The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1915 Page: 1 of 10
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COUNTY FIELD
MEET SATURDAY
The annual county Held meet
occurs at Comanche Saturday
In addition to the regular field
events there will be a baseball
match between the Duncan Hitch
School and the Marlow High
School A tennis tournament
will also be ataged and the reg
ular oratorical contests will be
held
It is expected that there wi
be a much larger attendance
than last year if thedav is favor
able
A preliminary workout Wed
nesday by the boys of tho high
school showed them to be in ex
cellent shape and they shoulc
make a good showing Saturday
The list of contestants for the
athletic meet from the High
school are as follows
Hundred yard dash— Lewi s
Weaver Edwin Langham Rob
ert Thompson
Discus throw— Philip Ewald
Weldon Armstrong George Left
wich Hal Jackson:
220 yard dash— Edwin Lang
ham Lewis Weaver Earnest
Porter Weldon Armstrong
' 440 yard dash— George Left
wich Earnest Porter Weldon
Armstrong
Shot put— Phi lip Ewald
George Leftwich Weldon Arm-
strong High hurdle— Edwin Langham
George Leftwich Lee Cates
Broad jump— Robert Thomp-
son Lee Cates Weldon Arm-
strong Pdle vault— Philip Ewald Wei
don Armstrong Edwin Langham
880 yard race— Earnest Porter
Dewey Leftwich
High jump— Lee Cates Hal
Jackson Norman Hardin
Low hurdles— Edwin Langham
George Leftwich Lewis Weaver
Hammer throw— George Left-
wicb Weldon Armstrong Philip
Ewald
Mile run— George Leftwich
Dewey Leftwich Earnest Porter
In the preliminary contest at
the Baptist church last night Miss
Naomi McCasland won the mus-
ic contest and Wfll'represent Dun
can Saturday Misses Alma Horn
and Rubv Stansell played excell-
ently and made good grades
Miss Wi Leeman won the dec-
lamation contest without opposi-
tion and Arthur Smith was cho-
sen to hold up Duncan’s end in
the oratorical contest William
Cox also competed and did well
Club Members Meet
The threatening rain early Sat-
urday morning cut the attend-
ance at the meeting of the Boys’
and Girls’ Agricultural Clubs in
half but fifty to sixty children
attended and several parents
seized the opportunity to hear
the aims and objects of the clubs
explained At noon the Patrons’
Club and the Domestic Science
class served a delightful luncheon
at the High School building
Miss Emma Chandler of the
A & M college at Stillwater
who was scheduled to give an
address was unable to be pres-
ent but otherwise the program
was carried through without a
hitch From the enthusiasm
manifested by those attending
the meeting the agricultural
club movement will be produc-
tive of v some- excellent displays
at the Peanut Carnival next fall
Robert Gentry who lives south
east of Loco was in the city
Tuesday on business
Toney Again Gets Verdict
L E Toney again received the
verdict in the action brought
against him by Dan Vorheea for
slander The case which dates
back aeven years was tried In
1911 Toney getting the verdict
then but that decision was re-
versed by order of the supreme
court on a technicality arising
out of the court instructions
Vorhecs alleged that Toney
had accused him in public of be-
ing a thief Toney in his an-
swer laid bare the story of his
partnership with the plaintiff in
a meat business at Comanche
and alleged that Vorhees had
shortly before the place was de-
stroyed by fire secured an in-
surance policy on it much in ex-
cess of the value and had tried
to falsify the inventory to collect
it He also alleged that the
plaintiff had purchased a farm
having the title in his individual
name with partnership funds
School-Officers Meet
While the threatening weather
kept many away the annual
meeting of the county school of-
ficersvheld Friday and Saturday
in the High School building was
a pronounced success A few
the speakers were unable to be
present but in the main the
program was carried through
scheduled
Among those who were present
were: Tom Keenan and T H
Sartain of FairviewG J Wink
ler H A Tuggle and J E Har
kins of Rock Springs Ben Jack
son and J W Barnett of Walk
er Valley A K Bell Clear Creek
W S Cook Prairie Center Hen
ry Rowland Deer Creek W C
Thompson and Sid Jones Plain
view R J Brown Tucaer S
S Thompson Stoner W L
Pollock Liberty W H Johns
and G G Davis Plato M J
lowarth E R Presley and W
G Humphrey Ara J D Dixon
County Line S J Brown L L
Spencer and J H Lowe Lozier
I F Reinhardt Stage Stand
Jen Hlavaty Somerdale J E
Srnmons Oak Lawn A J Falk
Wolf Creek
To Try Counterfeiters
United States Marshal Dick
Worley left this evening for
Guthrie to attend the prelimina-
ry hearing of A Straup the
eader of the gang of counterfeit
ers who operated from Coman-
che Marshal Worley apprehend-
ed the gang last month and se-
cured a number of their tools
'though the dies had been de-
oyed District Court Adjourned
The district court adjourned
Wednesday until Friday when a
number of court cases motions
and demurrers will be dealt with
The remainder of the cases on
the docket have been continued
for the term and will be tried at
a special term of court in June
Marlow Couple Married
Ray Moore a young farmer of
the Marlow vicinity and Miss
Eula Baker were the principals
in a court-house wedding Mon-
day Rev J E Billington pas-
tor of the First Baptist church
officiating
DROVNED WHILE
FORDING CREEK
Dr John W Nixon was
