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VOL XVII No 5
OFFICIAL PAPER OF OKFUSKEE COUNTY
OKEMAH O' HOMA NOVEMBER 4 1920
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FIRST SECTION
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Political Cyclpne
Strikes County
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Republicans Elect Sheriff County
Judge Member of the Legis-
lature and Three County
Commissioners
The election in Okfuskee county was
one of the most hotly contested in the
history of the county and a record-
breaking vote was polled The woman
vote was much larger than expected
and there were a number of surprises
in the result
Harding carried the county by a ma-
joity of 62 he vote on the heads of
the ticket was: Harding 1712 Cox
L M COLLIER
Republican Sheriff-elect
1650 This was one of the surprises
ried the county over J C Pringey re-
will not change the result in any con-
test T W Harmon the representative-
' elect is a former soldier which makes
Harreld republican carried the coun-lthree ex-service men elected in Okfus-
ty over Scott Ferris democrat by a kee county
majority of 208 The vote on senator
was: Harreld 1830 Ferris 1622
Tom D McKeown democrat car-
publican by a majority of 30
For state senator Ed Arnold repub-
lican carried the county over Tom An-
glin democrat by a majority of 123
Anglin has won in the district how-
ever having carried Hughes county
by about 400 majority
For representative T W Harmon
republican defeated J Hugh Nolen
democrat by a majority of 376 The
vote for representative was Harmon
1890 Nolen 1514
Vote on County Candidates
In the county contest the republi-
cans surprised their democratic op-
ponents by fleeting a sheriff the
county judge member of the leglsla
Harding’s 45 votes Ferris leads Har-
reld 48 to 47 votes
Guthrie — Harding leads Cox 69 to(
48 votes in the two precincts reported! has been by women Reports fromj later cjty Ma£shal Webb turned Ward
in Logan county Scott Ferris has 66 other towns in the county indicate that
votes and J W Harreld 34 votes the woman vote is also heavy in other
Stigler — One precinct has reported districts
with Cox in the majority 151 to 67 Blackwell— Bright and cool weather
- votes In the senatorial race Scott1 drew a large crowd of voters to the
ture and three county commissioners1 Ferris leads J W Harreld 145 to 74 P0"8 early today — in Kay county and ' M
For sheriff L M Collier republi-j votes ' I the largest vote in the history of the kl1 Jrtm Noto loaned
can was elected over C C Whitson Altus— Governor Cox is leading county is expected nroached evidntW didP 1 his
by a majority of 692 The vote for Senator Harding 345 to 170 votes in Ft Smith— An unusually heavy vote ched f “rinnlv
sheriff was: Collier 2161' Whitson' the three precincts reported so far is being cast in Ft Smith Sebastian ®
1469 The vote cast for Collier was Scott Ferris for United States senator and Crowford counties today with the’ When he failed to borrow a gun it
the largest ever cast for a candidate has 333 votes to J W Harreld’s 311 republicans more active than they: is said that Ward walked to his home
in Okfuskee county Enid— Senator Harding has 150 have in recent years Few women are 8°t a revolver and returned to town
For county judge S A Duling re- votes to Governor Cox's 54 in the one voting owing to the ruling that they aru went at once to the garage and
publican defeated Tom Ila zelwoodJ precinct reported 'Scott Ferris has must possess a poll tax receipt The °PneJre Burton -Ward fired
democrat by a majority of 428 The 57 votes and J W Harreld 160 in the weather is ideal
vote for county judge was: Duling1
1954 Hazelwood 1526
For county attorney Tom Huser had
no opponent He is a former soldier
and no republican would file against
him Huser’s vote was 1! 09
For county clerk Joseph R Day
democrat won over Perry Rodkey
ate 186 to 151 votes heard from giving Cox for president
Stillwater — In one precinct reported 533 votes over Harding with 247 Fer-
Cox has 30 votes to Harding’s 100 and ris is leading with 436 votes Harreld j fired five shots three of which took ef-
republican by a majority of 326 The! Harreld leads Ferris 103 to 52 votes has 253 votes in the five precincts feet The shot which killed Ward
vote for county clerk was: Day 1349 Ardmore— Two precincts have been Watonga— Cox polled 87 votes to struck him in the a'rm and then en-
heard from Cox leads Harding 137 to Harding’s 73 in the one precinct re- tered his head just behind the ear
35 votes For the United States sen-1 ported thus far while Ferris carries! Wapd’s home was at Booneville
For court clerk M C Jones had no ate Ferris is leading 137 votes to 35 the precinct in the senatorial race 87 ! Ark He has no relatives in this state
opponent His vote was 1949 Chandler— J W Harreld has taken to 73 ’ I so fa as is known It is said that
been : Wards relatives had not heard of him
For county treasurer J E Coffman
democrat won over W S Snyder re-
publican by a majority of 51
For county superintendent of schools
George Durham had no opponent His
yote was 1896
1 On tav baaaAV Cl T VnOfiA
ocrat won over L C Moore republi-
can by a majority of 366 The vote for
tax assessor was: McGee 1906
Moore 1540
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' or county weigher J E Crossley
democrat won over G E Arnold re-
publican by a majority of 163 The
vote for county weigher was: Cross
