The Cotton County Enterprise (Walter, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma Historical Society
SUCCESSOR TO THE COTTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT AND THE WALTERS NEW ERA
VOL 20 No 20
WALTERS COTTON COUNTY OKLAHOMA TUESDAY OCTOBER 12 1920
VOL 20 No 20
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DEMOCRATS PUSHING
CAMPAIGN IN COUNTY
Hardings Decision to Scrap League
Has Effect on Voters Cox-
Roosevelt Club
Meets
"That Senator Harding’s change of
- front on the league of nations and the
peace covenant when he decided to
scrap the treaty entirely had caused
a number of persons heretofore af-
filiated with the republicans in this
county to turn to the fold of democ-
racy and declare their intentions to
vote the progressive democratic ticket
in the coming election” was the state
ment of Wm T Powell democratic
1 campaign manager of this county
Mr Powell has been very active
during the past few days and has vis
ited a number of voting precincts over
the county and has had a chance to get
the views of the voter Mr Powell
stated further that the women are
heartily in favor of the league and
would give their solid support to it
- Cox-Roosevelt clubs are being or-
ganized over the county The meet-
ings are very enthusiastic and great
interest is shown Clubs have been
formed at Liberty Hill Texas precinct
number 2 Ahpeatone Bryan precinct
number 1 Practically every person
in the large audiences at each of these
meetings joined the club
So far local speakers have been
used Judge A S Wells speaking at
Temple last Saturday afternoon
- Judge Wells is a forceful speaker and
handles the objections to the league
and covenant in a very able way
Congressman Lucian W Parrish of
Henrietta Texas will fill two dates in
Cotton county next Saturday under
the auspices of the local campaign
committee Congressman Pbrrish
will speak in Walters at 3:30 in the
afternoon and at Temple at 7:30 Sat-
urday night Mr Parrish is a very
forceful speaker and is doing effective
work throughout southern Oklahoma
where he has spoken for the last two
weeks He was one of the congress-
men to work for the repeal of all war-
time measures after the armistice
was signed and his work was counted
as very effective in bringing about
the repeal of these laws
A big meeting of the Cox-Roosevelt
club of Walters was held last night
A large crowd was present to listen
to a well arranged program consisting
of music and speaking Several ladies
of the city participated in the program
and some of them made speeches The
crowd was very enthusiastic and
cheered heartily as each speaker was
introduced and all thru the speaking
broke in with loud applause
Mrs L F Blair delivered the first
address of the evening She urged
all women to register and cast their
vote this fall She discussed to some
length the amendments to the consti-
tution that will be voted on this fall
and urged especially that the women
support the school amendment
Judge Woodson A S Wells and
Rev B M Nelson followed in the
order named with able addresses and
urged the support of the democratic
ticket in November
ROYAL NEIGHBOR MEETING
The Royal Neighbors met Thursday
evening in regular session After a
good business meeting they adjourned
until Tuesday evening at which time
they meet with Oracle Christian in a
call meeting to discuss business ques-
tions From this meeting our good neigh
bors Mr and Mts Bernzden escorted
those present to their palatial resi-
dence where we were all treated to
music and singing after which deli-
cious refreshments consisting of
chicken sandwiches coffee fruit salad
whipped cream and cake were served
The refreshments were very much en-
joyed and all present had a real good
time
At 10:30 all the Neighbors left for
their homes wishing the Bernzden’s
would live always — Contributed by
one present
COX-ROOSEVELT CLUB
WILL BE ORGANIZED
AT VALLEY VIEW
Saturday night October 16th has
been set as the date for the organ-
ization of a Cox-Roosevelt Club at the
Valley View School house (
Judge A S Wells and Jed Johnson
will be the speakers as well as having
speeches by other democratic candidates
WALTERS CLUB WILL
BE ORGANIZED
An organization to be known as the
Walters Club is now in process
formation and is being promoted by
Guy Rich and Billy Goldsmith The
upstairs of the Dyer building has been
rented and will be fully equipped for
club work ' j
It is the plan of Messrs Rich and
Goldsmith to install shower baths all
kinds of gymnastic apparatus They
plan for a place where a young man
can spend his leisure time in good
