The Okfuskee County News (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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VoL 14: No 2 ' OKEMAH OKLAHOMA THURSDAY OCTOBER 19 1916
$100 per year
An Okeraah Boy Writes -From
Washington
John T Tennison an Oketnah
boy serving in the United States
navy writes to his parents from
Washington D C as follows:
Dear parents and family:
1 have just got your letter
Was very glad to-hear from you
This leaves all about the same
with me We" are having very
nice weather at present
Well T have visited some
places here I like Washington
pretty well The streets are wide
and beautiful Washington ' is
known throughout the country
as the “City of Parks’-' There
are about as many' little parks
scattered through' the city as
there are buildings in Okemah
Most of them are small and most
of them are in V shape the Rock
Creek park being the largest
They have all kinds of animals
in this park 1 '
I have visited the War De-
partment This building is six
or seven stories high Inside are
hundreds of offices vfn these of-
fices are the different I branches
of the’ army and head officials of
the navy The building has large
aisles running in all directions
In these aisles are models of dif-
ferent ships of the navy A
model of a ship like the Wyo-
ming is made about ten feet
long on an actual scale of the
battleship itself guns and all
I know for this ship has been
my home for three years v
The next place I visited was
the U S museum Here tW
A Word of
Being informed by some of the voters that a report was being circulated
that I was or had been connected with certain parties in grafting some (
- Indians out of their land I want to state frankly that this is not so I have
always dealt fair and square and will as long as I live Therefore I present
to you a few of the leading citizens of my home -who can speak for t them-
selves All but four are democrats
r '
Yours Respectfully
L M COLLIER
' Bearden Oklahoma Oct 16 1916
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: '
We the undersigned voters of Bearden Oklahoma are personally ac-
quainted with L M Collier now a candidate for Sheriff and having known
him from six to fourteen years we can recommend Mr Collier to you as a
clean sober and law abiding citizen and a man who will do what he
promises regardless of persons or politics So take warning thkt any
rumors that may be circulated by members of' the Socialist party contrary
to this is absolutely a politicaljpScheme
C F Clowers
P M Finks
M H Shults '
G K Jenkins
F O Huffstetler
W M Ott
C W Holmes
" ' C E Land
v 1 J B Roden '
Quincy Taylor -
H L Strain
J M Shults
have a little of everything im-
aginable Precious stones of all
kinds all kinds of animals birds
snakes fishes from the smallest
to the largest mounted as natur-
al as life Then there are wax
people of all nations in their
actual costumes showing them
at their different occupations
for hundreds of years back The
silk -worm is shown as it is in
China the way it works and
how the Chinese do all their
skilled arts and so on
This building ' is about 1000
feet square three stories high
with a large round dome tower-
ing high in the air The building
is built entirely of granite -The
next place I visited -was
the Army and Navy museum
This building isn’t far from the
U museum It is a large
three-story red brick building
located on the corner of Seventh
and B streets This is a medical
museum In it is shown a little
of everything that ever happen-
ed to human beings All parts of
all kinds of operations are
shown These are the actual
parts of real people preserved
in alcohol You can see all kinds
of bones and how they knit to-
gether when broken These are
arranged in show cases some-
thing like the ones used in
stores There are shown differ-
ent parts of people showing all
kinds of diseases how they take
effect and how they finally kill
'
I have been all around the
White Hotise hut not in it I
have walked around the capitol
but have not feen in it
Oh yes I forgot I have been
throughi'the art gallery It is Cer
Explanation from Len Collier
tainly great On the first floor
are statues of people of ancient
times both women and men
On the second and last are the
paintings They’ are the best or
some of the best the world af-
fords Well good by'
From your son
JOHN T TENNISON
A Painful Accident
M Whitt who lives in the
Iron Post neighborhood was the
victim of a very painful acci-
dent at the Okemah Gin one
day last week
Mr Whitt was loading a bale
of cotton on to his wagon when
the man who was helping him
attempted to catch the bale with
a cotton hook and missing the
bale the point of the hook struck
Whitt in the inside corner of the
left eye and entered the nose
penetrating the nasal passage
Dr May attended to the wound
The extent of the injury to the
eye is difficult to determine at
this time ' '
Comos— Stamper
W ’E Combs of Ardmore
and Miss Berta Stamper were
