The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 274, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 22, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 13—NO-274.
shawnee, oklahoma WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1908.
We Welcome
>Sn\a^ll Deposits
It matters not what amount of money you have to deposit-we will ac-
cept It at this bank. We welcome the small depositor, we extend to
him the same consideration and courtesies accorded all our patrons
The Oklahoma National Bank.
MffiUMTSSr
[[WISTER HAD ft
NARROW ESCAPE
Ti
All electors desiring to vote at thef
primary election to be held August
4, 1908, must register with their re-
spective ward Inspectors on or before
Saturday, July 25, 1908.
The inspectors with whom you are
to register according to law in the va-
rious wards are as follows:
DAY FOR
POLL TAK
COLLECTIONS
Yesterday was a good day with the
poll tax collecic-, $100 being 'ti' it-
ceipfs. A nura'^r if warrant were
served with thj t'cBired effort.
There are m^nv nmusinf,' iucld<;nt8
in connection1 •'ii.h *he collection of
poll tax A neqro appealed b« f>r Mr
Hathcock the ot.h?r day, bring'ng hir
employer as a wl'iims that he w.is
under 21 yea.*3 of age. It wa sug-
gested that ilia mother of the com-
plainant could offer the oj / salis-
far'ury testimony r i this p^ an I
PRINCE WALES
REACHES QUEBEC
The Indomitable Will Land
this Afternoon late
ROY/IL NQHORS TO FRANCE
Quebec, July 22.—The cruiser In-
domitable bring Prince of Wales to
the tercentury celebration of the
founding of Quebec, is due to arrive
here this afternoon late. The Eng
lish, French and American warships
will tender him a welcome when1 he
tli* negro's emi.l r advlsoil him tr-' jan(jB
pj« remar - ; M.at he won.' Qn the landing France will receive
I the royal honors which are to be coil-
pay next y^ar aryway, inJ mlftht
well be^in ritu* sway so he could
it used to it. / ro her negr^ ri* ir
Untied through his visit here. Vice
President Fairbanks and Admiral
United
thoit
par-
v wVuJ^ltieipate in the exercises.
a ri i changei this to( 1
tt be too old, f.iing his ago by c0Wles will represent the Un:
Uie root tha< !n run rem.Tbt!' the1 an(j the hundreds th
f star, r,.ic:i was 33. He had' sands of vi8itors that are here to
re t" led. however, as bein? ' rr i t. . .
th:v oh he aftf*
.10 in- had to up
' tre Is a -nr .ngly larj,:; run.-
many In N'-v that Un?'.e Tin
er of persons exempt from poll tax
Spencer sometimes despairs ')f ever
getting anything: done on the streets.
All men' under 21 or over 50, all mem-
bers of the state militia or regular
armv. all women and all men bildln-s
disability certificates are exempt—
making a total of perhaps more who
are exempt than those who are elig-
ible.
NIGHT RIDERS
BORN STATION
Hopklnnvlile, Ky., July 22.—Th
desperate and cruel night riders
... . „ . burned the Illinois Central station at
Every man without a g^od excuse Cobb careulean last night. The
looks alike to the poll tax c.ollec- rM was made by a dtffereut band and
tor Threats of suit andauchintlml | ^ ^ retil„a(lon upon the railway
datlon on the part of an ellgi . | company because the railroad permit-
suits In '"ran's belM tssuei al-Led Midlers to camp on its premises
dltional costs attached and a sight of, chasing the night riders,
prison bars. In nine cases out of ten wno werB 6
a little persuasion of this kind Is
all that Is necessary.
teamster named Brooks had a
narrow escape from death this morn-
ing In an accident at the Katy cross-
ing on South Broadway. A wagon he
wis driving was struck by the ca-
hocee of the work train, which wis
backing up aid broken into pieces.
The horses and driver escaped Injury
The r<cident though a Berious one
presented some amusing features. It
seems that Brooks was driving south
across the main track when the work
trair backed up from the west. The
driver was looking the other way and
did rot notice the approaching train
until too late To get out of the way.
T ue v agon was struck fairly amidship
the driver being landed safe and
sound on the platform of the ca-
boose. The horset, .Tare liberated by
the shock and tore up the street at
a break neck speed. All that Is lect
on the scene now is a pile of very
fine kindling wood.
Anent Rock Island train service, a
traveler remarked today: "We can t
understand why train No. 43 cannot
leave for the west at 5:10 In the even-
ing instead of 5:30 as is now the case.
