Latimer County News-Democrat (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1916 Page: 1 of 6
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The-school term of WlJ-'kj is his--tory
- jWilburtoai bu beets givtog
herself over to celebrating the clot-
Ing day most every evening this
week’ The Senior play was succtit-
fully rendered at the Opera House
last 'week to' a good crowd y
On Friday evening at the Baptist
church Miss Brandt and her large
class of private pupils furnished en-
tertainment for a house filled with
lovers of music The program conV
r sisted of Instrumental and vocal se-
lections by members of her class and
at the conclusion of the program
'Prof Laws presented a gold medal
to little Miss Allie Florence Hughes
as a reward for having made the
' greatest progress in her music dur-
‘ ing the term From the progress
now being madeit would appear that
Wilburton will never lack for plenty
' of musicians - ‘'‘-y 7OvY'
The next event was the commence-
ment sermon on Sunday by Dr John
v HI Barter at the Baptist church
The large building was filled and at--ter
special music furnished by high
schol students Dr aBrger delivered
a masterly address on "Hidden
Y"' Strength’ The sermon was rich in
y '- - - counsel and - filled with' beautiful
l ' thought and stern facts-' '
' The seven graduates in caps and
gowns made a splendid appearance
auf caused those present to feel that
- the efforts put forward by Wllburtoi
Y ’ school patrons and instructors have
y-1 " y not been misspent ""
The next event was the May-Day
' Festival at the new park Monday
afternoon The business houses doe-
- ed their doors and several hundred
people gathered to see the grade
- -- students put on'oneof : the ' most
the Wilburton achoolf Eacgrsde
- ‘r had its country or people to repre-
sent cither in song march or dance
'' ’ ’ and with their costumes taught a
splendid lesson to the large crowd
-on foreign peoples and ‘heir customs
This entertainment began with a
parade of all the grade students led
v ' by Little Lottie Mae Hughes the
' May-Day queen with her company
of escorts The Dutch kids with
: their wooden shoes made the great-'-
i r - ' est hit It is hardly fair however to
T say that one of these companies ex-V-'
ceiled the other The magnificent
way in which they performed their
r y part bespeakes much for both their
natural talent and those who trained
them y- V' "Y-'Y'
- Then came the Eighth grade play
at the Strang house entitled "Out in
The Streets" which was enjoyed by
a large number These youngsters
made good and those present got
their money’s worth- v ' ' y
Wednesday night was “Stunt
Night” for the Seniors at the High
Schol auditorium i In spite of the
hill a large number of people enjoy-
ed this entertainment and there were
many cheers for the seven seniors
7 Thursday night concluded 7 the
commencement program when the
graduates received their diplomat
and heard a splendid address by Dr
Shannon of the Geological Depart-
ment of the State University The
likeness of those finishing as Seniors
this year may be seen on another
page of this paper ' f y :
I NEWS BULLETIN JjJJ y
larger postal savings deposits will
now be accepted at the post office
This Js made possible by an import-
ant amendment to the Postal Sav-
ings Act just approved by President
WUso'n ' A postal savings depositor
may now have an account ''amount-
ing to $1000 upon which interest will
be paid Formerly $S00 was the max-
imum amount be could have to his
credit ' This enlargement - of postal
savings facilities will be very grati-
fying to thousands of depositors who
have already beached the old $500
more of their savings to Uncle- Sam
Another feature of the amendment
that will avoid further embarrass-
ment' to the public and to postal offi-
cials is the doing away with the lim-
it on the amount' that could be a-
cepted from St depositor monthly
Under the old law only $100 could be
deposited in a calendar month -The
amendment abolishes this restric-
tion - While : the Postal Savings
System has already proved a signal
success as is shown by the fact that
more than half-a-million depositors
have over eighty million dollars
standing to their credit still it has
fallen short of meeting the full' de-
mands of the public because of the
restrictions which have now been
elimfaated 'Y Postmaster General
Burleson and Third Assistant Post-
master General Dockerty have been
tireless in their efforts to secure a
