Latimer County News-Democrat (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1923 Page: 1 of 6
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ALL HOME PRINT-SUPREME IN LATIMER COUNTY
CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION OF THE WILBURTON NEWS AND THE LATIMER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
WILBURTON LATIMER COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MARCH L ML
VOLUMN XXV
NUMBER
CARLTON WEAVER PuMshss
STATE HIGHWAY MEN
lOOKJVER POSTAL
ROUTE IN LATIMER
NESBITT AND SIMMONS MAKE
TOUR OF INSPECTION HERE
As an evidence of the goon work
accomplished by the Latimer County
committee which called on the State
Highway Commissioner last week in
the interest of a good road being built
along the Postal Highway State
Highway Commissioner Paul Nesbitt
and State Highway Engineer' Sim-
mons spent Sunday in Latimer Coun-
ty viewing the proposed bond road
route through the county
These gentlemen were met early
Sunday morning at Hartshorne by
Mr Frey of Gowen who accompanied
them as far at Wilburton Here the
party which also included the Proj-
ect Engineer were taken in charge
by A C Strang George Royce and
Carlton Weaver and driven over the
road as far as 'Red Oak where they
were taken in charge by County Com-
missioner Elect Lon Lovelace who
showtd the gentlemen the east end of
the road and had them to a good
dinner at his home in Red Oak
In company with Mr Lovelace the
party returned to Wilburton through
a heavy down-pour of rain where
after a brief conference with a com-
mittee of citisens they returned over-
land to McAlester
May Usa Sand Stasia Rock Base
As was published last week the
object of the committee’s visit to Ok-
lahoma City to consult with Mr Nes-
bitt was to convey to him the infor-
mation embodied in a resolution that
the tax payers here wanted a real
hard-surfaced rpad and not one of
sba'e or -gravel Poring' the confer-
ence it occurred to Mr Nesbitt that
in event there was plenty oi native
sand-stone in close proximity to the
proposed road it might be satisfac-
tory and economical to use this pro-
duct as a base for the road and it was
for the purpose of investigating this
proposition that Mr Nesbitt and Mr
Simmons came here
In event bids are asked for provid-
ing for sand-stone and this character
of base is adopted it is the purpose
to lise one man stones to be choked
and surfaced with chat or gravel and
then surfaced with two' inches of as-
phalt After viewing the road be-
tween Wilburton and Red Oak both
Mr Nesbitt and Mr Simmons ex-
pressed a belief that rock in suffici-
ent quantity can be procured in close
proximity to the road and they left
here with the intention of consider-
ing its use
Regarding the building of the proj-
ect west of Wilburton where the
route will traverse Limestone Prairie
it is probable that the haul wou’d be
too great to make the use of sand
stone practical
Ill considering the use of sand-
stone as a base for the Postil High-
way in Latimer County Mr Nesbitt
bad in mind cleminating the freight
charges on a long haul of crushed
limestone There is not only a pro-
mise of saving a big sum in this re-
spect but by using sand-stone a
great deal more money will be ex-
pended for labor and material in Lati-
mer County
Mr Nesbitt expressed a desire to
see every dollar available for road
construction go as far as possible in
Tatimer County He advised that
there may be a gap left in the road
but he thinks that with the proposed
new road laws for road maintenance
and construction including the tax On
gasoline etc and on account of the
further fact that there would he little
or no upkeep on the new hard-surfaced
road for a time at least there
-would be available fo’r the Count)
sufficient cash to bj'd any uncom-
pted section of the Postal Highway
in onr County
The road hosiers hree and through-
out the County anoreeiatc the fact
that the Oklahoma Highway Comrn’S-
sioner and the Engineer thought
enough of our road program to come
down here and view the situation in
person
The committee who called on the
Highway Department Were: Ira C
Haveoelr Inn Lovelace E W Frey
J 0 Griffin sad G S Hilbnrn
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses
were issued by Court Clerk Bob Per-1
due during the month of February: I
A ' D Hamn 27 Wilburton and j
Ruth O Kelley 17 Red Oak
Oscar Ansill 21 Wilburton and
Atha Tucker 19 Bengal
Joe Bartino 35 Fort Smith and
Amelia Sonagree 26 Wilburton
A D Kimmcll 29 Yanish and Ag-
nes Callahan 23 Yanush
Willie McClain 19 Lutie and Celia
Riddle 18 Lutie
Bud Strickland 30 Gowen and Lllis
Dodson 20 Gowen
Raymond McGruder 23 McAlester
andMollie Champ IS McAlester
Mortimer Muse 21 Wilburton and
Roseau McAffety 19 Bokoshe
Hester Lee White 30 Wilburton
and E’izabeth Lewis 27 Wilburton