drowned Sunday night in Nigger
Prong Creek near Loco while
it i believed trying to ford the
creek Dr Nixon’s team and
buggy were found Monday morn-
ing and searching parties prose-
cuted a vigorous search The
body was found in a drift only
one foot projecting to tell the
tale of ths tragedy
Dr Nixon had been practicing
medicine at Loco nearly twelve
years and during that time had
made permanent friends of all
with whom he ha3 come in con-
tact Receiving his early educa-
tion at the Pillville High School
Dr Nixon secured his profes-
sional degrees at the University
of the South and practised for a
short time at Shawnee before
coming to Stephens county
He was a prominent figure in
fraternal circles being a mem-
ber of the Masonic Oddfellows
and Woodmen orders A wife
and five children survive him
When the sad ndws was
brought to Duncan “Doc" Brad-
shaw and his wife and Mrs M
M Hightower of Loco who has
been visiting in the city left at
once for the scene of the tragedy
Several parties went out from
Comanche to attend the funera
Tuesday
TIME EXTENDED
ON PAYMENTS
Lawton Okla April 27 -In
the absence of Cangre sman Scott
Ferris who recently departed on
a trip to the Hawaian Islands
his secretary Cam Campbell
has received information from
Celebrated 9611) Anniversary
- j
The Independent order 6f Odd-
fellows in Stephens county held
a mass meeting Monday night at
the City Hall in commemoration
of the 9Cth anniversary of the
founding of the order T W
Bray was chosen chairman of
the meeting
Dr C E Frost spoke at some
length on the merits of the order
ARRANGING FOB
THREE RALLIES
the interior department at V ash-
Ington to the effect that the ap- dweinK °n the principles of the
plication of purchasers of rem-ree links A W Reynolds
The Man Who Advertises
— — —
There are two classes of mer-
chants— those who advertise
and those who do not
The man who advertises has
the be3t of the deal
He keeps himself before the
public— he keeps his wares be-
fore the public— and he keeps
their quality and price upper-
most in the public mind
People talk about the man who
advertises because they know
he has something worth adver-
tising— or he wouldn’t advertise
Cobwebs never grow in the
store of the man who advertises
because people buy his goods be-
cause he does advertise
People read the advertise-
ments— they look for them and
expect to find them— and often
end in forgetting the man who
does not advertise
Advertising pays
Get the habit and grow with
your ads
Misses Veda Carver Annie
Jowden and Gladys Pemberton
of the Liberty ‘district visit-
ed friends in the city Saturday
S 0 Gunter of South Town
was in the city Saturday and
jrought his little three-year-old
daughter on her first trip to Dun-
can The little maid seemed
quite pleased with the city
nant lands sold at Lawton in
Decemter 1913 for an exten
sion of time within which to
make payments has been ap-
proved and the extension grant
ed
The application and petitions
for the extension were presented
to the department last Decern
ber and later denied on the
theory that a shortage in the
funds necessary to operate and
maintain the Kiowa Indian hos
pital would be apt to occur in
case the extension should be
granted As a result of this de
nial those who have been unable
to meet the payment have stood
in grave and constant fear that
their entries would
and the amount already paid in
by them as the first installment
forfeited under the regulations
governing the sale of the land
It will be glad tidings for these
purchasers to know that the fur
ther efforts of Mr Ferris in their
behalf have resulted in an ar-
rangement whereby the exten
sion has been granted and under
whjch sufficient funds will be
of Comanche was the chief
speaker Mr Reynolds reviewed
the history of the American or-
der from its foundation
After the meeting at the city
hall the members adjourned to
the Oddfellow’s -hall where a
county organization was per-
fected to meet three times a
year The next meeting will be
held in Comanche in July or
August
Verdict ol Acquittal
available for the maintenance
and operation of the hospital
Dig Beaver Overflows
The jury empanelled in the
case of the State of Oklahoma
vs W F Dunn charged with
be cancelled I Auction under promise of mar-
riage returned a verdict of ac-
quittal Saturday after consider-
able evidence had been adduced
to prove that the complainant
Miss Telitha Hassler was not of
previous chaste character
The reading of Dunn’s love
letters to the complainant by
County Attorney D A Bridges
was provocative of much amuse-
ment in the crowded conrt room
and even the judge was hard
put at times to hide a smile
The information was laid when
Miss Hassler learned that Dunn
was about to marry another girl
in Texas
Big Beaver suffered the high-
est flood this year following the
heavy rains of Sunday the water
backing up over half a mile of
cultivated land in the vicinity of
the base line The county bridge
over the river on the base line
was carried away at one end
and is swinging loose although
it has partly settled back into
place since the water has started
to go down
'The damage to the crops can-
not be estimated For quarter
of a mile on both sides of the
river the back water has covered
the fields and irreparable dam-
age may be done before it recedes
R 6 Gates Dead
Arrangements are being made
for a “Good Roads Rally" in
