The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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THE COALGATE COURIER
: Local
i
J W Hubbard of Parker was
here Saturday
J S Estell of Hardwood was
a visitor Tuesday -
Mrs Theo von Keller !s visit-
ing in Caddo this week
E 'Newton of Phillips attend-
ed the Republican meeting here
Saturday
M O Watkins” of Ardmore
was transacting business in the
city Monday'
Mrs H W Nettles of Ada
is visiting her mother Mrs Dora
Peb worth this week
" G W Maxwell of Phillips
was here Saturday in attendance
- at the Republican meeting
J C Blevins A L McCarter
and W M Shoffit of Centra-
homa were here Saturday
Mrs E E Gravelle returned
Tuesday from a visit with rela-
tives and friends in Kansas
Miss Gene Mason of Rock-
wall Texas is here the guest of
her sister Mrs J W Thomas
A bazaar will be given some-
time during the first of Decem-
ber by the Baptist ladies Advtf
A W Freeman and others of
Cairo were here Saturday attend-
ing the Republican county meet-
ingf Homer Miller of 01neyr was
among the number who attended
the Republican meeting here
Saturday v
Miss Amelia Philippi who is
attending the normal at Ada
visited homefolks here Saturday
and Sunday
Aris Foster was down from
Ada Saturday looking after busi-
matters Mr Foster is attending
the normal at Ada
The ladies of the Baptist church
will serve dinner also cream and
-- cake each day during the Coal
county fair ' Adv tf
Dr E N Wright of Olney
was here Saturday attending the
Republican meeting and made a
good talk to the meeting
C E' Baxter and family left
Monday for their home at Idabel
after a visit with Mrs Baxter’s
parents Mr and Mrs R B
Davidson
AT
JULY 3' and 4L 1S1G
A Grand Picnic’ and Fourth of July Celebration will be Given by
the Citizens of Coalgate and Coal CoiTnty the Rev-
enues From Which will be Expended in
the Good Roads Movement
It is planned by the Good Roads Boosters to make this the greatest cele-
brationever held in Coal county and we want to extend a most hearty welcome
to every man woman and child in our county and for miles around to come and
help make this picnic the success it’should be
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The Entertainment will Consist of
ivfasic BY- COALGATE CONCERT BAND - '
ORATIONS’ BASE BALL GAMES DANCING
TRAP SHOOTING and other Picnic Amusements
A More Complete Program will be Given Later
Steam Swing Aoto Parade
AND PLENTY OF FREE iCE WATER FOR ALL '
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Committee on Entertainment:— J W CARTER i S A MAXWELL PATSY
GREENAN J G LOVING J M BOGG6 R T BREEDLOVE
B B SANDERS T A BRYAN KIRK ROSS M F LANDON HENRY
MARCUM
Committee on (Concessions: — O D LICKLEIDER J G LOVING C D
McNALLY J L BRUCE J M BOGGS and C W ADDISON Secretary
Advertising Committee:— J W CARTER S A MAXWELL J M BOGGS
Mews I
:
Rev E E Bigger left Monday
for Southwest Texas where he
goes to attend a meeting of the
stockholders of a big ranch in
which he is interested and he is
also the president of the board
of directors'
J H Harelson and sons Frank
and Charley who have been
visiting relatives and friends
here returned to their home in
Coalton Wednesday Mr Harel-
son ordered The Courier sent to
his address while here
J C Brown of near Parker
was a visitor in the city Wednes-
day and while here was a pleas-
ant caller at The Courier office
Mr Brown brought to this office
some nice cabbage and beans for
which he has our thanks
The B Y P U will give a
box social and jitney carnival on
the court house lawn Friday
night A cake will be given to
the most popular young lady
present besides numerous other
features of entertainment The
proceeds will go to help in de-
fraying the expense of the young
people’s reading room Adv
L C Ball of Wapanucka was
the guest of his daughter Mrs
J E T Clark and family 'from
Saturday until Sunday while en
route to his home from his broth-
er’s ranch west of Lehigh where
he has been in charge of the har-
vesting of his brother T J
Ball’s small grain crop for the
past two weeks
Died— Henry Alfred Suneson
the year-old son of Mr and Mrs
Henry Suneson of Cottonwood
passed away last Thursday night
about 10:30 o’clock The little
fellow about a month prior to his
death contracted measles from
which he never fully recovered
and when he took a relapse he
grew rapidly worse until death
relieved the little sufferer "al-
though every thing it was pos-
sible to do for his relief was
done' Burial Friday at 4 pm
in Coalgate cemetery Rev Isaac
Parkin of Lehigh conducting
the funeral services We join
with the many friends of the be-
reaved parents in extending to
them condolence in the los3 of
their only child
i Mr Buddington’si
Fortune i!
