The Okfuskee County News (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol II: No 37
OK E UAH OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JUNE 19 1913
$100 per yeat
BRYAN DISAGREES WITH
Washington-The policy of the revolver and the next thing that
United States toward Germany happened Harris pulled the trig-
an insistence on the observance! £r’ bf just over
of heutral rig'nts and the safe- the "8hV sh°ul -Harris was
guarding of the lives of Ameri-1 abbed by three other negroes
cans on the high seas-was de-‘ wbLe mae her Se‘ awa
termined Anally Tuesday at a -ball was buried in the wall
cabinet meeting - ' I an! twlJen “J? ' I""1 her com-
Secretary Bryan’s resignation 1 Plant s ’f exhlblted the bullet as
had been submitted and accepted Proof o her statement
when the meeting convened and nnillirnoill mild nrpr
he took little part in the discus- uUMMlHuIAL (jLUo Mktl’
ion Th note which i to be (8
sent to Germany Wednesday was
read over for the last time to the
cabinet by President ' Wilson
Suggestions of some minor gular meeting night of The Oke-
changes were noted by the presi- mah Commercial Club And it is
dent I very much desired t’hat the en-
The resignation of Mr Bryan' tire membership will make an
whose advocacy of a course that ' extra effort to be present at this
under no circumstances would meeting as there will be some im-
involve the United States in war'portant matters up for discussion
spread the impression that the Be there ’
president and his cabinet had de- rnnn rnotriOT rnn '
cided firmlvthat the rights ofuKUl rUKLLAul lull
the United States must be upheld
in any evenuality that may arise
While no inkling as to the con-
tents of the note was given it is
ing their respective governments
of the cabinet changes and its
significance
Washington June 8 — Secre-
tary Bryan’s letter of resignati6n
was as follows:
“My Dear Mr President:
“It is with sincere regret that
I have reached the conclusion
that I should return to you the
commission of 'secretary of state
with which vou honored me at
the beginning of your adminis-
tration ' j
HAY LOOKS GOOD
The Oklahoma State Board of
Agriculture are just out with a
understood that an unfavorable bulletin for May which gives the
reply will mean the severance of following interesting information
diplomatic relations with Ger-Condition winter wheat 80 per
many and that attacks on Amen- cent
cans thereafter mighty lead to Damage to wheit by Hessian
even greater complications fly 03 C'ninch bug 06 and Rust 10
The effect on the general situ- per cent
ation of Secretary-Brvan’s with-jF Growing condition of spring
drawal from the cabinet was the oatS( 85 alfalfa 93 rye 8 COrn
subiect of general comment g3) feterita 85 mila maize 85
everywhere Foreign diplomat- Kaffir corn 8s cotton 75 per cent
icts interpreted it as significant Cotton acreage to be replanted
of a forceful course on the part 23 corn 16 per cent
of the United States Thev were! Prospect for fruit per cent of
busy with their code books andfun crop: peacbes 93 apples '76
cablegrams Tuesday night advis-j cherries 85 plu ms 86 and pears
“Obedient to vour sense of duty' wishing tor tie colcl wn
- 'of December and Tanua
fContiruert on pnce four)
SINGING CONVENTION MIN-
UTES NOW OFF PRESS
The minutes of the Okfuskee
County Singing Convention have
just been completed and they
show a decided advancement over
their previous conventions held
The next meeting will be held
with the Morse class next Sept-
ember TEAGHERT TO HAVE BIG
TIME ON THE 21ST
Tomorrow evening at the high
school building there will he held
a “get acquainted” meeting for
the teachers attending the normal
It is liopd that the public will
turn out to this meeting and!
