Latimer County News-Democrat (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1922 Page: 1 of 6
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WILBURTON LATIMER COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MARCH II 1KZ
VOLUME XXIV v ' NUMBER Si'
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A HOWAT SPEAKS TO
RECORD CROWD HERE
Before one of the largest crowds
ever at a meeting in Wilburton Alex-
ander Howat deposed Kansas mine
leader and Oscar Amcringer of the
Oklahoma Leader spake Monday af-
ternoon in the American theatre
Every scat and all available stand-
ing room in the theatre was occupied
when the Howat party entered the
theatre Mat McErloy acted as the
chairman and read resolutions adopted
by the four locals here favoring the
ie-lnstatement of the expelled Kan-
sas miners A resolution pledging
support to the Leader and condeming
the executive board of District 21 for
its action in taking the paper into
court was unanimously adopted The
resolution called upon the executive
board to-withdraw iti court action
Howat opened his address by saying j
that justice will finally prevail for the
expelled miners of Kansas In speak-
ing of not having a card he said:
There are some things the Interna-
tional Executive Board connot take
from me' They can’t take my union
principles nor my principles as a man
I value them more than anything else
If I must take the choice of bring on
the outside and still retain my self
respect or inside without a principle
then I will stay outside
Howat told of the incidents leading
up to his expulsion from the union
and stated that had he eaten out of
the hand of John L Lewis interna-
tional president he would have gotten
along all right He denied calling a
strike at the Dean and Reliance mine
and said that he had stood ready and
did order the men back to work un-1
dcr the old conditions but would not
order them back under new condi-1
tions He dwelt on the national con-
ention when the order was given for j
him to order t'c men back as he un-1
derstood it under the old conditions I
‘We are not asking pity or sympa-
thy We don’t deserve it We are
asking nothing of the coal miners of
this district but to compel the repre-
sentatives of the International organ-
ization -to deal out justice"!)! the ex-
pelled Kansas miners” Howat de-
clared The Industrial Court Law of Kan-
sas was attacked and the speaker
said "it will not be permitted to stand
in the way of justice to miners The
days of slavery are past and gone and
the Industrial court law cannot chain
workers to their jobs in that God-
forsaken state He added that people
had said he should obey the laws In
reply he said : ‘'Make laws to respect
the people and people will respect
the laws
“I stand for what is right or what
I believe to be right regardless of the
opposition I have made mistakes
So has everybody else who ever tried
to do anything I am coming back
They arc not done with'me yet Sev-
eral years ago they thought they had
me down and their foot on my neck
but they didn’t I will be in the labor
movement when those trying to cru-
cify me arc out of it Justice will be
dealt out or there will be a new set
of officers"
That Howat is determined to carry
his fight for reinstatement of all the
expelled Kansas miners was shown
when he said : “I have not had justice
I am asking for a square dea from
the laboring men of Oklahoma I am
going into every district in the Unit-
ed States to carry on my campaign
for reinstatement of myself and co-
workers before I am through
‘‘We have been ejected from our
national organization without charg-
es being preferred against us We
do not know to this day what cadse
may be ascribed for the action of
President Lewis in summarily re-
moving his officers and suspending
several thousand men from mem-
ebrship This caused many to be
blacklisted and thrown out of jobs in
direct contravention of our agreement-
avith the mine operators -
“The constitution of our interna-
tional organization provides that no
man shall be removed from office
without charges being preferred and
a trial given All in the world that
we ask is reinstatement and a proper
filing of charges and a trial It is not
true that I refused to order men back
to work in Kansas mines It was
agreed at the national convention that
1 should order men in mines affected
by the strike back to work under old
