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The Ellis County Capital
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ARNETT
OK LA
This Is fine growing weather (or
coal hills
it
Napoleon’s hair Is (or sale Which
color do you pre(erT
in this age the water wagon ought
to be an automobile
Avoid meeting the crime wave on a
cold night Or at any other time
Unless you are a pyromanlac do not
fight the kitchen fire with gasoline 4
An earthquake Is reported in Dela-
ware Naturally It was a little one
—
Dr Osier’s Indorsement ot the sour
milk diet doesn’t make It any the
more palatable
At last It has been discovered that
the way to suppress highwaymen Is to
suppress them
Meanwhile other parts ot the coun
try are exhibiting weather just as
startling as ours
Lowering a height record and rais-
ing a low record Is one and the same
to French aeroplanists
When railroad trains collide the rich
man has no better chance ot escape
than his poor (ellow-traveler
What a long time the world will
have to wait to find out whether any
really great men were born In 1909!
However any other winter resort is
as much entitled to advertise an ex-
clusive view ot the comet as Is Cali-
fornia For the last time will the gentle-
man who assured us we would have
an open winter kindly send In his pho-
tograph? While the per capita circulation of
money Is large enough frequently it
Is difficult to make It connect with the
individual
That first carload of spring vegeta-
bles whlh has left the gulf region will
be lucky if It does not bump Into a
cold wave
Chicago would like to have the In-
A ternational balloon races-text Tail but
-i’it cannot agrea-to remove the lake for
S'rivXyJ rJ
the days begin to lengthen the
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do Id begins to strengthen we have
some strenuous weather due us during
the next 60 days
The man over 40 who doesn’t own
a farm may lay his lack to 111 luck
but generally he will find the cagse lit
his own make-up
Minister Wu has talked Into a pho-
nograph but as be did not ask any
questions the record will always be
open to suspicion
The days have begun to lengthen
but It all In the afternoon when It
doesn't make getting up early In the
morning any easier
A dispatch from Georgia says the
peach crop has not yet been injured
Before we begin to cheer lustily let
us hear from Delaware
A French aviator is reported to have
fallen from his aeroplane Into a tree
and escaped Injury Sounds like the
twentieth century Munchausen
Now it is denied that Mars has
' canals Perhaps in the general
smashing of received beliefs it will
even be denied that there ever was a
north pole
Halley's comet as seen through a
telescope a few days ago appeared to
have only a stub of a tall Possibly
it Is the fashion to clip the tails of
comets this year
Whenever it happens that there Is
no great question demanding Immedi-
ate solution It Is always possible to
renew the discussion as to the exist-
ence of canaig on Mars
A school is to be opened on Long
Island to train girls to be good wives
I and housekeepers Now a correspond-
ing school should follow to train young
men to be good husbands and pro-
viders Two hours after getting a divorce
in Nevada the woman In the case
married again and the Judge granting
the divorce was highly Incensed at
what he termed making a farce of the
courts says the Baltimore American
But then Interested citizens can hard-
ly be expected to take better care of
tbe dignity of the courts than the
judges themselves
Cleveland theatrical reform In the
matter of preventing people from dis-
turbing the auditors by straggling In
during the first act looks like a reac-
tion to primitive principles says tbe
Pittsburg Dispatch Presently some
backwoods city will be advancing tbe
Idea that theaters and operas are not
conducted for tbe purpose of bolding
conversaziones in the boxes
An airship expedition Is to be sent
to discover the north pole under the
auspices of the kaiser himself Fall-
ure to locate that locality will there-
fore be In the nature of lese majeste
While ono astronomer declares that
there are no canals on Mars another
asserts the planet has 600 and that
the Martians are still digging -There
being no way to decide the lay world
can take whichever view It pleases In
the meantime all present energy on
tbe subject Is needed in tbe perfecting
ef the one canal we have here
STATE
CAPITAL
I T E M S
Guthrie Okla
Would Give Examiner More Power
Governor Haskell has decided to
recommend to the legislature In spe-
cial message the enactment of a bill
which will provide that township
school district city and county tax
levies shall not be collectable until
they have been approved by the tetatd
examiner and Inspector The last leg-
