The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1916 Page: 4 of 6
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THE HARTS HttHNE
T. W. HUNTER
LISKA HUNTER
Editor and Proprietor
Aatociato Editor
Published every ThurnSnv, nnij fnt?r«i at the Wit Office at HaftS'
horne, Oklahoma, as eioiirf tlas mail matter.
Subscription, One Year
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 7.
Thursday, January 13, 1916.
This above all, to thine own self he true,
And it must follow us the night the day
Thou canst not then he fulso to any man.
-Hamlet,
JOHN W. CROW.
The result of the ouster suit against County Attorney Johr
W. Crow, for alleged too intimate relationship with "Old Crow,
was a mistrial, on final vote the jury standing six and six. Judgt
Bowles, of Perry, before whom the case was tried, appeared
very much disappointed at the jury's failure to render a verdict
saying that the facts in the case were such that he could not un
derstand why the jury could not agree upon a verdict,—which
if we do not misinterpret the judge, is simply another way oi
saying he is convinced from the evidence that Crow is guilt}
and ought to be ousted from office.
The Sun regrets exceedingly to learn that Mr. Crow hai
failed to measure up to the reponsibilities of the office of countj
attorney for the evidence is clear that he has fallen far short oi
his duty. According to unimpeachable testimony he has beer
seen in a state of intoxication a number of times during the terrr
of his office, and according to the statement of Judge Higgins
has frequently appeared in cases in his court in an intoxicated
condition. Crow's inability to give a satisfactory explanatior
of his alleged purchases from certain bootleggers, cast a shadov.
over his official conduct that his staunches supporters cannol
condone.
We regret Crow's failure because he has proved a disap
pointment. He is a poor boy and has had a hard struggle tc
win his way to the front; but no sooner did the people intrusl
him with power and responsibility than he fell—he failed t(
measure up to the reponsibility reposed in him. We are sin-
cerely sorry for you Crow, but you have had your chance—
your strength is not sufficient to overcome temptation. Yoi
have been weighed in the balances and have been found want
in*. «. •«* r
o
Now that the supreme court has administered a sola1
plexus-to- the state anti-gambling law, it is a safe guess tha
punch boards, dice boxes, slot machines and kindred device:
will immediately spring into existence. This was a good law
and inasmuch as it was doing the work we dare say as well a:
any law that may be enacted, we do not understand why
should be nullified on a mere technicality, and turn the stat<
bag and baggage over to the gamblers. The rank and file oi
the people know, nothing about technicalities and care less, anr
so long as a law meets the expressed wishes of the people, ii
strikes us that the eminent jurist who nullifies a measure or
some blooming technicality, goes a long way out of his road tc
find something to do.
The attention of the readers is called to the statement oi
the First National Bank which appears in this week's issue ol
The Sun. As bank statements are usually regarded as good
barometers of the business conditions of a community, the re
port here would indicate that Hartshorne is in top notch shape.
It has deposits of $400,941.52. The only regrets we have to
express in this connection, is that there is not as much of that
ours as we would like to have it be.
*SfoCoh«J^nvaM. Utwvkuk
twmt/a wu/rt, w, -twii..
LOOK AT THIS PICTURE-THIS IS WHAT EVERY MAN
LOOKED FORWARD TO WHEN KE WAS YOUNG.
THE ONES WHO ARE REALIZING IT ARE THE ONES
WHO KEPT THIS PICTURE IN THEIR MINDS AND WENT
TO THE BANK WITH THEIR SPARE MONEY AND LET IT
"PILE UP" FOR THE FUTURE.
NOTHING IS SO PITIFUL AS A TIMID AND PENNILESS
OLD AGE.
WHAT ARE "YOU" GOING TO DOT
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY * PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
THE FIRST STATE BANK OF HARTSHORNE
C. S. WINGATE. President J. H. BAKER. Vice-Prea.
B. C. SIMS, 2nd Vice-Pres. C. L. WILLIS, Cashier
DIRECTORS—C S. Wingate, J. H. Baker, J. M. Grady. G. A. Bledt,
A. E. McNeil, B. C. Sims.
;:Kt£ .
