Piedmont News (Piedmont, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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PIEDMONT N£WS
By U. S. llltOWN.
" IMI.IUIUMl Ivvi-ry Kri,l;u.
Entered at the Piedmont, Oklaho-
ma Post Office as second class mail
under the act of March 3, 1879.
mouk <tssi:i>n kss
Probably no state in the union :is
youtliful as Oklahoma was ever in
the limelight for rascality among
officials as this unfortunate com-
monwealth. iNo bank failure in tin
history of banking anywhere on
earth was such n bare-faced fraud
as tho 'Columbia bank at Oklahoma
oily, and now another manipulator
of the Columbia affairs is in the
limelight. One I. C. Thurmond. Hit'
©Ik City Thurmond, now of Okla-
homa City. Is sued lo recovor alleged
funds or an Insurance company and
from the petition tiled I' would seem
his main object In life was getting Gould <m"''
rry "is ln,enul,ter. I" is
0,1 The shame or it all is that Demoe- created on a larger scale,
racy must collectively stand the dis- « < i
grace. With no means of getting even I Labor, lasted
oou.ooo.
A review of tho gre
strikes of history is not
terest at this time. Th
t railroad
without in-
first great
railroad strike in the United States
began at Martinburg, W. Va., on July
16, 1S77, when the locomotive fire-
men went out on the Baltimore and
Ohio road. AVI thin a week the strike
had spread to tho Pennsylvania, hrie,
pijwim; roKii;—was statk
IVWINCi ll!S GAMIH-ING
loshks.too?
Lawton, Okla., Ma", h 22.—Re-
cently, while on the witness stand in
the superior court at Githrle, J. P.
Rice, a state-paid whiskey dispensary
detective, admitted that he frequent-.
\\ III N it ALL st \H I l l .
When Adam met Eve he was bashful
and shy.
And he stammered and blushed every
time she came nigh,
\Till at last he grew bold and began
to pay court
(You may put all your trust In this
faithful report)
(JUIBI lllO, uuillllivu ....... ..v ■
ly played poker and that tho state! And he murmured to liar on an eve-
pays h>s losses which .ire designated
bv him as "expenses." This is now
Lake Shore, Pittsburg. Ft. Wayne| followed by tho arrest here yester
and Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis
Vandalia, Ohio, and Mississippi, C\
C. C. and I.. Erie and Pittsurg, Phil-
adelphia and Erie, Chicago and Al-
ton, Canada and Southern, and other
minor lines. Numerous lives were
lost in Martinsburg, Ha timore, Pitts-
burg, Philadelphia and other cities.
The cost of the strike to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad alone vas not h'ss
than $r ,000,000.
The year 1«886 saw the famous
the Southwestern
strike the
The sti
K night:
months
in their own party.
of
lt|<
ho I
resulted in a dofeat for the men,
lost nearly $15,000,000 in wages.
, .... ti I The famous Reading strike, as it
ADIOS TO VBRAMKMII u died, begat the Philadelphia
San Antonio,'Texas, March -3. amj |{,..|d:ng K.,. 1: . 1 > n 1' cin.'cr
After having been In'situ since 1736 L0 l ssTi when employes of
the Stone and mortar of the Vera- the company were called away from
... . , ... .k., ' t) *
mendi Palace will be used in the con-
struction or a modern ten-siory of-
fice building. Instead of hearing
^ gusoonailcs el S; '
BtP tadores and tliedeKe w - el
Itas they will hereafter listen io the
click of typewrr.ers -> d the giggle
of her who works the ■> No i .
will they look upon proud 1) ns from
far Hispano, armed lai'-.i-; < and
en.ased 4n (helmet, visor, doublet
and cuira for hereaf'.
their work by th
More than ::0,000 men b
volved. The strikers failed
the issue tor which they
namely, the recognition
Knig-hts of Labor. Tlu
struggle was estimated
000.
Other railroad strikes < f ti'- 1!,>x
five years were those of the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers on the
TwentiethIburlington System in ISsS, the New
day of Sam Rarnhill, another paid-by-
t he-state whiskey detective who
when apprehended by the ofllcers was
engaged in a game of cards.
