The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1924 Page: 3 of 8
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THE DUNCAN BANNER FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 1S4
SAM ROB 1 110 WITZ
DIES IrJ DALLAS
FUNERAL TODAY
i
End Comes for Duncan
Business Man Satur-
day Morning
no hope was held opt for recov-
ery TheN patient sank rapidly
Lust week he suffered a fetroke of
paralysis leaving his right side
helpless and depriving him of the
power of speech Relatives were
notified and hastened to his bed-
side realizing that the end was
no farther away than a few hours
and through the long hours when
the poor wasted body was warped
and twisted with pain they main-
tained the pilent vigil with their
loved one
The end came Saturday morn-
ing and all thatswas earthly of
Sam Robinowitz passed from this
world into the uncharted beyond
Sam Robinowitz was known!
NEW EXCISE BOARD
UWUPIN SENATE
Proposes Elimination of County
Officers and SubstituUon of
k ( Five Freeholders
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 2—
With the lower house of the state
legislature in recess over the week-
end the senate today held a brief ses-
sion and advanced several bills to-
ward the final reading
Reorganisation of county excise
boards throughout the state by the
elimination of elective officers from
Sam Robinowitz died in a Dallas
hospital Saturday forenoon about
11 o’clock as a result of a compli-
cation of ailments brought about iovedndTeVpecteTin"Duncan"by membership and substituting a board
" " all who knew him-and that was o flve freeholders was ordered en-
every man woman and child in r08ed “'?? cn ‘he moton'
the city He came here about six- Senator Llard to poatpone con"
by an attack of ptomaine poison-
ing some three months ago He
was taken to the sanitarium last
December in hopes that special-
ists could g'ive - him some relief'
but such a thing was impossible
v
M In October of laBt year while
in Dallas Mr Robinowitz had din-
ner with some friends at a cafe
Robinowitz
Several hours later he was taken
suddenly ill and confined to his
bed for two or three days Re-
covering sufficiently to make the
trip he returned to his home here
where for a time it was l&lieved
he would recover but he did not
and was forced to place himself
under the care of physicians For 0
a time he improved then he would DUNCAN-LAWTON ROAD NOW
fail
teefi years ago when but a mere
youth and from that time until
the t day of his being striken by
the fatal illness enjoyed the
friendship of all
As a business man he was rec-
ognized as among the best For
several years he was associated
with his brother Meyer in the
gents’ furnishing business under
the firm name of Meyer & Sam
and the firm was well known all
over the country Selling out his
interest in the firm three years
ago he formed a “'partnership with
Raymond Moss ' under the firm
name of Sam & Ray aind was a
member of that firm at the time
of his death He was a member
of -the Masonic lodge also the
American Legion having served
in the army during the war
Funeral services will be held
in Dallas at 2:00 o’clock this aft-
ernoon 1 -
t Mr Robinowitz is survived by
three brothers Ben and Meyer
of this city and Max of Chicago
and by two sisters Mrs L Stein
of Dallas and Mrs Sam Siegel of
Port Arthur Texas
His partner Ray Moss Mrs
Ben Robinowitz and Meyer Mehl
of the Meyer & Meyer store left
yesterday afternoon for Dallas to
attend the funeral
' sideratlon of the measure indefinite-
ly ' '
Senator McPherren of Durant led
the support for the measure declar-
ing that the excise boards as at pres-
ent constituted had developed a habit
of voting large appropriations for
the departments of government rep-
resented by various members Under
the law in force at present the excise
boards are ’htado up of county clerks
conuty attorneys county treasurers
county assessors and county superintendents
finally recovering h i s
strength sufficiently to enable
him to be out of the house and
spend some time each day down-
town and at his place of - busi-
ness the Sam & Ray store
After a time and when relatives
as well as himself realized that
he was not making the proper
progress toward recovery he was
taken to the Dallas institution
where skilled specialists exerted
every means within their power to
effect a cure It was a hopeless
battle though and even after a
delicate operation on the brain
IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION
The Stephens county road crews
under the supervision of County
Commissioner John Jackson have
completed the road from this city to
the Comanche county line to connect
there with the road into Lawton and
Medicine Park
This road is today in the best con-
dition for a long time and the trip
to Lawton can be made with satisfac-
tion and comfort