It lays over here 25 minutes wi'h
rothing to do, and then misses th3
Katy and Frisco, connections at Okla-
homa City the greater part of the
time. This strain' is supposed to be a
traveling man's train. If this Is the
case, it might Just as well leave Shaw
nee twenty minutes earlier, as the-e
is little for a traveling man to do b -
twecn I o c o< k and 5:30 In the way
of selling courts. Then 5:30 is too ear-
ly to get fupper in Shawnee, and the
train r.rrives at Oklahoma City gener
ally too lute for supper there."
YACHT
RONS DOWN
N FIRST WARD, JNO. W. ROB-
ERTSON.
Office In Mammoth Building.
Residence Highland and Bell street*
IN SECOND WARD. JESSE PEL.
PHREV.
Residence 10th and Beard streets.
IN THIRD WARD, J. D. MCDON-
ALD.
Residence 424 South Beard street
IN FOURTH WARD, WM. DEMLAND
Office over Clark's Seed Store,
East Main.
Residence East Main street.
SPECIAL JUDGE
DEMORALIZE THE
COURI SYSTEM
IN FIFTH ward. J. O. PROW3E.
1224 East Main street.
IN SIXTH ward, f. W. MOHR-
BACHER.
Office Union Savings Bmk.
Residence 736 N. Park street.
Heat Very Oppressive Today.
The heat has been very oppressive
today, the creat humidity being felt
from early this morning. At 10 o'clock
the thermometer registered 88 liv th>J
shade, but the oxtreme moisture
made it fell much hotter. During this
afternoon the temperature was sever-
al degrees warmer.
"The extraordinary number of spec-
ial Judges used in the courts of Ok-
lahoma under the provisions of the
law ia most demoralizing to our ertire
court system," remarked a local at-
torney last night. "The law requires
that to prove bias on the part of the
court all that is necessary is the c.ffl
davit of the defendant accompanied
by the affidavits of two other repu-
table citizens. Of course, anv citizen
is considered reputable until proved
otherwise, and the result is that prac-
tically any two men may swear to
bias an the part of the court and se-
cure a new judge for the defendant A
special Judge is then selected, either
by mutual agreement of counsel or j purposes
NFWS WANT AD3 PAY WELL.
STREET SWEEPING AS
E IS AN
OF
"There were 340 bottles of bor«ze
carried by tile members of the Okla-
homa delegation to Denver. 280 stroiij;
but not one drop of Sunnybrook" saiil
ono of the Denver party yesterday. It
seems a poll of th«' passenger* on the
train was takeur, for th purple of
gathering statistics as to the amount
of booze on hand, the brands, etc., as
a matter of curiosity. There were 280
passengers on the train, among them
a number of state officials, and they
had 340 bottles of whisky and alleged
whiskey, rangirg in color from "white
mule" and "white line" to the deep
est burnt sugar colored cacoction—
but" not a single drop of aunnyboork
the distinguished official whiskey of
the imperial state of Oklanoma, was
on board. Strangers marveled great-
ly at this state of affairs, and sug
rested that there must be bootleggers
in Oklahoma. Members of the i arty
stoutly declared this to be a slandor
on Oklahoma, and maintained that th<
dispensary system answered for all
The failure of Judges of
I Teach Optometry to any
one. Write or call and see
me.
W. A. Wright
Shawnee, Okla.
Entertained for Her Guest.
Mrs J. H. Scott entertained a num-
ber of friends -at her North Beard
street home Tuesday morning with a
poreh party in honor of her guest.
Miss Katherine Webber of Ft. Smith,
Ark. The occasion was a most pleas-
ant on«.
the news. 40c per month.
I keep all competent and skilled
workmen, the best that can be found
in my business. W. A. Wright. 10-tf
Dr. R. C. Edwards
DENTIST
Office with Dr. Ellis 123 1-2 N. Broad-
wav. Phone 673
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STATEMENT OF
The Shawnee National Bank,
SHAWNEE, OKLA.
As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the
Close of business
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th, 1908
RESOURCES, MM MUM
Time Loans and
Banking House. Furniture and Fixtures ",uw.ju
United States Bonds and Premiums ^
Bonds, " ecurltles, etc.. (county warrants)
Demand Loans . ih
Cash on hand and in other Banks 288,061.45
$657,1155.72
LIABILITIES. timniVi
Capital Stock and Surplus Funds S
Circulation Account
Deposits M*-80*-"
$657,1*55.72
The above Is correct JNO. W. JONES. Cashier.
