Cherokee Weekly Messenger. (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALFALFA COUNTY
C L WILSON Editor
CHEROKEE ALFALFA COUNTY OKLA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2 1916
Volume 20 Number 13
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL1 TO HAVE poultry exhibit
A BAD SMASHUP
IT'S UP TO YOU
ENJOY PARTY
BETTER FIRE EQUIPMENT
"WILL BE IN CHEROKEE TO COST
$10000 HAVE $3000 AL-
) READY RAISED
Last Monday tight a meeting was
held at the court house with a fairly
good attendance in the interest of a
community hospital which will be
built in Cherokee in the near future
“From the interest shown at the
meeting and remarks made by the
business men and others over the
county it seemed that all that was
necessary was to raise the money
Dr Lyle of Aline was present and
gave a good talk along the line the
hospital should be conducted which
seemed to please every one present
Others were allowed to give their
-view and pledged themselves to get
behind the proposition
Another meeting was had last
night and a much larger crowd at-
tended which showed that interest
was growing fast and as the result
that Cherokee and the community
will have a modern hospital This is
an institution that is much needed
and it is hoped that every man wo-
1 man and child assist in helping the
proposition S'
The institution is being promoted
by five ethical physicians of this
county who propose to start it by
putting into the fund $2500 They
will issue coupons for all money
that is given by the residents of the
town and community with the un-
derstanding that the coupons shall
be redeemed in hospital services The
proposition is not a matter of dona-
tion but simply paid in advance hos-
pital service which it is hoped not to
“be necessary In doing this they will
assist the physicians in securing a
needful institution in which they
may be more able to give to the pub-
lic the prompt and very best of Ber-
vice in caring for the sick and on
the other hand make Cherokee' and
vicinity a more desirable place to
live This move is only in keeping
with many other communities who
are making an effort to improve their
surropndings by having these conven-
ients that are being demanded at
this time
At the mr"tn( Wednesday night
manv n nod vicinity pledg
ed themselves to help in raising the
money and at present there has been
$3000 raised which makes the prop-
osition look like a real movement It
is hoped that the interest will grow
from day to day ' j
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TUESDAY ELECTION DAY
Next Tuesday is election day and
it is the duty of every voter to be out
to the polls as it is his only chance
he has tq give his assistance to what
principles of government shall be
For the benefit of those who are not
familiar with the Democratic candi-
dates out for election we print the
nominees for that party in this coun-
ty and hope the voters will give
them their consideration:
For President Woodrow Wilson
"Vice Pres Thos A Marshall
For Congress Z A Harris
For Representative A T Bernard
For Court Clerk Emery Allen
For Sheriff W G Garrett
For Treasurer Carl Dunnington
For County Clerk iJoe Madison
For Superintendent Roscoe Wold
For Assessor II L Krippendorf
For County Surveyor W H Pilgrim
'Commissioner 1st Dis Lee Forney
Commissioner 2nd Dis—Fred Benson
Commissioner 3d DisW A Glascow
State Senator 8th Dis—J V Roberts
THANKS FRIENDS
As we are making preparations to
leave Cherokee we desire to thank
our many friends for their kindness
-during our afflicitions both in words
and deeds and for the beautiful
flowers which came from both old
and young We regret to have to
aay the last good bye as it will come
too soon
MR AND MRS E W ELDER
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The Fifth Annual Mid-Winter
Poultry Exhibit of Alfalfa county
will be held by the Alfalfa County
Poultry Association at Cherokee Dec
5 ‘6 7 8 and 9th A splendid pre-
mium list has been prepared and
copies may be had by addressing any
of the following officers of the as-
sociation: G A Fell president
Frank Gass Byron vice-president
John W Brooks Cherokee secretary
and treasurer W R Brown Chero-
kee superintendent Geo Winand
Oklahoma City judge
The show will be governed by the
rules of the American Poultry Asso-
ciation as set forth on the back of
the entry blank which must be
agreed to and signed in ink by each
exhibitor
The premiums of the association