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Place a want ad in the columns of
the Banner and get best results
MOTHER SERIOUSLY ILL
0 G Abernathy was called to
Tampa Florida Friday where his
mother is spending the winter an-
nouncing her serious illness A tele-
gram to Mrs Abernathy this morning
brought the news that his mother is
in a serious condition and not ex-
pected to recover "
“IT IS MORE BLESSED TO
GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE”
Sunday’s paper carried a story
of destitution which was depriv-1
ing two children a girl aged 12
years and a boy aged 10 years
from an education This morn-
ing bright and early a bundle of
clothing was left at the office
and later the owner of the shack
in which the family lives an- p
nounced that he fwould donate
the rent At noon a business
man handed the Banner 350
Others have expressed a desire to
help and will do so Of course
you will want to do your mite
There are several such cases in
Duncan and the needs are im-
perative
Send your donations of cloth-
JUNIOR COLLEGE
COURSE ADDED TO
THE HIGH SCHOOL
f ’ i it
First Year Course To
Be Arranged Davis
- Starts Work
K VV MMIUIM T 1 7
Copyright ll4 by Harper Bros
Copyright Ita by Gerald Du Kaurier aad Kay Du Maurler Colts
Hlchirt '
motion Mem
At a meeting of the board ofedu-
catkm of the feity held this morning
it was decided to establish a junior
college here in connection with the
high school beginning with the next
term
For the first year there will be but
one year of college work offered but
it is 'the Intention of the boaVd to add
another year to -'this ht- a later date
and after the plan hag been given a
thorough testing out
There are' about 20 in the 1924
graduating class at the high school
who have expressed their desire to
attend the junior college if it is es-
tablished The financial outlay for a college
course has proven an insurmountable
barrier to many high sochol graduaets
in the past but with the opening of
a junior college this will virtually be
eliminated for where it would cist
between 600 and 700 to go away
to' college for the first year the stu-
dent can attend the junior college
get exactly the same studies from
just as competent instructors for
around 100 ‘
Supt Hughes B Davis expects to
begin at once to work out the plans
for the establishing of the college
course Information has been receiv-
ed ag to the first steps necessary from
a number of such institutions over the
state and much data is already in
the hands of Supt Davis who is quite
conversant with the reqtairements
It is figured that the course can he'
added to the school here for approx-
imately 3 $00 including salaries and
equipment
Fro minformation at hand - the
board of education and Supt Davis
believe that the college will open with
an enrollment of at least 50 students
SAM ROBINOWITZ
IS BURIED IN r
DALLAS
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Funeral services for Sam Robino-i
witz of this city who died in Dallas
Saturday morning were held in that
city Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock
I and the remains were laid to rest
there beside those of his father and
mother
A score or more of Duncan people
who were in the city and of former
Duncan people who now live in Dal-
las attended the funeral Great
floral offerings were there many
sent by friends and lodges and civic
organizations of this city of which
Sam was a member
After the services at the undertak-
ing parlors the Masons took charge of
the body and a abort rituahof that
order was held at the cemetery
fice or to Supt Davis at the high
school and it will be distributed
Duncan has a heart!
The Buick Clutch is
Smooth and Positive
A slight pressure of the
finger releases the Buick
clutch so positive and in-N
stant is its action With
this ease and sureness of
operation the' Buick
multiple disc dry plate
clutch combines a
smoothness in power
transmission and a lopg
' wearthatarepossibleonly
with this advanced type '
of clutch construction
FORMER DUNCAN MAN ILL
cJhother
Reason IVliy
' m
When better automobiles ate built
Buick will build them
Mrs F C Reynolds of the Rey-
nolds Electric Co was called to Jop-
lin Mo today by the illness of her
father L Wright who suffered a
stroke -qf paralysis yesterday Mr
Wright lived here last year leaving
in October for Joplin '
1 1 — ° ’ I
Mrs George Womack and daugh-
ters Helen and Harriet spent Friday
and Saturday in Oklahoma City
TWO PRESIDENTS PASS
’ WITHIN SIX MONTHS
Six months ago — Sunday —
August 3 — The Daily Banner is-
sued a special edition carrying
the sad news of the death of
President Harding The paper
was issued eleven hours ahead of
any other paper reaching this
city Yesterday was a repeti-
tion of that event — just- six
months to a day between the
passing of the two great men
We wonder if the Banner’s en-
A terprise is appreciated by the
people of Duncan!