J. M. Aydelotte. P. A. Norris, H. T. Douglas. Directors.
This Bank hr.s no Funds of the UnlUd States or the State of Oklahoma on
Deposit.
else by a vote of the members of the I «°od whiskey such as many of the
bar present. Under this proceeding | Party are. to choose Sunnybrook as
the Judges of Oklahoma are not per- [ 'heir Inspiration while on 10 impo. t-
forminR the duties assigned to them bv| art a mission, has caused much cha-
the votes of the people but case of «ff'n on th part of th" disnensa v
all kinds are being; tried by members RRentfi of the stata. What ft DOtf
of the bar many of whom are abs.> advertisement for the oftieial b«o/.e:
lutely without experience on th" | Out of 340 half pints and quarts
bench.'* | n°t a Kill of Sunnybrook—and Okla-
A number of appealed cases In this, homans are good judges of whiskey.
county have been tried hv sped-"! I 'tis said
judees on account of district Judge The local dispensary has now on
Maben beinsr disqualified bemuse of hand a consignment of bottled bee- Christian Sunday School Picnic
having heard the cases on' the',1 first which will be sold by the dozen or 'pfj,. young Indies' and young men .*
trial while probate judge. All kinds [case. It will sell at $ 1 SO per dozen j classes of the Christian church Sun
of cases, from murder to bootlegging; with a refund of tlfi cents for the r-'-1 (]y Kfhon] enjoyed a picnic north of
OUTRAGE TO DECENCY
Street sweeping as at presort done
in Shawnee is 11 .t only an outrage to
decency and cleanliness but is a ser-
ious menace to health aa well. Why
iiv the name of all that is reasonable
should the germ-laden dust of the
street be stirred up and thrown upo.i
tho aidewalks. into open windows and
doors spreading dirt and dlseas-\
when a little water applied to the
streets as is done in every other city
in the world where a sweeper is used,
would be all that is necessary to
clean the streets in a sane manner.
It is an outrage that the present' meth-
od of street sweeping be continued in
the face of prolonged and vigorous
protests on the part of not only mer-
chants but all people who have oc-
casion to use the streets at night. The
sweeping begins oach evening at just
about the time men .women and chil-
dren are returning to their homes
from the various places of amuse-
ment and from social gatherings,
lodge meetings, etc. It is a despicable
outrage, and should be regulated by
the sanitary department or the pub-
lic health officer. Patience has ceav
ed to be a virtue. The people have
long protested against the outrage-
ous practice r«f stirring up the diut
ard tilth in a dry state and scatter-
ing it to the four winds under the
guise of sweeping the streets, an.t
they do not' intend to stand for It
much longer.
have been
judees.
tried before spuclal
President Roosevelt going
to Attend Naval
Conference
HEAVY FOG CAUSED ACCIDENT
Newport, N. J., July 22. The Yatch
Mayflower which was bearing Presi-
dent Roosevelt to the naval confer-
ence here, owing to a heavy fog ex-
isting at the time rendering it dltn
cult to see any distance ahead, run
down the schooner Menawa near New
London, and the schoner was sunk.
The captain and five of his men were
taken aboard of the Mayflower. Tne
president and other members were
asleep at the time the accident oc-
curred and did not know that It had
taken place until after all the danger
had passed.
- RUGS - j
We have Just received a J
large shipment of rugs size 1
9 ft. x 12 ft. and will offer j
them for a few days at re- 1
duced prtces. Give us a J
call. j
\ 6ALBPAITH FUR. & CARPET CO. j
a dynamic FORCE
The man who is fully understood
can be of more foice in the com-
munity in which h« lives with an°-
half the ability than the man with
double the ability who Is not under-
stood. Most people permit themselves
to be more or less misunderstood,
either by saying nothing about mat
ters under consideration or by saying
too much. The man who can say
Just the right thing and do just the
right thing to make himself under-
stood is always closely allied with
those interests which make for city
growth. No thinking man can be a
permanent resident and be against
the interests of the city in which he
lives. Such a condition is not logi-
cal. However, there is many a man
who has dome things and said things
which have made others misunder-
stand him. If you have been misun-
derstood to that extent that you are
not taking an active interest in tho
affairs of Shawnee, forget it and get
right now. If you feel that you woul 1
help if your efforts were only half ap-
preciated there is a remedy that will
make you feel right. It is a panacea
fr.r all ailments which are the
suit of being misunderstood in the
matter of loyalty to home interests
It is harmless, easy to take and su "•
to agree wtfh you. Whenever yon
make up your mind to buy everything
vou need from the permanent, resi-
dent home merchants you are geUlr«
ready for the treatment and when
ever you do buy you take the medi-
cine. The Shawnee Planing Mill
Lumber Companv. Ninth and Market
streets, will furnish your lumbe
windows, doors, glass, mill work ard
will make vou feel that you are tak-
ing the right kind of medicine. They
meet all competition.
