The Okfuskee County News (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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I he Okfuskee Lounty iiews
Vol 11: No 46
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AUGUST 12 1915
$100 per year
HITTING SCRAPE NEAR
MORSE SATURDAY NIGHT
Last Saturday night a fight oc-
cured at the home of Felix Hop-
wood nine miles northeast of
Okemah between Lester Hopwood
and Jim Satterfield in which Hop-
wood received three slashes with
a pocket knife only one of which
amounting to anything a small
cut below left rib but the attend-
ing physician states it is ' not
serious unless complications set in
We understand the trouble
started when Satterfield who has
been employed on the Hopwood
farm for the past two years
ordered a neighbor boy off the
place who had come to attend an
ice cream social Young Hop-
wood told Satterfield that he had
ro business doing it as the man
was a friend of his even though
he was not Satterfield’s friend and
the trouble started
Jim Satterfield is well liked in
the community and the Hopwood’s
felt toward him as one of the
' family and the two boys were to
each other as brothers " '
After the trouble Satterfield left
without taking his clothes or draw-
ing his wages and went to Ok-
mulgee where an officer arrested
him and brought him to Weleetka
where he was turned over to
Sherman Carter who brought him
to Okemah The first thing
Satterfield asked Sherman was
how Leslie was getting along and
when informed “all right” seemed
to be greatly relieved
We understand that the boy’s
father was in to the sheriff’s office
Monday and had a long talk with
’ Satterfield and in the event the
boy gets along all right will help
him get out of the trouble
SHERIFF’S TRIAL POST-
PONED TO SEPTEMBER 10
The trial against Sheriff Wilson
and Deputies McDermott Boul-
ware and Doc Stiles for the killing
of the two men who were tran-
sporting liquor through the county
about two months ago was to
have come up before Judge Wren
next Tuesday but we are told has
been postponed to September 10th
We understand that about forty
witnesses have been summoned
by the county attorney who will
thoroughly prosecute the case as
he says the relatives of the dead
men are not entirely satisfied with
the killing Three law firms will
represent the defendants
The News will make arrange-
ments to get all of the testimony
for publication
WHO WAS WINNER IN
TENNIS TOURNEMENT?
At the big picnic at Weleetka
last Thursday the “champeen”
tennis players of Okemah and
Weleetka met to demonstrate their
skill and when the boys got back
told us that they carried off the
honors In the Weleetka Ameri-
can a story is told of that town
winning Ed James was over from
that town Saturday and explains
how it -happened and from his
story the joke is on someone
In the morning two teams from
' Okemah played two teams of We- i
leetka and-one of each town won
then the winners played and We-
leetka won In the afternoon the
Okemah boys claim everything
but James says that those games
were merely practice games as he
played and everyone knows he
couldn’t play tennis and never has
won a game
OKEMAH CHURCH SERVICES
M E Church Notes
Services at the usual hours next
Sunday
Did you notice the man that is
going up the mountain was hold-
ing his flag in the position that he
is calling for help? WHO WILL
RESPOND?
The M E South Church people
will worship with us Sunday Be
present to give them a welcome
The choir will render special
music
The pastor will preach at the
morning and evening services
Remember the place the little
white church on the hill
NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL
AND GAS MINING LEASES
Oil and gas leases to be sold in
the county court room at Okemah
on
Tuesday August 17th 1915 2 P M
Alex Brooks Guardian Silvia
Brooks a Freedman— Northwest
quarter of section eleven town-
ship ten north and range nine east
containing 160 acres
Will J Brown Guardian Eddie
Robinson a Minor— Southeast
quarter 24-10-11
Will J Brown Guardian of
Josephus Robison a Minor — North-
west quarter 24-10-11
HOUSEWIVES ARE BUSY
PUTTING UP THE FRUIT
Several car loads of fruit jars
have been received this week by
Okemah merchants and in every
household is a busy scene of
putting up the various fruits for
winter consumption Fjuit this
year exceeds any previous one
and much of it is being shipped
out
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED DURING THE WEEK
White
J 0 Thomas 18 and Miss
Mollie Tinkle 17 Okemah
Black
Henry White 24 Welty Alone
Hill 19 Boky
A RED-HOT SALESMEN
Herman Pickenen of the Bur-well-Smith
Supply house of Ok-
lahoma City rolled into the City
Garage in his Ford early yester-
day morning and proclaimed that
he was here with a “red hot” line
of supplies and conversation the
former coming from the city but
the latter from the heart He
told Frank that the early bird
catches the worm— did you ever
have worms?
