The Star-Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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THE UNVEILING AND DEC
ORATION A BIG SUCCESS
The W O W unveiling and dec!
oration exercises yesterday wqs no
doubt the most successful affair of
the kind ever attempted in Saliisaw
if ’not the entire county
The officers and members assent
bled at tho hall at one o'clock and
under the leadership of Sov Dick
Scott master of ceremonies re
hearsed the exercises and other
wise prepared for the march to the
cemetery which was began shortly
after two o’clock
TO VOTE ON LQCAL OPTION
- AGAIN
Oklahoma City June 4th -Plans
for initiating a bill proposing an
amendment to the constitution pro
viding for loeal option and high
license have been completed and
copies of the petition asking a sub
mission of the question will be
placed in circulation in every coun
ty of the state within the next few
days according to announcement
Wednesday by the local headquar
ters of the United Civic Association
Every effort it is said will be put
The concourse on arriving at the j forth to secure the Required num-
’ Hent city 'of the dead proceeded toer of signatures in time to have
the grave’ of Sov C 0 Frye where the question of adopting the amend
with impressive ritualistic cere ment placed on the ballot at the
monies the handsome Woodmen November election Organisations
monument which marks the last it is said have been perfected all
resting place of that deceased Soy throughout the state for the pur
ereign was uncovered Immediate pose of securing signatures It will
ly after the unveiling of the monu require approximately 37000 sig-
ment Judge Kyle delivered a most natures to secure the referendum
inspiring address on the beautiful it is said
example of fraternity thus portray-1 “A strong measure for the con
ed by the Woodmen of the World ' troi of the liquor traffic in Oklaho-
Aftcr the conclusion of Judge ma has never been submitted to a
Kyle’s address the Sovereigns of vote” says a statement explaining
both the Woodmen and Woodmen the proposed amendment which
Circle orders proceeded to decor has been issued by the committee
ate the graves of their deceased in charge
members
NELLIE SPARKS HALL
' Main Features
The main features of the propos
ed amendmenf are the high license
HON W W HAST INGS
Democratic Candidate (or Con&reaa ’
jit would fix and the strict regula
tions it would prescribe for the con
ial)— Naming the first dormitory of trol of saloons and their managers
the Oklahoma College for Women or owners
at Chiekasha in honor of the dead Stripped of its legal phraseMogy
Indian girl upon whose original al- the proposed amendment would pro
lotment the buildings stand Supt vide:
ilson in dedicating the building j Each incorporated city town or
Tuesday conferred a distinguished municipality in the state would
honor upon the race to which she have the authority to license open
belonged Nellie Sparks for whom saloons bv a majority vote of its
the hail was named by Supt Wil- qualified electors The election n
son died several years ago just astwhich the question is to be voted
she yvas ' completing her college upon shall be called bv the city of-
eourseThe generosity of herfalh flciqjs Jn theVegulorVm for call-
er J B Sparks made it possible ing special elections 'when petition-
er to own the twenty- ed by 30 per cent of the total num-
acre site inside the cily limits so ber of voters In such municipality
when MrWilson was invited to(An election for the purpose of vot
dedicate the first hall he named it ing on the question of loeal optiofi
Nellie Sparks Hall The appropri- shall not be called but once In four
ation for Ihe building was made by years
the last legislature and the hall will The license fees are fixed at $500
afford a home for 120 girls to county school fund $500 to the
county road and bridge fund and
GRADUATION— THEN WHAT? not more than $1000 to county mu-
nlcipallty the license fees to be paid
This month the high schools of annually Before a license is grant-
our community are sending forth 1 the person applying will first
many graduates into ihe world of have to give bond for $2000 which
R I!’ j will be collected upon failure lo
What will the future of these ( comply with all terms under which
' ymn an? Women b®? ' he license is granted Evidence of
