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Tuesday Jan 51 1937
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OKEMAH SEMI-WEEKLY HERALD
Okemah Semi-Weekly Herald THE FEDERAL JUDGESHIP
From the standpoint of a layman it is
regrettable to think of either Mr Murrah
of 01 l homa City or Mr Savage of Tulsa
being appointed as Federal Judge Neither
man in our opinion has sufficient legal ex-
perience and training to particularly fit
him foi the place
Oklahoma has a thousand lawyers that
are more eminently qualified The
main qualification of the two above-mentioned
men are that they were active sup-
porters of Senator Lee which-is alright1 so
were' we after the primares and a mghty
high regard we have for him but the Senat
or should comb the state for men who at
the beginning will measure' up to the' stand-
ard set for Federal Judges
j Mr Chief Justice Monroe Osborn Mr
Justice Gibson Mr Justice Riley and for
thut matter most any member of the State
Supreme Court -
District Judge Arthur Cochran of Oke-
mah District Judge J Harvey Smith of Sa-
pulpa and many other district Judge?" of
liTi the State -
ft ' Hon Mac Q Williamson attorney general
1 ' Ex-Governor W J Holloway of Oklaho-
ma City ''
l Year i Advance in Hon Lwn C Phillips former Speaker of
jia OkfuikM geminoic Hughe Okmuigoe and tlie House and at present minority floor
leader
Judge E L Richardson of Lawton -
And many other outstanding lawyers over
the State any one of whom are better quali-
fied by having a wider experience-in the law
'Murrah and Savage are doubtless very
fine young men but it is questionable if
they have had the experience that really en-
titles cither of them to appointment
We would like to see Governor Marland
appoint Hon Frank Douglass to the district
judgeship at Oklahoma City Frank in our
opinion would make a good judge
PAUL WILLIAMSON
Entered aa second claaa matter June
poet office at Okemah Oklahoma
March I 1170
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE OKEMAH SCHOOLS
THE PANTHER’S CLAW
EDITOR — Wayne Lovelady
ASSOCIATE— Lauretta Stephens
EDITORIALS — Charles Woford
EDITORIAL
1937— A new year What will be
the outcome? tl js yours You can
make or break your new year You
can change it1 into a really new
year of happiness or you can let
if be just the same old grind Was
1926 a-euocess or a failure to you?
Is '1937 going to be a success to
- you or is It going to bo failure?
That Is up to you
J-)T believe we have a good time
in 1936 We are advancing slowly
to success Some have fallen but
others continue onward If you
are one of those that fell strive
harder so that 1397 will be a
more prosperous year than the
last We do not know what is
going to change this year but we
do know that anybody who tries
hard enough will succeed so try
harder study more and on the
day of December 31 1937 see if
you have had a better year than
the last
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The Etiquette Club had an in-
teresting program Tuesday Dec-
ember 15 It was “Tips to the
Teens" “Yorus Eyes” by Mabel
Cook “The SuB-Deb’’ by Louise
Vanzant “Give Yourself a Break”
by Christina Smtih and “Why he
Late?” by Dorothy Slaughter Bil-
ly Louise Graham was In charge
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The Dramatic Club was enter-
tained by an impersonation of Bob
Burns by John Sullivan and read-
ings by Darleno Jackson and Anna
Joyce McAfee
Several of the club members
presented a one act play "Hearts”
In assembly Those who were in It
are: Imogene Storms Lillian Faye
Kennedy Marguerite Thomas and
Wanda Fay Cochran Ruth Marks
was the director
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BARGAINS IN
FARMS
CITY PROPERTY
Real Estate Loans on Farm
and City Property
nterest at 5 to 7 per cent
Okemah Insurance
Agency
Flint Nnt’r- r
J E McKINNEY Mannger
Telephone 4
10 IMS at the
tinder Act of
The- Current News' Clilb had on
its progarms in the past three
meetings: “Liquor” by Walter For-
rester: “ing’s Worries” by Ken-
neth Meredith “World War in-
Spain" by John Rose “Aviation”
by Justin Vclth “Constitutional
Crisis Rocks Great Britain” by
Luther Booton “John- L Lewis”
by David Webb
The progarm for Tuesday 22 is:
“San Francisco - Oakland Bay
Bridge” by Garner Maddox "Chi-
na” by Bobby Phillips
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The Press Club Is trying to
spread the feeling of good fellow-
ship and co-operation- in the school
also between the school and the
publjc Representation of the other
schools as well as the high school
Is trying to be made If everyone
will co-operate and according to
his ability give consideration for
this aim progress can be made
more easily
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THANK YOU MR THURMAN
At the beginning of school I
being a new stranger In- my nei-
ghborhood took the longest route
to school One day I noticed some
of my freinds cutting across a
yard I realized at once that this
was a much shorter route to get
to school Since others went across
the yard why shouldn'e I?
