The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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OWIr Hlttrolcal Society.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS AND HOME PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1895.
HARTSHORNE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914.
NUMBER 15.
T-
MASTER KILLS
Clll MARSHALL
postmaster, a one-arm man,
fires four shots, killing
marshal instantly.
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As a result of a quarrel which Js
said to have had its origin In a meet-
ing of the Crowder . ilv council sev-
eral months ago and in its later d«
velopments, involved the postmaster-
ship at that place, W. F. Kelley, post-
master and member of the ■ ouneil,
Monday morning shot and instantly
killed James Bates, city marshal at
Crowder.
The killing occurred in the Bank
of Crowder, at 9:30 o'clock. Kelly
was in the bank when Bates enter-
ed and, without a word, opened
fire, shooting four times. One shot
entered Bates' body, passing through
Ms lungs, it is thought, and another
passed through the head.
Bates' gun was on him, loaded,
but ho i' d not been able to shoot.
Kelly, arrested by Sheriff D. .1.
Tatum, who was called j'ro.n McAl-
ester, was brought down on the
flyer and lodged in the county jail,
to await arraignment on charge of
murder.
"I'm sorry, but I had to do it," he
told a News-Capital reporter. Fur-
ther than that and a few minor
facts of the killing, he refused to
discuss the affair.
He told friends that they had had
trouble shortly before the shooting
and that Bates had followed him in-
to the bank, after threatening to
kill him. A deep cut and seriously
bruised wound on the nose and be-
tween tjie eyes told of a heavy blow
from the butt end of a revolver.
The first Intimation of trouble in
the bank was the report of a revol-
ver, according to J. E. Lovelace,
cashier of the bank, who saw the
whole affair, after the first shot.
The four shots, he said, were in
quick succession and, by the time by-
s* ,.ders reached Bates, he was dead.
Kelly walked out of the bank and
over to the postoffice, where he wait-
ed until officers came and placed
him under arrest.
The shooting was done with a. .32
automatic and the power of the
weapon caused Lovelace to have a
narrow . escape. According to a
statement made by him, he was ait-
ting on a 8tool behind the cabinet of
his office and, hearing the report of
the gun, went to his window to see
what was going on. He had just left
his former seat when a bullet tore
through the partition and passeddi-
rectly over the stool he had lust left.
Kelly is a one-armed man, between
fifty and Eixty years of age. Bates
was about thirty. Both had fami-
• lies, Kelly a wife and grown daugh-
ter, Bates a wife and two small chil-
dren.
Bates was recognized as one ef
the best town officers In this part
of the state, having made a special-
ty of the suppression of the liquor
traffic and virtually "cleaned up"
Crowder of Jointists.
JOHN M. WHITE
MAKES REPORT
Following is the first quarterly re-
port of the farmers co-operative dem-
onstration work in Pittsburg coun-
ty, ending March 31st, submitted by
County Farm Demonstration Agent
John M. White, of McAlester:
Number of miles traveled by rail,
1050; number of miles traveled by
team, 629; number of meetings held,
36; approximate number in attend-
ance, 1629; articles prepared for pub-
lication, 5; letters written and mail-
ed out, 544.
Number of farmers co-operating,
415; with total number of acres of
corn, 1670; with total number of
acres in cotton, 1720; number of
acres in all other crops, 1405; num-
ber of special demonstration farms,
86.
Total number of boys and girls
In demonstration club, 219; number
of boys in cotton club, 95; number
of boys In corn club, 67; number of
boys in kaflr club, 31; number of
boys in pig club, 6; number of girls
in canning club, 75. Under the up-
ervisiop of Mrs. J. B. Tatum, Lady
agent, located at Crowder, Okla.
Good Seed Work.
A cotton Improvement club has
been organized at Crowder, with 60
members who will all plant pure
Mebane cotton, have certain days to
gin and all gin and save seed togeth-
ed this fall. The Bank of Crowder
his given valuable co-operation in
distributing seed at cost to the farm-
ers along the Ft. Smith & Western
railroad, In the north part of the
county.