islature passed a law requiring the
state examiner to supervise such lev-
ies but the law was weak and Ex-
aminer Taylor has not been able to
force collection of levies which local
authorities oppose
To Change School Laws
Senator R E Stafford of Oklahoma
City has Introduced a bill to correct
a difficulty whiah all of the cities of
Oklahoma that have adopted new
charters have encountered ty provid-
ing that such cities may provide their
own methods of selecting boards of ed-
ucation In several places it fas been
the desire of the charter boards to
change the method of selection espe-
cially where ward lines are wiped out
and adopt one more In keeping with
the general scheme of government but
Jt was found to he Impossible under
the law as it now stands
Too Many Attorneys
Attorneys for the cotton men Indict-
ed In Logan county on a charge of vio-
lation of the anti-trust laws argued'
motions to quash the indictments be-
for District Judge Huston here alleg-
ing that too many attorneys were ad-
mitted to the grand jury room They
allege that the attorney general and
three of his assistants beslds the
county attorney were In the grand jury
room at various times and that this in-
validates the indictments Attorney
General West claims that he has a le-
gal right to have his assistants In the
grand Jury room
1
Debt to Farmers
’ That tl 2 Xamer' has some unpaid
claims against the state was the con-
tentlon of President J P Conners of
the state board of agriculture In open- ’
lng the farmers short course at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
Mr Conners finds that one of the sei-
lous troubles Is that the farmer to
educate his children properly too of-
ten moves to town thus altering his
life work depriving the community of
its best citizenship taking' his
sons away from farm life' Better com-
mon schools and equalized opportuni-
ty he says is the answer ’That far-
mers organizations have done a great
deal to promote national intelligence
and bring about reform is one of bis
claims The effect of the farmers on
recent railroad legislation is cited
Among Mr Conner’s remarks were:
"In the aggregate the farmer is usu-
ally considered as one of the conve-
nient assets of the state Little heed
is given to tbe question whether be i3
indispensable In affairs of state he
is considered only in times of war or
famine True he Is at all times under
tbe keen vision of the speculator and
if tbe showers of heaven reward bis
toll with a bountiful harvest he pava
the penalty of over production while
he brings the smile of prosperity to
the children of commerce The far-
mer is convenient at stated times
when it is necessary to publish the
wealth of the state or nation We pub-
lish reports monthly quarterly semi-
annually annually etc of the wealth
produced by tbe farmer For the year
-1909 it is written that the Anlerlcao
‘farmer produced about $8000000000 —
’an achievement of which - even our
money-mad nation might well be
i proud"
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Bill In Favor of Hurters
Representative Lon Locelace Intro
’duced In the house a bill exempting
Oklahoma hunters from the payment
of the hunting license imposed by the
’game law by tbe last legislature
Extend Time Until April First
By a vote of 76 to 14 the house
finally passed the Wallace bill extend
lng the time when this year’s taxes
become delinquent from February 1
to April 1 The emergency has passed
so the bill will become effective lmme-
’dlately upon receiving the governor’s
signature The bill under the present
arrangement will be finally passed by
the senate and will go to Governor
Haskell for his signature on the same
’day Another bill finally passed by
the house was the one by Anthony le-
galizing the 1909-10 assessment The
senate passed the Redwln bill appro-
priating $16600 for an additional site
for the state penitentiary and the Rus-
sell resolution submitting the consti-
tutional amendment for the payment
of a corporation school tax to the
state
Coal Producing State
Oklahoma kept up Its reputation as
a coal producing state during 1909 ac-
cording to the report just submitted to
the governor bv Veter Hanraty chief
mine lnspectoij for the eight months
ending June 30 1909 Tbe total ton-
nage of all giades of coal mined dur
lng that time was 1860023 to aciom
pllsh which requited the services ol
1107 miners 2117 Inside laborers and
1195 outside or top laboiers making
the total number ot men employed Ir
In Oklahoma coal mines 8419
OKLAHOMA SPECIAL SES-
SION FROWNS IT TAXES
PAY OP SCHOOL LAND BOARD’S
SECRETARY CUT IN HALF
Attempt te Add to Coi-nties’ Expense
by Paying Witnesses Falls
( Many Bills Intro-
1 duced
Guthrie — The question of 'the en-
forcement of prohibition was raised