conditions When I returned to Kan-
sas I promptly ordered the men back
to their places The operators im-
posed new conditions and I refused
to order the men into the mines con-
trary to our contract with the opera-
tors Briefly I refused to "yield any
- ground At the same time we claim-
ed nothing but what we ' had r been
guaranteed under our contract
“John L Lewis did not write me
telling me that I had misinterpreted
the case He did not point out an
error He waited until I was in jail
at Columbus then by an arbitrary
exercise of power he without warn-
ing and contrary to the constitution
of the organization removed me and
other officers of the district and sus-
pended several thousand miners
’ “John L Lewis will be forced"' to
give the Kansas miners a square deal
at the next 'convention or there will
be a new set of officers
Howat paid his respects to the law
makers and said that when the far-
mers and laboring people stood true
to their rights they would become law
makers and then there would he no
rich nor paupers He said that 85 per
cent of the people in this country
were laboring people but -that the
other 15 per cent made the laws
Howat’s only reference to the fight
on -the Leader was to say that he
would expect to be thrown out of the
organization if he were one of those
trying to throw the'papcr into bank-
ruptcy liowat denied the charges that he
advocated the dual organization and
laid the blame for that on Lewis He
also stated that he was not trying to
cause turmoil in the organization but
simply seeking justice for the -expelled
Kansas miners
He let it be known in no uncertain
terms what he thought of the Mine
Workers Journal which he charac-
terized as “one of the dirtiest sheets
In the country"
In closing Howat said he was ex-
pecting the co-operation and support
of the rank and file for justice and
predicted that when the fight ' was
over justice would prevail
Howat was frequently interupted
during hit talk with applause and H
was clearly evident that a majority
of the miners of Wilburton were
back of him in his fight
Oscar Amcringer one of the edi-
tors of the Oklahoma Leader spoke
at length 'on the action of the execu-
tive board of District 21 in asking for
a receiver for the paper He was
very bitter in his attack on them and
also paid his respects to Governor
Robertson and Dennis former bank
commisioner
R L Fern a national organizer
attempted to speak after Ameringer
but the houri was late and Fern had
just started when somebody yelled
“Let’s go” and the crowd dispersed
WHITEHURST BOOSTS
POSTAL HIGHWAY
HERE SATURDAY
John A Whitehurst president of
the State Board of Agriculture and
founder of the Postal Highway to-
gether with State Engineer Jones
spent Saturday in Latimer county
boosting' the Postal Highway in two
addresses- one at Wilburton in the
afternoon and again at Red Oak upon
the arrival of train No 44 Both the
Whitehurst nfeetings were in the op-
en aje and he Was given a cordial re-
ception in both meetings
‘ MiV WhifehUrst told the people
that the only answer to high freight
rates was the building of hard sur-
faced roads In event the people of
Latinter county vote a bond issue for
hard surfacing the Postal Highway
Mr Whitehurst said he favored the
use of home labor strictly “This will
mean that you will be taking your
money out of one pocket and putting
it in the other" he said He called
attention in his address to the fact
of our two neighboring counties hav-
ing voted bonds to pave the Postal
on two sides of us and remarked that
he would like to see the link connect-
ed through Latimer county He an-
nounced that there would be a meet-
ing ol the Postal Highway Associa-
tion -at McAlester on the 17th of
March and urged a good attendance
from Latimen county
In his Red Oak address the Postal
head stated that when we have con-
structed a hard surfaced road thru
the county there would then be more
money to expend on the construction
of lateral roads leading to the com-
munities Both at Wilburton and at Red Oak
Engineer Jones made brief talks and
stated that there was Federal Aid
waiting to be extended to Latimer
County in event we complied with the
laws and rules governing the expen-
diture of these funds He stated that
the State Highway Department is
anxious to know what Latimer coun-
ty intends to do “We have this
money ready” said Jones “and if
Latimer county does not want it