Tony Truitis 41 Degnan and Mrs
Maria Anna Rusa 45 Degnan
' J A Brison 23 Wilburton and
Mcrtha May McCarty 19 Wilburton
Bryan Gray 22 Howe and Jose-
phine Wither 4 Howe
J B Sturges 42 Wilbnrton and
Minnie Montgomery 26 Wilburton
COURT PROCEEDINGS FOR THE
WEEK ENDING FEB 27 ML
Civil District
No 1848— The Oklahoma Farm and
Mortgage Co vs Rachel B Sorrell
ct al foreclosure
1849— Jesse H Lynds vs Mabel O
Lynds divorce
1850— Ada James vs Arthur James
divorce
1851— Julis Graham f Lula Gra-
ham divorce
County Criminal
1311— State of Oklahoma vs Clar-
ence Wilson conveying intoxicating
liquors
1318— State of Oklahoma vs T A
Jchnion unlawful possession
1313— State of Oklahoma vs T A
Johnson' selling intoxicating liquor
Prnbatn
852— In the matter of the determina-
tion of the heirs of Nelson Carney
REBEKAH SCHOOL OF
INSTRUCTION HELD HERE
Mrs Cora B Cain of Srvannah
president of the Rcbekah Assembly
conducted a school of instruction for
the members of the local Rebckahs in
their hall last Thursday afternoon
and night Several of the members
won the certificate for secret perfec-
tion This certificate is coveted by
every Rebekah
Mrs Cain possesses a lovable per
sonatity and is 4tc!d in high esteem
by the Wilburton lodge Her instruo
tions were in every thing pertain-
ing to the Rcbekah lodge both local
and Supreme which was received by
every member with great apprecia
tion who tried to show their appre-
ciation by serving a bounteous six
o'clock supper in her honor
There were about fifty members of
the local lodge and visiting members
present for the instruction and who
enjoyed the banquet following
GEORGE H HOUSTON
Tjie remains of George H Houston
arrived here Monday from Walla
Walla Washington where death oc-
curred in a government hospital His
remains were in company of a sister
Miss Houston who resides with an
uncle at Damon where interment was
made Tuesday afternoon
The deceased enlisted in the army
in 1917 in Arkansas
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank those who were
so kind and considerate on account
of the recent death of our uncle
Robert Logan Especially do we wish
to thank those who expressed their
sympathy with beautiful flowers
JOHN LOGAN
JAMES LOGAN It
LIVINGSTON ON LAST LAP
John Livingston County assessor
has wound up his work of assessing
taxes in the rural districts of Latimer
County and is this week waiting on
Wilburton taxpayers
Mrs E F Lester visited in Poteau
Friday night and Saturday While
there Judge and Mrs Lester attend-
ed a banquet given at the Christian
church t-‘
FARMERS AND LIONS
Lunch together
HERE WEDNESDAY
Farmers and Lions mixed in Wil-
burton Wednesday It was not a
fight but a mingling of business and
professional man with Latimer Coun-
ty cotton gTowcri who came here as
guests of the Lions Club and to hear
anti-boll weevil talks and to aee a
moving picture of methods used and
recommended by the government in
combatting the pest
The farmers and tire Lions as-
sembled at the Cty Hall at noon
where sandwiches and coffee were
served to the whole push v
After dinner everybody went to the
American Theater which had betn
leased by the Lions for the afternoon
and after hearing splendid talks on
combatting the bool weevil by Messrs
Jeffords and Morley a moving pic-
ture visulizing tire government's meth-
od of fighting the weevil was thrown
on the screen and viewed by the 250
people mostly fanners who had as-
sembled Mr Jeffords who is the Katy Farm
Agent had visited the Talula Experi-
mental Station recently and told the
farmers of what he had learned while
down there
Sam Morley of McAlester had also
visited Talula in quest of anti-boll
weevil information and made an in'
tcresting talk on his observations In
referring to the relative merits of the
different method of poisoning Mr
Morlry emphatically declared that the
use of powdered calsium arsenate was
by far superior to any other method
and uqged every cotton farmer ie
Iatimer County to poison his cotton
crop He spoke with disfavor on the
use of poison molasses or weevil
traps etc
Mr Morley predicted a high price
for cotton next season stating that
by the time the first bale is market-
ed there will not be a surplus bale
of cotton in the country a condition
that has never existed before He
stated that as long as some States
and sections of the South were suc-
cessfully combatting the weevil it
meant a loss to every farmer who
fails to control the pest He advo-
cated the planting of a smaller acre-
age and growing a bigger yield as
against a big acreage and a small
yield
The speakers advocated the use of
poison when ten per cent of the
squares showed signs of being punc-
tured and three applications four days
apart applying the poison at night
when there is dew
The meeting at the theater was
opened by the singing of seven!