wholesome amusement They will
have a library of the very best books
and keep the best magazines and
papers on the table for those who like
to spend their time in reading
This is a move that should meet
with encouragement from every citi-
zen of the town Conducted in the
right way this will be a welcome insti-
tution and a place where yoimg men
can spend their time in a profitable
way The men at the head of this
club assures all that no ‘‘Rowdyism”
will be allowed in the club room and
that things will be carried on in
high class way
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
GO ON EARLY HIKE
The local troupe of Campfire girls
under the direction of Mrs G C
Minor took an early hike last Satur-
day morning to east Cache and ate
early breakfast
After the early moVning meal the
girls took a trip through the shady
bottoms and viewed the different
things of interest All report a very
pleasant time and expressed deep ap-
preciation of Mrs Minor and her ef-
forts to entertain There were 38
girls in the party
James Shearer arrived this morning
from Mobile Ala for a short visit
with his parents Mr and Mrs M R
Shearer
Miss Mahota Marable left this noon
for Apache to join her mother who
lives there
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Mrs A L Sherley and Miss Gertie
Tucker left this noon for their home
in Burkburnett after a week’s visit
here with their sister Mrs Dora Sul
livan
Geo D Eakins of Verden was here
last week on business Mr Eakins
formerly lived in Cotton county but is
now farming one of Fred Zipsey’s
farms near Verden
Mrs A E Irvine and children ar-
rived here last night from Missouri
to join Mr Irvine They will be at
home in the Voorhees bungalow in the
south east part of town
Madden & Cline are moving to their
new office in the new Oklahoma State
Bank building -
Mrs C L Woodliff returned yester-
day from Duncan where she visited
her sister Mr Woodliff spent Sun-
day there t
Fred Waggoner returned home Sun-
day from Colorado where he has been
for some time
The World’s Most
Nevertheless It Is a Reservoir
Mayen Volcano now quiet but which In the recent past has taken many
lives and destroyed much property The Philippine Islands are one of the
most Interesting lands In the world for the American tourist to visit
Mount Mayon In the province of Albay Philippine Islands la declared
to be one of the most beautiful volcanoes In the world No matter from
which aide the mountain la viewed the cone la almost perfectly symmetrical
The setting of the volcano has mocb to do with Its exquisite beauty as It
rises to e height of 7943 feet from an almost level plain The peak la visible
for more than go miles Its regular bore elopes near the top giving rare
reflections from the Illumination of the sun while et Its base Is ene of the
meat productive and picturesque landscapes to be seen anywhere In the
world A magnificent road 120 miles lo length circles the mountain at Its
base passing through the moot varying scenery Mayen has a history ea an
active volcano It has destroyed whole towns The most destructive trip
tlon was In 1814 when L200 persons ware killed It lest came to Ufa in
19001 sending a river of leva Into the eee et t distance of I miles from the
crater Since then It haa been quiet
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Congressman
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Walters Saturday Oct 16
at 3:30 p m
and at Temple
Saturday night at 7:30
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SCHOOL NOTES AND
FOOT BALL NEWS
The foot ball game between Ryan
and Walters ended in a rough house
and the game was awarded to Wal-
ters The decision was made by E
D Meecham secretary of the State
Athletic Association
The next game will be between
Walters and Marlow at Marlow on
Friday of this week
A Walters business man has off :red
a prize of fifty cants for each touch-
down made by the Walters team dur-
ing' the season Other business men
are at liberty to also encourage the
boys by offering prizes for good playing
Mesdames E J Close and H O
i Henderson returned yesterday to their
The next number of the lyceum wi 1 1 homes in Phillipsburg Kansas after
be Sidney Landon on Saturday Oct- a vis t here with their sister Mrs O
ober 16 This will be a high clasiiG Lkrly
number and everyone who can should —
bear it Mrs A B Love was a Chickasha
The men and women who have j visitor last Saturday
backed the lyceum for tro season will I
be glad to know that they will not be I 5 r M J Barker left today for
called upon to make up any shortage I
as the course has already gone over !