For four years, it develops, a re-
ward of $250 has been outstanding
for Rarnhill, who was wanted at
Stanford, Texas, on a charge of em-
bezzlement, resulting from a deal in
hogs made by Rarnhill on the Fort
Worth market. Mo was able to re-
main uncaptured until he got to par-
ading around over the state as one
of the governrr's private detectives,
when his identity became known here
yesterday by Chief of Police Gibson.
| The maximum penalty for Rarnhill s
! crime is ten years imprisonment.
\OT \TTOK\' \ <«I M R-
XL I'M IMiOY I :i>.
Okla., Mar li 23.- On
)ccaslons, during the re-
nnet needless legislative
ning serene:
"You're the prettiest girl that I ever
have seen"—
And that's how tha* started.
When Eve. with a beautiful blush on
her face,
Yielded shyly and sweetly to Adam's
embrace.
I And put her red lips for the true
lovers pact
; (You may set all this down as an
I absolute fact)
Ihe inquired, while he breathed the
fond names on his list:
Have you said that to all of the
girls you have kissed?"
And that's how that started.
Stark Trees j
Bear Fruit
Get your selection from
STARK BR0. NURSERY
OTTO A SHUTTEE,
President.
CIIAS. L. ENGLE,
Vice-President
J. \V. TIM MERMAN',
Cashier.
ED. WASIIECIIECK,
Asst. Cash.
IiOUISlANA, MO.
<;i:«). M. V'lllTi:, Salesman,
Piedmont, Okla.
PIEDMONT
S TATE B AN K
capital, $10,000.00
surplus $3,250.00
Guthr1
numeroui
Labor.
ninht.
the republican members
ntlon to the .'a. t that much
When Adam asked Eve if she would
be his bride,
She looked up and looked down, and
she sighed and she sighed.
And she let him take hold of her lilv-
white hand
(This is history now as you must
un derstand)
Then she said in a voice that was
dulcetly low:
'I must take time to think. 'Tis so
suddenly you know."
HOTEL BELONG
W. A. LONG, Prop.
EDMONT. OKLA
taxes
We collect taxes free of charge
money
We have it to loan on Chattel, Personal and I-arm
security.
INTEREST
We pay 4 per cent. 011 time deposits,
months time.
6 and 12
W
COLLECTION
: make collections on Notes and Accounts.
Accommodtit i<>
Kirst (."lass. Pleas*
$ 5,000,-
.«. York Central strike of J 890. and the
century business men with gui.i ^ ( ^ ^ ( me T0iCll0f Vnn Ar-
u«. pink Mcki. pigeon-to,>.1 .hoe. bor ,nd North Michigan Uailroad and
and padded garment will be v.lUo nadroad. both ef
only companions. Before the stones| ^ ^ 1s!ia lt was in
gel that far, however, they will he
put through the mill and made of
idied used In concrete construction.
They are limestone of excellent ,null-
ity and well adapted tor their fuiure
mission.
With the Veramendl Palace passes
one of the best known architectural
remains of Spanl^li-Atee an .
aailon. It was erected aim. simul-
taneously wilh the N'.i Ion San An-
tonio de Valero, now \Uim>, nn.i
for many y irs «.i-
of the Spanish province of Hexar, a
territory compr • UK ill of I'. \ 1
those days, however, il was merely
known ns the govern i-'s house, a
dearripllon more suitable than Vera-
mendi Pala -e. The 1; tter name ii
received be ausfi of its o, i-upaiu v
the lasi Mex an governor ol Texa«.
The building stood In Soledad
atreet. Its silo tnarkim: '.ornterly the
northenstci n ro'ner of a large pub-
lic aqnare the center of which was
occupied bv the pla.i .■ '■ artnas of
San Antonio preald;o In its rear
was a big garden win i <\ ended
the banks of the San \ntonlo River,
the whole house and garden, being
at one time - irronn.i" ! w h a very
etrong palisade and deep !
was no uncommon thing to have the
Indians mal e ra'.l r . "t in the >
In those da>s :'nd
defenses tif that kind were ih
aary.