are open to competition of the world
All entries must be made on entry
blanks which will be furnished by thd
secretary and all entries ffees must
be paid in full at the time of entry
All entries and fees should be sent to
the secretary who will furnish entry
blanks application
CLASSES HAVE PARTY
The Bible classes of the Methodist
church taught by Mrs WG Shaw and
S C Collins hqd a very delightful
time at (he beautiful home of Mr
and Mrs Curtis Gray on Monday
night of this week Near eighty
guests of which about sixty of them
were masked were present and en-
joyed the evening along the Hal-
lowe’en order At a late hour re-
freshments of coffee apples and
pumpkin pie were served after which
the guests enjoyed a grand talk by
Rev Grossman the newly appointed
pastor at this place Everyone re-
ports an enjoyable evening
SUES FOR divorce
A divorce case was filed in tht
district court this morning by John
C Hinkle against Amanda Hinkle In
the petition is stated that they were
married atAlva the 16th of March
and thut since the 1st of July the de-
fendant has been neglecting her house
duties and abusing Turn also that all
property rights have been settled
CHANGED LOCATION
W E West who has been the jew-
eler for J H Bonto for the past four
years has decided to go into business
for himself and has moved into the
L R Smith Drug Store Mr West
will be glad to receive the patronage
of his old customers along with the
new ones
PLEAD GUILTY
Tuesday morning a warrant was
issued for Clarence Hall of Aline
charging him of appearing in a public
place in a drunken condition and dis-
turbing the peace Tuesday after-
noon he was brought to Cherokee by
the sheriff where he went before the
county court and plead guilty He
was fined $1000 and costs total
amount being $3475
WILSON IN THE LEAD
The Rexall Drug Stores all over
the United States are at present con-
ducting a gigantic Btraw vote in an
effort to predict the outcome of the
forth coming election next week
This is no ordinary straw vote
The string of Rexall Stores over the
United States number 8000 and
every one is entitled to vote The
votes are all mailed to the headquar-
ters in Boston where the votes are
counted and the results printed on
posters and mailed to the verious
Rexall Stores over the country The
last bulletin mailed here brought out
the following results: For Hughes
popular vote 171559 electoral vote
25Q For Wilson popular vote 240-
330 electorial vote 281 This places
Wilson 31 electorial votes in the
lead This statement is approximate-
ly correct and gives a true prediction
of what the national vote will be
It is somewhat amusing at some of
the stand-pat Republicans with coat
lapels carrying Hughes buttons walk
up with interest and examine the bul-
letin and say “You can’t tell a thing
about these darned straw votes”
FAST DRIVEN CAR RUNS t INTO
BUGGY GEO MARTZ SER-
IOUSLY HURT
Last Sunday evening about 8:30
o’clock a Buick Six owned by I E
Bradley of this city and being driven
by a lady passenger run into a horse
and buggy being driven by George
Marts near the farm residence of
Cal Bond just north of the city
limits In the car with the lady
was Orville the son of Mr and Mrs
Bradley George was seriously in-
jured to an extent which up' to date
is not exactly known by the phy-
sicians It seems that the accident happen-
ed so quickly that no one of the
three are able to give details From
as near information that could be had
it was brought about by careless driv-
ing on the part of the occupants in
the car As was told to us they were
trying to catch another car that was
some distance ahead of them and
as they would run along the lights
were switched on and off and as the
result they did not see the approach-
ing buggy which is reported to have
been as far to their side of the road
as possible Luckily the car did not
meet squarely against the buggy ‘al-
though George was thrown from the
buggy and the buggy demolished to
an extent beyond repairing while
the horse was completely cut loose
from the buggy The car was some-
what damaged one fender being
mashed and the wind "shield broken
George was immediately brought to
physicians where it was necessary to
take several stitches over his right
eye and other medical aid given At
present he is reported not to be get-
ting along very well and that the ex-
tent of the injuries is not known
Considering things as they were it
was lucky that a like was not lost It
seems that many accidents are the
