The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Dissemination of the News and to the Upbuilding of Stephens County
VOLUME XXIII DUNCAN OKLA JUNE 18 1915 NUMBER 42
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A Great Fruit Crop
Is Nearing Maturity
Favorable weather conditions
have come as a big encourage-
ment to the fruit growers of this
section who expect to market a
considerable quantity this sum-
mer — more than ever before in
the history of the country That
a good market will be establish-
ed at Duncan and top prices will
be paid is the assurance of those
conversant with the situation
one of the largest houses in the
state establishing quarters here
It is up to the growers whether
they make or lose on this year's
crop especially as applied to
peaches Only the very best
quality of fruit should be offered
and the fruit should be culled be-
fore being offered for sale If
this plan is followed and the
fruit is gathered at the right
time there is no good reason why
the crop - should not' prove prof-
itable By canning the culled
fruit practically all the crop can
be saved
A number of the best orchards
in the county were stripped of
much fruit by the hail but where
' not more than half the crop was
destroyed this will prove an ad-
vantage to the grower because
it insures a better grade Qual-
ity rather than quantity i3 the
slogan
Big Fire At Wirt
Fire which started at 3-30 this
morning in Scrivner Bros’ store
at Wirt destroyed about one-
' third of that town The build-
ings were of pine and were des
troyed in a hurry Besides the
Scrivner store the following
places were burned: Ardmore
Cafe John Cathary’s pool hall
vacant building meat market B
H McDonald’s confectionery
Owl Cafe vacant store Mc-
Knight’s drug store a clothes
cleaning parlor and Collins’ con-
fectionery The loss is estimated at about
$4000— Ardmoreite
The Booze Industry
Ninety thousand persons are
employed in making booze in this
country according to the last
census report Some 60000 in
breweries and about 30000 in
distilleries
Thus one per cent of all em-
ployed labor is employed by dis-
tillers and two-tenths of one per
cent by the brewers
Booze gives employment to
three tents of one per cent of all
employed labor
Against this there are 110000
who die annually from drinking
booze to say nothing of the thou-
sands who lose their jobs be-
cause of drink
Saturday Tax Payments
County Treasurer A B Fer-
guson reports that Saturday’s
'collections of the 1914 taxes a-
mounted to $1726702 This is
the largest amount that has been
received this year for any day
and certainly is a remarkable
showing The total collections
for the month have not been fig-
ured out
The Rock Island was among
those paying during the week
but the payment was made un-
der protest
Stores Close Hour Each Day
Practically all the stores have
agreed to close for one hour as a
mark of respect for the revival
services now in progress at the
Methodist church The closing
period is from 10 to 11 o’clock
each morning during the week
Saturday excepted
The revival meeting will con-
tinue through the week
Rural School Teaches
Intensive Agriculture
Oklahoma City June 12— A
consolidated school that is con-
ducting a small farm on the in-
tensive plan for the double pur-
pose of training the boys in agri
culture and realizing a profit for
support of the athletic and labor-
atory work of tbe school is that
at Amber in Grady County This
school has as its efficient prin-
cipal A E Wickizer an enthu-
siast in manual training and
athletic development of the boys
He has a large school that is
made up of several districts It
requires six wagons to transport
the pupils under the law for this
school
At the beginning of the Bchool
term last year Professor Wicki-
zer conceived the idea of secur-
ing a vacant block of five acre
of land adjoining the school pre-
mises and permitting the boy
pupils to earn some money for
support of their athletics and for
the laboratory work The plat
was planted to onions kafir
feteita and potatoes The boys
entered into the spirit of the ex-
periment and the crops are prac-
tically assured and a neat profit
is expected for the enterprises
considered x
"The work has been helpful to
the boys and popular with
them’’ said Professor Wickizer
while calling on the secretary of
the Board of Agriculture Don
Lawhead this week "The work
was distributed among so many
pupils that none of them tired of
it and the enthusiasm to make
a good crop led to careful study
of methods of planting and culti-
vation A squad of twenty-four
boys cleaned and cultivated one
onion patch of one acre in one
hour The next time this plat
required cultivation we had an-
other squad to do the work The
interest in intensive agriculture
has developed among the boys to
an extent that I am seeking some
way to secure the services of a
scientific farmer for the next
season so that the boys may not
lose any possibility of learning
all that can be taught tehm on a
little farm”
The Weather Story
Three rains a week is the rec-
ord for the past month and the
past week was no exception to
the rule Monday one of the
hardest rains of the reason fell
the fall amounting to 16 in-
ches Again Wednesday a show-
er fell and with Sunday night’s
rain the record is complete A