I told Miss Beil then about my
new route to school She said
"don’t you hate to go through a
man’s yard?” I told her I wasn’t
making a-new path but just walk-
ing over an- old one
The path became an interesting
thing to notice and find out about
since there were so -many who
travelled that way There is an
average of thirty-two grade pupils
eighteen junior high pupils and
fourteen highschool pupils who
tread this pathe two or three times
a day
Even a few of the teachers find
the path comforting because it
saves exactly -one-hundred and
twenty steps The shortcut from
Fourth street to the edge of the
school ground is 240 steps The
longway following the sidewalk
from the same point on Fourth
street is three hundred and sixty
steps
The path is supposed to be
V E WYRICK
AUCTIONEER
Will cry yonr sale for 2 percent
I
large or small
See Semi-Weekly
Herald for Date!
PHONE 522
MimiiiniiaHiiiiBBiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiBiiiiiminiiiia
'only about two years old but
looks weatherbeaten- ' enough to
have been troden ever since 1930
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BIRTHDAY COLUMN
Those who have had a birthday
between December 20 and January
2 are:
Velda Benson December 24
Mona Jeanne Fulks December 26
Floriece Hall December 21 Har-
ley Holman December 23 Louie
Holmes December- 28 Delena
Horn December 29 Cleo Irwin
December 29 Raymond Jenkins
December 2t Viola Montgomery
December 30 Raymond Phillips
December 31 Orville Richardson
January 2 J S Strain December
21 T V Williams December 23
Mike Wolf December 26
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WHAT IS YOUR SURPRESSED
DESIRE?
Harry — You don’t know her
boys
Mary Elizabeth — More sisys to
mother
Mr Cong—' To lead a group of
musical people who will go places
and do things
Mjss Barnes — A minute to call
the roll
Libby — A great big football
player to take care of for life
Mufl — A person to appreciate
my poetry
Juanita and Vivian — An aero-
plane ranch
Francellle — To owq- a streamline
airdaie
-Marie Barber — to invent a ma-
chine to write shorthand
Connie — To learn to drive a car
real well
Helen Wheeler — To be 7 feet
tall
Ralph Flanders — To teach scho'ol
Elmer McGlasson — To marry the
girl I love and have her help me
through college
Virginia — To be admired by all
Rex Miller — The oppportunity to
sing lullabies
Fern Nixon — To own a new V-8
Ford and all the trimmings
Berha Mae Flanders — To keep
my brother eligible for football
Mr Barber — To wring some of
your necks
: — sn
"DON’T TRY IT FOR IT
CAN'T BE DONE"
You can’t sloop on a subject ov-
er night and understand it any
bettor in tho morning
You can’t raise a cow from a
calf of your log
You can't blot a thought from
your mind with a blotter
You can’t rajse a kid without
getting a hoard
You can’t crack nuts in O H S
with a hammer
You can’t ge a shave from the
blade of a ploivT
You can't get the point from the
point of a pin
You can't judge a good bonk
Foi:
WORMY CHICKENS
Lee’s Gizzard
Capsules
Pah?c Drug Store
Okeinali Oklahoma
CHAPTER VH— Continued
’ — 7S—
i Hia eyes widened In shock and
then ia wrath He was over the
Jl poi in one bound He gripped her
(U 'arm like a vile dragging her to-
- - - V -w ' V- WDfd 1'
WASHINdT7t7JU Uw " he
Gridiron Club banquet President jnanded
Roosevelt and MTUadoo Hck J2m“nwer J
tumblers and ( sxcbshge off-tbo- cried ‘Let me go Father! We're
1 record wiseeradts wkLslistSttin already married So It is too late
to tba annual toastlnf by Jb you see!”
Washington cefreapoodsots Hs stood for an instant motloo-
Ths last time that victor and less bis eyes probing hers Then
victim broka bread together waf be asked in curt incredulity: v
when Cal CooUdge and Jou W 7 when?’
Davis chuckled At the antca si Her wits paralysed by an un-
reasoning fear of him found no
ready answer She evaded the di-
rect inquiry
“And even if we weren't" she
cried “Mr Jarrell doesn't want tt
marry mal Ha’s in love with Mary
the “Merry Andrew" dinnw l
by the newspaper men Ttet u
iair - lb best itmembered na the
occasioA upon which the- late
Calvin Cbohdge delivered the wit
tiest speech of his career— e rare
treat!