Much depends upon their own 'good character also is required be-
moral siaminia but we of maturer fore a license will be issued Pref-
years owe a duty lo them erence right to renewal of license
It is incumbent upon us to ex- wm be given to old licensee
tend to them the opportunities for Location of' Saloons
d ft - extend Ibcnt ft JJ'&J
hand of fellowship we instill into
their souls a sweet essence of hu-
manity the foundation of charac-
ter which makes of them real men
and women
They are leaving Ihe institutional
walls with an exhileratlon and ex-
uberance which will lead them far
In the search for life’s vocation and
happiness
They will meet with many ob-
stacles and disappointments but we
have faith In the young people of
this community and we fully ex-
pect to see many of them shed hon-
or and lustre upon their names and
and their native heath
It is In their blood and it needs
but the opportunity for fulfillment
Let this paper be one of the first
to extend to these young graduates
the hand of fellowship In their en-
trance to the- serious side of life
May the future grant to them the
fullest measure of happiness and
prosperity "
one saloon will be allowed for 1-
000 inhabitants of cities towns and
villages except in villages of less
than 1000 inhabitants two licenses
may be granted and issued Towns
and villages of from 1000 lo 2000
people may issue three licenses
Every saloon so licensed would
remain closed from 10 p m until
6 a m and remain closed all day
on Sunday and election days Bar
rooms located on the ground floor
shall contain no screens chairs
tables gambling devices of any kind
or character' lunch counter musi-
cal instruments or wine rooms
The mayor counpilmen and com-
missioners of every city would con-
stitute a license board to determine
to whom license should be issued
Wholesale and manufacturers' li-
cense also would be issued under
the terms of the amendment
For any violation of any of the
terms under which the license Is
issued the license would automat-
ically be revoked and Ihe person
violating the law would be forever
barred from again securing a li-
cense Other penalties also would
bq provided by cily ordinances
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DRY WEATHER COMING
Judge Preslie B Cole of McAlester
was here Saturday Judge Cole is an
Arkansawyer a personal friend of
Judge McCombs and many other old
timers In this section of the state
and his vialt here was for the pur-
pose of renewing old acquaintances
and lo incidentally remind the boys It Is Ihe opinion of many farm
thnt ho is a candidate for Judge ofers that we are on the eve of cn-
the crimlnnl court of appeals While jtcrlng a dry spell of weather and
hero ho was walled upon by our they have decided lo keep Ihe plows
picnic committee and nutted lo take 'going lively so they mnyhave a
a place upon the speaking program mulch lo aafe guard their moisture
on cither Ihe 3d or 4th We are TRe fellow who allows Ihe weeds
pleased lo announce that he accept- and grass lo get his plant food and
ed tho Invitation and will be with moisture is playing a losing game
tia on one day or Ihe other during He 'will aooner or later find his
our hl celebration r crop uffort"t from drouth and Rot
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THE IAN COURT ley are thoxc thut create conunod
j- rrt 5 E'
he thiid day of May to the second The nnmiin i
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tie! assault fine'S)'’ J°hn ! !aIo1n conHncrclul' “ U do
i rr nn ' ' n ing ihe same for the successful con)
State of Oklahoma § vs Adra Du- lunlM of he country and ft can
vail using profane language fine accomplish as much for us If wl
Stale of Oklahoma vs Frank Bled
saw assault and bnilery fine 8300
State of Oklahoma vs Clifford
Sharp carrying concealed weapon
fine $2300
State of Oklahoma vs J E Monte
Imant larceny not guilty and dis
I missed
Town of Vlan vs Charley Miller
assault fine 8100
Town of Vian vs Floid Johnson
disturbing the peace fine $500
Town of Vian Vs Will King for
j getting on and off train when mov
ing fine $500
Town of Vian vs C T Moss as-
sault and battery fine $300
Town of Vian vs George Brown
j assault and battery fine 8500
Town of Vian vs Joseph Wallis
drunk nnd disorderly fine $500
T B CORNELIUS '