result of unnecessary carelessness of
drivers and although-their attention
is called to the matter they persist in
keeping it" tip
HUFF-SCHERER
Hljss Alpha Huff and Mr Clarence
Scherer two of Cherokee’s popular
and best known young people surpris
ed their many friends last Monday
when they were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony They quietly
motored to Alva Monday afternoon
where the ceremony was read at
three o’clock by Father Smcur of
that city ‘ Immediately following the
ceremony they returned to the home
of the groom’s parents Mr and Mrs
Joe Scherer living two miles south-
east of Cherokee where an elabor-
ate supper was served to the imme-
diate relatives and friends
The bride is the only daughter of
C A Huff of this city and has lived
in Cherokee for a number of years
where she has made many'' friends
She is one of the roost charming
girls of the city and makes friends
with her kind disposition and along
with being a social favorite she is a
very business like woman She is
a graduate of the Cherokee High
School
The groom is the son of Mr and
Mrs Joe Scherer and has lived near
and in Cherokee for a number of
years At present he is a partner
with his brother in the Alfalfa Coun-
ty Tailoring company in which busi-
ness he is making a grand success
He is a reliable and highly respected
young man with a very bright fu-
ture They are receiving the con-
gratulations of their many friends
PAT WIMPEY DEAD
Word reached Cherokee the first
of the week that Pat Wimpey had
died at his home at Coldwater Kans
after a few days of illness Mr Wim-
pey was well known in this part of
the state and his acquaintance made
greater when he married Miss Grace
Morgan of thW city He was former-
ly of Fairview having moved to his
home in Kansas only a short time ago
Mrs Wimpey has many friends here
who join her in her bereavement
Word from Tom Clark — Word
was received this week from Tom
Clark who has been in the hospital at
Newton Kans for some weeks that
he had been taken to Newkirk to the
home of his brother
DO YOU WANT THE WILSON
SQUARE DEAL OR HUGHES
AND THE INTERESTS?—
CHOOSE!
Backward or Forward? Peace with
honor or the hazard of war? '
A few days more and American
voters must decide
When the shouting and the tumult
of the campaign have ceased and
sober judgment with patriotism for
its guide is called upon to say wheth-
er or not there shall be a change in
the administration of the republic
what will the answer be? x
This country today has a prosperity
that no other ever in all history ex-
perienced and its people are happy
And old order has given way to a
new which has quickened the nation’s
impulses and giveij it new courage
and new hope
Under President Wilson’s adminis-
tration the knell of an age of in-
equality and servitude has rung and
an age of equality and brotherhbod
has dawned (
Legislation has been written into
our statute books which has given
more liberty to the citizen broken
down the barriers of caste and made
opportunity the property alike of all
men
Invisible government has disap-
peared into the limbo of things that
were and hidden hands no longer
steer the Ship of State
With practically all the rest of the
world in the death struggle of a war
that history cannot parallel and for
which posterity for countless genera-
tions must suffer and bear the bur-
den this country has been kept safe-
ly secure in peace and its sons are
alive to help when the time comes
to build up the decolation that shall
have been brought to the unfortu-
nates of the European catastrophe
President Wilson has kept us out
of War The frenzied brawlers ' of
the opposition with foam upon their
lips and thunder in their voices de-
clare that his conduct was cowardice
If so it wrs the “cowardice” of lofti-
est courage of real greatness of
prayerful patience of humanity
His prescience has enabled him to
see something nobler than bloodshed
more glorious than destruction
There is a grander destiny than
war ahead of he American people
and this President Wilson has seen
a destiny which involves the cessation
of all wars the brotherhood in peace
of all the nations
The Democratic party during the
past four years has shown itself to
be a great constructive party
The remedial legislation which it
has enacted is what the people of this
country for a half century have want-
ed and needed They are now head-
ed right will you vote to turn them
the other way?