the top The guarantee was for $510
and ticket already amounting to $507
have been sold
The teachers association of Cotton
county was held here Saturday witn
all of the city superintendents of the
county present and nearly all of the
teachers of the county
Mr M A Nash secretary of the
State Educational Association addres-
sed the meeting The greater part of
his address was given to the better
school amendment
At the business session of the As-
sociation E A Irvine was elected
president' and1' MiasMAPy" Grimfes
secretary-treasurer
A number of the teachers remained
over and attended the lyceum number
in the evening
Supt Irvine is introducing into the
Walters school the Studebaker Econ-
omy Practice Exercise in arimethic
This is considered one of the best and
moat modern exercises in use toduy
in school work
One fourth of a holiday will be giv-
en each month for the room having
the beat attendance and the fewest
tardies for the month
The first grade Mrs R L Hill
teacher won the holiday for the first
month
The parents are again requested to
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SPEAKS HERE THURSDAY
Ex-Governor Lee Cruce will
deliver an address in Walters
Thursday afternoon at 2 p m
on the issues of the campaign
in the interest of the demo-
cratic ticket both state and '
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NEW OIL COMPANY OR-
GANIZED BY LOCAL MEN
A new oil company had been organ-
ized recently by Walters citizens
This company will deal in Cotton
county leases and direct their efforts
along the line of securing drilling con-
tracts and aiding development Of-
ficers of the new company are as fol-
lows: W B Campbell President J
L Smith vice-president A T Eick-
man Treasurer: A R Poyer general
manager E V Hard W B Morris
and W R Knight compose the board
of directors
Lav ton to
sister
spend the week with her
! sign and promptly return all grade
'care's that are out and to consult the
1 teacher about any unsatisfactory re
port v
Cards will be sent out each week to
the parents of pupils of the High
School who do not make satisfactory
grades This will keep the parents
posted weekly upon the work their
children are doing
Plans are under advisement to re-
lieve the crowded condition of the
school and will be worked out as soon
as possible
The Bhptfst pedplij havfc offers® the
use of the church house as a school
room to relieve the crowded condition
An effort is also being made to secure
the Broadway Presbyterian church
The school board is confronted with
a serious shortage of water to proper-
ly carry on the school work Some
plan must soo be adopted to relieve
this handicap
Mrs Rice the domestic science
teacher has plans under way for a
new curtain for the auditorium stage
which is greatly needed All are re-
quested to aid her in any way possible
in her effort in this line
The weekly teachers meeting was
held yesterday afternoon after school j
hours and much good accomplished!
DESERTER FROM FT SILL SUR-
RENDERS TO LOCAL POLICE
Mason J Ruggles a deserter from
the army at Ft Sill gave himself up
to local police chief W T Stapp
Friday night and was taken back and
turned over to military authorities
at the post last Saturday morning
Ruggles was a prisoner at the time
he escaped and said that he did not
like his treatment giving this as his
reason for making the dash for liberty
He gained his freedom by overpower-
ing the guard with the aid of another
prisoner Ruggles stated that two
aeroplanes equipped with machine
guns followed him and that several
times they were close on to him In
one instance had he not secluded him-
self under some cross ties along the
railroad right-of-way he would have
likely been seen as they were close
on to him Ruggles was desirous of
making a trip back to Detroit to see
his mother which he gave as another
reason for making his dash for liberty
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KILLIAN CLEARED
OF FORGERY CHARGE
H J Killian who has been a rig
builder in this field was arrested in
Guthrie last week charged with forg-
ery on the Walters National Bank
was released at a preliminary hearing
held last Thursday
Killian was represented by attorney
Walter Hubbell of Walters Killian
never went on the stand in his own
behalf and was released on the evi-
dence of the prosecution The evi-
dence showed that Killian had the
money in the bank and that the failure
of the bank official to sign the draft
was purely an oversight on the part
of that official
FOUND GUILTY OF TRANS-
PORTING: $20 AND COST
John Gillam who was arrested Oct
3fon a charge of transporting whiskey
from one point to another within the
limits of the city of Walters was giv-
en a trial before police judge T A
Shepherd Monday morning
Gillam was found guilty and given
a fine of $20 and ordered to pay the
cost in the case
CLEVELAND WON
THE WORLD
SERIES
