Standard-Sentinel (Stilwell, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1916 Page: 1 of 5
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Oflicial Organ of Adair County Oklahoma
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STILWELL OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MAY II 1910
TbAddr canty Ropubum Absorbed June 3 1915 NO 21
DISTRICT COURT
AT SALL1SAW
This is tlie second week of the
District Court of Sequoyah coun
ty for this term Among cases
of Interest to our people that
have been brought to trial we no
ticethe following:
George Comingdeer the young
Indian who was charged with
the killing of Floyd Johnson at a
dance at the home of Tom Palm'
it about 3 miles north of Salli
naw in November of last year
asked to be allowed to change
his plea of not guilty and enter a
plea of guilty to manslaughter
and waiving time for sentence
The Court prounced a sentence
of 10 years in the penitentiary
The parents of Floyd Johnson
live in Stilwell Mr Johnson be
ing a blacksmith of the town
James Bradshaw prominent
Vian farmer was sentenced to
live years in the in penitentiary
following his conviction by a jury
on the charge of conspiracy to
rob the First National Bank of
Vian some weeks ago
Nie Crittendon a harness
maker of Muskogee was con
victed and sentenced to 17 years
in the penitentiary for his con-
nection with the robbery
The chief witness for the state
in all these cases was Emmett
Compton self-confessed bandit
who gave in minutest detail the
inside history of the $7000 bank
robbery which startled the coun-
try Compton confession stated
"Nig" Crittendon and himself
-were to do the actual robbing of
the bank were employed by
"Pradshaw Ed Culver a real es-
tate dealer of Vian and W S
Payne a Vian liveryman fiovav
ton told the jury that Culver was
to be in the bank at the time of
the robbery and was kbbe lock-
ed in the vault by the bandits
but that he became frightened
and did not carry out his part of
the compact According to the
story told by Compton many of
the plans did not work out as ar
ranged which disorganized their
escape
Several others are to be tried
yet who were connected with
the robbery or with receiving
some of the money
Court adjourned Tuesday until
June
Theatre Party
Mrs J L Cox delightfully
entertained by giving a Theatre
party In honor of her sister Mrs
L J Bohannon of Heavener and
friend Mrs J C Powell of Ber-
nice Oklahoma
After the show the guests
were escorted to Mrs Cox's
beautiful home who were met at
the door by gracious ladies who
served a refreshing punch The
game of rook was engaged in un-
til a late hour During the even-
ing delicious refreshments were
served with souveniers of cut
flowers the color scheme being
red and white The guest list
included Mesdames Lynch Ealy
Wright Jas Morsbam Hall
Reece Powell Bohannon Cox
Pitchford and Williams Misses
Genevieve Stienmetz Grace
Crocker Lizzie Johnson Minnie
Denham and Eva Rogers
County Singing Convention
The Adair County Singing con-
vention met at Star School House
last Sunday with one of the
most interesting and enjoyable
occasions since the organization
of this body Four choirs Free-
water New Hope Dalonegah and
Starr entered the contest for
the banner The Fullblood Cher-
okee choir of Dalonegah was de-
clared the winner At noon din-
ner was spread on the grounds
and all attending report one of
the best dinners ever partook of
in the county
Officers elected were: J
S Atchley president ' Arthur
Leatberwood Sec-Treas Ben
Hill County Organizer
Bunch was selected for the
next session ot the convention
to beJield the first Sunday fa
August "' 1 ' '
Residence Burned
Fire at 11 o'clock Tuesday
night destroyed the 4-room resi
dence of Mrs Adams on Chest
nut street The family was away
from home when the fire was
discovered and it had gained
such headway that only a small
part of the household furniture
was saved
WAR
I am the God of battles Born in that hour when Cain
lifted his club I have come down through all time breaking
the silence of the centuries with the tread of armies and the
clash of steel I am the maker of History Epochs begin
with the passing of my banners and dynasties end when my
trumpets sound
I am the builder of tombs Jhe chiseler of monoliths the
sculptor of laureled bronze
I know no fealty I have espoused the banner of the
crescent moon and have fought beneath the cross of Con-
stan tine My Viking ships have sailed the seas for Thor
' and for Issus and Osirvs I have dared the Alps with Han-
' f nibal Bartholomew was to me a golden night and the song
of the Ironsides was an anthem of my inspiration
I am the great Antithesis- I am the forger of fetters
but I have broken the shackles of ten million slaves I am
Oppression's ghastly weapon but I am the last tribunal
where serf and king must plead their cause before an equal
bar I am the instrument of Caste but the thunder of Rev-
olution is the signal for my avenging hosts
I am the Scourge I change the golden wheat fields
into trampled straw I scar the landscape with red trenches
wherein are thrown the wrecks of men scorched and torn
with flames and shell Where I have passed are tireless
forges and the spider spins across the mouth of furnace