modification of the limitations and
the new beratixing legislation is
particularly gratifying to them
f 'J P McLARTY postmaster
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The following it from the apprv-
ed text of the Indian Appropriation
bill which was approved t May ' i8
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Ottsial Bin as Approved r' vf-
- That the Secretary of the Interior
be and he it hereby authoriced to
pay to the enrolled members of he
Choctaw and Chiclutaw Tribes" of
Indians of Oklahoma entitled adder
existing law to share In the funds Of
said tribes or to their (twful hejrs
out of the moneys belonging to tSld
tribes in the United States Treasury
or deposited (n any bank or held by
any official under the jurisdiction 'of
the Secretary of the Iuteriot not": to
exceed $300 per capita in Jhe case gf
the Choctaws and $200 per caphs
in the case of the Chickasaws said
payment to be made under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary M
the Interior may prescribe! Provid-
ed That in cases where such enroliild
members or their heirs are Indians
who by reason of their degree 'of
dian blood belong to the restricted
class the Secretary of the" Interior
may in his discretion withhold
such payments and use the s$me jUg
the benefit of such ‘restricted - Isy
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IEISH EDITOR A MABTYR
John Dillon has succeeded in tell-
ing the English house of commons
some very plain truths disregarding
the hisses and jeers of other mem-
bers He sal dthe English regard Ire-
land as a back garden which they
can trample Without consideration
And lhere is the case of Skeffilng-
ton the Irish editor which was not
overlooked by DUon -The proof is
that SkeflfeBton was not a rebcl aod
thatleYwasactivU'la'-TniWcitfnt'tte
rebels firom looting He went to the
rescue of a wounded English officer
and Was arrested' He was shot
without a trial-’ " ' Y
Sisters of Skefington went to the
barracks to inquire for him not
knowing he had been shot and they
were placed uoder arrest A military
force surrounded his residence and
fired through the windows They
broke into the houe and arrested
the widow and her little son ran-
sacking the house from top to bot-
tom y kY Y’-'
All of which is evidence that the
English under stress are just as
exckable and just as inhumane as
any other nation Dillon has ar-
ralnghed the government in a way
that placet it in a most unfavorable
light He sounded the warning that
if the cruelties are to continue Eng-
land had better get ready with 100-
000 troops to garrison the country
England never did know how to
govern Ireland nor how to deal with
Irishmen At times its treatment of
the Irish has been at John Dillon
expressed it damnable and intoler-
able— Oklahoma City Timet -
HOME TALENT PLAYS '
A full house at the Merit enjoyed
the home talent production "In Old
Virginia” Thursday night Wilbur-
ton hat quite a number of ‘ young
stage prospects who may eventually
work their way to the movie circlet
The three home talent productions
recently put on in Wilburton hat giv-
eh a number an opportunity to show
up their good and bad qualities A
good sited audience Vitnessed the
Senior play at the Optra House last
week and those present say they qot
their money’s Worth The Eighth
Graders made a hit With a full house
Tuesday night hnd there proved to
be tome start among the younger
net - ’Y Y'-'yY sI'yYY'Y
) ' MBS D AOOODiML if i
Mrs D J Goodman residing neat
No fege 7t died Monday afternoon
at I £9 ohtock and hfter a funeral at
the home was burled Wednesday at
tht-aty cemetery Rev! J M Bald-
win ofaehHnc
GEORGE CAIN DIES SUDDENLY
On Wednesday morning about 6KX)
o’clock near New 5 George Cain one
of WUburton’s oldest settlers died
suddenly of heart failure He and-
hit son Earl were out attending to
the company mules and white cross-
ing the railroad track the deceased
became weak and sat down to rest
Hit son who was near saw hls
father fall prostrate and rushing to
him found hit unconscious Frank
Hadley and Lum Jackson from the
engine room at five hurried to him
but found the body lifeless-
The deceased was a man who stood
well In this cqmmunity He possess-
ed Y happy and cheerful disposition
always joking and playing with hit
friends He did not have an enemy
and there are few men 1 Wilburton
as popular as he He was fifty-seven
years of age and leaves a wife