ley 1764 Arnold 1601
For county surveyor A L Atchison
had no opponent His vote was 1860
For county commissioner in the
First district B Geren republican
was elected over W H Case demo-
crat by a majority of 77 The vote
for commissioner in this district was:
Geren 53Qj Case 453
For county commissioner in the
Second district where the heaviest ing cast in 0ttawa county today A
vote in the county was polled Ed:warm fight over the office of county
Stine republican was elected over judge ha3 made the county result
V T Stockton democrat by a major- overshadow interest in the national re-1 votes HardlnS havine 114 votes The
two precincts give Ferris a majority
of 497 votes out of 701 votes cast
Yukon — Two precincts of Canadian
county here are in with Harding hav-
ing 340 votes to Cox’s 303 Harreld
carries the two precincts over Ferris
for commissioner' was: Stine 952
Stockton 808
For pounty commissioner in the
Third district Will Reddick republi-
can won over Ben L Adkins demo-
crat by a majority of 233 The vote
for commissioner in this district was:
Reddick 513 Adkins 235 - n
- 1 city from 30 to 40 per cent of the vote
These figures were compiled before ' m i i -c
the official canvass was made by the
county election board and there may
be inaccuracies but the official count
Calvin — Out of 263 votes in Calvin1
Hughes county Harding got 163 Scott
Ferris is leading J W Harreld 164 to'
99 votes
Frederick — Ninety-nine out of the
first 100 votes cast here the first hour
were for Cox and Roosevelt Many
women are voting I
Sulphur — With one precinct report-!
ed from Murray county Cox has 51 to
senatorial race
Tulsa — With one precinct in Gov-
ernor Cox has 152 votes and Senator
Harding 183 J W Harrrld leads
Scott Ferris for the United States sen-!
the lead over Scott Ferris 196 to 40
votes in the two precincts reported
Muskogee — Voting was heavy in all
precincts and with five precincts re-
ported Governor Cox has 242 votes
to Senator Harding’s 181 votes for
nrexidnnt Kcntt Ferris has the lead
— — MTT !-
OUiiHEXT PHESIDEHfAHDyiGE-ptoDEIIT
5- 4 fv ft
barren G Harding
over J W Harreld 221 to 190 votes
for senator
Miami — A heavy early vote was be-'
active part in the balloting Two
women are candidates for county of-
fices 'McAlester — With pleasant weather
and roads rapidly drying a record ear-
ly vote was cast in McAlester andfor senator 354 to 307 votes
throughout Pittsburg county In the
had been cast by 10 o’clock Features
I of the election were the large number
of women voting early
L P Burton of Weleetka shot and
instantly killed Charlie Ward at that
Sapulpa — With a pleasant sunshiny place Thursday night Burton was
day the heaviest vote in the history of wounded in three places by the man
Creek county is being cast today at the he killed but none of the wounds are
polls At 10 o’clock the various pre- considered fatal
cincts in the city of Sapulpa reported! It ia reported that Charlie Ward a
a heavy woman vote young man who lived about two miles
Bartlesville Fair weather and good ouf 0f town was drunk Thursday
roads brought out a big farmer votenight- He went into a garage which
‘n Washington county Registration js conducted by Burton It is said
figures show the county normally re- that Ward was using profane lan-
publican by 575 votes and the rapidity
which voters are casting their (
ballots indicates to watchers that they
are v°ting straight tickets
Okmulgee — The largest vote in the
history of Okmulgee county will be
fas‘ n kriays eecon according to
indications this morning and the pre-j
dictions of party leaders Women vot-
er crowded into the polls all morning
and the bulk of the vote cast thus
t? 82
Durant — Five precincts
Medford — Harding carries one pre-
cinct reported so far 153 votes to 62
J W Harreld leads Ferris 154 votes third struck him in one arm and pene-
trated the side
have been Burton was sitting at his desk when
Duncan — Si£ precincts have
reported showing Cox in the lead 441
to his opponents 250 votes Ferris car-
ries three precincts over Harreld for
senator 217 to 128
Ardmore — With four precincts in
Cox leads Harding for president 200
Calvin Coolidqe
to 112 votes Scott Ferris for U
senator downs J W Harreld 195
n votes
YOUNG MAN SHOT AND
KILLED AT WELEETKA
gUage and Burton ordered him out of
the garage Ward refused to leave
whereupon Burton caught hold of him
and put him out of the garage It is
ais0 reported that Ward d rew a knife
hut it was wrenched out of his hand
hy Burton
Jt appears that Burton held the of-
fice of nightwatchman at WeIeetka
and hfi took Ward to the cit jaj and
ocked hm Two or three hourg
three times and each shot striick Bur-
ton One bullet struck him in the
right leg one in the left leg and a
for sseven years until they were noti-
fied of his tragic death They had
given him up for dead several years
ago When notified of his death rela-
tives came to Weleetka and took
charge of the body
Oklahoma Caught in Republi-
can Landslide— Harreld
Defeats Ferris By
20000 Majority
Oklahoma City Nov 4 11:15 a m (Special ta
the Okfuskee County News) — J W Harreld re-
publican candidate for the United States senate is
leading Scott Ferris democrat by a majority of
20000 Ferris has conceded the election of his re-
publican opponent Fifty counties have certainly
been carried by Harreld
The defeat of Ferris is due to the deflection of
the southern counties where the republican candi-
date unexpectedly polled a heavy vote