songs by Lion singers with Mrs B
J Thomas at the piano This was
followed by remarks by President
Haycock of the Lions Club who wel-
comed the cotton growers to Wilbur-
ton and he presented A C Strang
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chairman of the Agricultural Com- gjij t0 js Cgjon Df friendsgNshrdlu
mittce who in turn told the farmers jgj as merchant and hunter is
of the program which had been thc s01 of Mr Mattie Thomas of
adopted by the Lions which pur-
posed a constructive aid to them in
the solving of their problems
this city He grew to manhood here
and is a big man both in physique
and character He is associated with
his brother Ben in the grocery and
ORNAMENTAL VINES FOR THE’fced business and is counted among
HOME
Nothing contributes so much to
transforming the bare and harsh out-
line of building's trellises and pergol-
as as a judicious planting of vines
suggests horticultural experts Too
many of the pergolas and arbors
throughout the country are unsightly
objects on the landscape when by a
mere thoughtful selection of climbing
and trailing plants they could be made
into objects of beauty New buildings
can be toned and softened down by
an immediate planting without wait-
ing until the interior of the building
is finished or the rest of the land-
scape even started Dilapidated fences
and old outbuildings can be quickly
covered by such rampant growers as
Kudzu vine (jack in the bean stalk
Virginia creeper the wild grape and
several others' -
McAlester Okla Feb 26— Ed M
Fry city manager for the past three
and a half years tendered his resigna-
tion at a special meeting of the McAl-
ester city council Monday noon He
is going to Tulsa to be associated with
Charles Peters of the Peters Petrol-
eum Company Prior to heading the
city administration department Fry
wai ten years a deputy warden of the
Sam Deloach of Limestone has State penitentiary Hit successor has
come to town and established a jitney not been decided upon and thirty days
service with headquarter at the Red will lapse before the resignation is
Cross Drug Store effective
JOjiN S MOORE
LEAVES WEALTH TO
j SALVATION ARMY
LEAVES SECURITIES AND PROP-
ERTY Td SALVATION ARMY
OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE
John S Moore age sixty-nine years
six months and nine days died after
a week's illness Monday evening at
9 :20 o'clock
Several hours before the end came
the deceased called to his bedside
Justice H E McLarty and witnesses
and made his least will and testament
which provided for the leaving of
his earthly possessions to the Salva-
tion Army Thii property consisted
so far m it know ft at the present time
oi four houses and lo's and $1600
ReeurMee Faraoa
When the undertaker was prepar-
ing the body a cord was noticed tied
around his body underneath his cloth-
ing The cord was cut but when the
embafmer sought to putt it away from
the body it appeared to he bound
underneath and when the body was
raised a wallet was discovered which
contained a thousand dollar Treas-
urer’s Certificate and $175 in Postal
Certificates The undertaker turned
the property over to Robert Living-
ston a friend of the deceased and
who was a witness to hi last will
The deceased came to Wi'burton
from St Louis where he was born
about twenty-five years ago and was
employed here a a coal miner He
is survived only by step-children one
of whom it Mrs Wise of Douglas
Arizona who arrived here Thursday
The deceased was converted in the
Simnr Smith meeting herolasl year
and was baptised He was consider-
ed a good man and commanded the
respect of his fellow citizens
Funeral services are to be held to-
day! Friday) and interment made at
the Gty Cemetery
COPELAND-THOMAS
William M Thomas and Mn Oltie
Copeland both of Wi'burton were
quietly married Tuesday evening Feb-
ruary 27th at 9:05 o’clock The cere-
mony took place at the home of Mr
and Mrs E D Mahan the bride’s
home Rev T R" Gathright pastor
of the Baptist church officiating Mr