The Publicity Department of the National Wholesale
Liquor Dealers' Association, which expends millions of dollars
annually in its effort to maintain this oiftfaw business, says Its
rftaKs t«r bverM.^O.^ji ilistuftrs^tfeJler^idTdijinjp^
?aged in the liquor bushier,:1, and ask3 for a"fair presentation
its aide. There can be 110 ; ueh word as "fair" connected with
in industry whose finished product is wrecked and rufned
lives and poverty-stricken homes,—it's all foul. The liquor
traffic is the most deadly foe with which the nation has to. com-
bat, and with a steady unerring hand the people of'these
United States have determined to'swat it off the face of the
aarth. It's the devil's best friend and man's worst enemy.
The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association per-
sists in prepetration upon us that old threadbear lie that more
liquor is sold under prohibition, that the consumption of wine
tnd beer is steadly on the increase despite prohibition. The
>ditor of this rotten propaganda, asks the question: "In what
'ias it profited the states that has adopted prohibition?"
What's the Matter With Kansas?
Kansas has had prohibition for thirty years, and recently
n the Outlook was printed this wonderful record:
Eighty-one of Kansas' one hundred and five counties have
no insane.
Fifty-four counties have no feeble-minded.
Ninety-six counties have no inebriates.
Thirty-eight of the county poor houses are empty.
Fifty-three of the jails were recently empty.
Sixty-three of the counties have no prisoners in the state
jenitentiary.
There are only 600 paupers in the entire state.
Some of the counties have not called a Grand Jury to try
i criminal case in ten years.
There are two hundred million dollars in the banks.
The farmers own live stock valued at two hundred and
twenty-five million dollars.
Only two per cent of the people are illiterate.
The mortality rate has dropped from 17 per thousand to
7 per thousand.
Does prohibition pay ?
According to figures contained in the last report of the
Jnited States commissioner of internal revenue, during the yeai
nding June 30, 1915, there was a decrease of 41,263,439 gal
ons in the production of distilled spirits in the. country. Dur
ng the same time there was a decrease of 14,771,427 gallon;
n "withdrawals" of the same, and the decrease in the produc-
ion of fermented liquor amounted to 6,381,256 barrels. On
he basis of these statistics it is figured that the reduction ir,
he drink bill of the nation was $250,000,000. The commission
;r of internal revenue, in speaking of the decrease in produc
ion of liquor, says: "The decrease here noted occurred prin
ipally in beverage spirits—whisky, rum and gin—and the fall
ng off in this class of spirits is doubtless attributable in a large.
neasure to the"profiibi£ion laws enacted in many of the states.'
Vgain he says: "A gradual decrease in annual receipts fror
his source, in consequence of the state prohibition laws, may
think, be~safely predicted." 1
In what has it profited! It has driven out legalized den'
>f vice (the open saloon) and the evils of social drinking, re
tored to thousands of home sober husbands for drunken oner
here now the little ones greet papa with a glad smile and
viss; the haggard, worn and half clad, half starved look o.
nother has been transformed to that of happiness and pros
verity. In short, the people have awakened to a consciousnes.
)f their duty on this infernal liquor question, and they have
placed manhood and morality above dollars and damnation
The prohibitionist has an interest in the good of humanity
while the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association has
not. That's the difference.
—O
(By ■. O. SBULBBS, Acting Director of
tb* Sunday School Course of the Moody
MM* Institute of CWcmo.)
(Copyrlckt, mi, Wmiot Nawapapcr Union.)
ROBBER ROBBED ROBBER.
Their faces concealed under heavy automobile caps, tw«
veil dressed men entered the oil exchange gambling house, ii
Oilton and while one man held the bartender and four custom
ers lined up against a wall, menacing them with a pistol, hi
:ompanion broke into the office of the establishment, blew opei
the safe, rifled it of its contents, $1,200 and the pair escapec
without a shot being fired. The job was finished in. less thai
hirty minutes. Three charges of nitro-glycerine were used t'
ain entrance to the heavy safe. The robbery was accomplisl
d at 4 o'clock Saturday morning after the gambaling game
lad closed.
Since this is a case of a robber robbing a robber, we do no
<ee wherein the gambling house has any comeback.