In my wake the plowshare rusts beside the furrows the
shepherdless flocks go straying through the bills and the
lowing herds jangle impatient bells beside the pasture bars
the swinging ax is heard no more at dawn and the women's
voices call in vain to husbandmon at noon
' I have heaped the1 battlefields with dead until the stench
has called the condor from the crags I have filled the
world with orphans and have wrung an Atlantic's tears
from the eyes of white-faced women I have left fair-
visaged boys staring with glassy eyes into the noon-day
sun I have left young fathers with Wide-flung arms lifeless
in the gathering dust I have left grim warriors stark and
cold beneath the silent stars -
I am in league with Woe and Death
I am War and— war IS helt - '
' c--Fred R Angwin
- Principal-elect Peabody School
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Oar (lre
tfie chicAens out
GARDEN TOOiS
TOO
IF YOU DONT WANT THE CHICKENS TO PLAY
"OLD SCRATCH" WITH YOUR GARDEN BUY
SOME OF OUR WIRE FENCE AND FENCE THEM OUT
IT WILL NOT ONLY SAVE YOUR GARDEN BUT
SAVE YOU WORRY AND WORK
LET US FIGURE WITH YOU FOR ALL THE FENCE
WIREYOUNEED
WE ARE THE LIVE WIRES FOR GARDEN TOOLS
AND ALL KINDS OF HARDWARE
Rogers Hardware & Furniture Co
Phone No 31 Stilwell Oklahoma
RURAL ROUTE
' SOUTH TO GORDON
George Lewis"' special postof-
fice inspector was here from
Muskogee last Monday to inspect
the rural route as planned lead-
ing south of town The roads
are in such bad condition that a
change m ' the route is necessary
to be made from the original
route as petitioned the postal
department to lay out
Mr Lewis as well as Post
master Davis believe the route as
now recommended will proba-
bly go- through and the service
be established some time during
the coming summer With one
route established the incentive
will be set for more rural deliv-
eries and once the system is in
augurated we may hope for this
convenience to be adopted all
over this section of the county
The first route as now propos
ed leaves Stilwell on the section
line running west to Jim Neffs
thence south on section line to
John Fletcher's then across the
Cre'ek winding to the B G j
Fletcher home thence to Dalon
egah school house thence east j
to section line south of Gordon
postofQce thence north to Stil
well by way of S J Starr neigh
borhood
Marriage Licenses
Marriage permits issued from
the office of Court Clerk W A
Shannon since last report:
Ned Christie Biding Springs 22
Lura Sawney Sallisaw ' 20
' Toyal O'Neal visited with
friends in Stilwell the first of the
week With his aunt Mrs J N
Campbell formerly of our city
they make heir home at Jack-
sonville' Florida Toyal has a
Civil Service position with the
government- and is doing well
and is looking well
COMHENCEMEfir
STILWELL SCHOOL
The Fifth Annual Commence
ment of the Stilwell High School
this year will be up to the stand-
ard set in former years and be
it said to the credit of the three
graduates of the class of 1916
none have been more proficient
in their studies and none more
diligent or studious The three
graduates are: Miss Ruby Lee
daughter of Mr and Mrs W C
Lee Miss Jennie Jones daugh
ter of Mrs W H Bradley and
Miss Lucy Patterson daughter
of Mr and Mrs W P Patter
son
The commencement sermon
will be preached at the Christian
church Sunday morningMay 14
at 11 o'clock a mby Rev M M
Smith of Siloam Springs
The graduating exercises of
the class will be held at the op
era house Wednesday evening
May 17th The program will
consist of the delivery of the
orations by the members of the
class The graduating address I
will be delivered by Hon William
A Woodruff county attorney
The class motto: "Labor Om-
nia Vincit"
The class colors: "Green and
White"
The class flower: "White
American Beauty Rose"
Registration Closed
The precinct registrars closed
their books Wednesday evening
until such special registration
dates as provided by law All
registrars report a light number
applying this week The Social-
ist gains are not near so heavy
as at first reported A safe and
sane ballot will predominate at
ourprimary and general election
Mrs F N Holland of Kansas
City is visiting her mother and
brother in Stilwell
SCHOOL NOTES
The season of the year is here
when we prepare our luncheon
and hie away to some sequestered
8 pot serenely blessed with all
the blessings of nature 'tis here
that we are animated with the
spirit oi heaven and receive an
inspiration for better living
The pupils of the various
thirty or forty in number also
grades have not forgotten to re-faye asked for a raise from $250
mind the teachers that it is time
to take advantage of this golden
opportunity tb e fourth fifth
sixth and eighth grades accom-
panied by their respective
teachers spent the afternoon of
Thursday last at Tyler Springs
The seventh grade accompanied
by Mrs Sbelton spent the entire
day at New Hope last Friday
The ninth grade accomoanied
by Rev T M Russell and Prof
Neely spent the afternoon of
Friday last on the mountain east
of town As the school is near-
ing a close and the melancholy
days come we think of our child-
hood days when we were sep-
arated from our playments then
we are made to wish for a return
