The Herald-Sentinel. (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXII.
CORDELL OKLAHOMA THURSDAY, FEB. 4 1915
NUMBER 22
Charles Walker Murdered.
Ch&rles Walker, a pioneer cat-
tle man and farmer, living one
mile north and one and a half
tailes west of Rocky, was found
dead and his body half burned
Monday night in the ruins of his
burned home. Neighbors who
were awakened by the fire ar-
rived just as the house collapsed,
completely burying the body
of Walker. When the body was
found, the front was burned be-
yond recognition, but his back
was not burned at all.
: The coroner's jury Tuesday I
gave a decision of "death by un-
known hands." They were in- j
fluenced to the belief of murder!
from the fact that the back of i
his head was crushed as from a |
heavy blow and his back showed j
of having been stabbed. No
weapons were found about the j
room. His pocket fcnife was1
found in the room, but it was1
closed. He had not been seen |
by a:iy of the neighbors, accord-;
ing to present reports, since Sun-
day, and his murder may have
been committed either, Sunday or |
Monday night, the murderer
hoping to cover his deed with the
burning of the body in his home. I
The fire started between ten!
and eleven o'clock Monday night:
and was discovered by neighbors j
shortly after eleven.
Mr. Walker has been a citizen i
of this county nearly twenty
years, and has had but few
troubles and no enemies, appar-
ently. His family have been
visiting at Corpus Christi, Texas,
and are expected home today.
The sheriff's force are busy on
the case, and the outraged
neighborhood in which is the
scene of the tragedy are greatly
interested in helping to find a
clue in the case.
A New One.
Freight Claim Preventive
Committee of the Western Divis-
ion of the Frisco passed through
here on their south bound local
freight train Tuesday on their
regular monthly trip of inspec-
tion.
This committee is composed of
one member of each of the crafts
employed in the various depart-
ments and division heads of de-
partments. It has for its object
the improvement of transporta-
tion by the elimination as far as
possible of the causes of damage
and delay to freight in transit,
thereby reducing the number of
claims filed.
One of these committees is or-
ganized on each division and at
each large terminal—there being
in all fourteen division and ter-
minal committees which hold
monthly meetings.
Notwithstanding these com-
mittees have been organized less
than one year, during /he past
six months there has been a re-
duction in the number of claims
filed amounting to six thousand
or an average reduction of one
thousand per month.
Former President Taft and
President Wilson agree on the
liquor question. Both believe in
local option rather than a state-
wide prohibition. In a recent
statement Mr. Taft said: "I
think the solution of the liquor
question is in local option, by
which the sale of liquor is for-
bidden in communities that by
expression of a majority of the
voters show that public opinion
will sustain the enforcement of
such a law. To pass laws for-
bidding the manufacture and
sale of liquor and then have large
parts of a state where liquor is
sold freely and in defiance of the
law is a demoralization of all law
that is most detrimental to the
interest of the whole commu-
nity."
Drinking Fountain,
The ladies of the Cosmopolitan
club have been thinking for some
time that a drinking fountain at
the west and one at the east en-
trances to the court house square
would not only add to the beauty
of the yard, but would be appre-
ciated by the many people who
visit our city during the summer
time. The prospects of plenty
of good water are good, and an
arrangement of this kind would
be of great convenience to the
public.
The fountain would be sanitary
and no water would be wasted
except tha£ which ran out while |
the person was getting a drink;
this waste would run into a re-
ceptacle near the ground, thus
furnishing water for thirsty
dogs,
With this object in view, the
ladies are contemplating putting
on a comic opera, and a repre-
sentative of a Kansas City es-
tablishment was in town Wednes-
day and submitted a proposition
that appealed to the ladies very •
much. Action, however, was
deferred until Friday, at which
time the regular meeting of the
club will occur, when the propo-
sition will be taken up and thor-
oughly discussed and accepted or
rejected.
Should the ladies undertake
this work they should be met
with the hearty support of our
people, as the enterprise is a
worthy one and deserves encour-
agement.
High School Notes.
The heating system has been
enlarged by several new radia-
tors being placed in the upper
story of the building this week.
Don't forget the debate to be
held here with Custer City on
Friday night, February 19th.
Come out and see Custer make
its last stand.
