The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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ESTABLISHED IN NINE7REN-HUNDKED-SUCCESSOR TO THE GEARY BULLETIN NINETEEN-TWELVE
Volume 16
GEARY, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1916
Number 7
The bereaved family have the sym-
den, cf Norman, to mourn his less,
pithy of the community in their sad-
ness.
•Joe Weidle was found dead at his
homp 16 miles nortthwest of Geary
last Mt nday morning by his mother
who lives on a farm nearby. Mys-
tery seems to sirrouiul the suppos-1 in Kentucky at I he age of 28
REV. ROBERT LIDDELL
Rev. Robert Liddell was born Mar.
24, 1855, at Holtwhistle, Northumber-
land, England, and grew to manhood
in that country. At an early age he
united with the church and was a
lay worker for several years in his
native land. Coming to Ameiica io
make his home while quite a young
men, he entered the active ministry
and
.ed suicide- and the reasons therefor. I labored for mi re than 30 years in th
The verdict of the coroner's jury j work of the church. Most of h i s
which was empanelled to pass on j work was in Kansas, although he
the tas ■ was that the deceased came I served in a number of other slates,
t I is death by strangulation in a I Three years ago. because of fail*
mann r unknown. i ing health, Dr. Liiddell relinQuished
Joe Weidle is reported as having j Pastoral wcrk and has since served
be ni a well to do farmer 36 years Ithe Board cf Foreign Missions cf the
of age who lived alone on a rented j Presbyterian church as pastor evan-
farm near Etna. He was unmarried. , gplist. He was faithful to his trust
So far as is known the man had no ; ant* die(1 at lhe post.
cause whatever for despondency and ! About tthree weeks ago he became
FIRST BALL GAME
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The first ball game of the season
will be played at the local ball park
Friday afternoon, Mar. 31, when the
Geary high school club tries conclu-
sions with the team of the Hinton
high school. The game will start at.
3:30. Admissino 25c.
ing and other irregularities.
| Attorney Dyer, who represents the |
petitioners who sued out the restrain-
| ing order, stated that the order was
; secured merely for the purpose of
, determining the validity of the elec-
tion.
ORGANIZED GOSPEL
TEAM IN GEARY'
when last seen by his miother on Sat-
urday afternoon had been in the best
of s irits. This was about 4 o'clock
Sat rday aftern'con and he at that
time made arrangements to accom-
pa1 y his mothtr and sister—Mrs. F.
The funearl services were held at
day. It was when the mother and i
sister called at his farm in pursuancej
of this arrangement, Monday morn- j
ing t^at the bv'dy was found.
violently ill with pneumonia and oth
er complications and died Sunday,
March 26, 191C—age 60 years and 2
days. He leaves a wife, two sons.
Robert Liddell, Jr.. of Parsons, Kan.,
and George Liddell. of Geary, and a
daughter, Mrs. W. A. Madden, of
Norman. Okla.
Dr. Liddell was esteemed not alone
as a minister, but as a man among
men—a leader whom lrpn followed
gladly. In* liis death Geary has lost
coming and was not afraid to die.
The body was lying on the floor
under tthe stairway and had appar-1 a good man. the church a consecratt
ently been hung from the stairway i ed leader, and we who knew him.
banister with a leather strap about a good friend. He knew the end was
t::ree feet long. The banister was
broken and the supprsittion is that
the weight of the body tore the
lanistter loose after death came. No
one bad any knowledge of how miuch
money the? dead man had about the
house. $14 were found in the poc-j
k ts. There wtre no bruises about!
the body save a number of abrasions I
about the shoulders and lower part 1
of the head which might have been j
caused in bumpirg against the stair-
way or floor when -.he body fell. Hie j
was dressed in his work clothes
when iYmnd and the strap was on !
the outside of the collar of the j
coat, which had the collar turned up j
Reports are that there is consid-'
erable excitement in the Etna com-;
munitty over tthe matter and not a j
little dissatisfaction with the suicide j
theory because tof lack of object or i
reason for self destruction.
Funeral esrvices were held at the j
Richland school house Wednesday af-
ternoon after which the body was1
buried in the Richland cemetery.
The county court the first of the
week issued a temipoarry restraining
! order, upon application signed by J.
! A. Troxel for himself and others, re-
straining the board of education
t from proceeding with the sale of
the $21,(CO bonds voted here recent-
ly for the p.rpose of erectirg a high
school b1. ildii g, pending the determin
ation of the validity of the electtion.
The temporary restraining order was
issued b Judge Baker in the absen-
ce of Dis rict Judge Edwards.
This injunction has been expected
ever since the bonds were voted
some three w^eks ago, it developed
today, and tin beard is prepared to
meet the matter at an early date.
No particular uneasiness is felt over
the matter as every possible safe-
guard was thrown aboui the election
at the tinv to prevent illegal vot-
i A Geary gospel team was organiz-
j ed at the Metliodistt church last Sun-
' day afternoon, when 26 of the lead-
ing men of the city evinced their in-
! terest in christian work by perfecting
; the following organization:
L. F. Ellis, president.
L E. Troxel, vice president.
Tom Ballew, secrettary.
W. W. Morrison, treasurer .
_ E. F. Milligan and C. W. Jackson,
captains .
Oreat interest and enthusiasmi was
evinced in the new organization by
the members. The next meeting will
b-> next Sunday afternoon at the Bap-
tist church with Fred Ringelman as
leader.
Big Swede Coming
Surviving the onslaught of the mov
ies and still holding the charm o f
the Swedish comedy after all these
years the HANS HANSON show will
ag in appear here for one night only
under their own waterproof Canvas
Theatre Monday, April 3, and the in-
dications are that the comedy will
be greeted with a packed font for
there aer many who recall the last
vif-it of the yodling comedian Mr.