Geo. W. Moncrief, of Canadian, one
! of my special demonstrators, has
! given seed corn to all new corn club
| boys.
The McAlester commercial club
having turned over to me the dis-
posal of the county exhibit, which
has been on exhibition in the club
rooms since being returned i'rom
the different state fairs. All that
would do for seed purposes I have
distributed to farmers in different
parts of the county in quantities
sufficient to plant one acre—plant-
ing all told 71 acres and as this
was all prize stuff we hope for uome
good results from this good need
this fall.
In addition to this the McAlester
commercial club purchased a quan-
tity of different kinds of i'ield reeds
such as coy beans, sweet clofer and
other legumes, of which I have mail-
ed out 148 packages to farmers in
different parts of the county to be
tested out.
The M., K. & T. railroad, through
Mr. Jeffords, Agricultural Agent fur-
nished good seed corn to plant a
uumber of boys plats along their
railway.
Upon my invitation the farmers
have used my office as an exchange
for buying and selling better seed
and live stock and there has been
approximately 110 farmers accommo-
dated with information in this way.
Telephones and Rural Routes.
Co-operating with Mr. J. L. Shin-
nabarger, Secretary of the McAlester
Commercial Club, 1 have assisted in
organizing and promoting five dif-
ferent rural telephone lines which
will have approximately one hundred
subscribers when completed. 1 have
encouraged the building of better
roads and at present there is con-
siderable interest in better roads
and at present the postal authorities
has promised one new route to utart
vlay 1st, running south from McAles-
ter.
Silver and Dipping Vats.
There were seven 3iloes in this
county last year and they all 3eem
to have given satisfaction and there
has been approximately fifteen more
purchased to be erected and filled
this coming summer.
The material is on the ground and
arrangements have been made with
an agent of The Bureau of Animal
Industry to erect the first public dip-
ping vat in this county. This vat
will be located on the Dawley
ranch, two miles south of Harts-
horne, and is being built by Mr.
C. W. Dawley, of McAlester. From
this we hope to interest other stock-
men in building vats and eventually
get above the quarantine line.
Organizatione.
I have assisted in organizing eleven
Farmers Social Center Clubs in dif-
ferent rural communities in the coun-
ty, the purpose of which being «o
encourage better farming, better
farm seeds and live stock, better
roads, rural routes" and telephone
lines.
1 also assisted in organizing a
County Truck and Fruit Growers as-
sociation which is doing considerable
business. They have arranged to
erect a 20,000 bushel sweet potato
preserving plant and will encourage
the growing of better quality market
crops.
Valuable Aaaiatancc.
The demonstration work has re-
ceived valuable assistance in the
county in the last three months.
Most notable of which is as follows:
The McAlester Commercial Club,
The Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural
Association, all newspapers in the
county, The Crowder Commercial
Club, Kiowa Commercial Club.
Many other Individuals, banks and
business houses in almost every
town in the county, In fact so many
that space will not permit me to
name them all.
The demonstration In this county
has a splendid outlook and If inter-
est continues there will be no ques-
tion about results.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. WHITE, Agent,
Farmers Co-operative Demonstration
Work, McAlester, Okla.
Send us your news items.
F YOU WERE BflHH IN APRIL
YOU will huve great executive• ability'and
power to excel in most fields of mental en-
deavor. You will be at your I«>st when di-
recting any enterprise; will be changeable
■and quick to anger when crossed and ready to sacri-
fice anything to prove you ar,e right. You will lie
generous to those you like, but impatient and intol-
erant of those you do not. You will be fortunate
in your business affairs, but should guard against
extravagances. You should inarry early, preferably
a person born in December. You should wear ame-
thyst or diamond ornaments and"will 1< ik your, best
and do your best work when wearing rose, pink,'
white or brown.
Great person# born in April: Thomas Jefferson,
William Shakespeare, Was! ngton Irving, William
Wordsworth, Henry Clay, Herbert Spencer, General
U. S. Grant, Oliver Cromwell, Charlotte Bronte and
Bismarck.
