The State Republican (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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The State Republican
No. 2<>.
Cordell, Oklahoma, Friday, August JO, 1907
Vol. 2.
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Bring us your job printing.
Narrow Esape From Wat- Cordell Christian College j PROMINENT
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Items.
ery Grave.
W. C. Ernest and W. M. Cope- At the meeting of
land made a trip to the Horn Val- Cordel Chn.Uan Col ege Mon-
ley neighborhood on Thursday of day. It.was decided that in use
R. A. Mansfield was up from) last week on business and it the budding was no _ ^ __
Sentinel Wednesday.
Vic Rheymer was down from
Custer City yesterday
Geo. Cockrum and J.W. Corlett
are prospecting in Texas.
Born, Friday night, August 23,
a boy to Z. B. Kellar and wife.
Prof. H. C. Amos returned to
Cordell Tuesday from vacation.
Ex-Sheriff John Miller was in
from his farm near Port Tues-
day.
George Pauley made a busi-
ness trip to Hobart Saturday
evening.
Born Wednesday August28, an
ne anu it .«•« —
seemed as if it was only through opening as th"' 1tem.
a kind Providence that they ever porary quarters ould b« ar
returned to Cordell. On their re- ranged for and IIIt th.i *!*
turn trip they were riding along would open promptly on Sept. 17.
the east side of the Frey place President J. H. Law«°n and
about five miles northeast of family arrived in Cordell a few
town,
FARMER DIES
A. L. Wald Succumbs to
Typhoid Fever.
A. L. Waid, a prominent far-
mer. who resided a few miles
east of town, and who has been
a resident of the county the past
six years, died Sunday ut 12:30.
He had been suffering the past
with their buggy top up days ago. Mr. Lawson will at
and enclosed against the rain once begin perfecting his ar-
which was falling. As they tra- rangements for the opening,
versed the lonely country road, yj e, Tomlinson, of Elk City
with the rain splashing against has iet the contract for a nice
the buggy top, and crossing dwelling to be built on the school
small rivuleta, they were rumin- jan(j>
ating over the prospects of get- work on t^e building has
| ting into a creek and being ^ccn (je]ayed a few days on ac-
washed away. They had just count 0f not being able to get
lumber. The work is being
pushed forward as rapidly as
been talking about their chances
j of escape should they get into {JUB|1CU
deep water, when they came to possihje
awaaI/ in \i/Vnf>h thp accident a., a
the creek in which the accident
happened. It was about nine
8pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. M. S. | o,clock and was so dark they
Osborne
Elwima Patton returned Mon- J the body of water they were
day from her tw months visit i about to enter. They had gone
to Seymour, Texas. but a few feet into the water
On August 23, George W.
Witherspoon of Sayre purchased comi he
lots 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12.
four weeks with typhoid fever.
Mr. Waid was forty-six years of
age and was born in Indiana.
With his father he emigrated to
Illinois at an early day and re-
mained there until he grew to
manhood. He then left home
and came down into the south-
west having lived in Arizona.
New Mexico and Texas during
the time that country was in an
unsettled condition. Mr. Waid
came to Washita county about
six years ago from Missouri and
has been here since. Soon after
a contest on a
SIXTH
ANNUAL
DOG
DAY
o'clock and was so dark they ,ot8, 2. 3. 4, 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 and U. claim ,n Caddo county an(i
could not see the magnitude ot Wock a, cf College addition and reccntiv won it aftei
.« 1 J.. tVinv VVPl'P 1 — J J . ....