and Mrs Mahan being the only wit-
nesses to the ceremony
The bridc is one of Wilburton's most
popular young women She has been
a trusted employe in the department
store of Ike Baer during the past two
years and her many friends both here
and at Red Oak where she formerly
resided are legion She possesses an
attractive personality has lots of sense
and those who know her are con-
vinced that the groom has won a prize
worth while
The gdoom William M Thomas
his name in a wedding write-up hut
our best citizens
Immediately following the ceremony
the couple repaired to a newly
furnished bungalow on College ave-
nue where they will reside in the
future
The many friends of Mr and Mrs
William M Thomas extend congratu-
lations and a wish for happiness
health and prosperity
FRY QUITS POST AS CITY
MANAGER AT McALESTER
CALLAHAN OPPOSED TO
ADJOURNMENT
Legislature Voted Dewa the Adjeura-
isswt Motion— Leag Drawn’ Out
Session Now a Prospect
Oklahoma City Feb 27— The lower
House of the State legislature todav
voted down a resolution introduced
by Representative Disney of Musko-
gee which provided for sine die ad-
journment on March 8
"It is a physical impossibility for
the House to enact Governor Wal-
tons platform and adiourn on May 8"
Representative Nance ohiirman of
the appropriations committee said
Representative Callahan of Wilbur-
ton created an uproar when he said
with fierce gestures and implications:
“I am a member of the firmer-labor
league I am opposed to any move-
ment for adjournment We should
stay here until Christmas or until Ga-
briel blow his trumpet and enact the
farmer-labor program There are
150000 league members n Oklahoma
and you Democrats can't get any-
where wthout them You won't come
back here if you don't enact their
laws v
VI believe in evolution When the
Democratic party fell from grace I
was a socialist and ran for the su-
preme Court on that ticket
Representative Disney's resolution
was signed by more than half of the
members of the House hut on the roll
cal) it lost itself by half a dozen votes
After a spirited debate the House
decided to retain its calendar in pres-
ent status a week before making a
change New tail's will be given privi-
leged position and no measure not
now on the calendar will be ' con-
sidered under this action
OKLAHOMA MEN INDICTED
OpV UNPEKBUJB SKY LAW
Winston-Salem Feb 26 — R E
Smith J G Reilly R R Hodgin and
1 G Campbell who were arrested
here Saturday afternoon on the
charge of violating the “blue sky"
laws of North Carolina in selling equi
ties in land in Oklahoma pleaded
guilty in the municipal court here
Monday and were fined $150 each and
given suspended road sentences of
eighteen months
The men operated under the name
of the Western Ranch Service Com'
pany of Oklahoma and gave their
residence as Poteau Okta
A DREAMER
Mr Editor:— We have a world of
talk about educating the farmer out
of the cotton raising habit and every
sort of crop imaginable is suggested
to him Ss a more suitable one The
farmer adoes not need education
What he needs is help in a substan
tia’l way The majority of our farm
ers are renters and of those who own
very few are able to erect drying
sheds and the necessary equipmnt
(or broom corn and other crops
which require special equipment
There is a number of feed stuffs
which we can grow in this county to
advantage But say you there is no
ready cash markets for these crops
No unless you make one
Now just as a fool suggestion In-
stead of dealers and banks requiring
the farmer to put in a certain acreage
of cotton why not say to him put in
plenty of feed stuff plant peas in
your corn at laying by time and in
the fall we will advance you money
to buy stock to feed this stuff to
Then maybe everybody could clean
up a little money Talk it over any-
how A lot of time is spent in talk
about doing something for the farm-
er and to talk a little on this subject
won’t hurt anyone '
We cant raise cotton So let’s try
something else '
—A DREAMER
FARM CLUBS INCREASE