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T VOTE AT
CITY ELECTION
No special interest was taken in
the city election Tuesday. The demo-
crats took it for granted that the
election would go democratic, be-
cause that's the way it should have
gone, and the republicans appeared
but little concerned, except that they
got busy enough to put one over on
the democratic candidate from the
fourth ward, Capt. Sills being elect-
ed over Chas. Powell by two votei.
Following cauncilnien were elected:
First ward, F. B. Pitcnford, dem.
Second ward, W. W. Sames, dem.
Third Ward, Owen McHugh, dem.
Fourth ward, Capt. Sills, rep.
Only ninety votes were cast In all
four wards, as follows: First ward,
F. B. Pitchtord, democrat. 14, un-
opposed; Second ward, W. W. Sames,
democrat, 2ft, W. F. McIntosh, re-
publican, 16, K. H. Brown, -.socialist.
2; Third-ward, Owen McHugh, demo-
crat, 1, unopposed; Fourth Ward,
Charles Powell, democrat, 15; J. H.
Sills, republican, 17.
You will note that Owen McHugh
had a narrow escape. He was elect-
ed by the narrow margin of one vote.
POSTMASTER GRADY
MAKES STATEMENT
In view of the fact that there is
a rumor afloat to the effect that I
intend to resign the postmastership
of Hartshorne, I feel it my duty to
notify the public that I have no
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mitting, 1 expect to serve my term
Unless my resignation be requested
and I do not think it will, lint in
case my health should fail and 1
should decide to tender my resigna-
tion, thirty days' notice to tills ef-
fect will be published in The Harts-
horne Sun, that every person desir-
ing to enter the race may be given
an equal chance to do so.
J. P. GRADY, P. M.
WILL PROBE
ALLEGEO SLUSH FUND
Ft. Smith, Ark., April 2 —The co^l
mining industry in the .V.-kansas Ok-
lahoma field is facing a jerioiis sit-
uation. Persistent rumor has it thai
the Bache-Denman properties, com-
prising the second largest groupe fo
mines in the district, will shortly
sever their relations with the South-
western Coal Onerators' association
and wll! then open their mines to
non-union labor.
The present situation is believed
to be the out-growth of tho known
dissatisfaction of the Bache-Denman
interests with the management of
the coal operators' organization and
the allegation that $20,000 of Its
funds had been used to influence the
mluers In tlo conclusion of their
wage scale contracts in 1910 and
1912, these contracts being the work-
ing agreements between the miners
>nd the operators for the past four
fears.
When asked about the matter iu..
uight Mr. bache said: "Only one Oi
tur. Bache-Denman mines is running
now. That Js the Coronado and it
is under union rules." Asked about
the attitude of his company in the
future with regard to the employ-
ment of non-union men, Mr. Bache
said he did not care to make a state-
ment.
President Pete Stewart, Director
William McLaughlin. Secretary Fred
Holt, of district twenty-one and Na-
tional Board Member James Mullen
of Southwestern Coal Miners' union,
were here all day yesterday and
spent some time in conference with
Mr. Bache. Most of the time was
devoted to a discussion of the re-
cent statement made by Charles
Keith, preslu"iit of the Coal Operat-
ors' association, tiiat his association
had spent $20,000 to influence mem-
bers of the miners' delegations in
1910 and 1912 to agree to certain
working conditions for the last four
years.
One of the union men said, how-
ev> r, that they had also talked with
Mr. Bache in regard to keeping his
mines closed to non-union labor, the
miners having heard rumors which
caused them to fear the mines of
the Bache-Denman company would
be opened to labor of all classes.
Said this man: "We couldn't get
any satisfaction out of Mr. Bache
in this regard."
The men named will meet In Kan-
sas City Saturday, next, to take up
the statement made by Mr. Keith
relative to the "slush fund" of $20,-
000. It is understood that they plan
to UBe every means in their power
to learn whether any member of the
wage scale committee got any of
that fund or was influenced by its
expenditure. In addition to the of-
ficers above named the following min-
ers will be present at the Kansas
City meeting: Mose Clavlnger, Wolf
Ischerwood, Mack Broshears, Henry
Woklacker, John Winters and John
Callahan. All of these save Mc-
Laughlin and Callahan were members
of the 1910 and 1912 committee and
these two are members for 1914.