make it one' where the citizens
also can get acquainted with each
other There will be piano solos
bv the musical talent of the citv
The ladies of the Glen Eyrie Club
will preside over the punch bowl
- V
JEALOUSY ARISES
OVER POSTMISTRESS
Complaint was filed at the
county attorneys office yesterday
morning by Mary Doggette post-
mastress of Clearview against
Coma Harris for shooting with
intent to kill
From the evidence that we can
when another negro appeared on
the scene and jealousy at once
sprang into' the heart of Harris
and he proceeded to get revenge
by t'he 45 route He approached
The Home Mission Society of
ihe M E Church South will give
an Ice Cream Social on the lawn
the postoffiec and as he appeared! at the church tonight at 7 o’clock)
at the window she started to theThe public is invited to come and
front when she was covered with bring your friends I
WILSON-
AND SENDS IN HIS RESIGNATION
Next Monday night is the re-
72
Excessive rains have fallen
throughout the entire state doing
some damage and setting back
the crops
THE ICE MAHsIOW
WEARING A SMILE
It is the ice Man’s turn at the
baJ lbese dajs All during the
'Vlntfr mont ls " e vere wishing
f?r the warmer weather and not
that we have it we will soon be1
wishing for t’lie cold winter days1
that makes little difference we
are not contented with what we
hfive it is always what we have
lot got that we are wanting
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
ARE UNDER WAY
Jim Collinge is making many
improvements about his residen-
ce on south seventh street He
is filling in his yard building con-
crete cistern and other improv-
ments Jim states that when he
has completed his plans he will
have one of the most beautiful
homes in the city Mr Collinge
is not the only one who should
be given credit for fixing up and
beautifying his place as there are
several others who are entitled
to a word of praise in helping to
make this a “city beautiful”
UfimRINfl SFASflN
OCAOUH
NOW IN FULL BLAST
Have you a Ford? The Ford?
has the run this season in Oke-
mah and if you have not got in
line you are out of style Many
new Fords have put in appearan-
ce in this section of the country
tin's year and they seem to be!
the only car which will stand
these roads It is a common re-j
mark when a man starts out to
hear it said “Well if he has a
Foul he'll get hack” It is Ford
time in Okemah We have some-
tiling like 35 cars here and tlrat 1
is a large number for a city of'
th’ S17P
MISSI0N SOCIETY GIVING
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Any Place in The U S A in Good
Enough for Me
It may be down in Dixie or in the woods of Maine
It may be in the Rockies or on the Kansas plain
In New York or in ’Fnsco Mobile or Kankakee
Any place in the U S A is good enough for me
I don’t want to go to Europe an’ travel all aroun’
Beneath the skies of Italy or see old London town
I don’t want to kiss the Blarney stone or visit gay Paree
Any place in the U S A is good enough for me
What if we don’t have castles with damp and musty walls?
We have the noble Rockies and grand Niagara falls
We don’t have to go abroad God’s beauties for to see
Just stay at home and take a trip through U S A with me
' Bg Ralph E Williams In Leslie
DISTRICT COURT WILL
BE IN SESSION MONDAY
The District Court will con-
vene next Monday morning
This will be one of the heaviest
dockets to come up before the
district court for some time
There are seventy-nine cases on
the docket Following are the
jurors: '
C W Board H L Cocran Fd
Gaston W M Hamphill E L
Dew J B Stamper J D Busby
P E Gibson L K Green T A
Manwarring Ben L Woodard
John McKinnon O H Douglas
Riley Autrv T C Brown “Frank
T ittle W-D Shallenberger E B
Hunt G B Aldridge P M Bra-
shears FRUIT CONDITIONS ARE
THE BEST IN HISTORY
--It is generally kufcwn that-this
is one of the biggest fruit years
in the history of the country
Peaches plumbs apricots berries
of all kinds and cherries are in
abundance For the past few
rears the fruit crop has been
light but this year will make up
for all that has been lost during
the past years There is only one
variety which we are short on
and that is apples and thev were
blighted early in the season
HILDERBRARDT FREACKED
FINE SERMONS SUNDAY
Prof G W Hilderbrandt who
is conducting the institute in this
city preached at the Christian
church last Sunday morning and
evening Rev Pearce pastor of
the Christian church attended
the convention of that denomina-
tion of Oklahoma City last week
and from there went to Enid to
visit with his family and was un-
able to get hack here for the Sun-
day service hut will he here to
fill his pulpit next Sunday
MORRIS-HAS SPLIT
It is now being said that the
relations between Joe S Morris
Secretary of the State Election
Board who was elected by the
State Senate and E A Walker
Chairman of the board who was
appointed by governor Williams