’ S $
E-2S-aoK?
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SmitK BuicK Company
JOINS THE ARMY
The Palace Cleaners joins the
army of daily advertisers in the
Banner Under new management
during the past few months
persistent advertising and tall
hustling has resulted in a greatly
increased business The firm is
expanding and adding new
equipment and is enjoying a
steadily increasing patronage
May they grow and prosper
” Part VII— Continued
"Wu thers anybody also ho
know— any other woman?"
i "Not that X kaow of! Ho aV
wayo m4i ot ha waa so fond of
mo teat ho ooolda’t oven look at
another woman Poor Brass alii
(Horn hor ayoo BUad with tear
again) "Ha was olwayo vary
ktedl Bat I aavar oonld ho load
of Un la tho way ho wished—
Borer! It mado mo oleic area to
' think off On oo I seed to hate
- Mm1 la Parte— la tho stdtodon’t
yea rmaanabor? - - 1
"Ha hardly aror Ml mo am
Ba Harts looked after mo— for
Poo atwaya boom weak aad ill—
aM aftoa so fcagnld that X aoald
hardly walk aaraaa lha ream It
waa teat walk from Ylbraya to
Parte I sever got ever it
t aaad to try aad da all X ootid
—ho a daughter to him as I
eoalda’t be anything oUe — mend
kte this aad all that aad oook
Mm Utile French dlehea I fancy
ho waa very poor at oaa tlma wo
were always moving from plaoo to
place But I always had the best
at everything He insisted on that
—oven It he had to go without
himself ' It mado him quite un-
happy when I wouldn’t oat so I
used to force myself
"Then as soon as I felt nnessy
shout things or hsd any pain he
would say ’Dors pas mlgnonne!
and I would sleep at onoe — for
hours I think — and wake np oh so
tired! and And him kneeling by
me always so anxious and kind —
- and Marta and Qecko! and some-
times we bad the doctor and I was
1U in bed
“Gecko used to dine and break-
fast with us— you’ve no idea what
an angel he is poor little Geckol
But what a dreadful thing to strike
SrengaU! Why did he? Svengall
taught him all he knowa!”
“And you knew no one elae— no
other woman?"
"No one ‘that I can remember—
except Marta — not a soul!’’
"And that beautiful drees you
' had on last night?'
"It Isn’t mine Its on the bed
up-stairs and ao’g the fur cloak
They belong to Marta She's gqt
lota of them lovely things— eilk
satin velvet — and lots of beautiful
jewels Marta deals In them and
makes lots of money
'Tve often tried them on I'm
very easy to fit” she said "being
o tall and thin And poor Sven-
gali would kneel down and cry
and kies my hands and feet and
tell me I was his goddess and em-
press end ell that which I hate
And Marts nsed to ery too And
then ha would say
" Et melntenant dars
mtgneane!'