: : It Was Bestowed Where It j
:: Would Do the Most Good ::
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i j By ETHEL HOLMES J!
Young Mrs Buddlngton 'was a model
hrlde Perhaps the word “enduring”
would better describe her She had
married a 'man's man and a turn's
man especially when very young la
easily drawn from hts home Tom
Buddlngton had scarcely returned from
his wedding journey before he was
waylaid by his former associates and
induced to spend an evening with them
leaving his wife at borne alone
Tom knew tills was all wrong At
midnight he succeeded In tenrlng him-
self away from his companions and
went home The houo was dark tyid
without sound He put his latchkey
Into the lock very quietly and went
upstairs softly This was not liecause
he feared to awaken 'his wife for he
didn’t believe she was asleep It was
rather the result of a guilty conscience
He would have liked to hear a sweet
voice say: “That you dearie? Had a
good time?” But he entered the dress-
ing room next the bedroom without
any greeting Looking In where Bess
was sleeping by the light turned low
he saw her peacefully slumbering-
Tom was both relieved und disap-
pointed He was pleased that h bride
had not lain awake waiting for him
but ho would have liked a brief chat
with her before going to sleep himuelf
The lady was Hot asleep she was pre-
tending She was a wjse woman If
she cheerfully received her husband
after his return from his bachelor
friends she would have encouraged
him to go to them again If she up-
braided him It would have a tendency
to drive him away from her Tom
went to sleep ungreeted and uure-
proached He resolved that he would
not do so any more
But Tom’s effort to be good proved a
failure A young man especially a
man’s man needs relaxation His er-
ror was not In this It was In falling
to provide his wife with relaxation
also or rather In forcing her to spend
a considerable number of evenings
alone If It was not practicable to
furnish her with company he should
have remained with her even If he did
need relaxation for she needed It as
much as he did probably more since
her place during the day was at home
and It was natural that In the evening
she should need change of scene Un-
fortunately Tom’s Income was not suf-
ficient to enable them to go out to
theaters or such other places of amuse- -ment
“Just yon wait dearie” Tom said to
his wife one evening when he was go-
ing out with a couple ot men friends
“till Uncle Alec shuffles off this mortal
coH and I’ll stop this going out with-
out you You shall have all the opera
and the other amusements you like”
Now Uncle Alec was a childless
bachelor who bad worked and saved
never having married because he
thought he couldn’t afford to marry
till be had come to old age and a for-
tune without any one except his
nephew to Inherit bis money He bad
therefore pitched upon Tom for the
purpose and it was all settled that the
young man was to have $100000 after
the old man’s death
Tom being sensible of this prospec-
tive advantage aimed to show his un-
cle proper attention Since both were
engaged during the day the evening
was the only time that the dutiful
young man could pay his respects to
the old gentleman Bess understood
that one night every week wns to be
devoted to this purpose Tom went to
see his uncle with tolerable regularity
and when he omitted to do so his wife
understood that he had made the visit
though on such omissions Tom was
enjoying his bachelor friends Some-
times on his regular nights for visit-
ing his uncle he would take Bess with
him She was a great favorite with
the elder Buddlngton which pleased
Tom very much for It strengthened
the younger in the matter of his pro-
spective fortune '
When the Buddlngtons had been
married a decade the wife did not
need her husband’s companionship so
much as at first because she was taken
up with several little children who
had come to her In the meanwhile
Tom continued still to be a man’s man
and found a good deal to take him out
Indeed there was more to absorb his
attention every year lie dabbled In a
small way In polities having some
taste for wire pulling and was a
member of various associations IIo
needed no excuses for going out even-
ings for there was always a commit-
tee meeting or something of the kind
that served the purpose None of these
engagements brought In any money
and the practical Mrs Buddlngton was
not made the better satisfied with her
husband’s absences by pecuniary gain
' But she did not complain Tom said
that It was the duty of a citizen to take
an Interest In the government of his
country his state or Ms city as each
needed hls attention There was no
gainsaying this and Bess was not the
woman to Interfere with whatever hci
husband considered hls duty She
made the monthly stipend go as far as
It was possible to make it go patched
the children’s clothes and pinched In
every way The elder Buddlngton
might have helped the family but men
who devote their Uvea to piling up
money usually do their giving in a
way that will afford a return even If
that return Is merely a higher standing
in the community In which they live
They are not likely to hide their lights
under a bushel Buddlngton senior
held on to every cent he had and only
arranged for the disposition of his for-
tune after his death because he could
not take it with him
But for this reason and because it
bad absorbed bis whole life be was
much concerned as to its going where
be wished to have it go when be could
no longer use it himself
One evening be sent for Tom to come