are not harmonious as had been
supposed and that this is respon-
sible for some of the friends of
the Governor urging him to try
and find some Republican who
ivould act as a third member of
the Board and who would in all
things carry out thedirections of
Governor Williams It is confi-
dently predicted hv Republicans
that no reputable member of that
party would accept such a place
in the face of the law which says
the Governor should make this
appointment from the list of five
men recommended by the Repub-
lican State Committee It is cur-
rently rumored that the position
ha been offered to certain Re-
publicans on behalf of the Gov-
ernor hut that thev declined and
expressed the opinion that the
Governor ought to comnlv with
the law and select one of the Re-
publican list of five Thp lawers
seem to be agreed that this pro
COURTS OF INQUIRY
HELD OYER COUNTY
County Attorney T S Hurst
is busily engaged these days hold-
I ing courts of inqurie There has
1 already been one held in Okemah
j Weleetka and two or three other
places Mr Hurst is doing
everything in his power to stop
the bootlegging in this county
What these courts of inquiry
have amounted to in the wav of
information will develop later
JITNEY SERVICE IS
BECOMINGMQRE POPULAR
Some time ago we spoke of a
jitney service between here and
Henryetta on account of the poor
train service which we had
Evidently we are not the only
ones who believe in the jitney-
service as will be seen by the fol-
lowing: li'i - ninety days only two
street cars will' be runnihgTn
Muskogee The Muskogee Elec-
tric Traction company is going
into the jitney business on a
enlossel scale and within that
time will he operating ten 36-
passenger blisses over streets
serving the most thickly populat-
ed districts
HARD TIMES YOUR COM-
PLAINT? BRACE UP
Are you a knocker or a boost-
er? If you belong to the boost-
ing class your time to-'Mie has
come for in this day and age the
world has no place for a knock-
er Take a glance at t'he war
zones in Europe in Mexico are
they having hard times — then
look at the good U S A have
you a knock coming?
re you sore because Uncle Sam
has not went down in Mexico
and licked H out of the Mexi
cans? Are vou sore because
Uncle Sam has not declared war
on Germany for sinking the
Tuitania? We are living in a
WITH ELECTION BOARD
vision of the law' Is absolutely
plain and mandatory But if he
were to ignore this plan provi-
sion of the law the Republicans
would probably have no remedy
in court as the Supreme Court
has held that an action of man-
damus to compel the Governor of
the State of “Oklahoma to obey
the laws cannot be maintained
Some of the friends of the Gov-
ernor maintain however that he
will make the appointment from
the Republican list of five as con-
templated by the statute
At the meeting of the Republi-
can State Committee which was
held on Saturday a resolution
was adopted calling the attention
of the Governor to the law and
pointing out that the appointment
was long past due and request-
ing him to proceed to make the
appointment This resolution
was taken to the Governor’s offi--p
hv a special committee com-
nnsed of State Chairman Arthur
H Geisder William Higgins of
Pirtlee-illp Hfnrr F sn of
Oklahoma Citv William H Fnnr--Mid
of Ponca Cifv J W Work of
OkrrmWe T K Langston of
Tankston of Guthrie and Geo H
Dodson of Oklahoma City
MILITIA OFFICERS RETURN FROM
FORT OGLETHORPE-BIG TIME REPORTED
day when we believe differences' Captain Alva J Niles Captain
can be settled out side of the uses George D Harvison Liententant
of armed forces and if you are Thomas H Wren and Lieutenant
a knocker and believe that the Lyle E Donahue returned the
United States has not done her latter part of the week from at-
duty to her citizens there is no tending the school or camp of In-
law to keep you from joining strtiction for Militia Cavalry Offi-
cers at Ft Oglethorp ' Georgia
The officers left Okemah on Wed-
nesday May 19th arriving at
Chattanooga Tenn on Friday
May 21st at 9:25 p m Saturday
was spent in visiting the points
of interest in ana near Chattan-
ooga such as Lookout Mountain
Mr and Mrs J J Almond' Missionary Ri(-Sifal M°un
Mamie Tapley andHazel Gaston!!?"1’ 0rchard MKnob' Nat?nal
left Monday afternoon for Ed-j Cetary the old mihtaryprson
mond where they will attend the which was used fir by - the con-
Bv Y P U‘ convention which '? !!he ieT
commenced at that place Tuesday
morning
NOTICE FOR HEARING
PETITION FOR PENSION
forces with either Germany or
1he Allies Take your choice
“They’s both for you”
B Y P U CONVENTION
IN SESSION AT EDMOND
als Cravens House Essanay Film
Studio Chicamauga Park and fin-
ally visiting a few of the moving
picture shows Lieutentant
Wren broke ranks about 10:00
p m and no more was heard from
him until breakfast time arrived
when we discovered him seated
