Waurika News-Democrat (Waurika, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1916 Page: 4 of 10
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WAURIKA NEWS-DEMOCRAT
i ' PUBLIBIIKD BY ’ ’
THE NEWS-DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO
O M Bridie Pre C S Storm SoY
A L Walker V-P 1 H W Lemon Treat
W W Mnrrlton Manager
Published a Waurlko Jef-
fcrttoii County Oklatiouia
Morrison & Storms Editors
Entered as second class matter at Waurlka Ok
ahoraa September 8th 1911 under act of Con
vreaa of March 8rd 1879
Subscription One Dollar Per Year
Any erroneous reflection on the character stand
In or reputation of any person firm or corpora-
tion which may appear in the columns of the
Newt-Democrat will be gladly corrected upon its
bftlnr brought to the attention of the editors
SPECIAL NOTICE
An church and lodge announcements from which
a consideration is to be derived will be charged
for at the rate of 6c per lineor lc per word Count
the word and remit with the copy for announce-
ments The Newa-Democrat ia desirous of being liberal
with apace for death write-ups or obituaries but
must necessarily make a charge of 6c per line for
rarda of thanks Count 6 words to the line and
remit with copy
ting machine We are sparing no HON SCOTT FERRIS WITH
- tut urrononi itaiu n
expense to make this paper worthy
of your patronage and by making
yourself an associate editor tho
News-Democrat cun' build up one of
the most interesting publications in
Southwest Oklahoma l’lcase re
same your writings ngain and if
possible get your items to us by
Tuesday of each week We ap
prccinte your items and we are cer-
tain that the people of vour com-
munity appreciate them also
BOY RAISES PRIZE
PIG AND CHICKENS
The election being over the Wich-
ita Beacon lias discovered that the
rural credit- law is a tine thing for
the people
o
'After the election is over what
will you put in the paper?" asked a
subscriber a couple of weeks ago
lust watch and see It’s sometimes
a haul job to get out and ru-tlo copy
tor a paper but we’ve been on the
job over fourteen years and haven't
missed mi issue
o
If Jack Bird of Ryan 17 should
raise twenty pigs next year and be
ns successful ns ho was with one
pig this year he will clear $(00 If
Jack has the same luck next year
with twenty-one settings of eggs ns
he had this year with three he will
dear $250
Jack won tirst prize on chicken
exhibits at tho Jefferson county fair
this year which entitled him to a
free trip to Oklahoma City and mem-
bership in the state fa'ir school of
the A & M college There he won
third premium on judging in the
stock-judging contest lie also
won first prize on his pig in open
competition — Ft Worth Star Telegram
THE METROPOLITAN PRESS
! 1
brothers in a needless war nor
they desire to turn t ie bands
progress back Wall streetward
do
-o-
Tiie breweries and saloon interests
seem to hae a personal di'lik- fr
Billy Sunday And we don’t blame
them if Sunday tears down their
playhouses as he did in Kansas City
this year Kansas City you knew
rolled up a dry majority of more
than 100000 in the November elec-
tion o
Several months ago Villa seemed
to be anxious to “mix it" with Uncle
Sam and sent an occasional invita-
tion for the gringoes to “come down"
Villa’s intentions were perhaps all
right but his feet seemed to be out
of harmony with Li- body and not-
withstanding the fact that he has
been killed and buried several times
his capture is still a matter that
seems to be puzzling our Uncle
JSamuel
CLIFT TO MUSKOGEE
Attorney Jay C Clift lias moved
to Muskogee and is now working in
the U S Indian department under
lion Cato Sells Mr Clift was re-
cently appointed to one of the pro-
hate attorneyships for the eastern
division of Oklahoma and has been
a"igned io Lel'lore county and
part of Muskogee county Aside
from the honor bestowed upon a
former fellow townsman the ap-
pointment carries a salary of $2500
a year and traveling expenses to-
gether with an allowance of 00 a
month for a stenographer The
Clift family was among the most
highly respected in Wuurika and it is
with regret that we announce their
departure
REV HUNT TO PREACH
Uev S M Hunt of Lawton will
preach at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock
and again at night The general
public is cordially invited to attend
these services
the
of
COTTON REPORT
Director Sam L Roger of
bureau of census department
commerce at Washington announ-
ces the report of cotton ginned in
Jefferson county The total amount
ginned this year i- 14050 up to Nov-
ember lt egain't 514S for the cor-
responding period last year
’ TO CORRESPONDENTS
Many of our correspondent' have
been on a long' va aiion and now
that the winter month' have set in
