The Walter New Era (Walter, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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PROTECT yourself with a bank
account Every man is entitled
to a competency’ We all earn one The' wise man
saves his - Start your Bank Account now Add to it
at each opportunity and you arrest time
The First National Bank
Oo W Graham Pratt
J W Harley V Praat
M C Smith Caahler
Youth Held For
Burglarizing Safe
Lawton Okla Jan 8— Harry
Stephens 20-year-old son o£F
Stephens deceased fomer re-
presentative in the legislature
f&m Caddo county and a nephw
of fomer Mayor G H Block is
held in the county jail charged
with burglarizing the safe in the
feawton Constitution newspaper
office early Sunday morning
When suspicion was fixed on
Stephens a former employe in
the newspaper office officers
searched his rpoin and found all
but a few dollars of the money
taken $40 in silver checks and
postoffice money orde s in hid
ing there
Bryan Won’t Run
Washington Jan 8— “Well a
man who has actually been
Pi esident hadn’t the same power
as the man who has i ot Col
Roosevelt may rot be able to
prevent his name going on the
ballot but I can and will prevent
mine from going on”
This was William J Bryan’s
comine t here 'today when told
that former President Roosevelt
has teen quoted as saying that
he was powerless to keep his
name off the ballot in the next
presidential election Bryan de-
clares he would not be a candid-
ate for the presidency under any
circumstances
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In entering upon a New Year we first want to
acknowledge our mistakes made during the past
year You probably made a few that we made
a lot of them but we can assure you that in the
year 1912 we are going to do our best to serve
you better and promise you that you will make
no mistake by buying your groceries at our
store Here are a few of our many bargains
4 pk A & H Soda 25c
5 gal good Oil 35c
Velva Syrup 65c
5 lb Oats 20c
3 pkgGum 10c
3 lb good Candy 25c
8 bars good Soap — 25c
Shorts $150
Bran $130
Cotton S Meal $140
Flour $245
Sugar 17 lbs $100
3 boxes Matches 10c
25 oz B Powder 15c
We are getting a car of Seed Oats and Seed Corn
so be sure you see us for you know
WEMAKETHEPRICE
B & hi CASH STORE
Successor to McDonald’s Grocery
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TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
AT MEERS OKLA
Dispute Over Ownership of
Land Ends In Murder
No Attempt to Escape
Culminating over the contro
versy as to who was the owner
of a quarter section of land in
the Wichita mountains W H
Sanford met his death at the
hands of Henry Siegler at
Meers Monday
About eleven o’clock Assis-
tant County Attorney Hender-
son received a phone message
from Justice Horn of Meers tel-
ling that the above had happen-
ed and immediately he and
Sheriff Nix left in an automobile
for the scene of the tragedy
Upon their arrival there they
were met by Justice Horn and
held an inquest over the deceas-
ed The only testimony introduc-
ed was that of Mrs Stanford
wife of the deceased She stated
that there had been no com-
munication between the parties
Sunday but her husband Sun-
day morning fearing that Siegler
would do him harm had gone
before Justice Horne at Meers
and swore to an affidavit for a
peace warrant for Siegler which
was placed in the hands of
Deputy Sherifi Pennick who
not thinking anything serious
would occur and that Siegler
would appear without his going
out after him phoned to Siegler
Monday morning to come in
and make a peace bond
The witness further testified
that about nine o’clock Monday
morning Stanford was chopping
wood in front of his home about
twenty feet from the residence
of Siegler when Siegler came
up behind him armed with a
double barrell shot gun and
walking up to within six feet of
Stanford threw a rock striking
Stanford in the back knocking
him down After throwing the
rock Siegler advanced upon the
prostrate Stanford and pointed
the gun at him when Mrs Stan-
ford ran out of the house and
throwing herself between them
knocking the gun upwards and
plead with Siegler not to shoot
He gave the plea for mercy no
attention however but again
took aim and shot Stanford
who at this time was only about
four feet away ancl attempting
to arise to his feet
The shot took effect on the
right side of the face tore away
part of the jaw and entered the
brain one of the shots coming
out at the top of the head and
another just above the base of
the brain The shot gun was
loaded with number four or six
shot Stanford fell without ut-
tering a sound
Siegler immediately went to a
neighbor’shouse and phoned to
the sheriff that he had killed a
man and for him to come out as
he was ready to surrender It
is alleged that he also phoned
his brother John that "the
thing has come off” and that he
should bring him a clean shirt
Siegler surrendered to Deputy
Sheriff Pennick and was taken
to jail to be held pending his
preliminary
Mrs Carrie Gore mother of
Senator Thomas P Gore died
in Washington Sunday morning
at the age of 73 years The re-