Another important factor in bring-
ing about the present situation is
the claim of the operators that the
coal mining business in this district
has been a losing game for the op-
erators for the last three years.
The operators claim that this is large-
ly due to the excessive labor cost
and of their production. The pres-
ent contract between the miners and
the operators expires July 1.
session in high school build-
ing mcalester, large-
ly attended.
On account of the county teach-
ers' annual spring meeting at McAl-
ester, Friday, school was suspended
for the day to allow the teacherB to
attend, and more than two hundred
teachers of the public schools of
Pittsburg county assembled in the
high school building fcr the opening
day of the season, practically every
district In the county, it is said was
represented.
The addresses of President William
Gay, probably tile oldest school
teacher in tho service in the coun-
ty at this time, was one of excep-
tional interest. He recounted some
of the early history of educational
enterprises in the old Indian Terri-
tory, told of the early atruggles for
public schools throughout the coun-
ty, and dwelt strongly upon the ben-
eficial effects which the organization
and maintenance of the county as-
sociation have brought about. He
urged especially a greater interest
in the work of the association,
which, he declared, through the In-
terchange of ideas, Willi influence
largely the progress of school devel-
opment In this county.
Musical numbers were given by
Miss Clio Caldwell, Mrs. Lewis Hen-
ry and Mrs. F. K. Swanson. An in-
teresting feature of the musical di-
vision of the program were 'wo num-
bers from students of the Harts-
horne high school, one a chorus,
Raster anthem, by the full high
school department, the other a Bex-
tette. A choruB number was also
given given by the second grade of
the Krebs schools.
Ji. L. Hoe of Canadian, A. H. Kell
of Hartshorne, Mrs. Fannie Robs of
Krebs, C. E. Holt of Indianola nnd
County Superintendent T. T. Lewis
were nmong those who spoke.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Memorial services were c<.:iducted
at the First Baptist church Monday
afternoon at 2:30 In memory of sis-
ter Carleton, by Rev. Thos. D. New.
Many of (Ik; friends of Brother and
Sister Carleton met at the church
and after an Interesting talk by the
pastor, the following resolution Wus
adopted by the congregation:
"Whereas, God has seen fit to call
to his eternal happy home Sister
Carleton, she has gone where our
loving Savior has a place prepared
for her, and will await the coming of
her loved ones till all can answer
there at the last roll call. She was
a loving wife, mother and friend and
loved by ub all. We herein express
and sympathize with Brother Carle-
ton and children.
Weep not for me, my family dear.
For weeping is in vain;
For I have gone to heaven above
And can't return again."
SHOT AT CHILDREN.
Jim James, colored, was arrested
and brought before Justice Johnson
on a charge of shooting at, some chil-
dren in the southwest part of town
Saturday. T\he accused was bound
over to the superior court and lodg-
ed in jail at McAlester.
LOCATION OF 12
SECRETARY DANIELS CUTS
BOOZE OUT OE THE NAVY
Washington, April 6.—Secretary
Daniels' order barring the Use of
alcoholic llquore In the navy effec-
tive July 1 next, Is being generally
discussed in naval and other circles
here. The order is one of the most
sweeping ever promulgated by the
navy department. It abolishes all
alcoholic liquors from every ship
and shore station of the navy.
Washington, April 3.—After three
months of consideration the reserve
bank organization emmittee last
night announced that it had divided
the United States into twelve bank-
ing districts and selected twelve
cities for federal reserve V:<nks Un-
der the new currency law. This was
tho first decisive step toward the
establishment of the new system.
The cities and districts are:
District 1, BoBton; district 2, New
York; district 3, Philadelphia; dis-
trict 4, Cleveland; district 5, Rich-
mond; district 6. Atlanta; district
7. Chicago; dlBtrict 8, St. Louis;
district 9, Minneapolis; district 10,
Kansas City; district II, Dallas;
district 12, San Fraioisco.
Oklahoma iB divided between the
10th and eleventh districts.
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Hunter, T. W. The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914, newspaper, April 9, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc152017/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.