The old building w.n the scene of
many a romance of love and murder. I
Almost In '.!* >.!.<* Mex an
eral caused to be but red like p es
a number of S;1 . ."d eliiei 1>:
oners who had b, l unfortunate
enough to side « b i - mi ' P "
ernment during lb 1 Mex m revo i-
tlon. iThe description of this scene,
picturing the assassin as he wher. .1
the knife on the soles i f his shoes
every time he had silt the throat of
a prisoner, forms one of the ill -t
etlrrlng chapters In Texas history.
In the Veramendi Pala ' Hen M .am
mot his end at the a -assm s hand
and In Us patio and the ahaded
walks of Ita gardens. J.ar. - 1 ■>
designer of the famous kt.i:e bear-
Ing hla name, courted and won 1'r-
sula Veramendl. said to 1 ave I n
by far the prettiest w man than In
Texas.
All that remains in'a t of the fa-
mous old still, are now are a pair
returned to work at th*
President l1 ba and :li
the American ltailwaj
Imprisoned for conttmi
falling to obey an injun.
ing tlieiu from In.erfer
running of mail train
cost of the strugg!** wa
$100,000,000.
When they had been
1 anil
n told Eve
ing that
re no i.,
admitted tha
had not b
mployment of outsiJ
the state departments.
All the above being
matter of record
rs to ki
mploylng
antinued
To a dinner and dai
friends down at N
This is truly authenti
tinds odd.l
I've r *nlied with a sad and
air:
i't ro. Don't
to wear"
And that's how that started
— Wilbur D- Xesbit in Lif
although il
jrrowful
1 ha^
urt at Bar!
I \t'K .!( IINM>N S r \s' i (>>11
four add
men<
failure
At tori
lav in
underst-
crows
made by
head
Norman
udoi)
a diminutive
Johnson
a bot-
ause .
OK lalioma
r, ..me
ate. tne defendai
Oil companv and W. 1
pany and N
StnallwMd ar.ii
umbia
I'nion
ourt in
". \ M j.oon >111.1
ri: \ 11
IIOMI:
ffinlty
and Office and Parlors for
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Rooms Neatly Furnished and Satis
faction Guaranteed.
which occurred in 18i*3. It was in
the Ann Vrbor strike that Judge
(now President) Taft gave his fa-
mous decision ordering Chief Arthur
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers to promulgate an order
that the by-iaws of tha Brotherhood
requiring members to refuse io hand-
le ctra of a boycotted non-union line
was not in force. The Taft decision
on this occasion marked an era in
the history of. labor agitation.
The year 1894 brought the great-
est railroad strike the country has
ever knewr.. The strike was begun
by the employes of the Pullman car
w ru.-i on .lane • . A • weeks later
the American Railway Union order-
ed a sympathetic strike by the rail-
road emnloyes throughout the West.
The struggle caused m uh rioting in
In California and other
President Cleveland ordered
out the 1'ni td States troops to sup-
press the disorder In the end the
strikers were disastrously defeated.
Three months after the strike was
inaugurated the Pullman employees
Location One Door West of Dank,
on Main Street.
SALES
We can clerk your sale, handle your sale notes, and
make arrangements for auctioneer and s ile bills.
INSURANCE.
We write Insurance against 1'ire, Cyclone and H .1
oe personal and real property. Accidental am natural
deatli Insurance on your stock.
NOTARY FUBLIC
We execute all forms of Notary work.
DRAFTS
If yon want to remit money by mail, call ar.d get
draft, either foreign or domestic exchauge. \\ e sell it.
IV£ SQUVIT \OU?l BUSINESS
LI V E R Y
Feed and Sales Stabies -
hiite Rigs at
Fair Prices.
Careful drivers furnished
when desired
Teams housed at reasonable
• er' rates. Horses and mules
return I bought and sold. A square
n,,iJ deal guaranteed for everybody
,1. COUCH
Proprietor.
PIEPMONT,
:>kla
NYAliSH ^\ll TO 1U DYING.
San Antonio, Texas, March 23.