mains will be buried in the Capi-
tol ity Mrs Gore was a na-
tive of Mississippi
FARMERS APPEAL
FACE DESTITUTION
Delegation Will Present to
Congress Petition Signed
by Thousands
Ryan Okla — A mass meet-
ing composed of fully 600 farm-
ers was held in Ryan Saturday
and arrangements made to pre-
sent a petition to congress ask-
ing financial aid from the govern-
ment for farmers in this connty
who haye been unable to make
a crop in three years owing to
drontn conditions and many of
whom are now ' pratically desti-
tute J R True Hon Cham Jones
and Guy Green were appointed
as a committee to confer with
Governor Cruceand present a
petition signed by the people to
congress The business of Ryan
have ottered to defray the ex-
penses of the delegation ’ in an
effort to secure the needed re-
lief 1 ‘
At preliminary meeting a
week ago at which J R Smith
was 'chairman andJ R True
secretary a central committee
was selected composed of one
man from each community in
the county to secure signatures
to petitions which will be taken
to Washington and the matter
given into the hands of Okla-
homa’s senators and representa-
tives to urge prompt relief -action
upon the part of the govern-
ment After three crop failures the
farmers are unable to make an'
other attempt at making a crop
without assistance The situa-
tion throughtout the country is
serious According to state-
ments made at the meeting there
are hundreds of farmers in this
county at present unable to pro-
perly clothe and feed their fami
lies to say nothing of buying
seed and feeding stock necessary
to planting a spring crop
Bankers and other business
men in the county are no longer
able to cope with the situation
They have aided the farmers
for three consecutive years
practically witnout returns and
have attained the limit how
ever strong their desire to ex-
tend aid
Watch'
theisand
of time
keep
running
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— and remember that
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every day you fail to save something
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you lose a chance that will never
return to provide for old age or for
that misfortune that may come tomorrow or for seiz-
ing that opportunity of your life when it turns up
Start saving today Remember the
sands of time keep running on and
TOMORROW 1 may be too late
The Walters National Bank
CAPITAL $30 000-SURPLUS $20000 ‘
R H SUITAN Pr A R PATTERSON Chier W D McNEES V-Pim
Texas Panhandle
Cattle Freezing
Amorilla Tex Jan 8 — One of
the most phenonmenal freaks
of the weather was that of last
night when following a temper-
ature of 45 above a second bliz-
zard descended on the entire Pan-
handle soon driving the mer-
cury down to 6 below at 5 o clock
Monday morning '
This second drop after three
weeks of solid snow has wrought
general distruction among range
cattle
It is estimated that the loss has
reached into the hundreds alredy
and the season of winter is yet
considered young F L David-
son official animal and hide in-
spector stated Monday that the
present season will doubtless be
the coldest for fifteen years in
this section
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The residence on the place of
Garland Straing who lives 5
miles east and 6 north of Wal-
ter was totally destroyed by
fire Sunday evening at about
7 o’clock There was no one at
home when th? fire started and
the cause is not known Every
thing was a total loss He car-
ried some insurance
W L Shortridge J T Lyons
and W F Rose all east of tne
city were in Tuesday on business
Say 14371000 Bales Ginned
Memphis Tenn Jan 9 — The
National Ginners’ Association
gives the amount of cotton gin-
ned up to January 1 as 14371-
000 bales
The amount ginned by states
follows:
Alabama 1620000
Arkansas 785000
F'orida 87000
Georgia 2640000
Louisiana 352000
Mississippi 1050000
North Carolina 980000
Oklahoma 912000
South Carolina 1502000
Tennessee 395000
Texas 3935000
Virginia 112000
Total 14371000
A LITTLE NEGLECT
— Breed Great Mischief
W B Easterwood of near
Ahpeatone was in town yester
day on business and he informed
us that drilling on an oil well in
his community would possibly
be commenced the last of this
week He says his people are
very confident of finding oil
for want of a nail a shoe was
lost for want of the shoe a
horse was lost for want of a
horse the rider was lost being
overtaken and slain by the en-
emy all for a little neglect at
the start
A little neglect in the choice of your bank may
eventually cost you the savings of your lifetime
Don’t be caught like the horseman — start right
remembering:
There is no chance there is no doubt there
never was a wreck on the “Guaranty Route
Oklahoma State Bank
W H Dyer Pres Frank Wiemer V-Pres
S C McAdams Asst Cash’r S Coleman Cashier
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Shaw, Thad N. The Walter New Era (Walter, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1912, newspaper, January 11, 1912; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1720386/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.