married at the home of the
bride in this city- Wednesday
morning Rev D A Dawson
of the M E Church South
officiating The groom is a stran-
ger to the people of Okemah
but the bride is well and favor-
ably known here having grown
from childhood to womanhood in
Okemah' She is the daughter of
Mr and Mrs J B Stamper
The young couple left soon
after the ceremony for Ardmore
where they will make their hctnq-
B A Strain V
C B Morris
I E Atterberry
C W Cargile
W M Carling
A B Frogge
ZOtt '
Ben Morris
Lee Ott
S NJ
Sam Woford
N J Woford V
Petit Larceny Case Tried
’ In Justice Court
i -
Ralph McCall wa3 tried Wed-
nesday before Justice" Lawrence
on avcharge of petit larceny The
property alleged to have been
stolen by McCall was a kodak
: The claim of the prosecution
was that McCall who is a boy 18
or 19 years old had made a share
crop with J D Brown He had
hired Brown’s daughter Minnie
to worlf in his cotton crop
agreeing to give her the kodak
for her work The girl did the
work and took possession of
the kodak Afterwards the boy
left Brown’s and recently went
to the Brown home during the
absence of the family and stole
the kodak
The defense claimed that Mc-
Call agreed to give the girl the
kodak for working in his cotton
crop but that the girl decided
she would rather have the money
for her work and McCall agreed
to pay her the money this fall
Th£ defendant admitted going
into the house and taking the
property in dispute but claims
that he regarded it as belonging
to him '
Judge Lawrence found McCa'J
guilty and fined him $1000 and
cost (
Hurst and Douglas conducted
the case for the state and Rowe
and Phillips conducted the de-
fense Attorneys for the defense
gave notice of an appeal to the
county court
Coigressman Goodwin of
Arkansas in Okemah
Congressman W S Goodwin of
Arkansas spoke at the court house
in Okemah -Wednesday qvening
under the auspices of the demo-
cratic national committee
A large crowd turned out to
hear the speaker including quite
a number of ladies Judge John
L Norman acting as chairman of
the meeting introduced the
speaker in a neat and appropriate
speech
Congressman Goodwin paid his
compliments to the great state of
Oklahoma and its splendid citizen-
ship in unmeasured terms He
then paid a glowing tribute to
Senator Robert L Owen and
spoke words of high praise for
other public men of the state
The main part of the address
was devoted to a discussion of the
national issues involved in tKis
campaign Congressman Goodwin
spoke at great length but he is a
polished orator and succeeded in
holding the undivided attention
of his audience to the last
After making a speech of the
usual length the speaker was
drawing ty a close when some
farmers in the audience begged
him to continue telling him that
they had come five or six miles
to hear him Mr Goodwin cheer-
fully complied wth their request
and made a speech of just about
double the usual length
All three of the political parties
of Okfuskee county were well
represented in the audience :
The Union Revival
The union revival meeting
which began Sunday is progres-
sing satisfactorily Considerable
interest is being manifested for so
early in the series The sermons
are interesting instructive and
helpful and the music is splendid
The meeting will continue for
two or three weeks longer Come
out to these meetings and help to
maintain an interest and make the
revival a big success
Candidates at Mason
' The Republican county candi-
dates held orte of the most suc-
cessful meetings of their' cam-
paign Wednesday night at Mason
There was a large crowd in at-
tendance Ed Arnold got sick and
had to return to his home at
Holdenville but his place as
speaker was filled by Ural A
Rowe of this city and the boys
say that Mr Rowe can certainly
deliver the goods on the stump
L C Phillips of Okemah was
also present and delivered a brief
address '
County Fair More '
Than Paid Eipenses
County Agent Belcher has been
busy for the last few days wind-
ing up the business of the Ok-
fuskee County Fair Association
He has about finished paying off
the premiums and all other bills
and will have a little money left
Considering the season and the
fact that the Okfuskee County
Free Fpir Association is a new in-
stitution and the other difficulties
that the management of the fair
labored under this year it must
be conceeded that they did ex-
tremely well
Rally Day
Next Suiday will be Rally
L?y at the Presbyterian church
and the Sunday school service
will be combined with the usual
morning worship beginning at
10:30 and closing at 12 To all a
cordial invitation to be present
is extended
Sheriff Wilson Improving
Sheriff Sam Wilson left for Sul-
phur the latter part of last week
for the benefit of his health which
has been far from satisfactory for
several weeks Mr Wilson writes
home that he is feeling much
better and that his health is im-
proving every day This will be
good news to the people of this
county 1
What is Causing It?