there are other counties that" do”
In his two addresses Mr White-
burst touched upon the 'problems of
the farmers He told of his recent
visit to Washington where he at-
tended the conference of farmers and
praised the "Farm Bloc” movement
“the farmers have heard- enough
about production" said the speaker
“now it is time to talk and study the
problems of marketing at a fair price
the products grown- Never before in
the history of this country were farm
product values so low and it is now
up to fhe government and the people
to see to it that better opportunities
are afforded thdse who feed the
world" He urged that the farmer
give' his first thought to feeding his
own family and what is left after thft
I best is consumed at home may be
offered on the markets
LET’S GO— A HUN-
DRED STRONG OF US
There will be a meeting of the Pos-
tal Highway Asociation at McAles-
ter March 17th A news dispatch
’
from McAlester says the convention
wil decide whether the Postal High-
way will run through Hartshornc and
Wilburton or through Quinton and
McCurtain and McAlester says her
hands are off The writer who is the
vice president of the Postal Highway
Association for Latimer county does
not have much fear that the route
will be changed but in order to be
on the safe side he wants a hundred
good men to go with him to McAtea-
ter on the 17th to see the fight or to
he in the fight for there is going to
be one and a good one if an attempt
is made to divert this road so as to
miss Latimer county
We want at least a hundred men
from this county in this meeting We
want as many from Hartshorne and
Haileyville We want that many
from LeFlore county We are expect-
ing Wister Howe Talihina and Po-
teau to get into this scrap and we
want their road boosters to be there
strong
The roads will be good in all prob-
ability and there should be from 25
to 50 cars go from Wilburton
Won’t you go?
THE WOMEN'S CIVIC CLUB
ACTIVE
IS
The Civic Club has been arganized
and will take an active part in the
civic improvement of our town Its
activity at present will be centered
in a clean-up campaign of streets al-
leys yards etc Later on beautify-
ing of lawns through planting shrubs
trees and flowers will be taken up
also home gardens and other forms
of civic work which can be success-
fully carried on with the co-operation
of the people and city authorities
The Boy Scouts are being organized
this week and we look for this or-
ganization to be of practical help in
our activities In all communities the
scouts have taken an active part in
civic improvement
The officers of the club are as fol-
lows: Mrs N C Ward president
Mrs Ora Treado vice president
Mrs P M Paul secretary Mrs C
R Hunt treasurer
There will be a meeting Friday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock in the Red Cross
looms to discuss the clean-up cam-
paign and the arranging of prizes for
the cleanest and best kept lawn also
most improved lawn and prize to the
boy collecting the largest pile of
trash Ward Aairmen have been ap-
pointed and these have named cap-
tains of their blocks to superintend
the work Sandwiches pies and cof-
fee will be sold Saturday downtown
at noon and in the evening The pro-
ceeds of this sale will go towards pro-
curing prizes Every man and woman
interested is invited to the meeting
of the Gvic Club We especially ask
that ward chairmen and block cap-
tains be present so the work can be
outlined and discussed and the num-
ber of sandwiches and pies appor-
tioned We ask the public to buy our sand-
wiches and pies so we can procure
the funds to carry out our plans The
members of the club can make this a
successful and permanent organiza-
tion with the help of the people of
our town -
All interested should-remember the
meeting Friday afternoon at three
o'clock in the Red Cross room We
most earnestly request every ward
chairman and block captain to be
present at this meeting so this work
may be successfully carried on
Mrs N C Ward President
Mrs P M Paul Secretary
MRS MACKEY HERE
Mrs M E Mackey conference
secretary for the M E church in
Eastern Oklahoma was here Wed
nesday to confer with the local church
and others Interested about the es-
tablishment here of a Wesley HousiS
Mrs Mackey stated that the general
organization were favorable to the
project and she was here to ascertain
the disposition of the people in Wil-
burton concerning the proposed in-