During his administration he has
compromised with no heresy has
locked arms with no undesirable hut
has stood squarely for America first
and firmly against those enemies and
plotters in our nation who would have
the country's policies dictated from
foreign shores
During this campaign the Presi-
dent has be?n criticised and attacked
by his chief opponent - immediate
predecessors in his high office and
others after a manner that surely
can make but poor appeal to those
who love fair play and value plain
honesty in controversy
Serene in the consciousness of his
own patriotism and in having done
his duty the President has made
never an appeal to passion or to
prejudice or even to partisanship
He is a Democrat but far above
that he is an American
He is a party man hut beyond that
he is a patriot
His record is before the people It
is one of service and of achievement
and that in the midst of the greatest
crises that ever rocked the world
'
The Republican candidate has an-
nounced no plans that can be crystal-
ized into coherency and his future
can be forecast only by considering
the influences to which he owes his
nomination and that hre behind his
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candidacy
He has criticised the President's
policy of neutrality but has not said
what he would have done that would
have kept us out of war
He has criticised the preparedness
program that has been enacted hut
The Eastern Star gave a very de-
lightful’ Hallowe’en party - Tuesday
night at the-hall to a part of their
members - All guests present were
masked and the evening was pleasant-
ly spent in Hallowe’en frolics At
the hour of 11:30 the party journey-
ed to the Cherokee Dine where re-
freshments of pumpkin pie apples
doughnuts and coffee were served
The Dine was beautifully decorated
in Hallowe’en colors for the occa-
sion Those who enjoyed the party
are: Mr and Mrs Lovell Mr and
Mrs Kliewer Mr and Mrs L
White Mr and Mrs Bonto Mr
and Mrs Talbot Mr and Mrs Buck-
ingham Mr and Mrs Coats Mr
and Mrs Connell Mr and Mrs
Hague Mr and Mrs Collins Mr
and Mrs Eaton Mr and Mrs Mc-
Gee Mr and Mrs Fred Blue Mr
and Mrs Hodge Mr and Mrs
Brandt Mr and Mrs Gould Mr
and Mrs Leslie Mr and Mrs L
Johnson Mrs Mitchell Mrs P Tay-
lor Mr and Mrs L R Smith Mr
and Mrs Hinkle Mr and Mrs
Chowning Mr and Mrs Grant
Woodmansee Mr and Mrs Miller
Mr and Mrs S W Hill and Mr and
Mrs Ford
has failed to say in what respect he
would have it changed
He has stood for the difeolute and
murderous old assassin who having
seized the dictatorship of Mexico
wished to have America grasp his
hand in amity and encouragement
and has lined up with the speculative
investors from this country who
would involve us in a war with the
republic to the South of us but has
not xeplaincd how he would have
proceeded under similar circum-
stances He has criticised the eight-hour
day law but dares not say he would
have it repealed
He has criticised the Federal Re-
serve law but will not openly avow
his preference for the Central Bank
that Wall Street so much desires
He has criticised the legislation of
a Democratic Congress in the inter-
est of labor the Seamans' law the
Workmen’s Compensation Act the
Child Labor statute but has refused
to say that as President he would fa-
vor their repeal or their amendment
He has declared for a Federal Suf-
frage Amendment as a sop to the
women voters of the West but he
has not impressed upon them the
fact that he himself did not VOTE
to give the women of his State the
ballot nor that his party’s platform
would prevent any favorable action
by a Republican Congress even should
he as President sincerely espouse it
The whole domestic policy in fact
of the Administration meets with his
disapproval but there is not one
single act that he will acknowledge
he would have expunged
It is only when he reaches the tar-
iff that Candidate Hughes is asser-
tive even then he does not say what
shall be the character of the tariff
he would substitute
In 1910 and again in 1912 the
American people repudiated the tar
iff that under President Taft the
Republicans gave the county
Yet grimly — but somewhat in the
background of the campaign for ex-
pediency’s sake — are the same com
manding figures in Senate anc
House who brought forth the last
Republican tariff law and would
frame the next one Mr Hughes may
not know just exactly what sort of
tariff he wants they know exactly
what kind of tariff they will give
him
You Mr Voter must decide
Shall it be a reversion to the old
order with the old methods and the
old purposes or shall it be the new
order with the new dawn and the
new era?