in the senate in connection with an
unsuccessful attempt to pass through
the committee of the whole a bill by
Franklin allowing fees to state wit-
nesses In misdemeanor prosecutions In
the county courts
Billups Franklin Blair and other
prohibitionists made a fight for the
adoption of the bill on the ground that
it is almost impossible under the pres-
ent system to prosecute bootleggers
and otheas charged with committing
misdemeanors under the present sys-
tem Senators Stafford of Oklahoma City
and Morris of Hooker led the fight
against It declaring that they came
to the legislature to reduce taxes and
not to add to the burdens of taxpayers
Senator Stafford declared that the bill
would swamp the larger counties with
court costs adding to their expenses
from $25000 to $75000 a year
The committee of the whole arose
without action on the bill after adopt-
ing an amendment which cuts out all
fees In misdemeanor cases virtually
killing the measure The senate in
committee of the' whole passed a bill
by Gouldlng creating standard weights
and measures v
A concurrent resolution by Moore
passed the bouse providing for the ap-
pointment of a committee of three in
each bouse to suggest ’amendments to
the general revenue laws of the state
and the house committee of fish and
game killed two mills abolishing the
residence license for hunters
the most important bills In-
troduced wer£ two In the house by
Ross of Comanche One requires that
all revenues of the school land depart-
ment be paid Into the state treasury
and paid out only upon appropriations
made by the legislature and other
which Is a companion bill creates the
employes and clerical force of the
school land department cutting the
number of employes from fifty-eight
down to eighteen reducing the annual
salary expenditure from $74100 to
$25000 and cutting salaries all along
the line with the exception of stenog-
raphers cutting the salary of Edward
Cassidy secretary of the board from
$3300 to $1800 per year
Tbe house passed bills appropriat-
ing a total of $4604393 to cover mile-
age per diem and employes of the
special session v
The senate In committee of the
whole recommended for passage Rus-
sell’s bill appropriating the taxes rais-
ed for school purposes from the rail-
roads per capita for tbe benefit of all
the school children of the state the
Russell resolution accepting the 210
000 acre school land grant made by
the congress of 1862 to states to be
created after that date and the Strain
bill requiring all convict made goods
to be labeled
The house killed a resolution to fur-
nish each member with a copy ’of
Snyder’s constitution at a total cost
of $450 A resolution aimed at State
Treasurer James Menefee by Koss
was adopted by the house requiring
the state treasurer to report immedi-
ately the amount of money In the
treasury January 20 1910 together
with a list of the banks In which the
funds are deposited with the amount
of money In each
Cross Sustains the Suffragists
Guthrie — At a hearing Secretary of
State ‘‘Bill’’ Cross sustained the suffi-
ciency of petitions filed by the "Okla-
homa Suffrage League" for the sub-
mission ot a constitutional amendment
for female suffrage Senator Reuben
Roddle who represented the protest-
ants served notice of an appeal
Fair Association Dates
Clinton — At a meeting of (he repre-
sentatives of the Western Oklahoma
Fair association held here this week
it was decided to hold the Custer coun-
ty fair and speed program at Clinton
either the week of August 16 or 22
Ten of the most thriving cities In this
section were represented at this meet-
ing Including Wichita Falls Tex and
El Reno
The fair date schedules are as fol-
lows Wichita Falls July 19 Fred-
erick July 26 Mangum Amust 2 Elk
City August 9 Clinton August 16
Canton August 23 Taloga August 30
Falrview September 6 Cherokee
September 13 Wa tonga September
20 El Reno September 27
Oklahoma School Land Expense
Guthrie — The total expense of con
ducting the Oklahoma school land de-
partment for the twenty-five and one-
half months for the time of the admis-
sion of the state to December 31 1909
was $22385217 or an average of $8-
778 51 per month according to figures
contained In the report of the school
land commissioners submitted to the
legislature The total receipts from
leasing the land and other sources
were 105786117
COTTON MARKET
New York
New York Jan 29 — The cotton mar-
ket opened steady at an advance of
2 to 9 points in response to better ca-
bles than expected and reports of a
better business in Manchester and a
larger demand from English spinners
Trade Interests and Liverpool houBes
were buyers here but local profession-
als were against the market and short-
ly after the opening prices sagged
back to about the closing of last night