There is one store in Okemah
that t is attracting more' than
ordinary attention this season
Have you noticed tfie large crowds
that are trading with the Spot Cash
Store every day and especially on
Saturdays? Several people have
been asking what is causing this
store to have so much larger
crowds than the other stores It
is this way— they are giving away
a set of silverware every Satur-
day They have a splendid stock
of well selected merchandise and
besides selling goods just as cheap
and often cheaper than any other
store They give tickets on the
silverware
' J ''
VOTE FOR
I1IMI till kl
Republican
County
He believes in the square deal inlaw
enforcement and in doing the work
himself No deputy needed none
will be asked for 1
'
J J O'Bannon Dies
Friday From Injuries
J J O’Bannon died Friday af-
ternoon at the home of his
brother S L O’Bannon in this
city from the effects of injuries :
received in falling from a train
through the trestle ’just below
Weleetka on Monday October 2 : ’
As published in a previous issue
of the News Mr O’Bannon took
the night train at this place for
Dustin intending to take the M '
O & G at that point Between
Okemah and Weleetka he fell
asleep and awoke just as the train
was pulling out of Weleetka1
Thinking that he had reached the (
junction where this road crosses
the M O & G and that the train
was carrying him past that point -
he rushed out onto the platform i
and not yet fully awake stepped
off The train at the time was on
the trestle and Mr O’Bannoi?
fell through the trestle a distance
of fully sixteen feet
The next day the injured man
was brought to the home of his
brother'' in this city and every-
thing possible was done to save
his life blit he was injured in-
ternally and peritonitis developed
which soon proved fatal
J J O’Bannon was bom in
Oklibbeha county Mississippi on
March 6 1861 He was married
October 22 1884 to Frances Rich-
ardson who died February 18
1893 He moved to Athens Texas
in 1893 at which place he lived
until coming to Okemah in 1909
He is survived by three brothers
and a sister all of whom live in
Mississippi except Attorney S L:
O’Bannon of this city He leaves
four children J W O’Bannon and
Mrs Maggie Smith of Athens
Texas and Walter O’Bannon and
Mrs Mamie Severin both of whom
are well known in Okemah All of
the children were present at the
time of his death
The deceased was respected and '
liked by all who knew him He
was an honest industrious man
a good citizen a loyal friend and
a genial companion Having the
misfortune to lose his wife while
their children were yet young he
henceforth devoted his life to the
care of his motherless family and
was ever a kind and indulgent
father He became a Christian
early in life and united with the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Funeral services were conduct-
ed Saturday by Rev RL Gress
Interment was in Highland ceme-
tery Ez Kennedy of the Morse
neighborhood the young man
who had a couple of his fingers
shot off by the accidental dis-
charge of a gun last week was
in town Wednesday
I I VIIVIIV
Nominee for
Attorney
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