The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916 Page: 1 of 16
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A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the DUsemination of the News and to the Upbuilding of Stephens County
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VOLUME XXV
DUNCAN OKLA FRIDAY DEC 15 1910
NUMBER 16
Twelve Year Sentence
For Stilwell O’Neal
Men of Vision See
Good Times Ahead
After deliberating for four
days and nights the jury in the
O’Neal case rendered a decision
Wednesday afternoon Stilwell
O’Neal the oldest of the brothers
was given 12 years in the peni-
tentiary while " the younger
brother Gordon was given his
freedom
The case attracted much atten-
tion and many witnesses testified
for both the state and defense
'The case started last Thursday
afternoon and was completed and
turned over to the jury Saturday
night about 12 o’clock The state
was represented by County At-
torney Bridges John Stanley of
Pauls Valley and A W Reynolds
of Comanche Womack & Brown
and Bond & Kolb represented the
defense
The O’Neal brothers stood
charged with the murder of By-
ron Norman on the streets of Co-
manche Aug 16 last This
shootingbee in which the elder
Norman was also wounded cul-
' minated from a quarrel of eight
years’ standing and was the
third set-to between the parties
' during that time
On the previous Thursday the
10th of August the Normans and
O’Neals exchanged shots near
Mud Creek at which time the el-
der Norman received a slight
flesh wound All parties were
arrested and placed under bond
On the day of the shooting the
Normans were in ' Duncan but
left for Comanche shortly after
dinner They were walking along
- Main street when the O’Neals
who were stationed in the First
NationsBank opened fire on
them ‘ Byron Normal fel
mortally wounded at the first
volley while Dick Norman was
struck in the right thigh anc
arm The O’Neals empted their
guns at the fleeing Norman re-
turned into the bank building am
remained there until arrested by
officers
The trial showed a feud of long
standing between the families'
with each side guilty of miscon-
duct towards the other The evi-
dence also Bhowed that meddling
neighbors had “egged” on the
affair and left no stone untumec
to bring the two factions togeth-
er in deadly combat
Judge Jones' deserves praise
for his manner of handling the
case The jury seemed hopeless-
ly “hung” but the judge refus-
ed to excuse them saying that
' another trial would be too expen
sive to inflict upon the taxpayers
“You' look like men who can gel
together on this case” he said
and refused to dismiss them un
til a verdict had been reached
Haircuts to Advance
A ten-cent advance in the price
of haircuts is brewing in Dun-
can Barbers claim that the Eu-
ropean war is responsible for the
raise and that it takes more skil
and muscle to wield the shears
now than before the war Con
sequently a raise to 35c per cut
But laying all jokes aside bar
ber supplies are sky high The
boys were forced to raise on ith
er shaves or haircuts and chose
he latter
Cox Buys New Home
J D Cox this week purchaset
the L E Bumpass residence in
South Duncan The consider-
ation is not known but it is
thought to have been around the
$4000 mark
This is one of the best anc
handsomest homes in the city
and Mr Cox is to be congratu-
lated upon his acquisition of the
property
Duncan-Velma Road
Being Pushed Rapidly
Work on ths Duncan-Velma
road is being pushed rapidly find
the ' showing is great The
concrete work across Passamore
lollow will be put in by Tom
ieagan the contract being let
the firpt of the week
The work has been moved to one
mile south and one east of Vel-
ma the committee thinking this
plan would be the best in view
of the fact that this end of the
road is the best and in case mon-
ey gets short the worst stretch
of road at least will be in good
condition However the road on
this end of the line is being
graded this week
The big'steanfgrader recently
purchased by Commissioner
Reagan arrived Friday and was
put on the road Monday morning
This part of the work will be
from the McLendon place west
to Duncan The work being done
by it is the best ever seen in the
county -It
is the plan to make the road
a model one and the right people
are in charge to insure" the best
24 miles of road in this' part of
the state
Big Banquet Saturday
In Honor of Visitors
The business and stockmen’s
banquet will be held at the high
school building Saturday evening
beginning at 8:15 The domest-
ic science department of the
school will prepare the “eats” for
the occasion which insures some-
thing worth while Tickets are
being sold at 50c per plate and
Duncan people are urged to buy
two or three and secure some vis-
itor as their guest These tick-
ets may be had from W B Tuck-
er or W L Bumpas
There will be many breeders of
the county and many from other
counties at the shorthorn sale and
it is the intention to have them
as guests of the business men A
number of talks will be on the
program and the evening should
be productive of much and last-
ing good
Reserve your ticket today
Off to Toledo
J C Taylor local Overland
dealer and J B Stansell left
Monday on the Overland trip to
Toledo Ohio They will be ab-
sent atout a week The trip is
given complimentary by Mr