we are goin" to request that you get
back on the job The News Demo-
crat is desirous of representing ev-
ery community in Jefferson county
and to t hi t end we have ju-t in-
stalled a new $30001)0 type-set -
LIBRARY BAZAAR
Tiie library bazaar will be held at
the library Saturday Everyone is
urged to send articles to Miss Hud-
dle by Friday afternoon The ladies
of the Sornsjs club will tag them
Friday afternoon and the bazaar
will open at 10:00 o’clock Saturday
morning
Don’t forget to drop in some time
luring the day You will find u va-
riety of articles suitable for Christ-
mas gift towels dresser scarfs
aprons camisoles caps etc al-o
delicious home made cakes and fine
candies Delightful refreshments
will he served for a small charge
Now don’t forget the bazaar and
remember every niekle spent goes in-
to the library fund — for books
shelves etc
If there are some who will bake
cakes we will greatly appreciate it
Send them to the library after 10:00
o’clock Saturday morning
Judge J F Pendleton of IJvan
was a Waurika visitor Wednesday
agHKajHa
asac
Of course everyone in the sixth
congressional district knows Con-
gressman Scott Ferris He is ex-
tensively acquainted all over the
slate is well known throughout the
middle west and is fast becoming a
national character as will be seen
from the two subjoined editorials
one taken from the New York Tele-
graph of November 10 and tho other
from tho Lexington Kentucky Her-
ald of November 12 Both editorials
suggest him us probnblo presiden-
tial timber for 1920 The following
article is from the New York Tele-
graph: The election returns have proved
one thing for which the American
public may be duly thankful They
show that extravagant claims do
not win contests whether made by
democrats or republicans Before
the polls opened Chairman McCor-
mick glibly asserted that it would he
“landslide" C’hnirmnn Wilcox was
convinced that it would he a “ground-
swell" and the satelites hovering
around both headquarters echoed
and re-echoed the language of their
chiefs In a country with approx-
imately 20000000 enfranchised citi-
zens no man is able to say how an
election is going It would require
omnipotence The strictly parti-
san vote is of course noisy and it
is from ’this vote that the leaders
malic their deductions and draw
their conclusions But the 'balance
of power rests with the people who
pursue their ordinary avocations
during the campaign voting as a
matter of duty and without any ef-
fort at spectacular effect
s a matter of truth the chair-
man of a national committee is in a
difficult position for anybody who
wishes to make foreeasts lie re-
ceives his reports from partisans
partisans who are anxious to make
case and he would he loss than
human if tliC'e returns did not warp
his judgment
As has been said no man can
for-ee results but the man who is
host qualified to “guess” at condi-
tions purely local is to use a trite
expression “the man in the street"
the ordinary citizen who meets hi-
neighbor and talks to him upon the
trend of public sentiment Thi-
was demonstrated in the state of
New Jvr-ey where the result was a
foregone conclusion according to
what appeared to be the general
oneon-us
Another interesting feature of the
lection of lfflfi is the effect it i-
hound to have on the cumpuign of
1920 This is a long look ahead
but it is easy to understand that
the mtrow margin hv which the suc-
cessful candidate went into office
will cau-e a re-alignment and to an
extent a new leadership As many
lime as he has been counted out by
the opposition the republican organ
ization will have to take Colonel
Roosevelt into its calculations- He
is the only living republican who !u
portion of tho greut west Mr
Ferris is a young man not yet for-
ty He is recognized in nil circles
in Washington as one of the
fitrong and substantial men of Alio
house He was in charge of tho
organization bureau at tho western
headquarters of tho democratic cam
puign this year and his capacity wu
no mall factor in the big western
vote that saved the day for Wilson
and the party
He is growing every year and
stranger things have happened than
that lie should grow to presidential
stature by 1920
era
You know the name of your piano
your watch and your automobile
But da you know the name of your
Ere insurance company?
Few men do yet statistics show that
six out of every seven fire insurance
companies that are organized either
fcl or retire from business
It pays to know the company that
carries your risk Vhen you know
the Hartford you know a good
sound reliable company — one that
has cheerfully promptly and fully
paid every honest claim for one
hundred and four years
May we ca3 and tell you more
about it?