Justice of ihe Pence
Tlie man or woman who purchas
cs from our locui merchant is lak
ing the first step' in tho pushing of
his community on lo commercial
prosperity
The one who passes them by in
favor of Ihe house at a distance Ig
norcs ihe hand of Providence that
offers them the opportunity to be
come a builder and not a destroy
er
COMPETITION WITH FREE
LAROR
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WEDDED HERE
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Will be in Sequoyah County
during the week beginning Mon
day June 8th
His Speaking dates are as follows:
Gore Monday June 8th at 8 p m
Vian Tuesday June 9th at 8 p m
Maple Wednesday June 10th at 10 a m
Long Wednesday June 10th at I pm
Akins Wednesday June 10th at 8 p m
Blunt Thursday June llth at 2 p m
Marble City Thursday June llth at 8 p m
Cans Friday June 12th at I p m
Hanson Friday June 12 at 8 p m
Greenwood Picnic Saturday June 13th at
at 1 p m
Muldrow Saturday June !3th at 8 p m
A cordial invitation is extended to all to at-
tend these meetings and hear Mr Hastings pre-
sent hia candidacy to the Democracy oi Sequo-
yah County
Wednesday afternoon Mr Walter
I P Davis nnd Miss Edith Potter of
Vian ran g surprise on their many
friends by driving over lo this city
j and gelling married
The wedding look place at the
I home of Mr and Mrs C L Lowery
I at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon in
he presence of a few relatives of
the groom Rev A B Roberts of
Ihe Baptist church in a brief im
I pressive ceremony spoke Ihe words
I that united this noble young couple
for life i
Mr Davis Ihe groom is one of
I Vian’s successful young business
I men The bride is one of Oklqho-
I ma’s most talented and - successful
teachers and Is well fitted to lake
I hold of life’s great problem They
have many friends here nnd nt Vian
I and wherever they' are known May
I iheir lives be filled with happiness
and prosperity as they journey to-
ward life’s setting sun
THE BOY SCOUTS
Boy Scout! troops of the Eastern
I part of the state have made ar-
rangements for the annual camp
June 10-20 near Tnhlequah on the
Illinois River The cmnp program
includes a course ot insertion for
scout masters assistants and patrol
I leaders Among ihe other activi
ties thnt are being planned are bnse
ball swimming boating hunting 'muse the convicts will be compet
In his speeches and Campaign hook
Judge R L Williams democratism
candidate for governor is alvocat :
ing a penitentiary reform which ’’
is calculated lo make the peniten
liary self supporting and relieve the ’
tax payers of an enormus burden ' :
they have always borne ' "
In' the first place the Judge ad-
vocates a state farm of about twenty
acres to each convict and the plac-
ing thereon of six or eight hun-
dred of the better class of convicts
The products of this farm are to be
used In Ihe penitentiaries of the ’
stale and in ihe charitable and elee r
mosynnry institutions 7 ' !!
His idea Is lo huve a canning fac-
tory in connection with the farm"
where 'fruit and vegetables in large -quantities
can be canned and the
asylums nnd penitentiary can be
served with fruit and vegetables all
the year round from Ihe state farm
without the taxpayer having to put 1
up the cash for the same -
The Judge also advocates the
working of a certain number of
prisoners on state roads' particu- m
larly in those counties which' have
not ample facilities
He also advocates the mainten- j
ance of a twine factory at the state
penitentiary after the plan of the
Kansas state penitentiary This
will have ihe double effect of pro-
viding employment for those pris-
oners bringing nn income into the '
state penitentiary and making twine :
cheaper lo the farmers of the state
This plan has been attacked by ’
some of ' the opponents of Judge
Williams on the ground that this :
brings the penal labor of the state :
in competition with the free labor
and great tears have been wept be
wild leC trees a fox chase and
talks on stars flowers and birds by
instructors from the State Normal
of Tuhlequuh
The camp is being held under the
auspices of the Y M C As of Tulsa
and Muskogee Every boy between
the age of twelve and eighteen on
the Eastern side of the State who
is a member of a scoutf troop boy’s
club or Sunday school is invited to
attend the encampment Full In-