Knights of Columbus.
The Knights of Columbus held a so-
cial session In their hall last night.,
enjoying a luncheon ard smoker. 'J.
W. Jaminet was lecturer, and speeches
were made by Pat ITanaphy and oth-
ers. The occasion was a very pleas-
ant one.
new8 want ad8 pay well.
turn of the bottles, making the price] shawnee in Dearmln's pasture Tues-
per bottle 12 cents. There is far|(1ay OVenlng. Refreshments of all
more beer prescribed for medical pu - k|ndR WPre on hand and there w.'S
poses than any other alcoholic bev- a,HO a plentiful supply of watermel-
erage ,ard the beer business should ong Mr Dormin threw his homo
be brisk this summer, the dlsnensary open to t^e youi g people, and musi3
price being less than half tho cus* am] songs were enjoyed. The outing
tomary price under prohibition. I wag a mOHt pleasant one.
Damp Refrigerators are germ b eed-
Poi'ltry Association Meets Tonight, ers, the dry. "cold air circulation'
There will be a meeting of the Pott i -Terrick" is germ proof. On sa'e now
County Poultry association tonight in. 2ft per cert off. 183t
the office of Smalley & Demland I THE LONOMIRE-DRAPER CO.
A New Record Made
last week all previous records were broken in
the number of new accounts that werf
during any one single week since this bank was
started.
there's a rea80n. off
Bear in Mind That this Bank is
under the Guaranty Law
BANK. OF COMMERCE
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA
DR. 0. H. TAYMAN
...DENTIST...
Office over Shawnee National Bank
PHONE 91
REAL ESTATE
160-acre improved farm to evchange
tor city property.
Eleven lc.ts on N. Broadway to ex-
change for dwelling.
BlxU en-room rooming house to ex
change for smaller dwelling.
Five hundred dollar stock of nier
chandise to exchange for small dwell-
inx
Good trackage property to exchange
for business property.
Good $1250 mercantile business to
exchange for city property.
Neat cottage in 500 block on North
Market for sale on monthly paymeui
plan.
&
The Real Estate Mer
Pint door west af Shawnto National
SPECIALS
lt>0 acres improved lamd, near Kails-
bore, f', BO1.'
Th's Is su'fc'v a :,urpaln. Let "M
show v it
315 S. Park, good 5 rcom house, lot
50x140 ft. Price J800.
710 N. Union, lot 70x140 ft., smai'
house, E. front. Price, $500; $50 cash,
balance $10 per moath.
323 N. Pesotum, lot 50x1140 ft., good |
4 room house. Price $1,250.
618 N. Beard, lot 150x150 ft., 6 room
modern house, east front. Price $4,00ij
316 N. Tucker, lot 50x140 ft., B room
houBe, east front. Price $1,260.
We have vacant lota in all parts of
the city.
KerKer Brothers
Real Estate,Loaos&lnstiraiice
III N. Union
A Thursday of Opportunities
Short Lengths
of Chambray
5c
Blue,pink, black, gray, tHD, lav-
ender l< c at,d 12 1 2c qualities,
in short lenghts, hpecial to ay
at 5c
A Special in
White Lawn Wv
30 inches wide, a regular 10c
quality. Thousands of yard4;
to sell today at 5c yard.
40-Inch Lawn, 13c
White, full 40 inches wide. You
*et an idea of how good it is
when we tell you it is worta 2<Jc
Special at 13c
Finishing Braid, 7c
Pink, red, navy, white. Our
regular 10a and 15c qualities;
sp endid sellers at those prices.
Special today at 7c
$1.50 Bags 79c
Tulip, Squaw and Fascinating
Flora shapes, light and d rk
shades $1.50 value 79c,
NainsocK, 10c
A thin, sheer, splendidly woven
Nainsook, checked, in several
sizes; actually worth 12 1 2o;
special at 10c y«rd.
Towels, 89c Doz
Of cotton huck, size 17x35. As
you see, they are extra large.
Regular $1.25 value. Special
today 89c dozen
A Special in
Ladies Hosiery
34c
Ladies black lace lisle hose sold
everywhere for 5' c Thursday 34c
MADDEN S JARRELL
'HEART OF SHAWNEE"
''Sells the Best"
Shawnee, Okla.
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