"And when I woks np I wna so
tfred teat I want ts steep agnia on
“Bat ha was very patient Oh
dear msi Tve always been a poor
helpless useless leg and harden
to Mtel
rtksss I aetuaHy walked in my
sleep— aad woke tm la tea market-
place at Prague had found aa
Immense orowd and poor Svengall
bleeding from the forehead in
faint on the ground He’d been
knocked down by a horse and cart
be told me He'd got his guitar
with him I suppose he and Gecko
had ueen playing somewhere for
Gecko had hie fiddle If Gecko
hadn't been there I don't know
what we should have done You
never saw each queer people as
they were — such crowds — you’d
think they’d never seen an Eng-
lishwoman before The Boise they
made and the things they gave me
some of them went down on
their knees and kissed my bands
- and ths skirts of my gown
“Hs'was ill in hsd for a week
after that and I nursed him and
ha was very grateful' Poor Stea-
gall I God knows I felt grateful
to him for many things I TsU mo
how ho died! 1 hope ho hadn’t
much pain"'
They told hor it woo quits sud-
den from heartdlseese
"Ah! I knew ho had tent he
wasn’t n healthy man ha meed to
smoko too mneh Marta used al-
ways to ha very nnxtets"
Just terns Marta sums In
Marta was a fat elderly Jewess
of rather a gratesqua aad Ignoble
type Sho SMntd evercoae with
grted-aH bat prostrate
Trilby hogged sad kissed
sad took si her basset aad ahawi
aad made bar aft dawn in a Mg
ssai chair aad got bar a footstool
Ike couldn’t spank n word od
anything bet Padteh aad n Bttle
8— h TrUky had she picked
np a Ottte German and with this
aad by means tf signs sad ns
MM through n Wag latimaey with
SHh ether's ways teey asdentoed
dtem sober vary waO She teamed
dtehr geed Ml eraatara end very
toad ed trilby hat in mortal ter-
tar tf tea term
ap ter tho
that Trilby was a fraud — self -deceived
end aelf-dsoelvlng— quite on-
eonoclonsly so of course
Truth looked out of hor eyoe as
it always had done— truth wee in
every lino of her face
Ths truth oily— nothing but the
truth eonld ever he told la that
"voice of velvet” whloh rang as
true when she spoke ae test of say
thrash or nightingale however re-
bellion s it might ho now (end for-
ever perhaps) to nrtldatel melodU
laws nsd limitations and restraints
The Isni training it hsd been sub-
jected to had made It "s wonder
e World's' delight" sad though sho
might sever slag mother note her
mere speech would always be more
goldea then any silence whatever
sho might say
Bxospt on tea sas particular
point' of hsr singing sho had
seemed absolutely sene— so at
least thought Taffy tho Laird and
Uttle BUlee Aad each thought to
himself besides test tele Ms t ln-
carastloa of Trllbyasss was quite
tho sweetest most touching most
endearing of al
They had not failed to note how
rapidly-ted had aged now that
they had iseen-ear without -her
rouge nad pearl-powder ibs look-
ed thirty at least — she was only
twenty-three
Her hands wore almost trans-
parent ia their waxen whiteness
delicate Httle frosty wrinkles had
gathered round her eyes there
were gray streaks In her hair all
strength end straightness and elas-
ticity seemed to have gone out of
her with tho memory of her end-
less triumphs (If she really was la
Svengall) and of her many wan-
derings from city to eity all over
Burope
It was evident enough that the
audden stroke which had destroyed
her power of singing had left her
physically a wreck
But she was one of those rarely
gifted beings who cannot look or
speak or even stir without waking
up (and satisfying) some vague
longing that lies dormant In the
hearts of most of us men and wom-
en alike grace charm magnetism
whatever ‘ the nameless seduc-
tion' should be called that she pos-
sessed to such an unusual degree—
she had lost none of It when she
lost her high spirits her buoyant
health and energy her wits!