For congress the democrats have certainly
carried three districts Swank is elected in the
Fifth Carter in the Third and McClintic in the
Seventh All of the other congressional districts
in the state are in doubt The vote was the heav-
iest in the history of the state more than a half
million ballots being cast J:
The result of the national election
Tuesday was a record-breaking land-
slide for Harding and Coolidge Re-
turns were received at the News office
by leased wire and immediately mega-
phoned to an immense crowd on the
streets
Contrary to the usual nature of the
earliest returns the very first received
showed overwhelming majorities for
the republican ticket When the large
cities of the east showed Hording and
Coolidge leading by majorities of two
to one and in some instances more
than two to one the interest of the
crowd began to lag so far as the re-
sult of the national election was con-
cerned At 10:30 a bulletin was re-
ceived to the effect that Cox had con-
ceded the election of Harding and had
wired the republican candidate his
congratulations
No bulletins from the western
states were received Tuesday night
and reports on the contest in Oklaho-
ma were meager
The latest advices received here
from republican headquarters at Ok-
lahoma City and from private sources
are to the effect that the state was
caught in the republican landslide Ac-
cording to these reports Harding and
Coolidge have carried Oklahoma and
J W Harreld has defeated Scott Fer-
ris for the United States senate Re-
publican headquarters are claiming
the state for Harreld by 20000 ma-
jority In this congressional district friends
of Congressman Tom D McKeown
were hopeful that he had survived the
general wreck and had been returned
by a safe majority A phone message
this morning however to Dr Carroll
republican county chairman from J
C Pringey 'a campaign manager at1
Chandler stated that the republican'
candidate had been elected by a ma-
jority of 800 On the face of the un-'
officiali returns Lincoln county gave'
Pringey Is majority of 2319 Seminole'
county was carried by Pringey by a'
majority of 500 Creek county gave'
the i-epuhlican candidate a majority of
1200 McKeown carried Pontotoc
county by a majority of 1700 Potto-
watomie county by 400 and Hughes
county by 400 Returns from the
other counties in this district were not
contained in the message I
Reports from the various congres-
sional districts in the state are mea-j
ger Earliest indications from the'
First and Second districts were that
the democratic candidates were safe1
but this morning private advices are
to the effect that Miss Alice Robert-
son may have defeated Congressman
Hastings in the Second district The
result in the First district is also con-
sidered in doubt
Earlier Election Bulletins
New York Nov 2 — Senator Hard-
ing is leading Governor Cox in greater
New York by a ratio of a little better
than 2 to 1 on the face of returns
from more than one-fourth of a total
of 7308 precincts Returns ‘ from
more than one-fourth of Gotham’s pre-
cincts indicate that the senator is
maintaining his ratio of lead in New
York City
Reports from cities in the state in-
dicate that the Harding victory is gen-
eral in all parts of the state The state
ticket has evidently1 been swept in on
the crest of the Harding victory al-
though Governor Smith has cut the
lead of Judge Miller far below the
Harding ticket Wadsworth republi-
can is leading Walker democrat for
the United States senate by more than
100000 votes in the precincts re-
ported Although reports have not been re-
ceived to justify a final prediction it
seems that the Harding ticket is run- -ning
ahead in the doubtful states
Harding Gets Big Lead
New York Nov 2 — Returns from ’
slightly more than 'one-fourth of the
7308 election districts in the entire
state of New York compiled at 8:20
o’clock tonight show that Senator
Harding was leading Governor Cox by
a vote of more than 2 to 1
Complete returns from 1639 dis-
tricts all but 295 of which were out-
side New York City gave: Cox 200-
357 Harding 437459
Cox Interest Is Passive
Dayton Ohio Nov 2 — Other than
casting his vote early today Governor
Cox aparently took only a passive in-
terest in the election but tonight he
went to his newspaper office to watch
the returns
The governor was smiling when he
reached the office at 7:30 p m ac-
companied by Mrs Cox but mads no
comment At that time newsboy were
in the street with the first extra car-
rying news unfavorable to him Out-
side his office a big crowd had gath-
ered and it greeted the governor with
a cheer Simultaneously a bulletin
from his office showed that the gov-
ernor had carried twelve out of the
265 precincts in Montgomery county
including Dayton by 300 vol-:
Duringthe day most of which was
spent at his home near here e gov-
ernor seemingly paid no at:- - ion to
the early scattering returns T is first
information came when he - led his
office and then he offered n - nrnent
No Returns Are Complete
New York Nov 2 — At 9 o’clock
eastern time no single state had re-
ported complete returns but all over
the east cities were reporting heavy
majoriites for Harding and the repub-
lican ticket
Just before 9 o’clock the New York
World which supported Cox flashed
its signal lights to announce the elec-
tion of Harding
In New York and New England ss
in Ohio and Indiana the Harding ma-
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