The debating society is consid-
ering a challenge from Elk City,
and if a debate is arranged for,
we will probably meet them
some time next month.
The second year English class
rehearse their Shakespearean
play every Monday and Wednes-
day evening, and the work is
progressing to a degree that all
believe it will be possible to stage
the play in the near future.
The High School Comedy club
gave a program in the auditorium
last Friday afternoon and one in
the evening at Shiloh. The
Comedy club seems to be a good
name for the organization and
the High School wishes it suc-
cess. They will play at Lake
Valley, February 12th.
The High School should at-
tempt to take some of the hon-
ors in the S. W. Basket Ball
Tournament to be held at
Weatherford next month. It
will take some hard practice and
a good deal of nerve to stand up
against the best teams in the
southwest, but that should be
our purpose to meet and defeat
the best there is.
Cows, Pigs and Hens.
If there was no farm in Okla-
homa on which there was not at
least one cow, one sow, a dozen ■
hens and a rooster, things would |
be very different right now. It i
would take pretty careful mis-;
management to keep any Okla-1
homa farm from raising enough j
feed for that much livestock. '
The suggestion made by the!
Journal in the January 1st num-;
ber has been taken up by one
newspaper which proposes that
each man in town pick out a boy
in the country and lend him five
dollars to start him in the hog
business. That will help a little
— the sentimental feature will
reach some who could not other-
wise be interested. But cows,
pigs and hens belong to the fam-
ily and its living. The man
struggling to get the money to-
pay his bills, the homemaker!
striving to prepare suitable food j
for her family, the boys and girls
hungry for some or the "goodies"
which can't be made without
eggs and milk, all need cows,
pigs and poultry right now. If
we could only cut ioose for a year
from all the wonderful things
which are being done for "rural
upJft" and would get down to
fundamentals for a little while, we
might get somewhere. And if
there's anything more funda-
mental on every piece of land in
the country where a family lives
than at least one cow, one sov^, a
dozen hens and a rooster, what
is it? A piece of land without
these on it isn't a farm- it's
merely a stopping place. Here's
a job for every commercial or-
ganization in every town.
Working it out is certain to be
more profitable than building a
creamery (where there is no
cream) or a canning factory
(where there's nothing to can).
And it is a proposition in which
it is almost impossible to lose.—
Oklahoma Farm Journal.
Card of Thanks.
We take this method to pub-
licly express our appreciation
and deepest gratitude to the kind
and generous people of Cordell
for their sympathy and untiring
help given us in the last sickness
! and death of our father, which
| occurred at the residence of his
children, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Robinson, at midnight, January
30th; and to each of you we most
sincerely wish such sympathy in
the days when the clouds seem
to aDpear.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Robinson
J. A. Estes, Chickasha, Okla.
S. R. Standifer, Elgin, Tex.
The Presbyterian Church.
The Sunday service begins
with the Sunday School at 9:45
a. m. We begin on time and
close on time. The preaching
service begins promptly at 11:00
a. m. and closes at 12:00 M. The
subject next Sunday morning
will be "Stephen, the first Chris-
tian Martyr." At 7:30 a. m. an
illustrated sermon, "The Cry of
the Soul," will be given. There
are many beautiful pictures rep-
resenting the Christian life, and
hymns will be projected upon the
screen. We cordially invite you
to come And worship with us.
Robert Hodgson, Pastor.
The Methodist Church.
There will be the usual servi-
ces at the Methodist church Sun-
day. Sunday school at 9:45 a.
m. and preaching at 10:55 a. m.
We expect to have special music
at the church Sunday. ,
The pastor, who is in Mangum,
will return Thursday or Friday.
Our meeting that has just closed
has accomplished much good,
and we take this opportunity to
thank those who helped us in the
work.
Subject of morning sermon,
"Esther Before the King."
Evangelistic services at night.
C. T. Davis, Pastor.
Peanuts and Pork.
' 'Please give comparative
statement of amount of corn,
peanuts and potatoes necessary
to produce a pound of pork." —
C. R. Valliant, Oklahoma.
The exact amounts of the var-
ious foods mentioned that are re-
quired to make a pound of pork
cannot be stated definitely.