Important officials In many New Ann!
Seal eepartBlsnto are having the As though
Jitters again This time n visit bp
experts representing ‘the Presi-
dent’s Committee on goverament
feorgenlsa tiers is causing the
headaches - Kfcny are worried
about being legislated out of Jobe
i But not the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps Plans for the coming
K year’s v relief - program eontete-
plates its maintenance at nearly
puues us - maintenance at mn
present strength The admnus
tration bolds its operation in tugk
favor
The vacancy in the White Houm
secretariat caused by the death
of Louis McHenry Howe tome
month aco will be filled by an
other newspaperman — Normal
Baxter former editor of the
Washington Post There ia an-
other job the President will find
difficult to fill— Gjis Gennepch'i!
Check a victory for Progresj
and Patriotism) Inkwells of
American manufacture have re
placed those of foreign make on
every Senator’s desk We may
yet see the old European sand
wells many senators still use to
dry their signatures discarded in
favor of modern paper blotters
With the 'opening of Congress
and the starting of the law mak-
ing machinery we are reminded
that stage comedians are not per-
mitted to imitate statesmen It
may be timely however to re-
mind Congress that there is no
law to prevent statesmen front
becoming comedians
-
It IS permissible in the midst of
world wide unrest and war threats
to call attention to the suggestion
that we are fortunate in having
State" manw Secretary of
Those who are familiar with
Secretary Hull's record— from tho
time he entered the House of
Representatives about thirty
years ago agree that he is now
crowning that long and useful
eareer with extraordinary serv
ice to his country His handling
of the South American confer-
ence deserves the respect of every
friend of peace -
Incidentally Mr Hull has
helped counteract the influence of
rival foreign agents engaged in
propaganda to sell European
Hernia 0Ur "’American
by its cover
You can't take the rattle all out
of a Ford
You can't kill anyone- with
kindness
You can’t turn a ear around on
a dime
You can't’ malto good in life
without self confidence
STATE HOUSE
CHATTER
The real inside political work-
ings of Oklahoma's Senate came
bodily to light during the closing
days of the special session — the
revelation being tho first real il-
DEPUTY of THE DEVIL
By Ben Ames Williams
be bad been struck
in the face be released her He
recoiled from her and his coun-
tenance was black and terrible She
pressed her hands to her eyes to
shut out the sight of him
“Father don’t!" she pleaded
“Don't look like that at me!
She heard him mutter hoarsely:
Sol" ' Then terrqh 'whipped her so
“
h® tur"d
panic down the path and away
But Doctor Greeding stayed
where he was and after a moment
the chaos of hia thought settled
in a simple inevitable pattern Jer-
rell and Mary Ann! Jerrell and
Mary Ann! He remembered small
incidents forgotten words each one
trivial yet in their sum enough to
confirm the truth of what Nancy
had said Jerrell and Mary Ann!
But If Nancy had been free Jer-
rell would never have turned to
Mary Ann And Nancy would have
been free but for Dan
Danl On this rock his plans were
shattered then
Then he walked calmly toward
the house He went to his room
and opened a drawer in the bureau
and took from its holster the pistol
there
CHAPTER VIII
Nancy that night did not come
down to dinner She could not bear
to face her father That mask of
anger which she had seen upon his
countenance left her sick and shak-
en with a fear she could not name
She stayed in her room sent word
that her bead ached
At dusk from very-weariness she
slept and dreamed and woke cold
and terrified and thereafter the
lay wide-eyed in the darkness After
a long time she heard her father
getting up and then he opened the
door into her room
Entering he said gently: "Awake
Nancy? Feel better now?"
His tones were soft and reassur-
ing “Yes Father” she murmured
He sat down on the edge of her
bed and touched her hand “I came
to tell you I’m sorry my dear” he
said smiling his tone humble
“Forgive me”
She whispered piteously “You
mustn't ever scare me Father”
Ho repeated: ' "I'm sorry You’re
all I've got now Nancy!” And he
urged pleading in his own defense:
“But since your mother died my
nerves—”
"I know” she confessed' "I un-
derstand” There were sudden tears
in' her eyes she loved inm and
pitied him “I do understand And
— I didn't mean to — defy you
Father Only Dan and I — ”
He asked quizzically: "Are you
two youngsters really married?”
She shook her head "No I just
—said that because I was desperate
I was— fighting for everything I
want Father We’re not no" She
added quickly “But we will be"
"I know” he assented “And I
commlssion for a gasoline inspector
in my district and want roll call
delayed until I finish negotiations1
Senator BUI Ray asked Senator
Ingle: “Do you know that the Sen-
ate has an agreement that when a
senator is seeking justice for his
djirlct the rest of the senators will
support him?"