Tuneless and 1 Insane aha was
more of a siren than ever— a quite
unconsoious siren — without any
guile who appealed to the heart
all the more directly and Irresist-
ibly that she could no longer stir
the passions
All this was keenly felt by all
three — each In his different way —
by Taffy and Little Blllee espe-
oially All her past life waa forgiven —
her sins of omission and commis-
sion! And whatever might bo her
fata — recovery madness disease
or death— the care of her till aha
events In different papers three or
tour of which (Including tho
Times) had already got Icaluis
abopt (he famous but unhappy sing-
er who had been so suddeoly wid-
owed and struck down In the mldet
of hor glory ' All these aooounts
prere more or less “correct ' In one
paper It wo mentioned that Ma-
dame Bvengall was under tee roof
and cart of Mr William Begot the
painter in-'Fltaroy fiquare :vv -
Thoiiaqnest en Breagali vu to
take place teat afternoon aad al-
so Gecko’s examination at tho Bow
8treet Police Ourt fr hie as-
sault ! Taffy was allowed to see Qoeko
who was remanded till tho result
of the post-mortem should ho mad
public But beyond Inquiring meet
anxiously and minutely after TriW
by and betraying tea most passion-
ate coacera for her ho would say
nothing and seamed indifferent as
to his own fate
I When- teey went to Fltxroy
Square late la tho afternoon they
found that many people musical
literary fashionable and otherwise
(and many foreigners) had oallod
to Inquire after Madam Svengall
bnt no one had been admitted to
es her Mrs Godwin waa much
elated by tho Importance of hor
now lodger
Trilby had been writing t An-
gelo Bolese at her old addreas la
the Rue des Cloltres Ste Petro-
nille In tee hope that this letter
would find her still there She waa
anxious to go back and be a blan-
chlsssuae Is fin with her friend It
was a kind of nostalgia for Paris
tho ousrtter latin her clean old
trade
This project our three bero-s aid
not think it necessary to discuss
with her just yet mi seemed
quite unfit for work of any kind '
The doctor who had oen her
again had been puzzled by her
strange physical weakness aad
wished for a consultation with Some '
special authority Little BiUea I
who was Intimate with most of the
great physicians wrote about her
to Sir Oliver Calthorpe
She seemed to find a deep hap!
plness lu being with her three A'd
friends and talked and 'listened
with all her old eagerness and
geniality and much of her old
gayety Is spite of her strange and
sorrowful position But for this
it was Impossible to realize that
her brain waa - affected In the
slightest degree except when soma
reference was made to her Binging
and this seemed to annoy and Irri-
tate her as though she wero be-
ing made fun of The whole of her
marvellous musical career and
everything connected with it had
been clean wiped out of hep recol-
lection -
Sho waa very anxious to get tote
other quarters that IAttlo Blllea
should suffer a Inconvenience and
they promised to take rooms tor
her and Marta on ths morrow
She talked and listened with ell her old eagerness
died Or recovered should be the
principal bualneu of their Uvea
Both had loved hor ' All three
perhaps One had' been loved by
her ae passionately aa psrely as
unselfishly as any maa oould wish
to ho loved and ia seme extra-
ordinary msmt had recovered
after aoay years at the mere sud-
i sight aad aenad of her kls
Met ten hi ear eeaanoa imherl-
teaco— too power to Vova aad all
Us Joy sad sorrow withe ut which
he had found Bfe net worth living
ttsh ha had pel seas ed every eth-
er gift nad Mens lay in such nhaa-
“Oh Cfrw peer CJwss
terse divine en chan trees teat yon
ol" ho said to himself la kid
settable way "A mare took fro
year eyes n more nata tf you hea-
venly vries has tamed a peer mis-
erable stUma hues bask tots a maa
sgalat sad I vfll sms Sergei H—
savor! And arv IBM s still worse
truMn than tftoe he badiltoa ya
yaa shall always ho tmt m my
Arid Tafry fell pssSty mieh ths
ha was aad hy way
M tear
rend ths
They told hor cautiously afi
about Svengall and - Gecko she
waa deeply ooncerned but betray-
ed no each 'poignant anguish aa
might have boon expected The
thought of Gecko troubled hor
meet aad she showed much anx-
iety aa to what might befall him 1
Next day aha moved with Marta
to seme lodgings In Charlotte
Street wherd everything was made
as eomfertehlo for theta ns pos-
sible Sir Oliver nr her with Br
Thorne (tho doctor who was at-
tending her) and Sir Jacob WTlcox
Sir Oliver took the greatest in-
terest la'ker ease bote for her
ake aad his friend Little Blllee's
Also kls own for ho waa charmed
with hor Ho saw her three timer
in the oe ores of tho week hot
eonld pot any ter oertala what was
the matter with her beyond taking
tee very gravest view at her eendl-
a For all he eeald advise or
prescribe her weakness end physi-
cal prasttatMa teeraaaed rapidly
throngh i as cease he- eeald dle-
oobsw - Mar Insanity waa not
aongh to aooewat for tt She lost
weight dally eke itemed to be
ring nad finding away from
rheas general atrephy
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