Stillwater Okta Feb 28 — The
number of Oklahoma women who are
members of farm clubs has more than
doubled over the dnb membership of
a year ago according to Frances L
Brown State home demonstration
agent Pata in Miss Brown’s office
show there now are 288 farm women's
clubs with a total membership of
5346 The number a year ago was
150 clubs with 2£M members
CAMIfES’ DEATH
fOLlOWS ATTACK
AT HAILEYVILLE
Allagad Troublm alter Ffcwa Upoa
Ralatirwi Office I Obligad
to Shoot Man la the Dork
McAlester Oltla Feb 26 — Henry
Camcncs age 45 died at Brooks In-
stitutc Hospital Saturday night from
wounds received when resisting ar- s
rest at Hailcyville the night before'
while a disturbance was being created
at the home of Lewis Day a brother-''-law
Camcncs was shot by Deputy Sher-
iff Chester Nation who had respond-'
cd to a call and on arrival at the
Lewis home found the man oil a ram-
page It is said that Camenes had
been warned away and sent home
earlier in the evening after he had'
made a gun play in thy' Day home'
The revolver be then had in hit pos-
session wan wrested from him' after’
he is alleged to have attempted to fire
it at his sitter Mrs Day -jr t m-
Deputy Sheriff Nation was called
by phone and had just arrived when
Camenes put in a second appearance ’
this time armed with another Wvotver'
which he had obtained somewhere ’ It
was then dark and Day was standing'
in his hack doorway From a corner '
directly in range with the doorway
and Officer Nation but unseen by
Nation Camenet fired'’ Hit bullet ’
struck Day in his lower left arm "
Two more shot! were Bred wildly '
by Camneses according to the atory
of witnesses but none found a tar-''
get: However Nation returned the''
fire ht the darkness not teeing the
matt he shot atj but' getting the dirra
tion by the flaslr of the Wher Man’s J
gun ’’ ' ' ''’I- '
Two shots fired by Nation hit Ca-'
menes in the arms and another struck
him in the abdomen ranging in a
downward course The victim died
after receiving all the care possible
at the hospital where he was quickly
removed to
Camenet had livid most of his life
at Hartshorne and Haileyville He
had been married four times his pres-
ent wife being a mere girl seventeen
years of age officers state
His body was buried Monday at
Hartshorne J
An investigation of the affair is be-
ing made and from all evidence at
hand the officer who unfortunately
was obliged to shoot Camenes is to
he exonerated from blame as the acts
of the deceased were construed to
have endangered several persons
POULTRY INTEREST CROWING
Stillwater Okla Feb 28— Rapid in-
crease in interest in poultry is indi-
cated by gains in enrollment in the
department of poultry husbandry at
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College For the school year
1919-20 the total enrollment in poul-
try courses was 80 the year 1920-21
showed a total of 244 or a gain of
205 per cent and the year 1921-22
with a total of 471 a 93 per cent gain
This year with enrollment of the
spring quarter— always the big sea-
son in poultry study— and of the sim-
mer school yet to come in enrollment
in poultry work has reached a total
of 409 indicating a probable 100 per
cent gain for 1922-23
THEATER PARTY
Doris Lester entertained with a the-
ater party Thursday evening Febru-
ary 22 in honor of her sixteenth birth-''
day After the show the crowd was y
entertained at the Red Cross Drag
Store' The tables were arranged in
one long row Favor of small Amer-
ican flags and hand painted cards
suited to the occasion were given
Those present were Misses Marie
Hunt Mona Scranton Bertha Ward
Margaret Beth Devine Sylvia Joseph
Evelyn Lapp Alla Florence Hughe
Ruby Lampton Doris Lester Messrs
I awrence Huppie Bill Byars Everett
Smith Roy Siocombe Bill Hughes
Mike Badeen Sterling Haynes Bill
' Bartmess and Bill Wynn- Mist Eva
Brown Scout captain chaperoned the
crowd Nearly everyone iachidsd its
jthe partywere Scouts
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