Wright secured the delayed roll
call hut the corporation commis-
sioners apparently resenting his
statement refused to give him the
gasoline inspector President Pro
Tom At Nichols Senator E P
Hill nnd others indignantly resent-
ed tho situation in which the sen-
ate was placed by the Wright plea
In thjs connection- 'the appoint-
ment of Ray Weems as tax com-
missioner was hold up by the sen-
ate from November until Decem-
ber 31 and the metropolitan press
boldly stated t'at it was because
certain senators wanted to force
I lie tax commission to oust tag
agents and name ones agreeable to
'he protesting senators When the
sna’e lea’—i-''1' TV—mhr 34 that
Governor Marland would withdraw
the iv me t C V'eeru they protest-
ed nisi thee he r!— i -nether day
at m D -jriocr 31 Weems was
iiuich ’ confirmed
Th two incidents taken togeth-
er g"o a good inside in senate
politics It also has caused the pre-
sent house to "bow its neck” nnd
twice during the week refused to
CwjrlaM Am WUUuu '
WNUScrrk
know you would— do as I wish if
you could But I know that love
can be too strong for a girl for a
woman" He added watching her:
'For a man too”
“Yes” she said gravely
He laughed in an abashed fash-
ion "Pm in a confidential mood to-
night Nancy Don’t— blame me too
much but you know men — even
men of my age have sometimes
thoughts dreams hopes - they can’t
control" And he asked slowly: "Do
you understand : what Pm— confes-
sing Nancy? What dreams Pm
telling you?”
She whispered: “Yes I think
Pve guessed before"
“Do you blame me terribly?”’
She pressed his hand "Poor
Fattier" she whispered -He
bent to kiss ker brow "But
at course” be said ruefully "aince
she and Jerrell—" He left the
sentence unfinished “So Pve only
you Nancy" And: "Sleep sweet”
he bode her “Good night"
“Good night Father I"
Hie door closed behind him and
darkness wrapped her close But
“What Is It?” Bail Asked “Bear
' Something?”
not terror now His magic had
worked ito miracle She -was at
peace
She slept till full dawn and woke
refreshed her father joined her
for a swim and breakfast afterward
The interminable morning somehow
sped Dan and Mary Ann would
arrive on the noon train and Nancy
insisted that Doctor Greeding come
with her to meet them It was a
fifteen-minute run in the fast boat
to the landing by the station
Nancy kissed Mary Ann kissed Dan
only with her eyes and then they
went down to where the boat was
moored Dan and her father carry-
ing the bags stowing them in the
after cockpit Her father took the
wheel Mary Ann beside him and
Nancy and Dan sat just behind
In a moment they were in the open
lake and Nancy leaned secretly to
Dan to kiss him
' Her father said with a chuckle
over his shoulder: "You two
showed an admirable restraint to
wait so long" His tone was amused
and kindly '
Dan was startled and then he
laughed “Nartcy has told you about
us then sir?” - -
“Of course”
Nancy held tight to Dan’s arm
and the young man said: “I want to
talk to you about Nancy while I’m
here"
Doctor Greeding chuckled "This
brother of yours has a fine old-
fashioned courtesy in him’’ he told
Mary Ann “Not many young men
accept conference committee re-
ports on bills where the house com-
ferees have backed down on house picture- laid before people of the
amendments and let senate have state so that the people can uttder-
ita way This presages a probable j stand the tremendous burden it
scrap btween the two houses in j has been to personally Investigate
regular session
At last thre will be some of-
ficial report relative to charges of
elderly people that they are rot
gotting a square deal in the mat-
ter of' old age pensions
The House Thursday passed 'al-
most unanimously a resolution di-
recting Harve Melton director of
the social security board to re-
port by January 15 tho number of
applicants for old age pensions
who have “had no attention since
filing their applications and who
have not been interviewed as to
whether or not they are worthy
The resolution also goes into the
question of whether the personnel
in the board is top heavy for the
work being done the resolution re-
citing that "it is currently rumor-
ed that great numbers of emplcyeg
have been placed on the payrolls
of said hoard at excessive salaries" The ate Pat Naffl0j 5n hla day
Proponents of the resolution greatest of the -o party
claimed it v-Hh not aimed at Judge’ rfldcra would be joyful m ’hese
v-’’ p ‘0 ennbc ’ -y9 could see wk Jm spec-
inRibor3 to bo ablo to explain toj nj BeKSiOIt hng done Long and
tpr “”"'' cn"muen‘s why they earnpstly the at0 kndpr urged
are not got-p-'j pensions socialized medicine and this spe-
Judge Melton welcomes the re-1 cial session has put Oklahoma on
solution and will try to comply! (Continued on page four)
trouble to consult the girl's father
nowadays”
Mlfy Ann smiled happily "Dan
has been very well brought up"
she agreed'
They were at lunch when the
telephone rang and Thomas took
the call "Mr Jerrell sir” be re-
ported “He will be at the last-
ing in half an hour’!