O
Prospective candidates are springing up in great numbers
and it won't be long till the campaign will be on in dead earnest
?or the information of those who desire to make their announce
ment through this intelligence mill, we wish to state that tht
fee is $5.00 to all to carry the name in the announcement col
umn, and $2.50 for writeup. The names of all nominees will
be carried up to the time of the general election without extra
cost. The cost is the same whether you announce early oi
late. So if you want to jump in Where the water is fine, get in
the game. You know the story of the early bird.
—O-
CHOC.-CHICK. PER CAPITA PAYMENT.
A card from Congressman C. D. Carter says: "We expect
the House to take up the Choctaw-Chickasaw per capita pay-
ment sometime in January, and while the same old vicious fight
will be made against it, we feel reasonably sure of success."
We know you will do everything you can to put this meas-
ure through, Mr. Carter, and here is hoping that success will
crown your efforts.
O
It is generally conceded that the county commissioners
made no mistake in the selection of Carl Monk as county attor-
ney, who will have charge of the office during the suspension
of Mr. Crow. He is regarded as one of the ablest attorneys of
the McAlester bar, and is on to'the ropes of the cbunty attor*
ney's work, having served for more than a year as deputy un-
der Mr. Tarter.
O
Santone, Texas, is planning for an international fair in
1918, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of
that historic city. We are planning now to go. San Antoafe,
the city of perennial roses and palms and picturesque 1 *
is the most beautiful and the most interesting.dty in the
4).
The safest rule to adopt is never to point any sort of
at anybody unless you mean business, for the "didn't kaow I
wasl
' kind never fails to kill.
LESSON FOR JANUARY 16
PITER'S SERMON AT PENTECOST.
LESSON TEXT—Acta 2:14-47.
GOLDEN TEXT—Whosoever ■hall call
on the nam* of the Lord ahull be aaved.—
Acta *31.
Comparing verse one (B. V.) with
the last clause of verse 15, we con-
clude that this was one early morning
prayer meeting which drew a crowd.
In this crowd (w. 9, 10) and on this
occasion we see In miniature the
avangellsm of the world. What Peter
hoped to accomplish is an interesting
■peculation and Is answered by his
manner and mode of testimony, tils
famous "sermon" consists of 12 verses,
and the balance In quotations from
Joel, Psalms, etc.
I. The Empowered Witness, vv. 14.
M. (1) Peter testified that Jesus Is
alive. (a) These men, speaking by
the power of the Spirit, are not drunk-
Mi, but are speaking in soberness of
a great fact (b) This that they hear
is that" prophecled by Joel (2:28,
19). This Jesus of whom they have
been speaking had fulfilled this proph-
ecy by mighty deede (v. 22), by hav-
ing risen from the dead (v. 23) and
>f this the disciples were all witnesses
(v. 32); he had also been "exalted"
(v. 33), and his glory Peter had wit-
nessed upon the mount (II Peter 1:
10-18). (2) Peter asserts that whoso-
ever believes in Jesus as Lord and
Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah,
•hall be saved (w. 21, 36). (a) He
■hall be saved from sin and misery in
this world; (b) saved unto a life eter-
nal; (c) he shall receive this same
power the disciples had received. Pe-
ter's witnessing Is the same as Jesus
Has a right to expect of us, the testi-
mony of personal experience, backed
np by the word of God. Jesus was in-
iorsed by his miracles, the testimony
)f those who had seen him as the
risen Lord and by his fulfillment of
Messianic prophecy.
He was also exalted in the testi-
mony given in all tongues by the em-
powering spirit
II. The Powerful Result, w. 37-42.
riie truth of Peter's-words was car-
ried home by the Holy Spirit produc-
ing deep conviction of sin. (1) Con
•rersion. The question of verse 37
*as a result They had seen the
place of Jesus in the plan of prophecy
of God. They saw the boldness of
these disciples and they also saw
their sin. (2) Confession. Peter's an-
iwer to their question was plain and
simple, (a) "Repent," 1. e., change
their minds and their attitude towards
Jesus, from that which had caused
his crucifixion, to one of absolute sur-
render, of repentance and renunciation
of sin; the surrender of the will to
Jesus as Lord. (2) "Be baptized."
