
It appears that the guard- terrible moment, the second
(chain about which there is so awful moment Fletcher endur-
much dispute, is placed some ed that night, and then Walk
you serve the government, one
hour, and if you are a news-
paper man, 24 hours.
(Texas) Monitor.
Dyspepsia Tablets
Will Relieve Your Indigestion
City Drug Store.
Celebrate in Prague!
1 thirty feet down the bridge
I from the "draw." There are
(electric lights on each end of
|the bridge but it is said they
er went down to his doom.—
Willows (Calf.) Daily Journal,
June 3rd.
The following letter was re-
•The Prague Leaguers are
trying it out with theOkemah
Boosters today (Wednesday)
and we venture the assertion
it will be an exciting game of
ball.
Stroud will celebrate the
4th 011 Monday, July 5th.
Prague will celebrate the Na-
t'on's birthday on Saturday,
July 3rd.
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saved my little girl's life. When she had the measles,
they went in on her, but one good dose of Thedford's
Black-Draught made them break out, and she has had no
more trouble. I shall never be without
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ailments, Thedford's Black-Draught has proved itself a safe,
reliable, gentle and valuable remedy.
If you suffer from any of these complaints, try Bfack-
Draughl It is a medicine of known merit. Seventy-five
years of splendid success proves its value. Good for
young and old. For sale everywhere. Price 25 cents.
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PRAGUE OIL COMPANY
Dealer in-
Oils and Gasoline
Henryetta Coal, per ton, $5.00
Piedmont Smithing Coal
Office Number 113. Residence Number 90.
REMEMBER COAL IS STRICTLY CASH, NOT 30 DAYS
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Nipper, Frank S. The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1915, newspaper, June 17, 1915; (gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147831/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2018), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.