each of the Commissioners’ dis-
tricts June 3-4 5 The state high-
way commissioner is expected to
attend and excellent programs
are being arranged for each day
On Thursday June 3 at Coman-
che the awards to the schools in
the county commissioners’ dis-
trict No 3 will be made for first
second and third best “mile of
good road"
These awards will be put into
libraries for the winning schools
The first prize is $50 second $30
third $20 Similar awards will
be made at the rallies held at
Marlow and Duncan on Friday
and Saturday nights respective-
ly There remains just one month
in which to complete the work of
construction of each mile of road
and having it properly dragged
There is no time to lose The
heavy rains have washed out a
number of crossways culverts
etc and in several cases consid-
erable road-bed has been washed
away All these repairs should
be made promptly
Stephens county is making
some very important improve-
ments and is moving to a place
in the front rank educationally
but her progress in material
wealth and industry will be gov-
erned by the condition of her
roads Without roads travel is
impeded homes isolated pro-
ducts unmarketed social life un-
developed the arteries of com-
merce unfilled surplus crops left
to decay and the dependent left
hungry
This truth is forcibly illustrat-
ed in China now in districts
where people starve to death in
hundreds within a few miles of
abundant food supply which is
within a few hours’ travel were
R G Cates father of Bill and
Perry Cates died yesterday at
Decatur Tex after a lengthy
illness Both sons were at the t on y g00 roads
bedside of their father having
been called there two weeks ago
when his condition became worse
and death' seemed ir minent
The funeral will be held in De-
catur this afternoon
W H Pemberton of route 3
was in the city Monday on busi-
ness Mr Pemberton hs had
to replant his corn since the
leavy rains of a week ago but
is now looking good for a
stand
Arm Carver Elmer Pollock
and Jim Gilmour of the Liberty
neighborhood were in the city
'riday
“Bige" Baldwin is having a
fine large concrete garage built
this week to house his new Ford
W H Cox his partner says be is
content to let the sun shine op
his new car
Guilty o( Manslaughter
Denny Swan charged with
killing Bill Hodge near Ara on
December 5 1913 was found
Suilty of manslaughter in the
second degree and sentenced to
two years in the state peniten-
tiary at McAlester His attor-
neys H H Brown of Ardmore
and Womack & Brown f Dun-
can filed notice of appeal and
Swan was released on $3000
pending the action of the higher
court His motion for a new
trial was overruled
W A Yates of Comanche
was in the city Monday as wit-
ness in the seven-year-old suit
brought by Dan Vorhees against
Hugh Reinhardt of route 1 L E Toney
was in the city Saturday on bus
Ben Jackson and J W Bar-
nett of Walker Valley were in
the city Saturday to attend the
annual meeting of school officers
mess
E H Cox and family motored
to Mrs Cox’s parents’ home in
Jackson county Tuesday
A W Reynolds of Comanche
was in the city Monday to at-
tend the I O 0 F anniversary
meeting
County Medical Association
Drs H C Frie D Long S
H Williamson and J O Whar-
ton motored to Comanche Wed-
nesday to attend the meeting
the county medical association
J C Massey of Comanche
was in the city Monday on jury
service
Plajntiff Gets Verdict
Clyde Pyron- of Fairview
in the city Friday
i The jury in the case of G E
of Spencer vs J M Claypool et al
brought in an instructed verdict
of $100 in favor of the plaintiff
was The action arose out of trouble on
account of a conveyance deed
Judge Jones of Wilburton
Okla was in the city Wednes-
day in attendance on the district
court
Tens Man Gets interest
S H Finley of Allen Texas
has bought an interest in the
Stansell Mercantile Co taking at them The boys were not
half of Dr WTiisenant’s interest hurt but were both badly scared
We are expecting a bumper
crop this year a great peanut
carnival stock and agricultural
fair in September and better
conditions in general but these
conditions do not come of them-
selves We must make them
Let every school every patron
every citizen see that nothing is
left undone that will help us to
realizejour fondest hopes
Complete your mile of educa-
tional good road have it ready
for the judges to view on June
1st and be on hand in full force
at the good roads rally in your
commissioners’ district
Reunion or Anniversary '
A pleasant family reunion oc-
curred last week on the occasion
of the 39th anniversary of ' the
wedding of Mr and Mrs W S
Lancaster The members of the
family present' were: 0 L
Reeves Mount Vernon Texas
Mr and Mrs E B Peter Kings-
ton Okla Mrs W Slaughter
Vinita Okla Mrs U B New-
man Anadarko Okla J J
Lancaster Montague Texas
and A B Boyles and wife of
Duncan The visiting members
of the family returned to their
homes Monday
Roys Badly Scared
When two local boys tried to
ride the blinds on a south bound
passenger Saturday the porter
put them off several times and
when they still attempted to
board the train started shooting
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Woods, Lee. The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1915, newspaper, April 29, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716103/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.