had
just recently won it after the
case going tgrough all the courts
when it seemed
fell out and horses, buggy and
men were completely enveloped
in the aqueous substance. Mr
will build soon. case going ijfruuK" " ««=w
Messers S. A. and 0. P. Oneal an(j ^ t^e commissioner of the
^ ine ^ of Mt Rose, are in Cordell and Reneral ,and oflfice. After get-
bottom conternpiate purchasing lots in j ting his decision on the contest
the College addition. ; he made a trip to his claim and
Mr Mr. Tomlinson, of Ural pur-j it was while on this trip that he
~ . , .1 j chased lots 1, 4 ?nd 5 in block 28 Was attacked with the dread di-
Ernest, being on the right hand ddition Consideration sense which took him to his
side and up stream, did not have wuege ^ ^ ^
much difficulty in getting out ■ • Atterberry islook- took to his bed with great hopes
but Mr. Copeland was not so to - Elder W, 1. Alter * h d t u)d be ab|e to
tunate. Being on the .owersW. Attack, but it gained
the buggy turned over on him a view to locating
and he had great trouble in get- from Lexington, Okla. tw«strong
ting away from it. He was com- j W. Chism, of Denton, Tex. ^ had bgen an odd Feuow
pelled to swim about two hun- vis|ted school last Monday and ^ & nUmbei of years, having
dred yards before he could find spoke at the Church of Christ attaining his
a landing place. The old saying "Monday. majority and was one of the
that a drowned man will grasp | faithful members of that
at a straw, was fully proven in a Capable Man. order. His chair in the lodge
this case, as a bunch of graas candidate for room was never vacant if he was
proved to be the means of savins E. . *nan who does1 in the country and able to at
his life. He wasnearly exhaust- state sena or possessed of a rug
E. M. Bradley, state organizer
of the Knights and Ladies of
Security, of Topeka, Kansas, is
in the city. s
Bert Wells, democratic candi-
date for Register of Deeds came
in Saturday from his campaign.
Bert is a hustler and iscovering
lots of grawd
Neatha Seger and Jack Bull
Bear, two of the best educated
Indians in Oklahoma, were in
town Saturday and rr#de this
office a pleasant call. _
M. W. Blair was down from
the northwest part of the county
Wednesday proving up on his
claim. He will receive Ube S. R.
regularly in the future.
Born August 27, to Nte. and
Mrs. A. P. Gifford, an S 1-2 ^
pound girl. Mr. 'Gifforfl is a I wTe^the^weirt 7iT while' tie times tay lirge majorities.
prominent farmer who resides j Mnrnhv has been in the
four amiles sooth of town.
"Cyclone" Davis, the celebra-
ted prohibition orator, spoke in
the court house yard Tuesday
night in the interest of state-
wide prohibition. He kia forci-
ble spealker and his speech was
well received.
Don't Delay Things
too long j
For two weeks we are going to sell merchan-
dise. It is not a matter of cost or selling
price. We must clean up every dollars worth
of summer goods in the next 15 days. This
will be the last call on this class of sroods this
season, so make it a point to be here and see
what a saving there is to trade at the
Washita this Sale
William C. Keas, Thomas J.
Nichols,, N. L. Snelson md A.
R. Cole, prosperous farmers of
the Casnute neighborhood, were
in the city Wednesday. These
gentlemen will all read the State
Republican the coming year-
ed and could have lasted but . things. He has 5jvedi„Wh
few minutes longer. The bug-1 the upper houses of thelepsla-
gy and one horse were found -a ture and his record wblle there
quarter of a mile below the place is splendid. He was elected both
where they went in while the times hy lirge majorities. Mr.
other drifted some two hundred j Murphy has been in the Chey-
yards It was a narrow escape enne country since the opening.