Cleveland won the seventh game of
the world series which gave her the
championship for 1920 Cleveland
won five games to Brooklyn’s two
Batteries for today were: Cleveland
Coveleskie and O’Neil Brooklyn
Grimes and Miller The score was 3
to 0
Geo W Graham Jr returned home
Friday from a few days business trip
in Wichita Falls Texas
Fred Payne is down from Lawton
today with relatives and friends aim
looking after business
Mrs Stalford was a Lawton visitor
Saturday and Sunday
Mr and Mrs J D Lindsey returned
Sunday from an extended visit with
friends in Columbia Tenn
R L Pearson returned Sunday fro:
Wichita Kans where he attended the
undertakers convention He stoppet
off in Oklahoma City to hear Senator
Harding speak
Orville Weaver who is teaching
school at Apache spent the week-end
here with friends
Miss Arvilla Greeman and Miss
Chapin who is visiting Her from San
Antonio Texas were Lawton and
Medicine Park visitors yesterday
Miss Gladys Patterson returned this
morning from Arineral Wells Texas
'Where she hat been since Saturday
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OKLAHOMA HAS
2027564 PEOPLE NOW
A Gain of 370408 in Population in the-
Last Ten Years 224 per cent
Now Ranks Ahead of
Kansas
i Oklahoma gained 224 per cent ix
its population between 1910 and 1920
according to an announcement giving:
the total for the State today This
year’s enumerations shows it to have-
2 027564 which is a gain of 370049
people during the ten years
The first census record for Okla-
homa is that cf 1890 when the pop-
ulation was 258657 This figure in-
eluded 180182 the census of Indian
Territory The Territories consider-
ed as one unit ranked thirty-ninth
in the list of State populations Im
1890 Oklahoma’s population was 739—
391 an increase of 2056 per cent
Likg the former census this included
the population of Indian Territory
which was 392 060 people
Oklahoma became a State in 190T-
The constitutional convention had
met in Guthrie during the fall and
winter of 1906 and among other
things districted the State into
counties and for Representatives-
and Senators in the State Legisla-
ture Up to the election of delegates
to the constitutional convention Re-
publicans had controlled the State
politically by appointment from Wash-
ington and a claim was laid before
President Roosevelt as a means of:
securing his veto of the Oklahoma
Constitution then before him for ap-
proval that in districting the State
the constitutional convention had man-
ipulated the districts as to population
so that the State could only elect at
Democratic Legislature This caused
President Roosevelt to order a special!
census of the State in the summer oC
1907 That enumeration showed the
State to contain 1414177 people and
that the claim of the Republicans of
manipulation to the extent asserted
was not sustained President Roose— -
velt while objecting strenuously to
certain features of the Constitution:
said that he did not feel himself war-
ranted in longer denying' the peopie- -the
right of self-government and the
Constitution was approved
Between the special census and l’920i
Oklahoma gained 242987 and for that
as well as the previous decade its1
percentage of growth was the largest
of any State As in all States manyr
Oklahoma counties show a decrease
in population for the last ten years
Oklahoma passed Mississippi in: tKe
standing of the States the latter-
dropping several places as a result
of the decreases in its population
TROUBLE AT POWER PLANT"
Trouble at the power plant is caus-
ing a great deal of inconvenience to
users of electricity generally and
especially to this firm Today as we
were rushing to get ready for press-
at our regular hour 3 p m the cur-
rent went off and delayed us in get-
ting lip our late news matter Sev-
eral important items we were forced?
to leave out entirely
’ e hope to be able to get out reg—
and have all the news when the-
It j ’s big power unit is put back in-
running condition which will be about
a week '
Dan Voorhees returned last night
rom Oklahoma City and El Reno
where he spent a few days with
friends
Mrs W M Calson and little soiv
Carroll returned today to their home-
in Oklahoma City after a short visit
here with her sister Verlin Lyon
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Passing Thoughts
The batting order ofa league flnll
team 1 nowadays sounds a good deal
like a list of delegates to the league:
of nations
It being urged that the school girftu
should dress uniformly they are main-
taining regular discipline by all past-
ing their hair down over their ears
Many people claim that their most-
cherished ideals have been shattered
since the war was over and it is ever
claimed that baseball is crooked
Another sign of the prevailing
anarchy is that many women are re-
fusing to vote as their lords and
masters tell them ‘
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