niarried daughter Mrs Jeffreys who
lives at Oilton and a ton and daught-
er who are at home Earl and Miss
Eunice He has a brother Thotnqt
CaiU'at'(Nlton'Y’'VH I'':!'’-'
‘ Funeral Wervlces will be conducted
at the home Friday at 2:30 p m- and
interment made at Center 'Point v
Y yty MIUNDA TAYLOR
Melinda Taylor full-blood - Choc
taw living near Damon died at her
home Wednesday and waf buried On
her homsstead the following day
ABOUT INDIAN
LAWRENCE HAS' HORSE THIEF:
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Ethan Dstnlap Dnpntyat Rad Oak
ArrwU Om af Gang— Thra
'V f XMmts Trailad So MaUa-'Y--Y
7 ‘!tY-vY--7 talna: Y 3
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On Monday Ethan Dunlap deputy
sheriff at Red Oak followed a sus-
picious' looking character ' out of
town and when the stranger found
that he was being followed he made
an effort to evade the officer' Dun-
lap made ' a successful capture and
brought his man to Wilburton and he
it in jail ' 'The man weight about
135 pounds is five feet six inches tall
and has brown wavy hair He refus-
ed to give his correct name - The
horse found in hit possession it bay
in color and branded 5- on shout-
The captured man had been teen
with three other ’men who were
camped near Red Oak but when the
arrest was made - the remaining
ttangert made a retreat to the moun
-tains north of that place -They were
followed some distance in the wilds
by Lawrence and Evans on Tuesday
bul the’ fugitives had the mountains
for protection " Y '?
Ljwrence js funking an effort to
lipil someone who will claim the man
now held in custody 'also the horse
RANDENBURG ANNOUNCE
Billy Brandnnbnrg autkorices the'
News-Democrat : to anaouote ills
candidacy for tbe office of County
Assessor of Latimer County subject
to the action of the Democratic pri-
mary August 1 pn his campaign
cards he asks the voters to “him
him” as their assessor for he ns-
plains that he' considert in the mat-
ter of an officer he ie no more thaw
one hired to to do certain work Tim
people being the employer 'and the
officer the employee Billy the beat
humored man in - Latimer i Conaty
well known and with many friend
says he is thoroughly competent to
perform the duties 'of this offict and
wants yon to vote for Mm A formal
statement of Ms candidacy will ip-
pear in the News-Democrat at' a In-
ter date :' Y- ''
Silas Laws for three years superintendent of Wil-
-burton schools and re-employed for another year
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TO THE PATRONS OP THE WIL-
Yv BURTON SCHOOL ''
You are hereby notified that at a
recent meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation a resolution was 'passed by
the Board to charge all persons at-
tending the ' school who were not
residents of tbe District ’unless the
parent of the child had - complied
with the law on transferring his
taxes to the district in which he
wishes to tend his child ' -
CHAS H HUDSON
i - - President of Board
(May 26) Y
PEODUCINO WELLS '
W H Royce returned from the
Healdton oil field Wednesday and
reports fine progress in developing
the Wilburton Oil Co’s holdings
there On one lease they have three
wells producing 350 barrels dally and
on another they have two wells
making sixty barrels V There have
been made three additional locations
and before many weeks tbit com-
pany will be reaiiaing 'come hand-
some returns on their inveetment
V- MANY CATOE DIPPED
' To date this month Live Stock In-
spector McConnell has pnt through
the yht ten cart of export cattle and
8000 head of local stuff When Le-
flore and McCurtain counties join’ in
the campaign against the tick dip-
ping in Latimer county will be made
compulsory These adjoining coun-
ties are expected to start their cam-
paign this summer
ATTEMPTED TO BREAK JAIL
The man arrested this week ai Red
Oak and who Is thought to be want-
ed elsewhere made an effort to
break jail Monday night He suc-
ceeded in digging through' the brick
wail in the upper room and when he
was about ready to tiring a rope a
light was flashed on him from below
and he was made secure In a cell be-
low 'Y'"- ' '
TO DURANT
The following Wilburton teachers
and school students will leave Sun-
day for Durant where they will enter
the Summer Normal: ’ Silas Laws
who it a member of the Normal fac
ulty Edwin T Watkins and Misses
Lucile Frasier fontella Thompson
Bonnie Collier Bessie Taylor and
Mist Rosetta McConvilie They wiU
be away ten weeks !