Loarnger and his clever band and
orchestra .
OR, ROBERT LIDDEL DIED
SUNDAY, BURIED MONDAY
Dr. Robert Liddell died at-^iis res-
idence in this citty last Sunday morn
ing after two weeks illness, during
most of which time it was apparent
that the end was approaching. Des-
pite this knowledge the announce-
ment of the deftth came as some-
thing of a shock to the city where
Dr. Liddell was widely known and ad
mired. Members of the family had
been summoned and were at the bed
side when deatth came.
The funeral services were held at
the Methodist church Monday after-
noon conducted by Rev. Robinson, of
the Presbyterian church, and was
one of thei nwstt impressive ever
held in the vcity. Rev. Boice. o f
Elk Citty, read a striking passage of
scripture. Rev. Fait, of Anadarko,
and Rev. Seamans. of Woodward, de-
livered glowing tributes tto he mem
ory of the deceased. Dr. Phipps. of
El Reno, delivered the funeral ser-
mon .
Following this the local Masonic-
lodge. assisted by a number of
Knight Templars fromi this and oth
er lodges, took charge of the cere-
mony. Dr. Liddell having been a Ma
son of long standing. The beautiful
and impressive Maarnic funeral ser-
vice was carried out by th" lodg-> in
full regalia, after which a funeral
cortege of nearly 30 nurtcr cars frl
lowed the retrains to their last rest
ing place in the Geary cemetery
Here the Masons took charge and
completed the burial service.
Dr. Liddell leaves a wife, two sons
- Robert Liddell Jr . of Parsons
Kan . and George Liddell. of Geary
and a da'ghter Mrs W W Mad
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Grand Revival
UNDER WATERPROOF CANVAS
Geary, Monday April 3rd
of that Everlasting, Evergreen Comedy Success
—"HANS HANSON"—
Augmented by Prof. Robert Simmond's Supurb Band and Orchestra
FREE BAND CONCERjI^[ERNOON AND FREE
A Real Show, not a "Reel" Show. Admission 25c & 35c
The Oklahoma supreme court has
just handed down a decision in the
case of the City of Geary vs. Pair-
banks-Morse, that is complete and
clean cut victory for the city. The
ruling is to the effect that the Fair-
banks- Morse company have absolute-
ly no recourse In the premises, that
the city of Geary may keep the en-
gine and oweg the company nothing.
The mandate in part reads as fol-
lows :
"The contract and the statutes of
the state are plain and mean that
the limitation of purchasing power
without vote of the people ($500)
shall net be exceeded, either direct-
ly or iudierctly. The duty of the
court is to enforce the law . . . the
absolute lack of p'ower to contract
this debt bars every form of action,
legal or equitable, and every legal
device by which recovery is sought,
and the courts will not aid the ven-
dor to r. cover . . .. "
This s it dates back to the spring
of 1913, when the city council having
purchased from Fairbanks-Morse an
engine for the pumping station pay-
ment for which was to be made in
monthlv instalments, the question
of the legality of the purchase was
brought up as one of the issues in
a political controversy, that proved
one of the hottest fights ever stag
ed in the city. The city was enjoin-
ed from making further payments to
Fairbanks-Morse, whereupon the com-
pany sued out a replevin writ ami
had the sheriff start to remove the
engine from the citty pump station 4
miles nortth of town. When the en-
gine had been mostly rerrloved, a
wire from the district judge ordered
tthe sh"riff to replace the engine
upon the city's execution of a rede-
l!very bond. The matter then went
to trial and was appealed to the su-
preme court.
Meantime, the engine, which was
less than half paid for, under the
contract, has been in constant use
by the fit - . Under the supreme eo'i
rt mandate the city may retain the
engine as its own property and the
co" pany is absolutely barred from
any recours".
As an aft ermath of the Injunction
matter, the city instituted a $3,000
dam«g> s it agairst the company.
According to City Atttorney Dyer.
tMs mandatte of the supreme court
will virtually decide the damage suit
as well, In favor of the city.
CLAUD LECAH AFTER
SHERIFF'S NOMINATION
Two weeks ago the Journal placed
1 the name of Claud Leach, city mar-
] shal of Geary, before ths^ people as
a candidate for the democratic nomi-
nation for sheriff of Blaine county.
We withheld the customary write-up
pending the location of a cut of his
ugly mug, but we have been unable
to find the cut.
Claud Leach was a candidate for
the same place two years ago, was
nominated and defeated by a small
margin Of that defeat nothing need
be said and no apologies are due. it
merelv makes Geary's doughty city
marshal and his friends the more de-
termined to land the place this time.
Furthermore if ever a man earned
an office before he was elected it is
Claud Leach. During the past four
years he has virtually been sheriff
so far as the south end of the county
was concerned. With no depuy In
Geary the hurry up work devolved
upon Leach— and he has always met
the issue unflinchingly and no one
. can say he has not made the very
best sort of an officer.
a great part of this work has been
gratis work, as the laws in
cases provide no way for remunerat
Ing anyone but the duly elected cou-
nty sheriff
As regards his work in the city,
his worst enemy 'if he has any>
could not pick a flaw. He has made
Geary a clean town and has kept it
so—not an easy task in itself He
is fearlegs in the execution of his
duty and plays no favorites.
Claud Leach comes before the dem
ocrats of Blaine county on his rer-
_.J as an officer and a clUien and
i asks their support and influence in
securing th- nomination and flwtk#
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Benson, H. Franklyn. The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1916, newspaper, March 30, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc183756/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.