of that affectionate association
which we will never enjoy again
We are very sorry indeed to
see Rev Russell and Prof Neely
leave 4s we have enjoyed their
association but in answer to a
call calling tbem to a greater
field of labor they have respond-
ed and we extend to them our
best wishes in taking up their
work in their new field of labor
Rev B F Hill gave us a very
pleasant visit Tuesday morning
We are proud and always appre
ciate visits irom sucn men as
Mr Hill men who believe that
it is just as essential to train the
fchlM's heart as to train the mind
VW© are glad that it has been
agreed to continue school the full
term We say this in behalf of
the seniors who have worked so
hard in the preparation of their
commencement exercises and
they seem to be anxious to dem-
onstrate to the world that they
have done their work well and
are traveling the road that leads
to the preparation of the duties
of lie
Mrs John Rogers gave a very
pleasant visit last Friday
We are glad that it has been
decided to have the eighth grade
exercises it would have been a
great disappointment' to the
graduates after having worked
all the year toward that end We
trust that no one will be kept
away on the account of the mea-
sles as children look upon such
occasions with far more impor-
tance than we do
Mrs Everet Hawes visited us
Tuesday afternoon
We" trust that the ones who
nave not had an opportunity to
take the final examinations will
recover from the measles' and
come in and take the final exami-
nations before school closes
WORKMEN STRIKE
AT STAVE MILL
Workmen at I P Jonos Stave
Mill went out on a strike Mou-
day morning at both mills one
in Stilwell and the other in Lee's
Creek Township The teamsters
employed aggregating about
Nnrder in Cherokee County
Because she repulsed his am-
orous attentions Abe Owen a
farmer living near Moody five
miles northwest of Tahlequah
shot and killed Mrs Lizzie Mor-
gan matron in charge of the
old seminary building
' Owen is a widower and the
father of seven children Mrs
Morgan was a widow the mother
of four children
i Owen had been rather insist-
ent in his attentions toward Mrs
Morgan for a number of months
it is said and last fall tried to
persude her to marry him '
Mrs A P Cone of Boko-
homa Okla visited the
week end with her sistersMrs
C D Johnson and W H Davis
to $3 50 per day
Manager S W Smith has se
cured another force of workmen
for the mill and stave cutting
commenced again Wednesday
morning He stated that
the rneny who struck were
green" hands and that he was
willing and had agreed to raise
their wages when they became
accustomed to the work
A satisfactory agreement be
tween the stave mill and bolt
haulers is said to be about
reached and no great inconven
ience is expected from the tem-
porary strike '
No 9970
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank
at Stilwell in the State of Oklahoma
at the close of Business
May 1st 1916
RESOURCES DOLLARS
Loans and Discounts $ 9387137
Overdrafts secured none un-
secured $5097 - - ' 5097
U S Bonds to secure circulation
(par value) - $2500000
Total US Bonds 2500000
Bonds and securities pledged as
collateral for state or other de-
posits or bills p'y'e $421953
Securities other than US bonds
(not including stocks) owned
unpledged 878811 "
Total bonds Mnirf'les rto 1300764
Subscript k)9 to stick ul federal
reserve bank $180000' '
Less amount unpaid $90000 '
Banking house none' furniture
and fixtures - -
Other Real Estate owned
Due from Federal Reserve Bank
Net am't due from approved
reserve agents in other re-
seivecities $616323
Due from banks and hankers
' (other than above) '
Checks on banks in the same
city or town as reporting bank
Outside checks and other cash
items none fractional cur-
rency $6135 - -
Notes of other National Banks
Federal Reserve notes
Total coin and certificates '
Legal-tender notes - ' "i '
Redemption fund with U S
Treasurer and due from U S
Treasurer
Other assets: none
90000
1800(H)
2167R7
353929
616323
2255356
85323
6135
68800
1500
589630
7000
125000
: TOTAL' - - - - $1788751
LIABILITIES DOLLARS
Capital Stock Paid in - - : $ 2500000
Surplus fund - - 442500
Undivided Profits $215 68 ''
Reserved for taxes 54141
Reserved for $75709 '
Less current expenses interest
and taxes paid 16304 i - 59405
Circulating notes outstanding 2500000
Individual deposits subject to -
check $9495472
Certificates of deposit due in
less than 30 days
Cashier's chfcs outstg
State county or other municipal
deposits secured by items 3d
and 4c of ''Resources"
Total demand deposits items
33 34 35 36 37 38 39
and 40 $10300974 '
Time deposits: Certificates" of
deposit due on or after 30 days
Total of time deposits item's
41 42 and 43 $1985872
299401
106101
400000
1985872
TOTAL - -- $17788751
STATE OF OKU HOMA County of
Adair sa -I
H W Burch Cashier of the above
named bank do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to best of
my knowledge and belief"
H W BURCH Cashier
' Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of May 1916
ANNA RYAN Notary Public
My Com Exp 11-28-1916
Correct-Attest— E B Arnold J R
Reed W H Doherty Jr Directors - '
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