NEW CASES FILED IN
THE DISTRICT COURT
Cordelia Walls vs Francis M
Walls divorce
Roy McKinley vs Willie Holmes
et al suit on bond
WAS AN EXPENSIVE
BUCKET OF LARD
Denny Byrd a nineteen-year-old
negro boy stole a bucket of lard
from John Bakhaus at Castle last
Saturday and was arrested and
taken before Justice of the Peace
J T Moore who fined him $25 and
costs and thirty days on the county
road All the officials of Okfuskee
county seem to be go d ro id
enthusiasts and help the com-
missioners get all the help possible
SELLS HARDWARE AND
FURNITURE STORE
P W Roberts sold his stock of
hardware and furniture as wei
as the building it occupied ‘ to
W H Lee Monday Mr Lee will
continue the business in the same
old stand Mr Roberts has not
yet decided on what he will do in
the future but it is probable he
will engage in some other business
in Okemah
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist
Church held their regular meeting
on Thursday of last week at the
home of their president Mrs H
A May Dainty refreshments
were served Those present were:
MesdamesLe May Graham Dever
Ballard Gaston Moss Lemons
Pillow May and Brooks They
will meet this (Thursday) after-
noon at the home of Mrs Otis
Snow -
Miss Belle Crossley entertained
quite a number of young people
with a lawn party at her home in
the East end last Friday night
About thirty guests were present
Lots of watermellon and lemonade
were served to the crowd and a
very enjoyable time was spent in
playing games
The Art Needle Craft met last
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs R R Lee Miss Grace
Standley furnished several musi-
cal selections throughout the even-
ing and refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served by Misses
Dagmar May and Susie Lee Nine-
teen members were v present and
the guests were: Mesdames
Travis Ball Faust Hartzog and
Dossey They will meet on Fri-
day afternoon August 20th with
Mrs C A Hunt
Smith Stamper entertained a
number of friends Saturday night
in honor of his birthday Games
were played on the lawn and a
prize was offered for the biggest
“boob” present which was won by
Sam Huser H D Hunt won the
big prize which was a big rabbit
Refreshments were served at a
late hour on the veranda Those
present were: Misses flelen Randles
Mildred Echols Nettie Harman
Ora and Della Thompson Irene
Fears Edith Harman and Kitty
Mae Stamper Messrs Dwight
Henry Armistead Fleming Grady
O’Bannon H D Hunt Sam Huser
Robert Forest Stanley Huser
Bertram Randles Bob Badon
Lester Hooter D A Dawson and
Dr J P Neville
The contest which the South
Methodist Sunday school has been
running for sometime between the
Reds and Blues closed last Sunday
and the winers were declared to
be the Blues The Reds are going
to give the winners a picnic on
August 31
The young men’s Sunday school
class of the M E Church will give
a social on the church lawn Thurs-
day evening August 12th There
will be special music games and
a general good time is expected
Everybody invited
Mrs W A Huser gave a hand-
kerchief shower at her home on
Mildred Heights last night in
honor of the new bride Mrs Dow
Poynter The evening was spent
in playing games and music and
light refreshments were served
The honor guest received many
FOOT HURT BY HAY WAGON
Leon Dudgeon the little daughter
of Mr and Mrs Tom Dudgeon has
a very sore foot this week as a
result of an accident which oc-
cured last Thursday afternoon
The child was playing in the
street when a load of hay went by
and she ran and hung on the back
of the wagon as children ' Her
hand slipped and she fell with her
foot under the wheel but had
presence of mind enough to jerk
her foot out before it ran com-
pletely over her Her foot is
badly bruised but no bones are
broken
very beautiful handkerchiefs All
enjoyed a good time and declared
Mrs Huser a delightful hostess
Those present were: Misses Anna