Amounts required will vary with
the condition. Ordinarily it re-
quires from five to six pounds of
corn alone to produce one pound
of gain on a shoat weighing one
hundred pounds.
Bulletin No. 143 from the Ala-
bama Station, Auburn, states
that one acre of good peanuts
are equal in feeding value to
3,200 pounds of corn. The pigs
used in this experiment were
young.
Bulletin No. 54 from the Ar-
kansas Experiment Station re-
ports that one acre of peanuts
gave 1,252 pounds of gain on
pigs, while one acre of corn gave
436 pounds.
The 1890 Report from the Co-
penhagan Station states that 4.5
bushels of potatoes are about
equal in feeding value to one
bushel of corn to growing pigs j
where the potatoes are cooked.
Where peanuts can be grown :
to advantage it is the cheapest \
feed for pork production. Pota-1
toes are too high in price, as a j
rule, to feed to hogs.—W. L. !
Fowler, Department of Animal1
Husbandry, Oklahoma A. and M.
College, Stillwater.
Here is a message of hope and good
cheer from Mrs. C. J. Martin, Boone
Mill, Va., who is the mother of 18
children. Mrs. Martin was cured of
, stomach trouble and constipation by
Chamberlain s Tablets after 5 years
| of suffering and now recommends
! t.'iese tablets to the public. Sold by
all dealers.
Teachers' Meeting.
The teachers of Washita county
will hold an important meeting
at the Baptist church in Cordell,
Friday evening and Saturday of
this week. The sessions will be
open to the public, and all are
cordially invited to attend.
The people of Cordell are es-
pecially urged to attend the Fri-
day evening session. President
G. W. Austin of the Oklahoma
College for Women, Dr. Arthur
S. Risser of Blackwell, and Dr.
H. B. Wilson of Topeka, Kansas,
will make addresses.
The Friday evening program
begins at 7:30.
Respectfully,
J. M. Wallace,
County Supt.
The Alaho Club.
The members of the Alaho
Club who were fortunate enough
to be present at the meeting on
Tuesday with Mrs. J. G, Dodson
certainly enjoyed a delightful
afternoon.
All members are expected to
be present at the next meeting
unless sick or out of town. The
meeting on February 9th will be
with Mrs. Holmes Callaway.
J. H. Standifer Dead.
J. H. Standifer, of Meridian,
Texas, died here Saturday night
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Robinson, with whom
he had been visiting. Death
was not unexpected and was due
toanabcess. He was nearly 88
years of age. He was born in
Alabama, spent his early life in
Tennessee, and moved to Texas
shortly after the civil war.
His son, Rev. S. R. Standifer,
of Elgin, Texas, arrived Friday,
and his son-in-law, J. A. Estes,
ofNinekah, Oklahoma, has been
here for the past two weeks.
They with Mr. and Mrs. Robin-
son accompanied the remains to
Meridian. Texas, for burial. Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson returned
Wednesday.
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses were issued
during the past week:
Herman B. Flanning, 22, and
Maggie Reimer, 18, both *of
Korn.
Raney Newcomb, 18, and Lora
White, 16, both of Dill.
Luther W. Latnrum, 21, of
Clinton, and Ethel Prather, 18,
j of Fort Cobb.
Nathan Bonny. 20, and Nettie
Reeder, 18, both of Canute.
Farm Loans.
f. C. HI CO.
Cordell, Oklahoma.
H. C. DORNEY, MANAGER.
We shall be glad to quote you
Figures on Amounts.
Deal at home!
Gome and see us or write us for terms,
Friday Night, February 5th.
AT———
THE PICTURE show
Big 3-reel western picture
•'THE LURE of
THE R.ANGE"
BY 101 BISON CO.
We all like good Western pictures.
Be sure to see this one.
Admission Only 5 and 10 Cents.
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Keep the Peace
and
Keep Good Time.
One is just as important
as the other.
But you can'tkeepgood
time if your watch is in
poor repair.
You are beginning a
new year.
Begin right by having
your watch thoroughly
cleaned and adjusted
"Being on time'' always
Ebringi its own reward.
Our repair department al-
ways Jgives splendid service
at a reasonable charge, and
will fprove worthy of your
patronage.
C. T. AKERS
Jeweler and Optician
When you want
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