The County Judge has set Fri- at the table with enough eatables
day the 18th of June as the day to supply a whole troop for one '
tor hearing applications of Con-good meal it looked like he paid
federate soldiers for pensions AH the cashier $270 but it may have
persons desiring to make applica-een more However Wren is ex-
tion for a pension whether the cusable having had his suit case
soldier himself or the widow of stolen just before arriving in
the soldier will appear in Oke- Chattanooga and said suit case
mah before the County Judge on contained about $7500 worth of
the 18th of June and thereafter uniforms and equiptment
hearing will be had on Friday of Bright and early Sunday morn- '
each week until furthernotice j ing the wagons from the post 13
In order for a Confederate miles South of Chattanooga same
soldier to get a pension he must for the baggage and at about 10
prove by two witnesses that hea m the party left fpr the post
was a resident of Okfuskee and reported for duty to Captain
County at least twelve months! Leon B Kromer they were im-
before February 1915 and that he mediately assigned quarters in
served either in the Confederate fhe camp
army-'ar-navyrartit'that-her’-dftl Tfie' camp 'consisted -of Troops
not desert ' G 11th U S Cavalry command-
I11 order for a widow to obtain ed by Capt Kromer and suffici-
such a pension she must prove ent officers tents to accomodate
by two witnesses that she is such all of the Militia officers attend-
vidow that she has not re-mar-1 ing Captain John D Long of
ied and that she was a resident the 5th Cavalry District and Lieut
f the comity for at least twelve Cox of the 3rd Cavalry district
nonths before February 1915
and that her husband served eith-
er in the Confederate army or
navv and did not desert
The applications will have to he
’'ado before the County Judge
The County Judge has the blanks
:n his office hut they will not he
-ent out to anyone
COT YOUR WEEDS BE-
FORE IT’S TOO LATE
Have you cut your weeds Did
you know there wras an ordinance
against letting the w-eeds grow
If you don’t you had better get
busy and see that they are cut
In casting our eyes over the
city we can see where some of
‘he residents who live within the
city limits are not paying ver-
much attention to this law asd
we are informed that unless
something is done and done soon
that the city authorities will take
this matter in hand
It would be well that you take
this a a general hint to get busy
as weeds are a mighty nice thing
to have one that is the fastest
breeder of diseases uch as tv-
nhoid -and other malarial cases
hnt can be found Tt will not on-
ly protect the health of the com-
mvmtv hut the health of your
fami1v as well
THXES ARE NOW DUE-
COME IN AND DIG UP
Farmers are coming in from
all sections of the county to pay
their last half of the 1915 tax
There is not one that has appear-
ed at the county treasurer’s offi-
ce with a smile on his face as if
he was glad of the chance to help
pay for running the countv gov-ernmt-t
Mr Farmer and Busi-
ness Man remember that 'you
have till the fifteenth to dig and
after that the 18 per cent penalty
is attached and this is rnthpr
hard especially in the face of the
war tax inheritance tax and
several other taxes which we
have to meet at this time
had been detailed bv the war de-
partment as camp instructors
Immediately after reporting
'arh officer proceeded to don his
uniform and from that minute
(Continued on rape four)
YELLOWS AND REDS
BANQUET BLUES TONIGHT
In the Triangular attendance
contest of the Knights of Pythis
the yellows and the reds lost to
the blues and the result is that
they will banquet the blues and
their wives at the K P hall to-
night at 9 p m
This was a warm contest from
beginning to end and although
the yellows lead most of the time
during the contest they were fin-
ally defeated at the finish At the
close of the contest the following
figures pronounced the winners
Blues 152 Yellows 142 Reds 99
M E CHURCH BOOKLET
JUSTOFF THE PRESS
The News office has just com-
pleted a beautiful booklet for the
pastor of the M E church which
will be given to tve members of
the Cradle Roll next ’ Sunday
This is one of the most unique
pieces of printing that has been
done in the city It is neatly
bound printed and tied with baby
blue ribbon that cover a beauti-
ful butternut color printed with
the word “Greeting” on the front
in bronze This will make a very
nice keep sake for t’he little folks
MUSICALTrOGRAM TO BE
GIVEN TOMORROW NIGHT
Freperations are being made
tor the musical program to he
given the teachers on Friday the
21 The committee which con-
sists of Mrs John Caruthers Mrs
I L Matthews and Miss John-
son are arranging a fine program
While this is given for the tea-
chers attending normal the pub-
lic in general is invited
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