Outward water baptism is involved,
but it is the symbol of the inward
change of neart, of the renunciation
of sin, death to self (Rom. 6:4) and
the putting on of Christ (Gal. 3:26,27).
(3) Continuance (v. 42). Having ac-
cepted and confessed Christ, they were
to teach others, to have fellowship
with believers in prayer and in break-
ing of bread, to continue "in the way."
. III. Added Evidence of Power, w.
43-47. This passage is not a brief for
pommunism. It is interesting to note
that this communism was among be-
lievers (v. 44). It was for a special
occasion, for they nad "tarried at Je-
rusalem" many days, and beyond
doubt had not provided for a long
visit. It was according as each "ha4
peed." It waar purely voluntary (5:
1 9), The Holy Spirit, however, does
bring unity and altruism among be-
Uevera which expresses itself in social
relations and service. There is a
difference between the gift of the Holy
Spirit and the Holy Spirit's gifts (I
Cor. 12). The baptism of the Holy
Spirit or "the gift of the Holy Ghost"
is always dependent upon real re-
pentance and is accompanied by re-
mission of sins, ■nils experience is
the blood-bought fight of every be-
liever in the Lord Jesus Christ To
"receive" is to take or to claim, and
by simple prayer and faith that to
which we have a right (Acts 4:31; 8:
15, 15; Luke 11:13; I John 5:14, 15).
py making Jesus Lord and Christ we
phall receive the promise (v. 39) which,
Peter declared, was for Jewish be-
lievers, their children (or ooming gen-
erations, and "all that are afar off,
even an many as the Lord our God
shall call," 1. e., gentiles of every
eoalng century.
In other words, Pentecost was but
an.episode which ushered la an age,
the age of the Holy Spirit and he
hi for every child of God, Jewish and
gentile, in every age and la every
church.
During that apoatoUe age avery new
aeattsatatloa of tha spirit through Ita
MeompaaHag, addition to the num-
her at beMe ere-"The Lord added day
by day tfcsee that were saved . . .
iv — — the
of
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a great coin-
were obedient to
A Partnership
For Man and Wife
In the shape of a home will work
wonders in helping you save mon-
ey and enjoy the blessings due
mankind. By building of wood
you can start our modestly and
build onto as your needs require.
If you're contemplating a home
we want to show you the advan-
tage of using lumber and parti-
cularly smooth machined stock
that requires little hand labor.
MARTYN BROS.
Hartshorne, Okla.
Loden Carriage
and Wagon Shop
Wagons Made to Order
Expert Horseshoeing
Blacksmith Hardware
Carried In Stock.
A Full Line of
CAN GOODS
At Reduced Prices
Come in and
prices; we will
money.
get our
save you
C. Bo&tright Co.
CHOCTAW
TIME TABLE NO. 12.
la Effect Sunday, November 1, 1914,
Superadding All Previoua Tint* Card*.
Interurban cars leave Hartshorne
daily as follows:
Leave Arrive
Hartshorne McAlester
5:46 a. m 6:56 a. m.
6:66 a. m._ 8:00 a. m.
8:05 a. 9:18 a. m.
9:16 a. m 10:26 a. m.
*10:30 a. m * il:48 a. m.
11:45 a.m. _ 12:56 p. m.
1:00 p. m. 2:13 p. m.
2:16 p.m. 3:26 p. m.
• 8:80 p. m.— 4:48 p. m.
4:46 p.m. ,— 6:56 p.m.
• 6:00 p. m. 7:18 p. m.
7:15 p. n>. 8:26 p. m.
• 8:80 p. m._. 9:48 p. m.
, 9:45 p. m. -10:56 p. m.
•11:00 p. m. 12:10 a. a.
Effective November 1, 1914, Ike
sale of regular one-way aad rooad
trip tickets will be discontinued.
15.00 Coupon Books wfll he soU
at an ticket offices for fits.
Ticket offices at Interwbaa Sta-
tion, Tuell's Drag 8tore, Savage's
Drag Store.
Can sevked • enter HaOoyvtte
bene. AO otter
before ante.
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