That Thomas F. Walsh, the Colora
millionaire miner, has contracted
has but a short time
opinion of local phy-
come in contact with
ysicians
y non-t
and
own ph
were vei
mmital and confined LRAGFF TO LMIMtOVF DRAMA.
to
Mr. Walsh had been ,
fitted by his sojourn
fitted by his sojourn
The taking of the m
jreately bant1- j
in t hesiity
in this city,
ion aire to b:s
home in Washington a as very pre- i
cipitate, however, and has given rise
to a great deal of speculation. W hen
seen in his special train Mr. Walsh
looked a very sick man. His once
stalwart form has shrunk so that
than 100
nd
LIGHTNINH RODS
I
i Insure your house
| against Lightning
j by having it roded
with the famous
D0DD & STRUTHERS
Copper Cable Lightning Rods
GEO. V. FRANCIS, Agt.
Piedmont, Oklahoma
i The influence of environment ii most fully
exemplified in the heme.
C The wall piper i- one of the most potent
factors; its selection, therefore, of tnc most
vital importance.
< The Hired rent's "Prize" Wall Papers
cover the widest range of patterns, ccionng
new crown and panel effects, "cut
nil scenic friezes, now so popular, are
-t i<lf. ll'" ' <
i Samples 'orot I t to your heme and esti-
mates furnished upon rct^aest.
LANGFQRB 3R3S.
PIEDMONT, QHL/i.
— — lit cannot weifh more
of celar doors whi h had swnng 00 pounds and ti - wa<
their hinges iince \~>:\:< They are . r Q h >. fa t, q,<e
elaborately carved and unusaa.. 4 a,,.. anj a nur,.,
wull preserved. Tar seme time to ( l0i;d:in< f
come thejr will swing in a private
residence In this city but it is hop d
to put them in some aniseum In the.
near future.
eat hi y pal-
his physi-
onstant at-
GRF.AT HAIUW AD
HrKIKiM Ol lllSTOHV.
Waahlnston, D. C., March 23 -
Should tho threaten« d railro ad snk-
tn the Wast becom* « realty It would
probably develop into the greatest
milroad strike in America. Accord
CREWS HAVE FINAL I'ltUTK K.
London, March 22.—The annual
boat rave from Mortlake to Putney
between the crews of Oaford and
Cambridge universities will take
place tomorrow and interest n the
sreat aquatic event ,s as keen as
ever. Both crews to.^k final brie'
practice spins this morning on the
nuiruati ■ , .
ing to the oetimates of the railroad Thame- and the la:« - form
oMI.LU nearly fifty rc«d«. with *n ,on!Mt«ni. tore h <iow. «r. n'erc,;-
of 150.000 mlle . n* HruttW. The . r,w. ro more
• nuld be.-,.me Involved. More th*n -vBrty matched in •■luht thli year
160 000 men would be thrown out of ilian uaual. Iloth an- airong anJ
It and the coat lo the | wiry with plenty of eiperiepce and a
Ml KT1NG OF
KLIXTItl
\L FNG1M 1 Ks
N.
Am
El
:ing
glreers Hp^an Its ann
this city too*,• wita an Mttendan<e of
members from many parts of the
1'nited States and Canada. Techni-
cal papers and discussions will occu-
py the a'vr.-:.'n of M" eonvmt.on
\\
unto set my }
st\al of said C
March. 1910.
f, I have here-
and and affixed t he I
urt. this 8th day of]
H. L. FX>00,
J. R. PARKER
Dealer iu all kinds of
FEED
Live and Let Live is my M tto
Your business solicited
J. R. PARKER
it • (ii
K?,\v"
DUNBAR
VETERINARIAN
piei"viont,
OKLA
Phone No. 7177
PIEDMONT
GRAIN & ELEVATOR
COMPANY
I)e.
GifA/N & LIVESTOCK
D R S. R U M L
Physicians & suic.'imis
Piednumt, Okla.
flYF.S TREATED
glasses fitted
Member of
Oklahoma Grain Dealers'
Asso
W
PHONE No. 5
S. GOSSETT, President
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