and see him yom was away from
home and had told his wife that be
'was going to a meeting of household-
ers of hls ward to select a candidate
for councilman Bess sent word to
Mr Buddlngton to that effect giving
the place of tbe committee meeting
He telephoned there and was told that
Tom had Just left for bis club Mr
Buddlngton had not been aware that
bis nephew was a member of a club
He bad never considered that be could
afford such a luxury himself and could
not see how Tom with his limited In-
come and a family could do so The
old gentleman did not send to the club
for Tom but he did send to hls home
after 11 o’clock for him to learn that
bis nephew had not yet returned
When Tom came In at 1 o’clock in
the morning and learned that his uncle
had sent for him lye was troubled ne
knew the olef gentlemnn’s proclivities
well and had not Informed him of any
expense that be Incurred that his uncle
would consider he should avoid ne
went to see hls uncle the next evening
but the old man merely said that he
had wanted him to witness an Impor-
tant document and not reaching him
had called in some one else
This lulled Tom’s fears and he did
not know thnt the wily old man
through parties unknown to him or
Bess lind made inquiries which hail
put him In possession of tbe situation
of affairs In their household ne also
by similar Indirect means learned that
Tom wns inclined to take an interest
In unprofitable affairs and spent very
little of his time at home But the un-
cle made no mention to any one of his
discoveries ne did a Job of thinking
over the matter and came to some con-
clusions that would have caused hls
nephew to ipen bis eyes had he been
aware of th fact
For awhile after hls uncle iad sent
for him— not to find him— Tom was un-
easy about going out But his uneasi-
ness did not last long Hls uncle’s
manner was the same thnt It had been
and there was no Indication that there
had been any unfavorable turn But
Bess who had been for a long while
striving to make ends meet had been
unable to do so and the family
financial affairs were on the ragged
edge Bess had been ill on several oc-
casions and a doctor’? bill to a con-
siderable amount had accumulated
Perhaps if they had applied to Mr
Buddlngton he might have helped
them out Terhaps he might have told
them that if they had lived within
their income they would have provided
for tbe doctor’s bills as they occurred
But they did not dare Inform the old
man of their condition He was get-
ting feeble and might drop off any
day If they could worry along till he
had passed away they could pay all
their bills a hundred times over So
they concluded to endure the situation
But Tom as his uncle's feebleness in-
creased rather Increased than dimin-
ished his personal expenditures bank-
ing on hls soon possessing a fortune
When Mr Buddlngton passed from
earth he did so without warning He
died so suddenly that his nephew did
not have time to reach him to bid him
goodby and receive his blessing When
be reached the house where the rich
man lay he received something that he
did not appreciate as he would have
appreciated a blessing The house-
keeper handed him a note written by
the deceased shortly before his death
which read as follows:
My Dear Nephew— I have led you to be-
lieve that at my death you would Inherit
what I have been a lifetime in accumulat-
ing During the last few years I have
concluded that you are not a safe person
to be Intrusted with a fortune I have
therefore decided to place my estate In
other hands Don't feel hard toward me
for this I have always been very fond of
you and am fond of you etui Goodby
Your affectionate - UNCjDE
Tom Staggered under the blow His
wife who jvas with him and read the
letter over hls shoulder took him In
her arms She was too disappointed
to speak encouragingly to him but
spoke no word of reproach Sadly
they left the house the wife looking
the future in the face resolutely the
husband limp as a cloth
When the will was opened Tom and
hls wife were present more out of
curiosity than anything else though
they thought that some memento
might be left them The will was
very sbort'readlng as follows:
“I give and bequeath to Elizabeth
Buddlngton wife of my nephew
Thomas It Buddlngton all my proper-
ty real and personal”
Tom looked at Bess and Bess looked
at Tom Then the woman took the
man’s hand In hers and what she felt
was Indicated by a pressure
It was evident that Mr Buddington
had ndted the difference between the
two— that the wife was fitted to dis-
pense an Income and that the husband
was not During tho years that they
enjoyed their Inheritance Bess consci-
entiously carried out the Intent of the
will and resisted all attenjpts of her
husband to Induce her to turn the for-
tune over to him or to permit him to
have anything to say In Its manage-
ment or the disposition of the income
But she was very liberal with him
not grudging him any reasonable sum
making sure however that It was
spent for a legitimate purpose
Tlhe Junior Housekeeper t
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and Farmer Comer
Miss Alla Parker County Agent Editor Coalgate Okla
to whom all communications should be addressed
Dear Club Members:
Hereafter Mr Clark our edi-
tor will give us a space Jn The
Courier to be used as our own
This will be known as “The
Junior Housekeeper and Farmer
Corner ’ ’ All club girls and boys
are urgently requested to write
to this corner and tell of your
success and failures in Demon-
stration work your plats pigs
poultry be’ 3r-bread and all the