All that President Wilson and
the President's friends desire is
that the American people judge
him fairly consider fairly what
is best for themselves what is
best for their country and the
happiness of its people and how
best they can sene humanity
and make the world better and
VOTE ACCORDINGLY
Apple for Sale — I will have a car
of apples in Cherokee the first of
the week for sale The car cortains
Wine Sap Jennett Jonathan and
New York Imperial apples anii are
trod anil sound — KARL GUTHRIE
IS MAIN ISSUE &“YORE THE
city couNcnr of
CHEROKEE
A special meeting of the City
Council was called last Tuesday night
to discuss matters pertaining to a
better fire equipment for the City of
Cherokee A committee which had
been appointed to inspect the fire de-
partment of Carmen reported In
the report they told how the town
of Carmen was satisfied with the
equipment they had which is built on
the chassi of a Foyd
C E Parsons of Oklahoma City
and a representative for the Geo
Hale company of Kansas CKy was
present at the meeting and gave
much valuable information as what
other towns over the state are using
and what was necessary to have a
cut in the insurance in the City of
Cherokee He also put a' proposition
before the Council on a horse drawn
equipment This did not seem to
appeal to the council and details for
a motor drawn equipment was then
discussed A motion was then made
that the committee that had previous-
ly been appointed to find what was
necessary from the state inspector
to reduce the insurance the cost of a
Ford fire equipment and with what
arrangements it could be handled
best at the garages The committee
is to report at the next regular
meeting
The Council also made another
good step in sending 1000 feet of old
hose t the Geo Hale company to
be relined
CHEROKEE WINS SERIES
The Cherokee Sluggers won all
three games from the Wichita All-
Stars last week on the local diamond
The first day some of the Wichita
men were unable to be here aiid the
game was a alow uninteresting one
Babcock of Jet worked on the mound
for Cherokee and pitched a class of
ball to his credit Morris worked for
the Wichita team but was unable to
hold the hard hitting Sluggers and
was relieved before the game was
finished Ford Markle at one time
a Cherokee Slugger caught for
Wichita aifd Mac Bently caught for
Cherokee The final score was
Cherokee 13 Wichita 1
The second game was a very in-
teresting and close game until the
eighth fnning when Cherokee was
able to touch the Wichita pitchers for
eight scores making the game result
in a 13 to 5 victory for the local
team In this game Leo Langley
pitched for Cherokee in great style
The feature of this game was the
hard hitting of Linedmore for Cher-
okee and Morris for Wichita
The last game Cherokee won by a
score of 8 to 1 Roy Bently who was
also with the Sluggers one time
worked on the mound for jCherokee-
and held the Wichita team scoreless
until the last part of the game when
Morris for Wichita connected with
one that cleared the left field fence
for their only score The feature of
the game was the hard hitting of
Dick Highfill who connected yith two
which cleared the fence
The games were fairly well attend-
ed by the people of Cherokee
CHEROKEE STUDY CLUB
The Cherokee Study Club held a
most interesting and profitable meet-
ing last Friday afternoon in the city
hall Mrs Ferguson’s paper on
“Anna Karenina” written in her
usual charming style was especially
enjoyed The Book Review “A mod-
ern Instance” by Mrs Barr was
very complete and she held her au-
dience from the first to the last word
Mrs(Clark gave some interesting and
valuable information about Moscow
which was eagerly listened to as Rus-
sia is one of the subjects of the
year Then Mrs Talley gave a short
talk comparing our “Glorious West
with the East” which was also very
interesting
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