formation In regard to the camp
and -its program may be obtained
by addressing the Y M C A Sec-
retaries -C H Fennstermacher of
Muskogee and C E Buchner of
Tulsa
Last year sixty-seven boys from
eight or nine cities on the Eastern
side of thefstate attended the camp
This year boys have already en-
rolled from Tulsa Muskogee Has-
kell Kelfer Bartlesville Pryor atid
Wagoner
ing with the farmers of the state
Now Ihe question to be decided by
the farmers of the state is whether
they yoiild rather have these con-
victs work on a farm and feed themi
selves by their own labor or stay
locked up in their cells and be fed
at the expense of the farmers This
is all there is lo the question and
It strikes us as good business on
Ihe part of the farmers to let the
convicts dig jtheir own living out
of the soil rather than throw the
burdens on the farmers themselves
growing Qflf as rapidly as it ahould
t is safe-to cultivate for dry weath-
amage your crop Some misunder-
stand what shallow cultivation really
means It means finger deep-just
as deep as you can reach with the
forefinger before striking the firm
seed bed This should be aa near
even over the field as possible to
have it' When the roots of plants
are forced to keep that far below
the surface the drouth must be a
very severe oe in order to reach
them This plowing should be done
after each rain or as often ns every
lo 10 days' If left longer after
a rain the roots get up near the top
' the ground nnd are damaged by
telng plowed up The timely cul-
vator who uses good Judgment in
making and keeping this mutJh is
a winner Plants only grow where
they have somslhlstj lo eat r 1 ry
can' only get it through the soil mois-
ture and there can be no soil mois-
ture In a dry spell if it is allowed
to evaporate by your carelessness
H M Wolverton
OPPORTUNITY
every
Dean Shannon and Miss May Gold-
man both of Kansas City Mo were
married yesterday in Kansas City
at the home of the bride and left
for Chicago and other eastern ppints
on their honeymoon trip They will
visit Niagara Falls and take a sail
on the water before they return
They expect to reach Saliisaw about
July 10th Mr Shannon is conned
ed wlthstho Indian service and is
located here in the office under the
supervision of Mr Irvine -
Quite a number of our local fans
went to Spiro Sunday to wHtiPM
thp ball game between the Ft Smith
“"j I— i
Opportunity beckons at
man’s door
Providence never permits that a
sfngle one be missed
But how many of us grasp that
bpportunity?
Look around you for a time and
think Look at the conditions of
our community and think again
True we have much to be thank-
ful for but it might be an hundred
fold better If WE IMPROVED OUR
OPPORTUNITIES
Take the one Item of the money in
cjrculntion in our midst
How many of us are seeking to
EXPORT instead of IMPORT?
When we export the money comes
to us 1 When we Import it leaves
us How long can an importing
community nourish?
I Hi wealthy itlcni g( tvi
OUR TRIP TO VIAN ” A
The Sequoyah County District
Association of Odd Fellows having
announced that their monthly meet-
ing for June would be held with
the Vian lodge on Wednesday eve-
ning June 3rd a large crowd of
Sallisaw’s Odd Fellows and Rebek-
ahs gathered in that little city for
the occasion having been transport
ed there by the evening train au-
tomobile and various other ways
That it was a most enjoyable af
fair nead 'not be stated here for ev-
eryone returned with that smile of
good cheer on their countenances
that bespeaks a soul enjoying it
self - '
Representatives from Gore' Mar-
ble City and other points In the
county responded to the roll call
and the association being in open
session listened to some very in
(cresting and tngptrlng talks by
Revs A B Roborts and J A Petera
and Mesdamos J V Btackard Jr
and May Hunter After the con
elusion of the address by Rev Pet
ers the committee on refreshments
announced that Ice cream and cake :
would be served which very nesrUy
cauaod some to (nisi Lte trc'n r r
the 'return hor9'
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Guthrey, E. Bee. The Star-Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1914, newspaper, June 5, 1914; Sallisaw, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1839020/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.