stitution A conference was had at
the Red Cross room Wednesday
night at which time the matter was
gone over -‘ 1 '
- WON AND LOST 4 h
The hog law election in the Red
Oak-Cravens and Degnan (Districts
Saturday resulted in the defeat of
the proposition in the former district
and a victory for the hog pen advo-
cates in the latter or Degnan District'
In the Red Oak-Cravens District the
result was decisive but in Degnan the
proposition carried by only three votes
JOHN FLEMMING
FOULLY MURDERED
John Flemming well known Wil-
burton negro was foully murdered
Saturday evening about seven o’clock
evcn" atout seven
when he was enroute from- town to
boa-ding house west Gf tie city
‘ Edgar Randolph A Harris and
Clarence Lawson who were not a
great distance from the scene of the
tragedy heard the shots and Flem-
ming crying “murder" and ran to
him Flemming tan about a hundred
yards from' the point where the bul-
lets struck him before he fell The
men picked him up but the wounded
man asked to be let down to rest He
died a few minutes later '
There were two wounds either of
which it is said would have proved
fatal One entered hit right breast
and the other under hit' left shoulder
both plowing their way through his
body1 The scene of the shooting was
a short distance south of the negro
school house The death gun was of
4$ Calibre - v
While it is said that Flemming was
considered a pretty good negro he
had it is claimed not a few enemies
among the men of his race
On Sunday Sheriff Park arrested
Major Slaughter and Jim Randolph
in connection with the crime Both
are' in jail
John Flemming was 49 years of age
and had resided in Wilburton and
Latimer county for a number of years
He had been married but waa not liv-
ing with his wife at the time of his
death Funeral services were con-
ducted Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock and interment was made at-
he city cemetery
RICHARD RIDDLE PASSES AWAY
Richard Riddle age forty-four re-
siding at McAlester died in a hospi-
tal there Monday afternoon at three
o'clock It is said that he under-
went an operation several months
ago for gall stones and that death
came from a renewal of this trouble
The deceased moved frdm WilSur-
ton to McAlester several months ago
btM-ha -aarount of this having been
his old home ' the remains were
brought here Tuesday and were tak-
en to the home of his mother Mrs
E A Riddle where funeral services
were held at two o’clock Wednesday
afternoon Interment was made at
the Riddle cemetery at Lutie- Rev
T R Gathright officiated ' -
The deceased was born near Wil-
buiton in 1878 and grew to manhood
in this community He leaves a wife
and children as follows: Daughters
Lucy Daisy Ray and Eitle and sons
Fred and Clyde Munn Besides the
mother Mrs E A Riddle ther -care
brothers as follows : John Ed Sam
Chick and T J and a sister Mrs
Wm Brandenburg residing at Hot
Springs
All of the brothers except John at
St Louis and Sam at Oilton were
here for the funeral a was Mrs
Biadenburg of Hot Springs
The many friends of the Riddle
family deeply sympathize with them
in their sorrow'
WILBURTON MEN IN STATE
MEETING OF JUNIORS
B T Johnson Claud Briggs O R
Rankin and C F Keef representing
the Valor Council Junior Order at-
tended the state meeting of that or-
ganization at Hartshorne Tuesday
Following were the officers elected
for the ensuing year :
C E Walker Chickasha State
Councilor
M G Lane Dow Vice State Coun-
cilors Gaud Briggs Wilburton State
Secretary - '
B T Johnson State Treasurer
It was voted to hold the next meet-
ing at Howe on the first Tuesday in
March 1923 There were nineteen
councils represented in the state
meeting ' j
CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION
M
J Guest Resigns es Councilman —
Succeeded by Fulkerson
At the council meeting Tuesday
evening M J Guest councilman
from the third ward resigned - and
I Mayor Cooper appointed D E Ful-
kerson as hi successor The ap-
pointment was unanimously approv-
ed by the other councilmen ’
A number of claims against the sev-
eral funds were approved and - al-
lowed A C Strang was authorized
to dispose of the tents which were
used during the smallpox epidemic
- RED CROSS MEET
At the regular meeting of the Red
Cross Committee Tuesday evening
several expense bills were allowed
the Home Service 4 financial 'report
read and approved and Mrs Ora
Treado was elected to be chairman