under bear pressure and scattering
liquidation Trading was very quiet
during the middle of the morning with
fluctuations narrow and tbe tone about
gteady r
New Orleans
New Orleans Jan 29 — Cotton
spots were quiet and steady Low or-
dinary 11 6-l6c nominal ordinary
12 l-8c nominal good ordinary 13
9-16c strict good ordinary 14c low
middling 14 7-16c strict low middling
14 3-4c middling Li strict middling
15 l-8c good middling 15 l-4c strict
good middling 15 7-8c middling fair
15 9-16c middling fair to fair 15
15-1 6c fair 16 5- 16c nominal Re
ceipts 6229 stock 209669 Futures
closed steady January 1450c Feb-
ruary 1447c March 1465c - May
1481c July 1494c September
1327c October 1269c
St Louts
St Louis Jan 29 — Cotton — Lower
middling 15 l-8c sales none re
celpts 633 bales shipments 765
bales stock 42828
- Galveston
Galveston Tex Jan 29 — Cotton
steady 15c
Many Bills Introduced
Guthrie — Attention of legislators
was given over largely to committee
work There was only a short ses-
sion of the house and senate in which
a few bills were Introduced and n re-
port of the legal advisory committee
striking bills from the calendar that
cannot be properly considered by the
senate in the special session was sus-
tained Senator Russell’s bill limiting tax
levies was ruled out on the grounds
that it Is a revenue and under the con-
stitution must originate In the house
The Graham bill went the same route
because the governor has not sub-
mitted to the legislature ithe matter
of asking congress to give Oklahoma
tbe 210000 acres of land claimed un-
der an old act of congress
The legal advisory committee held
that Senator Russell’s resolution sub-
mitting an amendment to the constitu-
tion providing that 'railroads and pub-
lic service corporations pay their
school tax to the state for apportion-
ment among the various school dis-
tricts on the basis of school enumera-
tion came within the scope of the
governor’s message
Senator Denton Introduced a till in
line with the governor’s special mes-
sage providing for the sale of section
lands In old Greer couny and use
of proceeds from sale for public build-
ing fund
The lands are In Greer Harmon
Jackson and Beckham counties
Other bills Introduced were by Keys
appropriating $300000 for new build-
ing and equipment at Vlnita insane
asylum by Keys appropriating $40-
000 for the purchase of an additional
site for the Vlnita institution and by
Williams making a legislative appro-
priation Fell From HI Train
Norman — Marlon Prlmra a fireman
living at Arkansas City Kan acci-
dentally fell from his train while run-
ning at a good rate of speed a few
miles east of Norman He was on duty
on a work train which was hauling
dirt Into the Norman yards filling up
the low places His foot slipped and
he fell head firsto the ground He
was not hurt seriously and will recov-
er Plead Guilty to Cutting Timber
Muskogee — S B ’Knox T L Ho-
man J B Wyrlck and E J Peters
who were Indicted by a federal grand
Jury charged with Illegally cutting
timber of the Indian reservation in
the former Choctaw nation pleaded
guilty and paid fines ranging fiom $75
to $200 each Nearly a hundied men
are yet under indictment on this
charge In the timber region
Caldwell’s Idea Meats Approval
Guthrlii — In a letter to County Ab-
torney Fain of Comanche county given
out here Governor Haskell defends
the plan of paroling bootleggers be-
fore their terms expire He says that
at the suggestion of Inforcement At-
torney Caldwell he Is paroling this
class of offenders with a view of keep
lng them out of the liquor sealing busi-
ness The governor believes that If
they serve their terms out most ot
them will return to liquor selling
while If they are free on good behavior
few will return to the business know-
ing their paroles may he revoked
Gas Franchise Voted
South Coffeyvllle — By a unanimous
vote here a twenty-five year franchise
was granted to David Etchen Tbe
franchise provides a maximum of 25
cents per thousand feet A company
has been formed to drill wells at once
Gas is found In this vicinity at a depth
of 400 to 600 feet In ample quantities
At a mass meeting of tbe citizens ot
South CoffeyVIlle It was decided to Is-
sue $10000 In bonds for municipal Improvements
One Dollar to Eaoh Child
Guthrie — The state school land com-
mission apportioned $1 each to the
514478 school children of Oklahoma
Cimarron county has the smallest num-
ber 1634 and Oklahoma county the
highest 18633 The gain in the state
the past year was 14189
Town Wiped Out by Fire
Hobart — The business center of
Duke a town of 900 persons several
miles southwest of Jackson county
was wiped out by fire Pool & Son’s
dry goods store the First National
bank the postoffice a two-story hotel