Gowers Addie Harrell Gene Me
Galliard Otie Clowers Ilene
Wallace Jo Duling Ollie Clowers
Opal Poynter Beaulah Standley
Josehine Rucker and Pearl Davis
Mesdames John Rose E Huser
Otis Snow and Dow Poynter
Mrs E O Dexter entertained
the Glenn Eyrie Club Wednesday
afternoon August 4 at her home
on Sixth Street The house de-
corations were of summer garden
flowers After the usual business
meeting the plans for the rest and
reading rooms were discussed and
the members were very en-
thusiastic in having secured a
suitable location An effort is
being made to open the room to
the public by September 1st The
hostess served delicious fruit punch
and dainty little cakes and re-
ceived a vote of thanks from the
thirty club ladies Mrs Wm
Bonifield will be the next hostess
Mrs W E Luther entertained
a number of young people at her
home last night in honor of Miss
Viola Blackley The evening was
pleasantly spent in playing various
grmes and refreshments of ice
cream and cake were served
Those present were: Misses
Nettie Harman Elsie Mae Brewer
Elsie Dunagan Hattie Davis
Vivian Mosier Pearl Tennison
Sallie May Dossey Ida Graves
Hattie and Irene Wilson Della and
Ora Thompson Messrs Dwight
Henry Omar Coplin Smith
Stamper Will Graham Wendell
Foley and Dewey Miller
Van Zandt News
Rev J Perkins failed to meet
the people here Sunday at his
regular appointment on account
of sickness in his family
Sunday school at the usual hour
Miss Jania Coleman who has
been visiting relatives at Cushing
retu med home Friday Her sister
Mrs James Comes aacompanying
her for a few days visit with her
parents
Miss Eliza Wilson has been visit-
ing relatives the past week at
Meeker
J L Pope and family visited
with Limri Perkins Sunday
Lolo the infant daughter of
Mr and Mrs E J Rigsby is sick
at the present writing
Miss Sylvania Perkins spent Sat-
urday night with Miss Jania Cole-
man Ethel Pope spent Sunday with
with Osra Boucher
B M and Walter Harwell and
families visited Louis Evans Sun-
day Mr and Mrs H F Parson visited
Mrs Parson’s parents Mr and j
Mrs Dunlap Saturday and Sun- j
day i
Meedle Decker of Pauls Valley
spent Saturday with' Arthur Van
Zandt
Mr and Mrs J D Jones of
near Paden visited their daughter
Mrs Tina Carpenter Sunday
FOOT CAUGHT IN HAY PRESS
Roy Hallowed was severely in-
jured last Thursday afternoon
while working at a hay press He
got his foot fastened in the
machinery which broke one of his
toes and mashed his foot severely
W R Clawson one of the pro-
prietors of the Hughes County
Tribune was up from Holdenville
Saturday1 and Sunday visiting his
new nephew as well as Mr and
Mrs L L Clawson He reports
that the oil well near his home
town is to be drilled in soon and
the sixteen million foot gas pres-
sure and the showing of oil is the
result of the sand having been
penetrated only a few inches
Leasing in that section is still
rapidly going on and 150 dollars
per acre is not uncommon
Holdenville is showing signs of
growth already from the effects
of the oil excitement Several
houses are under construction and
contracts are being let for many
more Practically all Holdenville
property has been taken off the
market waiting for developments
Edgar Noble of Okmulgee
motored over Thursday of last
week bringing with him his sister-in-law
Mrs Mae Noble who had
been visiting her sister-in-law
Mrs M B Waller Mrs Waller
accompanied her home for an ex-
tended visit with her father A W
Noble
Mr and Mrs E A Cates and
daughter Mrs Sam Morgeson
have as their guests this week
their daughters and sisters Mrs
R H Mitchell of Wynnewood and
Mrs Quinnie Fuller and son Earl
of Holly Colo
Mr and O I White of Osceolr
Iowa arrived here Friday of last
week for an extended visit with
Mrs White’s brother E M
Kennedy and family They were
met at Weleetka by Mr Kennedy
and brought over in his car
Sam Davis returned home last