different clubs of which you may
be a member
Write as often as you like let
the club members and the people
of Coal county know who you are
and what you are doing
Address your communications
to your County Agent
Very truly yours -Alla
Parker
County Home Demonstration
Agent
Home panning
There are at the present time
five methods of canning food-
stuffs as classified for conveni-
ence in the work of home canning
clubs These are as follows:
1 The oldest and most com-
monly used method is known as
the open-kettle or hot-pack
method This method requires
the complete cooking of food
products in a vessel before pack-
ing or filling the cans and final
sealing All packing of products
is "done after sterilization has
been completed hence the pos-
sibility of new spores and bacteria
entering the jars before sealing
is always present
This method will do very well
with fruits but is most always a
failure when applied to vege-
tables It is laborious and dis-
courages much canning
2 The intermittent method
fruits and vegetables is a very
successful method as far as the
handling and packing of the pro-
duct and the effect upon bacteria
spores and other forms of germs
are concerned By this method
complete sterilization is effected
It requires three periods of steri-
lization on three different days
and three lifting of jars in and
out of the sterilizer This meth-
od takes quite a little time but is
very successful
3 What is sometimes called
the “cold-water’’ method of
canning is very good this meth-
od is often used in connection
with the canning of rhubarb
gooseberries and other sour
fruits
We do not recommend this as
practical in club canning for the
reason that most of these pro-
ducts will need to be cooked be-
fore they can can be used and
it is a saving of both time' and
labor to do the necessary cooking
while the product is being canned
If the “cold water” method is
used wash the product thorough-
ly place in a strainer scald then
pack at once in practically a
fresh state in the jars apply
clean cold water until jars are
filled If these steps are taken
carefully and quickly the method
in most cases will be successful
4 The method now in general
use by club members and many
adults all over the U S is known
as the “cold pack” method of
canning This means that the
products are packed cold in their
fresh and natural state in -the
glass jars to fruits hot sirup is
applied to vegetables warm
water and a little salt is added
then the sterilization is done in
the jars after they are partially
or entirely sealed making it
practically impossible for bacteria
or spores to enter after the' pro-
duct has once been carefully
sterilized or cooked7 In follow
ing this method vegetables should
first be blanched in boiling water
then plunged into cold water
and skins removed The pro-
ducts are then packed in con-
tainers and sterilized
5 A development of impor-
tance to the home canning busi-
ness is the introduction of speci-
ally made jars After the food
has been blanched cold dipped
and cooked enough’ to make it
ready for table use it can be pack-
ed in the jars and the vacuum
produced When the jars are
perfectly made and ’ the work
properly done this method of
canning is successful and can be
carried out by every housewife
and club member"
It is conceded by most women
that glass jars are the most de-
sirable and economical for use in
canning for home use as they
can be used from year to year
or indefinitely by simply adding
riqw rubbers and tops each year
Practically all of the various
types of glass jars available on
the market can be successfully
used in canning fruits and vege-
tables Jby thcold pack method
In handling all glass top jars
with the top and clamp springs
it is important to remember that
the rubber cap and top spring
are put in place while the lower
clamp spring is left up or raised
during the entire period of steri-
lization and then lowered and
closed after sterilization
In hahdling the screw top jar
it is important to remember that
the rubber and top are put in
place and the top turned until it
touches the rubber sealing the
jar partially but not so closely
as to prevent the escape of ex-
cessive or expanded air during
the period of sterilization and
then screwed tight at close of
sterilization '
Alla Parker
County Home' Demonstration
Agent
New Club Organized
Clarita Club
Bessie Jones
Kittie Emma Plummer
Christine Plummer
Mildaren Rutherford
Eula Arnold
G’Ola Rutherford
Officers
Kittie Emma Plummer Pres
Bessie Jqnes Vice Pres
Christine Plummer Sec and
Treas
Motto
“Get all you can can all you
get”
Colors
Cardinal and gold
Flower
Sun flower
Demonstration Day at Tupelo
A cooking and canning demon-
stration was held in O’Neal &
Sons new store at Tupelo last
Saturday In the morning a
demonstration was given on milk
cookery vegetables eggs salads
and fruit cocktails In the after-
noon the demonstrations pertain-
ed to canning of vegetables
During the day about 250 people
attended A free lunch of coffee
and sandwitches were served by
the owners of the store Not
only was the day pleasantly
spent among the good people of
Tupelo but we hope and expect
profitable results to occur there-
from as well — Miss Parker
Episcopal Church
Services on Sunday next July
2 1916
Will all who desire to thank
God for his protection and care
through the past storms and
cyclones please join us at this
service to thank God ' that we
are still spared to praise him
Every body invited’
ISAAC PARKIN Pastor
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