light shower fell Thursday morn-
ing which is not counted in the
record Wednesday’s rain while
light here was fierce in some
parts of the country At Mar-
low it amounted to nearly two
inches and the town was flood-
ed water running into the de-
pot for the first time this
year
So far a3 heard from ' damage
was light but great damage will
result to the grain crops unless
pretty weather prevails the bal-
ance of the week so that the
harvesters can be put in motion
Some grain has been cut but
the big part of the crop is stand-
ing up ready for the reaper It
will begin to suffer early next
week
Sermon to Men Only
Don’t fail to hear Evangelist
Brannon Sunday afternoon at
3:00 o’clock at the Methodist
church to men only
Let every man go out and hear
this talk It will oe worth your
time
Ed Gentry Arrested
Charged with Larceny
Ed J Gentry one of the pro-
minent young stoekmen of the
Arthur community was arrest-
ed last Thursday on the charge
of larcenty of cattle and was
released on an appearance bond
of $500 Gentry is charged with
the theft of four head of cattle
two from H T Blake and two
from D C Stanley Two of the
cattle are the ones traced by the
sheriff’s force a few days pre-
viously and the other two ac-
cording to information at hand
were found in his pasture and
were claimed as recent pur-
chases The arrest was made
following the finding of the last
two head
Tinch Kincannona brother-in-law
of Gentry was later arrest-
ed in connection with the case
and he was released Saturday
under bond in thesum of $1000
Kincannon was apprehended at
Stratford by the sheriff of Gar-
vin county and was returned to
Duncan by Sheriff Young Frdiay
The young men are highly
connected and their arrest came
as a great surprise to their
friends
A Municipal Swimming Pool
A number of local citizens are
advocating the establishment in
Duncan of a municipal swimming
pool They argue that such an
institution is needed here and
could be provided at a small out-
lay of money Duncan has an
ideal location for such a pool and
in connection with the city' park
it would prove a great drawing
card
It was said in olden times that
cleanliness was a great institu-
tion Subsequent history has
never disproved this statement
or improved upon it This being
so the Banner takes the oppor-
tunity to advocate that a swim-
ming pool be provided Such a
pool would add wonderfully to
the joy of living to both old and
young alike and it would prove
a paying investment Start the
agitation
Mrs Overton’s recital will be
given on next Monday night at
the opera house at which time a
short program will be rendered
by a part of her class A Rose
Dream or Fairy Opera will be
presented by about fifty children
during the evening and the en-
tire program will amuse and en-
tertain Buys Thrasher
A C Flowers this wek pur-
chased a thrasher and will run
independeet thrashing out fit
during the present season The
machine is a new one arid the
big traction engine makes the
outfit up-to-date
Be wise -read all the ads
Lightning Starts Fire
In Healdton Oil Field
Great volumns of smoke from
an oil fire in the Healdton field
passed over this section Tuesday
afternoon having much the ap-
pearance of a dark cloud The
fire was started by lightning
one 55000 and five 1600 steel
tanks catching and was still
burning Wednesday morning
It takes about twenty-four hours
for a tank tp burn out unless ex-
plosion takes place
The tanks were set on fire at
1 o’clock Monday afternoon dur-
ing the heavy storm
Arrested on Serious Charge
Lee Arter was arrested at his
home near Marlow Tuesday on
the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses He had
secured $199 from the City
National Bank by mortgaging
four head of mules and ten head
of cattle belonging to other
parties
After came to town with a
neighbor whom he had employ-
ed to meet a brother-in-law here
and take him home and while he
sent the neighbor out of town in
search of this mythical person he
secured the mules and plastered
them with a mortgage A few
weeks later he returned and
stating that his wife had died
and he wanted money to pay her
burial expenses secured an ad-
ditional loan an cattle alleged to
b$ in his possession No such
cattle existed and his wife still
lives
Arter was brought down Tues-
day afternoon and lodged in jail
pending a preliminary examina-
tion Hauling Out Pump
The McMan Oil Co the pipe
line people building through this
county this week received un-
loaded and hauled out machinery
for their pumping station which
they will establish just northeast
of town It Jwas hauled out
in a specially equipped wagon
and eight big draft horses were
neccessary to pull each load
Charged With Wife Desertion
Carol Harris recently em-
ployed in the Sledge pool hall
wa3 arrested Wednesday on the
charge of wife desertion His
appearance b nd was placed at
$400 but the date of his pre-
liminary hearing has not been
set
H F Palmer one of the best
Auto Mechanics in Southwestern
Oklahoma has taken charge of
the repair department of Palace
Garage We are also installing
power-driven machinery and can
take care of your wants
Snow is one of the luxuries en-
joyed by the people of South
Dakota the past week
WEATHER FORECAST
Weather forecast for the week
beginning Wednesday June 16