of the Nursing Section
ATTENTION LADIES I
‘ Fraziers’ invite you to inspect their
display of early millinery Mrs Grace
Treado will have charge thia seaaon
and wilt appreciate your trade It
HULL CHARGES HARDING RULE
' BIG FAILURE
Republicans Are Unable to Grasp
World facts Leader Charges
Washington March S— The repub-
lican majority in congress during its
three years of control of the-government
since 1918 and the republican
administration during the past year
“have wholly failed to make good
their pre-election promises and
Willie Briggs age ten years daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs M B Briggs
residing six miles southwest of Wil-
burton was fatally injured Monday
r jo I afternoon when one of her limbs was
grasp the true economic conditions mangled and severed from her body
und apply sound remedies therefor" Til mechanism of a corn crusher
Cordell Hull chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee declared
Sunday night in a statement review-
ing the first year of the republican
party’s administration of national af-
faiis "Having for temporary political
advantage" he said “helped to create
conditions now so grievously com-
plained of by the people republican
leaders are stopped from asking to be
excused for their failure to remedy
them"
Chairman Hull asserted that having
defeated in 1919 and 1920 the recon-
struction program' of the democrats
the republicans “are now proposing
the same remedies” to restore the
country from panic conditions which
the program was designed to avoid
Declaring that republican leaden
are just now engaged in the “ungra-
cious talk of trying to picture to the
country a creditable record for the
Harding administration thus far”
the statement continued
"Republican accomplishments must
inevitably be weighed and ' their
merits determined in the light of re-
publican pre-election promises and
also in connection with the unusual
opportunities for greater services
than in strictly normal times when
the opportunity and the need for
services are only temporary
“The true test of republican suc-
cess or failure during the past twelve
months is the question of whether the
party leaders were able to visualize
the physical facts showing the true
position of America under post-war
conditions and apply auch solid eco-
nomic and other policies as would
best safeguard our economic and
other essential interests and meet
our plain responsibilities
“The - mere - pointing to'-- inconse-
quential budgetary - paper-savings
or to the taking of only a minor
and a partial step in dealing with
combined domestic world peace and
economic conditions by a restrict-
ed disarmament conference when
compared with the really great and
fundamental problems to be solved
dwindling into comparative insignifi-
cance “In the light of true facts I charge
that the republican leadership from
(921 wholly failed to grasp world
facts and conditions and America’s
tine relation to them Instead of so
doing these leaders early in 1919 pro-
claimed the policy of ‘every nation
for itself’ and ‘commercial isolation'
for ourselves’’
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday school lo:oo a m
All arc invited to the Sunday School
which has ' good teachers W K
Latnpton superintendent
Preaching service at ll:oo a m
Subject: The Greatest fight What
it is Why it should take place When
it should be Who should fight in it
and what it pays Come and hear
all about the big fight Good mnsic
Evening service 7 :3o p m
Subject: The Greatest 'Hunt and
what for Who is in it What the
scalp is worth and who gets the pay
Come and observe the great chase
Come and bring your children
After the iporning sermon the
Lord's supper will be administered
All the children of God are asked to
commune with us We believe in open
communion It’s the Lord’s table
not the church’s table and atl the
Lord’s children have an equal right
to partake Come and participate
with us We are all the children of
God by faith In Jestls Christ and if
ye be Chirst’s then are ye Abraham’s
seed and heirs acording to the prom-
ise -
Prayer mefeting Wednesday even-
ing ’ -
Good musics Warm house Come
' J M-HIVELY Pastor
TWO "MORE STORE BUILDINGS
- IN PROSPECT
J B Black has purchased the
Wright property on the corner of
Main and Perkins and contemplates
the erection at once of two stone
store buildings
It is also reported that J Joseph