“Think you Thomas” Doctor
Greeding assented
He was watching Mary Ann saw
that her eyes were brighter her
cheeks faintly tinted She felt his
scrutiny and asked disarmingly:
Mr Jemll? Is he coming?"
“I’m afraid you and 1 won’t get
much work done over the week-
end" Doctor Greeding confessed
'Dan and Nancy will be— absorbed
in 'each' other iso we must keep
JerrtU tstertiincd" ‘
"Ws’ll go meet him" Nancy vol-
unteered “Dan nnd L"
But her fattier shook his bead
"Nonsense! - Mary Ann and X will
do that" And when presently they
rose from the table he said: "Nan-
cy you and Dan perforate a few tar-
gets We’ll Join you after we fetch
JerrelL” "He asked Dan: “Dvsc
try pistol-shooting Dsn? ’’ ' ’
"Some yes” Dan confessed “I
used to belong to s chib X ttfisr
like it” "
m take you on foe s round"
Doctor Greeding offered He
chuckled- "Jcrieir tried t when
he was last here but he’s hopeless
We'll give him n lesson" He spoke
to Mary Ann "By the time we get
to the landing he’ll be there”
- HS -led Mary Ann away toward
the boathouse’ Nancy looked at Dan
with a grimace amused perplexed
"X suppose we have to humor him”
she confessed
Dan caught her close “Say when
he’s been so decent I’d spend the
afternoon standing on my head if
he asked me to”
She stood silent frowning intent
as though listening “What is it”
Dan asked “Hear something?”
Nancy shivered in his arms "No
no I felt— it’s funny but I felt
cold" She freed herself caught
his hand “Come we’ll get the tar-
gets and things” she said
Jerrell was on the wharf when
the boat pulled alongside and he
reached down to shake Doctor
Greeding’ hand and across the
Doctor to Mary Ann Doctor Greed-
ing saw their glances meet
Then Jerrell's bags were in they
were away Returning along the
shore of the island they saw Dan
and Nancy on the court screened
by the mtervening trees and the
girl waved to them -“We’re
having a shooting-match
this afternoon Ira” Doctor Greed-
ing explained “Dan says he’s a
good shot and Nancy’s fair I know
you’re rotten but we’ll teach you
the rudiments give you a handi-
cap" And be asked Mary Ann:
“Have you ever tried it?” J
She shook her head “Ohho" '1
"Mary Ann and I will be the
gallery" Jerrell proposed “You’ll
never make an Annie Oakley out
of me"
“You’ll be surprised’-’ Doctor
Greeding assured him “After I’ve
given you a tip or two” 1
"I’m much more likely to shoot
some perfectly innocent bystander"
Jerr?‘l demurred ' '
"No (ear” Doctor Greeding prom-
ised "We’ll all keep out of the
way keep behind you" He brought
the boat to' the landing with an
expert hand "Thomas will fetch
your bags” he said "Leave them
We’ll go on up to the court”
Jerrell urged: "See here Ned
you and Dan do the fireworks Mary
Ann and 1 — ”
But the Doctor was so insistent
that Jerrel had in the end to sub-
mit or by an outright refusal seem
ungracious "You act as if this
were life or death Ned" he 'pro-
tested amused and yet annoyed
too
Doctor Greeding nodded “It's my
hobby” he assented laughingly "I
suDpose I do ride it hard”
There was in fact a strange ur-
gency in the man ji? shepherded
them up the path to the court like
a dog nipping at tlieir heels and
Dan and Nancy met them there
(TO BE CONTINUED) -
with jt he said ' later The entire
admlnistraton wants the whole
65000 applicants for old age pen-
sions and determine whether they
are entitled to any pension and if
so how much
All chances of drouth stricken
farmers getting an opportunity to
work for the relief grants coming
from federal funds' was killed by
the house when it refused to first
accept a substitute bill for the
relief as drafed by a joint senate
and house conference committee
and then by a close vote refused
to ask a further conference
Now the farmers that really need
drouth relief but are unwilling to
accept a federal dole will have to
either bury their pride and accept
the dole or find some other way
of weathering the drouth storm un-
til they can make a new crop The
house Just killed the bill dead for
the special session at least
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