three dry goods stores and a drug
store were burned Loss $85000
Granted Pardon
Guthrie — Upon the recommendation
of Judge Frank Gillette of El Reno and
Sam Cunningham of Lawton who
prosecuted the case Governor Haskell
has pardoned Andrew Cornelius a
blind man sent to the penitentiary In
1904 from Comanche couhty for rapi
Cornelius had less than a year to
serve -
Oklahoma Postmasters
Washington D C — The Benate con-
firmed the following postmaster ap-
pointments In Oklahoma Sam C
Timmons Olive John J Burke Nor-
man Bruce McKinley Eufaula John
C Memphis Cleveland Elva U Fer-
guson Watonga Benjamin E Adams
Okeene Elmer E Darrough Pond
Creek Erling Sargent Luther Eph-
rlam R Dawson Taloga
Round 8prings Mystery
Grove — Round Springs this county'
has a mystery About a week ago &
riderless horse bearing a side saddle
put In its appearance there Every
effort to find some traces of the own-
er has been without avail The horse
Is a strange one In that locality The
rider who ever she may he seems to
be Indifferent as to what became of
her mount
Railroad Extension
Chattanooga — Col Ranson of Ar-
ansas Pass C A Swartz of Frederick
and Dr Milo M McKeller of Loveland
were here In the interest of the much
talked of railroad extension Col
Ranson states that he has made ar-
rangements to float the bonds and Is
now ready to place matters in a tan-
gible shape for beginning the construc-
tion work within a very short time
Saved Children’s Lives
Coffeyvlllet— A fire drill here prob-
ably saved many lives when following
the collapse of the roof over a por-
tion of the McKinley school building
360 children marched from their rooms
in safety Not one of them was hurt
Workmen were repairing the root
when it dropped Four men were
hurled 40 feet One probably was fa-
tally hurt and three were more or
lean seriously hurL
Enforce Game Laws
Guthrie — With a view of securing a
more rigid enforcement of the game
laws of the state Bonar ot Pawnee
Introduced a hill In the house making
the possession of game and a swivel
or punt gun of more than ten guage
eallber during the closed season
iPrima facie evidence that the game
was taken during the closed season
The bill also makes the appearance of
game on the menu card of any hotel
or restaurant during the closed sea-
son prima facie evidence that the
game is In the possession of the pro-
prietor Mingle Appeals Case
Guthrie —Forest Cecil Mingle con-
victed of murdering Mr Pearl Pear-
son at Oklahoma City and given a life
sentence In April 1909 for the crime
filed through his attorneys an appeal
In the criminal court of appeals
A Big Indian Land 8ult Filed
Muskogee — A suit Involving 25000
Cherokee Indians and over a million
acres of land was filed in the federal
court here It seeks to permanently
enjoin the state from enforcing tbe
collection of taxes on adult Indian
homesteads and the lands of more
than half mood minors of the Chero-
kee nation Fourteen counties are in-
volved Judge Campbell granted the
Injunction The eult la based on an
Indian treaty agreement exempting In-
dian lands from taxation for twenty-
one years and the state constitution
which provides that Indian trsatles
shall “not be violated A test suit to
determine the same question was filed
also In behalf of a grandson of the
late Chief Pleasant Porter
' Vote In Favor of Benda (
Coalgate — The waterworks exten-
sion bonds to the amount of $30000
carried at a special election held here
two to one
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Katy and M O A G Fight
Guthrie— A contest between the
Katy and the M O & G over the at-
tempt of the latter to build Its lines
across the Katy tracks near Durant
waa up before the corporation com
mission Both sldea submitted evir
deoce
SPOILED THE MORAL
ACT MADE FLAW IN MfV PETER-
SON’S LITTLE 8ERM0N '
Observant Reader Will Be Inclined to
Come to the Conclusion That Hs
Aided and Abetted Bad
- Boy
Mr Peterson did not mind being f
called a moralist In fact he was
rather ’proud of the habit which he
sedulously cultivated of discoursing in
a high ethical tone about whatever
came to his notice Mrs Peterson a
silent hard-working woman listened
to her lord's remarks faithfully ap-
plauding and commenting at what she
thought were appropriate spots
One day Mr Peterson returned from
the village hot with righteous Indigna-
tion and overexertion
"These people!” he said fanning
himself rapidly with a palm leaf
"These people and their children! I
am almost glad we haven't any chil-
dren Maria for If we had I'm sure
we should train them up to be just as
thoughtless and Ill-mannered as tfie N
rest of the world”
“What — ” began Mrs Peterson in
her soft voice ' '
"Begging!" answered her husband
"Plain every-day begging! And John
Lincoln’s son too! The little rascal!