issued by the U S Weather
Bureau Washington D C :
For West Gulf States includ-
ing Louisiana Arkansas Okla-
homa and Texas:
Intermittent shower period be-
ginning about Friday will con-
tinue throughout the remainder
of the week with temperatures
above the seasonal averages
Memorial Services
A most beautiful and impres-
sive memorial service was held
by Locust Grove No 33 Sunday
at the W O W hall A large
and appreciative crowd gathered
at the hall where the following
program was rendered:
Prayer— Rev J S Lamar
Ritualistic Service— Memorial
Circle
Roll call of the dead
Song "The Vacant Chair—
Mrs Howe
Memorial Address — Mrs
Frost
Song "Somewhere a Voice is
Calling”— Miss Donnie Griffith
Quartet "God Will Wipe Away
all Tears” — Mesd Bumpass
Frost Messrs Taylor Frensley
Song "The Rosary”— Mr3
Bumpass
Closing Ceremonies— Memorial
Circle
As Sov Donnie Griffiith play-
ed the funernal march the Me-
morial circle entered led by
Love and Remembrance carry-
ing banners As they approached
the station of the presiding
officer the banners were raised to
form an arch and after proving
themselves worthy the Circle
marched under in twos forming
a broken circle around the stump
which was appropriately draped
in mourning Each member of
the Memorial circle delivered
their charge in a most excellent
manner
As Mrs Howe began singing
The Vacant chair Little Joy Wil-
son and Eula Gound marched up
the hall and placed flowers in
each vacant chair three in num-
ber which had been arranged at
the head of the hall and over
which was raised a black anc
white banner on which was in-
scribed these words: "We the
living pay loving tribute to those
who have passed away”
At the close of the service con-
veyances were in waiting to con-
vey them to the cemetery where
loving hands placed flowers on
the grave of each departed sover-
eigns Mrs Chas Cayce of Dallas
Texas has opened a dressmak-
ing parlor first residence west of
laundry All kinds plain anc
fancy sewing Children’s
I clothes a specialty
Al Jennings Preached
Great Funeral Sermon
Muskogee June 8— “Al Jen-
nings is a born preacher and I
should not be surprised to see him
become an evangelist now that
he has been converted and be-
come a member of the church”
said E F White of Muskogee
who knew Jennings in his youth
before the latter took to the “long
trail” "And believe me if Al
Jennings turns his hand to revival
meetings he will give Billy Sun-
day a close run for his popularity
Al is already pretty well advertis-
ed you know and the idea of an
ex-train robber in the pulpit
would appeal to the imagina-
tion "I heard Jennings preach a
sermon once It was his first
and perhaps his last sermon up to
this time He was just a boy
then It was before he became
a "long rider” It was out in
Colorado near what was then the
town of Boston Al and two of
his brothers had taken up a
claim A settler had a little
daughter 12 years old and a
beautiful child
"One spring she took mountain
fever and died The young
father came over to my place
and told me the girl wa3 dead
and that the mother was at home
alone with the dead I hurried
over to the Jennings’ claim and
told them about it and we held
conference
"Al is a natural leader and he
soon outlined what we should do
He was very fond of the girl
Tears welled in his eye3 as he
said:
"Boys there ought to be a
regular funeral for that little
girl It would be a shame in-
human not to have one We’ll
go over and dig a grave and
have a funeral”
“We went over and dug a
grave on the hillside where the
wild flowers bloomed thickest
We made a rough coffin out of
boards The body of the little
girl was placed in it and lower-
ed into the grave Then Al
stepped forward and offered a
prayer It was a good prayer
too His father had at one time
been a minister and Al had
learned how a funeral should be
conducted After the prayer
he asked me to sing a hymn and
I did the best I could
“When I had finished to my
amazement Al stepped forward
and preached a fu n e r a 1
sermon over that grave It was
as touching as any funeral ser-
mon I ever heard before or
since He told of the little
flower that had budded out there
on the hills of Colorado the
flower that was not dead but
merely transplanted ’mid the
flowers that were blossoming
about the grave and when he
had finished tears were slresjn-
ing from the eyes of everyone
present I sang another song
and we turned sadly from the
grave But out on the hills al-
most outside the pale of civiliza-
tion over that little grave was
laid bare the heart of the real
Al Jennings”
Notice Property Ownert
To the Citizens of Duncan:
You are hereby notified to cut
all weeds and grass on your
property in the city of Duncan
including the parking tothe'eurb
line If not cut within a period
of ten days from date of this no-
tice the city will proceed to cut
them and cost of same charged
to property as per ordinance
City Health Dept
Dated Friday June 18 1915
How the Students “Take To 99 Superintendent
N HilVs Plan for a Six Day -a- Week School
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Leeman, Ed J. The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1915, newspaper, June 18, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1742087/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.