Willys and nearly one hundred
Oklahoma dealers are in the
party Practically every state
will be represented at the gather-
ing The Duncan parties are arjtici
pating a great time
Woodmen Visit Chickasha
About twenty members of the
local camp W O W and four
members of the Fair camp at-
tended the meeting at Chickasha
Tuesday night when Head Con-
sul W A Fraser of Omaha Neb
spoke on woodcraft State Mana-
ger J W Mansell was also a visi-
tor - After the speaking a ban-
quet was served the visitors by
Chickasha camp
Those attending report a great
time
— a e
Wins (50 Prize
Geo W Yeager Monday re-
ceived a check for $50 from the
Old Trusty Incubator people as a
reward for again heading the list
of dealers ' This is the fourth
consecutive year George has won
the prize and he already has his
pegs set for the prize next year'
Local U S Marine
Wins Coveted Honor
By showing exceptional ability
and military proficiency Marvin
T Goble of this place has been
promoted to the rank of corporal
in the United States Marine
Corps according to an official re-
port from Washington D C
Marvin yrho is a son of Marion
E Goble of Duncan enlisted in
the United States Marine Corps
at its Kansas City recruiting sta-
tion on July 15 1913 - Marines
are military men' who serve eith- v production to the Magnolia com-
er on land or sea and young' pany for $87000 apd Pruitt re-
Goble is now Stationed at Ports- ceived a check representing his
mouth N H awaiting the call share of the stock for $14000
to expeditionary sea or foreign J The Magnolia company which
shore duty 'has taken the lead among big
Corporal Goble has rendered companies in developing the Lo-
valuable service to the “soldiers 'co district will begin drilling in
of the sea” and his many a few days on the Pruitt land
friends in this community will be It will also probably further de-
pleased to learn that his excell- velop the Maloney company’s
ent record has been appreciated property A pipe line is being
laid into the Loco field by the
Injured by Automobile ! Magnolia The region’s shallow
Mrs Hirschberger mother of wen3 are producing from 40 to 60
Mrs W A Dicken was quite barrels of oil daily and the extent
painfully injured and severely 1 0f the field has not been deter-
mined Pruitt was vice-president of the
Maloney Oil and Gas company
H M McQueen of Kansas City
bruised about the body by an au-
tomobile Tuesday afternoon The
car was driven by Mr Cox and in
Some way became unmanageable
!? o Anfirthe nerattheReX' ' wtoww hew during"' the trail
action was president Ernest A
all Store Mrs Hirschberger was
struck and knocked down
The accident was seemingly un-
avoidable and was not the result
of careless or reckless driving
The lady is not seriously injured
it is thought and should soon re-
cover Ba!ranlDjlla3Newa $1'75 1
fify ®mj
On
Christ-
tng when I
wait and
steep-dust from
eyes I shake I
tt a sight that
makes mm start and
causms thumpings in ny
heart I A Christmas tri
oh pretty sight— with can-'
dims bells and bails alight
With horns and dolls and sugar
plums and skates and trains and
beating drums And oh it is a wonder-tree
with heaps of things forme
to semi Rare gifts hang upon
the side which tinseled fairies
cannot hide A soldier
doll a doll house
too and strings
of gold
come to my
view and
os I look I
seem to
hear street
Christmas
musie soft
and clear
A Merry Christmas It so
A merry happy holy daft
tosaqh
Oil Money Flows
Into Ranchman's Hands
Ringling Ok la Dec 9— Two
transactions this week almost
placed Henry Pruitt pioneer
ranchman of Loco in the capita-
list class Monday he executed
a lease on 410 acres of his land in
sections 32 and 33-3-5 to the Mag-
nolii Petroleum company and re-
ceived a check for $19000
Tuesday the Maloney Oil and
Gas company in which he was a
Stockholder sold its property and
Pruitt was secretary and J F
Stotts of Ringling was treasurer
T S McQueen of Kansas City
was a director The company
had ten acres in section 9-4-3 on
! which are four producing wells
Poultry Show Opens
Great
j The annual poultry show under
( the auspices of the Stephens
: County Poultry association open-
jed today (Thursday) It is ex-
' pected that hundreds of birds
representing practically all
breeds will be on exhibit The
show will run three days It is
being held in the Robinson &
Jones building and is atcracting
many people
Stephens county is one of the
greatest poultry producing coun-
ties in the state There are ma-
ny fanciers over the county some
really great strains of birds being
represented and there is no rea-
son why these annual shows
should not be the best in the
country
You will regret it if you fail to
attend the show and view the
many beautiful birds on exhibit
Banner and Dallas News $17
Cotton Prices in '
$8 A Bale Slump
New Orleans La Dec 11— In
one of the most exciting sessions
and widest slumps ever noted on
the exchange here the price of
cotton today was sent 132 to 161
points or $8va bale on the weak-
est months under Saturday’s
close due to effects of the gov-
ernment forecast of the size of
the 1916 cotton crop Th6
estimate of 11511000 bales as
the total production was consider-
ably above general expectations
and 'the' January positions sold
down to 4665c which was 349
points below the highest prices
of the season made two weeks