' tieIB_, He has 1000 acres of land on the
(Washita river west of Clinton
where he raises hogs, cattle and
We noticed an. article in one alfalfa. He is the most exten-
of the papers headed, "A M«n siVe alfalfa raiser in Oklahoma,
or a What." The man in ques- He has done more for the far-
tion is A. J. Baker, a supposed mers of Oklahoma than any
polished school teacher, and as 1 other two men in it. It was
he stated, he has a contract witJb through his efforts that the
tend. While possessed of a rug-
ged exterior his manly frame
concealed a heart that always
beat in sympathy for his fellow
men and brothers. He was in-
dustrious, a hard worker and a
good provider for his family. A j
place in the lodge room, in his
family and among the citizens
has been vacated and can never
be filled again. The funeral
took place from the farm and he
was buried at the Cordell ceme-
tery, Monday afternoon, at 5
o'clock. His funeral sermon was
preached at the grave by the
Rev. A. J. Young and the
vices were in charge of the Odd
Fellow lodge of this city. A
large crowd followed the re-
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ne btdtcu, ^ *
district num'ier "53. west of Bes- Board of Agriculture was estab-
sie to teach their school but his Hshed and has either been the
reputation as it came known la- author of or assisted in passing
terwas so flavored with lady ;€Very bill that has been passed
scrapes that Prof Kme has sent1^ Oklahoma pertaining to agn- mains to the last rest g p
ham notice that he can't teach culture. He succeded in having ■ Cutting Affray,
in Washita county. Yes he 1 the paltry appropriation of $30001 &med
the man that left his trail in iraised j, $14,000. Hejis th-^.a70nr^urday a cutting affray
Foss and Anion Crateee, the man who placed Washita an0 j red which came near result-,
liveryman, would like to see him Custer counties above the quar- J(mes He
for about $50.00. Now if Mr.; ant3ne line and was very active! in a fUss
silk - -98c
1 Lot $1.50 value Taffeta
silk - —
1 Lot $1.75 value Taffeta
silk - &1.35
inch wool Cordova
cloth a beautiful fall
dress goods block
and colors and worth
75c at — 58c
1 _ot Mens $2.50 Union
suits $1-75
1 Lot Mens $1.50 Union
suits $1.19
1 Lot Mens $1.00 Union
suits - - 79c
Tom Marriott came prameing
nap town Tuesday August 27, and
a person would judge from his
appearance he had sold about I for about $50.00. Now if Mr. antine line and was very active | ^^gag^d in a fuss with
two car loads of Rawleigh's medi- Riggs < xamined and said he was in quarantine matters <kring his | Mefford who was drunk,
nnf the ease. a.man I think he had better put; time in the legislature. i d Muf_
on his specks and do the job ov- As before. Mr. Murphy >s|over ajn™ hjm makjng a deep
er.-Bessie Correspondent. a farmer. He ^ a m^ber ^ i wound in the back. It was not|
, , the Farmers Union m his home w™ u ,u
banks will all be closed t ^ ^ always done all1 serious. M
Wash Goods at
dog day prices
5oc Cotton Voile. - 25c
55c White checked waist-
ing 25°
50c Figured silk mull 25c
50c Figured silk batleste 25c
15c Fine dotted Swiss
colors 10°
35c Black dotted Swiss 19c
9c, 15 pieces, 15c Zephyr
Gingham 9c
taffeta silks
1 Lot $1.25 value Taffeta
Men's Summer Suits at
dog day prices
All $10 2 piece Outing Suits 1 Lot $15.00 Suits
00 g
$4.95 $
cine but such was not
The cause of his high stepping
was the arrival of an 8 1-2 pound
girl at his house. Mother and
child are doing well but Tom is
1 Lot $12.50 3 piece Sum-
mer Suits
The
hors-de-combat.
Labor Day,, Sept. 2nd.
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mv, * „n | serious. Mefford escaped but
county and has always done all seium Ti, ,QV hv jpnutv
he could to furta-the~
of the farmer. Another thing; sperm gK
he did for the benefit of the -s^Clou^Ch^ Hejas
farmer and horticulturist was to, ^ jury
p^ss the nursey law which pro- tne
tects them from the fraudulent Township Ticket Nomi
practices of outside nurseries. nated.
E. J. The republicans met in mass^
past record that he is a convention Tuesday and nomi-
,of things and whether you be a,eon« ^ foHowing township;
democrat or -republican you Tmstpp I H Frve1
should consider him well at the c]erki' Peter' mi^
PoWs. township treasurer, Fred Fin-
— , w i erty; township justice of the
IraN. Terrel the man who ser- Wm y. Philips and A. B.
1 Lot $18.00 Suits
40
$9.90 $14.
1 Lot $20,000 Suits
$16.00
All Boys' Summer Weight Suits *
at 1=3 off or 33 per cent
Discount. |
iraiM. Acne. — peace, Wm. Y. Philipsand A. B.
ved a term in the penitentiary gchmidt; constable, Floyd Lutz.
for killing a man, he has an ax H Wfane. Specialist of
to grind and is out delivering 'Ea[% jjose and Throat, of
tirades against Gov. Frantz and oklahoma City, will be in Hobart
1 Ex-Gov. Ferguson Such cattle Tuesday, September 3, at theof-
as he should be kept in the pen j fice of Brock hotel, and m Clinton
where he belongs. Wednesday, September lourth.
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Utterback, J. W. The State Republican (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1907, newspaper, August 30, 1907; Cordell, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc160528/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.