The Hartford
fire Insurance
Company
Writ or Telephone
W H GRESHAM
Local Agenl
carried the country by a trciicn-
dous majority without suffering a
subsequent defeat for with two
ticket- in the field four year' ago
again't the democrats and hiin-elf
a' a runner-up his large following
was something of a triumph
Again it is safe to say that in
192k both presidential candidates
will come out of the Middle Wc-t or
the Wct The leaders will play
for the vote west of the Alleghanie-
At present there is no commanding
figure to suggest as a probable nom-
inee although Burton and Ilerrn-k
in Ohio are con-idered of presiden-
tial calibre and Fairbanks twice
has demonstrated liis ability to enr-
j ry his own state of Indiana
The democratic party is not -o
well equipped Champ Clark will
j he a sptagcnarian and there i io-
body el-e in sight unlc-s it be one
of the younger generation like Scott
Ferris of Oklahoma chairman of the
Committee on I’ublie Lands one of
the dost— t students of internal af-
fairs in the United States He is
regarded at Washington as n
“comer" at thirty-eight with nearly
ten year-’ service to his credit in
theJower house
Here’s one from the Lexington
Kentucky Heruld of November 12:
There are however some rising
stars of great promise in the We-t
There i- for instance Scott Fer-
ri who has represented an Okla-
homa district in the hoti-e since Ok-
lahoma was admitted to the union as
a state Mr Ferris has jut been
re-elected for the fifth time practi-
cally without opposition He is
chairman of the (towerful committee
on public lands and he put through
the house of representative at the
last session of congress the mo-t
comprehensive program for the u-e
of our public hinds and the con-
servation of their great resources
for the benefit of all the people yet
proposed in congress These meas-
ures will probably he passed by the
senate at the short session this win-
ter and if they become laws they will
make the name of Scott Ferris a
household word throughout a vast
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
By J M Dyer
The Jefferson County Teachers’
social ion convened at Waurika
Wednesday November 15th with
most of the teachers of the county
in attendance from the first day
From Wednesday to Friday one hun-
dred and twenty-two teachers at-
tended Of this number many attend
ed every session of the association
hut some attended for awhile and
went away
Those who missed the session Sat-
urday morning missed one of the
best programs of the entire meeting
Upon the whole we think this meet-
ing was one of the most inspiration-
al gatherings of teachers the coun-
ty has ever had at any rate many
so expressed themselves
Those teachers who came for only
one session of the association and
then went away we cannot recom-
mend that they draw full pay for
the three days and have so noti-
fied their hoards
We had the pleasure and the bene-
fit of meeting and listening to many
prominent educators of our state
and nation and many teachers ex-
pressed themselves ns having fath-
ered inspiration and practical ideas
that will better equip them for the
task in their respective commun-
ities and schools this fall and win-
ter We hope this is true even to a
larger extent than we have heard
expressed
This office appreciates the loyal-
ty and co-operation of every teach-
er in attendance and we shall now
go forth to work with a greater de-
termination than ever to do some
real constructive work in our re-
spective places of duty
All over this county new forces
are being called into the education-
al work new vigor and greater ef-
ficiency is being employed and a
large attendance is being reported
from everywhere
Many teachers and one school
hoard came from a considerable dis-
tance The school board from Rich-
land was here This school board j
The Thanksgiving Spread
Will be complete if you order your
groceries We’ve just the kind of
goods to put the seasoning touch-
es on that turkey you’ve got your
mouth fixed for
Plan now on the “extras” you
will have to have and phone your
order to
C IRo PheDao
Phone 4
TEN YEARS AGO
The following items were taken
from our files of November 23 190:
A cold wave struck this country
Sunday morning which made the
people dig into their coal piles
Owing to a rush of job work and
the scarcity of help the News is
very shirt on reading matter this j
week
Dean Cummins left the lir't of the
week for Wichita Kansas Dean
will probably earn the reward of-
fered him but poor Art is having
“heap much" hard luck
I’ II Milner and W K Gardner
returned from a week’s outing in
the Big Pasture While there they
obtained some number' on good
land which they desire to sell
Last Saturday E J Kelly and a
Chiekasiiw man by the name of
Hoggin became engaged in a fist
fight Jloggan came up and began
to abu-e Kelly and E J landed him
on the jaw which settled that part
of the program
Steps are being made to connect
the Texas community with tele-
phones and everyone who is inter-
ested should cdiiie to the school-
house Monday night and help organ-
ize a company to get the good work
properly started off
T B Kdy of this place and Miss I
Cora Shockey of Rich Hill Mo j
were united in marriage at the home !
of the bride's parents last week
arriving in Waurika last Saturday j
morning to make this place their fu-
ture home The News joins their
many friends in extending congratulations
SPECIAL NOTICE
Owing to the continual advance of
leather and all other materials I ym
compelled to charge the following for
my work :
Men’s half-soles sewed $100
Men’s half-sf!e nailed 85e
Women’s hnlf-soles sewed 75c
Women's half-soles nailed 00c
Rubber heels 50c
Leather heels rebuilt 25 and 35c
W C WALDRON
Stoves
Nails
Knives
Harness
Oil Cans
Stove Pipe
Cream Separators
Collar Pads
Carving Sets
Winter Laprobes
t
and dozens and dozens of
other things for sale at
J W DUNKIN HARDWARE
COMPANY
We want
e
Your
Cotton Seed
¥ T0USEH0LDER— — Present T this coupon at
the Elevator and receive a nice
present
Sign here
Tlhxs 0svalt©ir
Flour Grain Coal and Feed
Phone 86
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Morrison, W. W. & Storms, C. S. Waurika News-Democrat (Waurika, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1916, newspaper, November 24, 1916; Waurika, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716587/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.