is contemplating the building of stone
and brick structures on the old livery
stable site between the ' Black - and
Henry property -
Mr Black has also purchased Hie
Wright stock of groceries and has
taken charge
ll — -
COUNTY FIELD MEET HERE ON
- APRIL Tth-lth v
The Latimer county field and track
meet will be held In Wilburton at
City Park April 7 and & Winners in
this meet will represent the county
in the Rock Island meet to be held
at a later date “ r '
GIRL LOSES LIFE IN
A CORN CRUSHER
The Briggs children together with a
little son of Rufus Stevenson a neigh-
bor of the Briggs family were play-
ing about the machine while Mr
Briggs had gone into the barn It
seems that the tram hitched to the
crusher had started and the 'Briggs
girl and the Stevenson boy were In
such a position that they were unable
to extricate themselves in time to
avoid being caught in a rope that
dt-ew 'them to- a place where their
limbs' toe re cihghf One bf the limbs '
of the Briggs girl was crushed in sev-
eral plate and literally tint from her
body' ahd the Stevenson' BovY limb
was terribly! mrtgledTh ‘children
were both hurried to the McAlester '
hospital - 'wheig' death 'claimed-the
little girl at' two 'O'clock fhe following ‘
morning Her Teihalhi were taken to
Red Oak Tnesday where interment
wa made 'The Stevenson boy is In
a critical condition but the surgeons
have hope Of being able to save the
injured leg -
POSTAL HIGHWAY MEET
M’ALESTER MARCH 17
AT
Road Boos tors from Latimsr Canty
lavitqd to Attaad Official Meat-
lag Next Weak— Big Bunch
Should Ga -
The following letter is from the
secretary of the Costal Highway As-
sociation: Carlton Weaver
Wilburton Okla '
Dear Sir:- ‘ 1 t(
There will be a special called meet
ing of the vice presidents of the Postal
Highway association held in McAl-
ester on Friday March 17th to con-
sider soirte very important business
and to ‘take upVbe matter of the
final marking of the road V”
The presidents and secretaries of
the Chambers of Commerce in the
various towns along the Postal High-
way and all good road boosters are
cordially invited to attend
Yours very truly
L A HOLMES Secretary
CONTESTS AT HIGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY MARCH 14 -
The preliminary contest for entries
in the Rock Island conference and
county meet in music' dramatic read-
ing and oratory Will be held in the
high - school auditorium Tuesday
evening March 14 at 7 :30 Admis-
sion fifteen and twenty-five cents'
The purpose of the admission fee is
to pay the expenses of the judges of
the contests add to defray Wilbur-
ton's entry fee in the conference
It- H M FOWLER Supt '
ROAD BdND MATTER DEFERED
The comity commissioners on Tues-
day considered tht matter of sub-
mitting a bond issue for good roads
and after 'an extended discussion of
the taws governing the Issuance of
road bonds and a consideration of the
rules governing federal aid' the pe-
tition' which was submitted by
Messrs Peacock Gore Wooteji and
Fowler' was withdrawn ‘as same did
not meet the requirements of the law
' The matter of a hopd issue for the
Postal Highway will be taken up at
the next meeting: ' ( '
HIBBARD HOUSE THREATENED
Thursday afternoon of last week
a blaze caused front a fallen stove-
pipe threatened for a time the 'home
of R-G Hibbard on the south hilt
The parents were away -and but for
the quiefe work of neighbors the
house would have probably been a
total loss t - - t
" a Correction
In the issue of the News-Democrat
dated Feb 24th an article said that
it was reported hr Wilburton that
there had been a death from small
pox at Jones Academy and that there
were eight other cases " H P War-
ren in a conversation with f E Lit- ’
'tie on Sunday stated -that the re-
port was incorrqct as there had been
only one case in a light form other
than the one Case which resulted in
death He also stated that ' it was
rumored that there were about twenty-five
boys who ran away and re-
quested that we say that there is no '
truth in thisr statement as he has not ' '
lost a boy from running away :
BASKET BALL AT O S M
The Calvin Atherican 'Legion bask-
et ball team of Cnlvlri Okla wilf'play
the School ‘of Mine team at the Q
S M gymnasium Friday and Satur-
day nights of this week Games call-
ed at 8:00 'o’clock Good game are-
assured and ever) body ’’ i edrdially
invited ‘
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