I don’t think he’s six yet”
“He was five last May” replied Mrs
Peterson with a readiness which
showed that although she herself had
no children her interest in her friends’
offspring was keen
"Anyway” maintained Mr Peterson
“he’s old enough to know better” This
was somewhat Illogical seeing that
only a moment before a virtue had
been made of the lad’s youth Hour- ‘
ever Mr Peterson was a moralist ’
"He's old enough to know better”
said-Mr Peterson "and he doesn’t do
better This very morning for exam-
pie” — he paused to emphasize again
the fact that It was to-day as If the
date made an Important difference—
“this very morning I was passing by
John Lincoln’s house on Vernon street -
and there In the front yard was his
son John Junior 'playing with $he ’
puppy No sooner did the boy see me
than he said ‘Please Mr Peterson’
give me a cent’ ” -
"I am suprlsed that Sarah Lincoln's s
boy — ” began Mrs Peterson
"I am not surprised at anything in ’
this world” announced Mr" Peterson 1
“after the things I’ve seen and heard
in my life I am disappointed So J
said to him ’What do you want with a
cent John?’ And to this he replied
‘Buy something’ If any hoy of mlne-1-had
I a boy — were seen on the public'-
streets — ”
"What did you say to him then?”
asked Mrs Pete:' son VJbming a little
impatient to get to the point of the
story as she had hakes in the oven ( ’
"Why” said Mr Peterson ’T hap?
pened to have an extra cent In my i
pocket and so I lectured him for’ sev
eral minutes on the crime of begging
and—” '
"Then you gave him the cent?” said v
Mrs Peterson with an odd smile oh ‘
her lips v
Her husband nodded "I thought I '
might as well” — Youth’s Companion ‘
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Remarkable Railway
Charles H Warner the sugar re-
finer of New York and Colin H Liv-
ingston of Washington are part own-
ers of a street railway system which
In one respect has no rival In fact
Benjamin F Dudley a coal operator
who owns Black Mountains -Vs
which asids from its mining pobsI-
billtles has achieved fame by be-
ing selected by John Fox Jr as
the scene of two of his novels as-
serts that the railway Is the most
remarkable In the world Bristol
Tenn is where the road Is situated
and some people ou there call It the
Matrimonial Belt line For a mile
and a quarter the track straddles th$
Virginia state line so that a man
may be riding In two states qt once
Parson Bunoughr a clergyman owns £
a hotel and meets every car and the
neighbors say that if two strangers
of opposite sex arrive together the par-
son asks them If they wish to get
married Frequently they do so the
parsr” gets In with them and con-
ducts them to his hotel thdugh not In-
frequently the ceremony takes place
In the open the bride standing In one
state and the bridegroom in both
while the officiating clergyman strad-
dles the line Parson Burroughs ad-
mits having Joined more than 3000! ’
couples in wedlock One may drink
on the Virginia side of the line but
not In Tennessee and It often hap- '
pens that one side of a street car '
Is parching with thirst while the other
Is very wet
Jack Tars In Church
An experienced clergyman would s
have divined at once the cause of his
congregation’s wandering attention-:
The young assistant belpg less famil-
iar with the moods of churchgoers no-
ticed It wondered at It and was un-
happy After the service he Inquired
of an usher what was wrong (
"Ob It wasn't your fault” the usher
assured him "It was those three sail-'
ors that upset them Next to a po-
liceman the person who can create
the biggest sensation In church is a
sailor In uniform Not often do the
men from visiting warships venture 1
Into an up-town church When they
do the most fiery preacher In town
loses his hold on his audience In that
mysterious way which news travels
even In church their' piesence be-
comes kpown and throughout the
service the clergyman and the choir
have to share honors with the sail-
ors’’— New York Press
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Beum, E. M. Ellis County Capital (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1910, newspaper, February 18, 1910; Arnett, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1711132/m1/2/: accessed February 8, 2026), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.