"''- SHAW TO SELL THEM '
John Shaw farmer cattleman and
merchant and an A-l auctioneer hat
contented to auction off the fine
pigs at the big sate here Saturday
Mr Shaw has the sincere thanks of
the Pig Club members at hit serv-
ices which are ’ to be rendered
gratis will save the boys a neat tnm
of money which they wonld have had
to pay to an outsider - i
GEO TYRRELL HONORED " '
i' -' - AGAIN Y 5
Geo Tyrrell Jr the champion boy
cotton grower of tksitttf left Mon-
day for Lawton obeife h baa been
invited by the OMaboma Cotton Send
Crushers Assosciatlou te teed a pa-
per on cottoo enhur ' Georg ’will
appear befort tfeii meeting Ws4atsr
ffny
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UNKIND EVEN IP TRUE
: "Did yon hear about the deface-
ment of Mr Skinner’a tombstone?'
asked Mr Brown a few days after
the funeral of that eminent captain
of Industry y t
"No what wa It?" inquired his
neighbor Curiously ?
“Some one added th word ’friends’
to the spltaph” ’ v-f
Y"What was the opitoph-'j'K v
He did his best ? v-Y'Y v
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Edwin Thomas Watkins ofl tbs
Clast of 16 Isavtt Sunday for Dtsrant
touttoad Norma? daring th
i T--r1’"
MrLT-'S'BliJadi in'ig
'tin giteit of bom foUm
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Or Hart (field wm bnsiunsi
Nor fa Red Oak Wedieiduy
Mrs' k J ' Bitterly md Htk
Me-
J ' Bitterly :
daughter Mise Virginia wM to !
Aleato Wednesday - y yf-
SOUTH MORE RELIGIOUS'
"South of the Mason and- Dixon
line they have got the North beat to
fraisle in religion and in morals
"It costs $620 for every tod that
pined the church in Indianapolis
New York $545 Boston $435 Den-
ver $435' Chicag6 $420 New Or-
leans $80 Atlanta Ga $7S Louis-
ville Ky $65 Fifty-two per cent of
the men who Hvt south of tht Ma-
son and Dixon fine ire profstting
Christians I north of MasoU epd Dix-
on linn 24 par cent along tkq Fuclfif
coast only 6 per cent sad you can
pot a question mark aftnr tht umwi
of taost of them
"There's more pure-blooded Aatt-ri
cunt tooth of the Mttou and Dixon
Hnt than anywhere else in t hi conn
try Thtt’e why o many of thes
men are Chriitian I say (hat even
if my old daddy wai on of th boye
in blue end fought against them
They were hard tu lick down there
because they were 41' American
Y'Y'Y ‘VESLY SUNDAY ’
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" CNElfiTlAN JCEAVOfiLYl
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Subject— How MfinM qntRMto
log-the World
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‘OpeMnrYrirviet-''-:''
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Prayer: " Yf' ''
Disenttione: 1 ''- 1
I Review of situation by leader
2 What are mlstioet doing to lx
creese the confidence of men in on
another?— Mr i Buttram
3 In ’ what 4 way have missions
changed men’ thought of God?—
Mite Strang § 7
4 ' Sentence- pmynr ' i
5 Scripture rendingu
6 What nr missiont doing " to
lead to a recognition of the dignity
of labor?— Mr Goeet' :
7’ Qosing exercitei'-'i
Everybody welcome:' ’
Mre D J Hughes left Tuesday for
Scranton Pa in retptofsu to u nwt-
sage stating that her mother' anar )-
that plac wa vtry IE Yy Y-S
Mist On da McEIhaUoei UncMU'
paalcd by Jndg L-D Ihfauu a
part of the way left for WriMtha to
spend two or tkto wkt with rri-ativtt
The local Maionic lodge will put
on two Matter degrees hern Friday
night and n aumbtr of visiting Ma-
sons art expected from 1 FqttortoY
and Red Oak iY' y vy -Y'v' wii:
Snpt G E Pair md Judge p E
ones were guests of ths Rsd Oek
school Friday nvoxiag and each fit-
llvertd addretsM on the occasion ed
the rioeing of school