week from a month’s vacation in
Missouri He says he saw plenty
of mud and water while gone
Mrs Davis was detained at Nor-
man with her sister on account of
sickness
James Lowery residing near
Bearden died last Thursday and
the body was shipped to Mena
Ark for burial Friday Mr
Lowery was born in Tennessee 59
years ago
Rev J J Almond of the Spot
Cash Store commenced a revival
at Fentress last night Hq ex-
pects to continue the meeting
about two weeks Everybody is
welcome to attend
Mrs Jack Castle who was
severely injured in a railroad
wreck south of Dustin about two
weeks ago is able to be up and
around the house
There were 219 marriage license
registered in the office of the
clerk of the county court in the
year 1914
Mrs S C Wilson left yesterday
for Cushing where she will visit
her mother and sister for about a
week She will bring little Homer
and Marie back with her The
children have been visiting there
for about -a month
ENID TRACTOR SHOW
ABIG SUCCESS
Enid not only showed many
thousand interested visitors how
they could entertain but was
amply equipped with the fine
prairie farm land on which to
make the demonstration of the
merits of the many sorts of
tractors Most all makes of farm
tractors were represented at the
show The work done principally
was plowing but some road work
was done The show demonstrated
that modern agriculture was sure
to bring into use this powerful
and cheap motor service A heavy
rain on the evening of the third
day made operations on wet land
a big feature in the demonstration
work and many showed signs of
gravitating to the earth’s center
without permission of the operator
Others hewever never faltered
and pulled sixteen inch plows along
with ease and perfection to the
great delight and pleasure of the
3000 or more spectators present
Horses practically not in evi-
dence the visitors reaching the
demonstration grounds in autos
and just occasionally a horse
drawn vehicle seen
A combined V road grader
followed with leveler and drawn
by one single powerful little
tractor did the work of 25 horses
and in one single process made a
crowned road bed 14 foot wide
and finished W H DILL
P0YNTER-HAM1LT0N
Mr Dow Poynter and Miss Mary
Hamilton were married at Ok-
mulge last Sunday having gone
over to that city in an automobile
in the morning accompanied by
Misses Opal Poynter Josephine
Rucker and Gene McGalliard and
Messrs Jeff Petty Jim Stone and
Joe Moon
Mr and Mrs Poynter are two
of Okemah’s most popular young
people Mr Poynter having lived
here since the town started and
Mrs Poynter has lived here for
the past three years and has made
many warm friends of all her
acquaintances
They have taken the house
formerly occupied by O M Ballard
on Fourth Street where they are
at home to their many friends
The News joins the entire com-
munity in wishing this estimable
couple a long and happy life
Mrs W Ramsey arrived Satur-
day from Ft Smith and visited
over Sunday with Mr and Mrs
O J Dossey Mrs Dossey and
children Daniel and Louise ac-
companied her home for a week’s
visit
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist
Church will have a bake sale next
Saturday at Fields Bros store
Remember the day and get some-
thing good for Sunday dinner
Frank Andrews who has been
taking medical treatment from Dr
H A May for some time returned
to his home near Bearden Tues-
day very much improved in health
Miss Berta Stamper left Friday
for Ft Townsend to spend a
few days with friends From
there she will go to Hugo Texas
for an extended visit with her
grand parents and friends
Mrs J M Grubbs and children
of Stillwater arived Saturday for
a two weeks visit with Mrs
Grubbs’ brother Tom Camp who
lives near Castle
Mr and Mrs Will Long of
Liveral Kansas are here this week
the guests of Mrs Long’s brother
B F Wilson and family
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