ago or a loss of about $20 a bale
compared to the high figures
Offerings came largely from
disappointed holders of long con
tracts who expected an estimate
of hot exceeding 11300 bales
and few on the floor were pre-
pared for the government’s
figures Shorts also were heavy
seller but after half an hour of
wild trading they conmenced tak-
ing profits largely and their buy-
ing steadied the tone and caused
a material reaction the market
closing at a net loss for the day
72 to 89 points
M - - - - -
Big Shorthorn Sale
Week’s Feature Event
Hundreds of visitors will be in
Duncan Saturday to attend the
big sale Enquiries are coming
in from' all part? of the country
and unusual interest is manifest-
ed in advance of the sale
About forty head of shorthorns
thirty head of hogs some jacks
horses jennets and other ani
mals besides many grade cattle
will be sold It will be the first
sale under the auspices of the
Breeder’s association which was
organized something over a year
ago
The sale will be held at the old
cotton warehouse where ample
provisions t accomodate the
crowds have been made
The breeds offered in the sate
comprise some of the best individ-
uals in the county This is true
not only of the cattle but of the
hogs as well Both durocs and
polands will be 'sold It will af-
ford a fine opportunity to acquire
some of the best cattle and hogs
in the country
Ships Carload of Mutes
J O Thomas local horse and
mule buyer shipped out a car-
load of Stephens county mules to
Kansas City Saturday The ani-
mals brought good prices and
netted the seller a nice profit
T Barber Prices Raise!
A round of the barber shops
brings to light the fact that
slight raises in the prices will be
made after Monday Dec 18
The following schedule is posted
up in a conspicuous place
Hair cuts 35c
Massage 35c
Shampoo 35c
Singe 35c
Shave 15o
Marriage licenses
' The following marriage licens-
es have been issued since last
issue:
J H Turper Duncan and Va-
da Pickett Comanche
Charlie Cox Comanche ard
Sarah Gates Hastings
Guy W Rangeley and Hettie
Frederick" Duncan
J A Drummond and Sarah E
Copeland Duncan
J B GiUock and Nancy M
Spencer Cruce
The Banner this week had the
pleasure of talking to two men
who have has a vision and are
making it pay The first was W
M Dieh who lives nine miles
southeast of town Mr Dieh was
raised oij the farm but was at-
tracted to town at the age of 16
There he tarried For several
years he owned the telephone ex--change
at Comanche but a few
months ago sold out and invested
in a 400-acre farm
Comanche friends laughed at
him declaring that he would not
work the farm He had a vision
however and has been putting
in some telling licks Of course
most of the farm is rented ' but
enough as reserved for experi-
mental purposes This year Mr
Dieh tried gardening with suc-
cess He also planted alfalfa
which is doing well To cap the
climax he planted a block of land
about twenty feet square to to-
bacco and gathered nine pounds
of this product Many ‘people
laughed at him when he declared
he wanted to experiment with to-
bacco “I saw it raised back
east” he said “and knew no
reason why it should not be
grown here— the garden spot of
the universe”
Mr Dieh will bear watching
He has heard the call of “back
to the farm” and a man of that
calibre is bound to succeed
The other’ visitor was B F
Townsend A few years ago the
editor knew Mr Townsend when
he was engaged in the grocery
business in West Texas eking
out little more than a bare living
He too had a vision and came
to Oklahoma Since arriving
here he has learned a thing or
two and one of them is that it
won’t do to tie to cotton or any
other one crop- Consequently'
he has branched out into diversi-
fied farming
Mr Towsend’s hobby is pure
com and Holstein cattle He
has made a success of both ven-
tures and is reaping a reward for
his efforts His com finds a ready
market all over Oklahoma and
Texas and brings a neat sum
above the market The Holsteins
are just now getting where they
will pay handsomely ‘
But he does not stop at these
two items He took premiums
on cotton at the fair here this fall
and raises everything else adapt-
ed to this country Stock-farming
he believes will prove the
salvation-of the farmers of this
section Stephens county has a
large number of farmers of this
class and it means that greater
prosperity for the farmer man is
happily on the way
Agents for Maxwell
Bill Hall and Dr W S Spears
have accepted the agency for the
Maxwell automobile and have a
supply now on hand
The advertisement or the Max-
well in this issue contains an er-
ror which inadvertently crept in
and was not noticed until it had
gone through the press In the
advertisement the agents are giv-
en as Harris & Spears when it
should have been Hall & Spears
Please take notice and in en-
quiring about the Maxwell see
either Bill Hall at Duncan or Dr
W S Spears at Velma
Anyone wishing to store house-
hold goods or any thing else Bee
R E Dunn I have a large iron-
covered warehouse Reasonable
rates R E Dunn
16-2t P O Box 422
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Leeman, Ed J. The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916, newspaper, December 15, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1742242/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.