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Mitt Phoebe Sloeombe student la
Dranghox’s Bodness College ut Ok-
htkouf Gky ie tha gunet of bom
fatts tbi wk Hr many friexC
nr gfad to m hr
Milir Neili McFrnm urb urns
called to Norman Sunday ox accoxxt
of the exd and tragic death el her -brtbr
Ctrrol McPerrox at A&ta
am day returned te W3-
’edantdaih y
CjHtfieM i M'kaaHiA'Y
Muskrge busieto
dtoVito th coarae Vt :
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’ TINT MRETING
The meeting it stilt progressing
The crowds have not been to large
on account of the school closing exer-
cises but ths interest is good As
the school I now out we ought to
have n greet meeting W especially
nrge the young people to attend It
ie worth while to bear th tinging
Three eervices Sunday A cordial In-
vitation to ail t'’-'
We beg to nature our friende that
we appreciate their interest and -operation
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V - y-' Respectfully -f ' : ‘
GT CLARK
J W WHITE
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENT
Sunday school at 1000 m -B
Y P U at 700 p au f
The morning and evening eervicei
wilt be dispensed with and member
are invited to Worship at the tent on
Eaet Main street both morning md
evening vvv' ’w
CHARITY SEWING CLUB
The Charity Sewing Club met with
Mr Love 'on Friday of last week
A good number of the members me-:
wered to roll call - After tbe bask
nest of th clnb bad been disposed
of tbe rest of th afternoon was
spent in cheerful gossip over fancy
work At the dost of the meeting
tht hoittn served dainty ‘ tefrh
mente The next meeting ol tot
dob will be on Friday 27th kf Mr
Yonrmaas
SERIOUSLY INJURSD :
On Surtday afternoon at tka Cnev
Mostellsf home Uttln i
was aerioeahr inJarril url—aiwL
bn a wsgou whsd which hd
cenvarted Into a awing - Th wkeb
fen ncro alar body fraetariai TJto
riba xad otlarwiM bajvixg tor
' waY ta"AritecJl
rUay’ '' ' —
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Kt- s'
Mrr Bmyan Sttanmar --'wtoi waa l
dnrtamgfiy iajureduwatk ago gl Dag- r
aan-McCexaefi Mia Na S txd it
now in ton hotphal at McAlmtcr ii
improving and if ao ' cosnpUcatow
develop wiU return home la g cnapi
of week i"1'-
Judge P S Joae eppnt Sunday
with hit family at Shawnee md at-
tended ton graduating exert iae el :
the Shawue high school oe Monday
eight He says this wank wU atork
toe eediag ef the first term of OMa-
homo Baptist Unhrently -
Mrs Grace Whkcottm wilt Wav
Sunday for Dallas when toe wfll at-
tend to graduating exercises of St
Ursaliae Her dmhtr Mb Grace
finishes at this institution tola year
From Dallas Mrs Whitcottea tnf
daughter wifi go to Coreicana where
they will visit frisnds She will be
companied at far ai McAksttt by
Mr Whitcotten and CacE ton lat-
ter furnishing passage fa bit xew
Ford- ' "'v
Word received torn by friaada of
Mrs Limit L Thnrman of St Lbaia
it that she tod ben compefinf to go
to tot menatnine of Colorado for to
bnanfit of her health Sb la much
Improved and contemplate accept-'
lag a poslton la Denver md remain-’
ing in that atat for a toaa She s
will b rmmberd at ton taerttary
of ton first prasidmt of tto School :
of Mint hr and had att WJamrto
ai her friendt
Rev E O Palmer paitor of to
Baptist chunk at Howa Okla to
moved hack te Wttbnrton but wifi
continue hit work at Howu CSag !
kls pulpit toert to Aral aad third
Sunday ia each awnth Tbe young Y
Latimer county grander to tod a
very successful udnlstry wkb $to
How' church Since begiaslag in
that' feild to hat learned to ti any
tlal knots prtach fansnli md toy -
tlae He could prtach before i
went down there H wu honor: 1
two wki ago by being eatod r
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