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OKEMAH OKLAHOMA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28 1907
- NUMBER 44
II FUTURE SATISFACTION
I nr4 by rtlng avt8 accaant NOW
Your itvlngo lu tho ak m a roaonro fond which earn you
Interest regularly
The Inooire Iron your cavluge will multiply the pleaeure and
omforUof the days when yoo-cannot work
Reach old age hy way of a SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Aak lor one of oar new Saving Uooka
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
W H DILL President
f GEO H RALSTEN Vlce-f reetdewt
L P CALDWELL CasMer
R W AUMSTCOhG Aa’tCMhlei
ThE OKEMAH LEDGER'
IS ALWAYS F4RST
In this issue of the Ledger will be
found the first legal publication pub
Ushed in Okfuskee county by order of
County Judge T T Doyle
The case is a sale of minor land
which will doubtless be -of much
interest to our laud buyers and
farmers
The case is in tbe bands of Messrs
C W Brewer and C T Huddleston
who have tbe distinction of filing the
first case in tbe Okfuskee County
Court
CAN'T BEAT A LAWYER
Attorney John Norman tried hard
to get the first wmentee deed on re
cord but in a pitching contest Geo
Harrison won out aod John came
lnecotid John U proud of getting
tbe first probate court case started
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Commissioner G P Greer of
Web etka W N Barry of Psden and
A R Haddox of Okfuskee met In
this city Monday Their transactions
will be found in aootber column of
our paper in the official proceedings
COMI TIIEIVES
GET LOAD OF SHOT
Farmers Residing Near Welty Watch
with Loaded Guns and Give the
Would-be Theives a Warm
Reception and Chase
FIRST COTTON STEALING IN FOUR TEARS
Okemah National Bail
OEE1IAH OKLA
For some time past farmers In tbe
vicinity of Weltv have been missing
mall quantities of cotton from tbeir
cotton piles in tbe fields and were
unable to explain tbe shrinkage of
cotton from dark nntil light
This Is the first fall that any cotton
stealing has been carried on In that
neighborhood for four years and a
little of this work soon set these men
busy
Tuesday night W H n Raines
accompanied by W K Jones and J
B Wilson bid In Mr Raines’ cotton
field and watched About 10:00 they
beard two men cautiously approach
hla cotton pile Dd begin to fill tbeir
sacks r
The theHes were called on to sur-
render but they started for the tall
timber double qulc ihe report of a
shotgun or iu the rear giving
them sufficient scare for good speed
One of the men ran so fast that
be ran from under Ms hat and left it
upon tbe scene of action
That night T W Streetman and
M Settlemler residing in tbe vicinity
were placed under arrest by Constable
Smith on charges of petit larceny
turned
jiley
Tbeir cases come up for trial next
Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
In tbe meantime these gentlemen
Roger in Okemah’s Hotel-de-lock-up
until their trial comes up
REPUBLICANS 7ILL
FILE CONTEST SUITS
Republican County Central Committed
Met Here Thursday and Employ-
ed JG Potter to Try to Get
Van Zandt Counted
SUIT AGAINST MeCULLY MAY BE FIRST
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'Welsh & Williams will give a Big Sale in all Ladies Misses and Children’s
Hats Ladies and Misses’ Cloaks and Coats and
Ladies and Misses’ Skirts All this line of our
goods will bo sold at actual cost Big reductions
will be made in all our extensive line of Ladies'
Furnishings This is the largest s’eroy its kind
fever held in Okemah Come early af weieet!)3 your
selections before the best picks have h: J
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Ladies’ Street Hats were $300 y: Shannon i $173
Ladies’ Dress Hats $300 values ctf y f0 be “c '' 300
blisses’ $330 Hats cost sale ?-Df ‘ 200
Children’s Hats as low as 50 Cents
COATS
We have just a few choice numbers in the Ladies’ Cloaks
which will go at absolute cost
Ladies’ $950 Coat in Browns Blacks and Casters
cost sale $073
Ladies’ Cloaks in Black a special for this cost sale 300
Misses and Children’s Cloaks in all colors fancy
checks plaids and solids from $150 to $3 at this cost sale '
LADIES SKIKTS
Ladies Skirts in all the fancy Plaids Solids and Blacks
$1000 values cost sale $750
$050 value skirt cost sale $473
Misses jSkirts from $150 to $300 while the cost sale lasts
Notice : We will accept all checks on Okemah banks and
Cashier’s Checks at this sale During this sale checksv
presented for goods will be cashed so long as wq have the’-
cash This sale is made to give us more room for our big line of Holiday
Goods that are coming
Tba Republican county central
committee at its meeting In tbls city
last Thursday afternoon employed
J G Potter to bring contest suits
against all Democratic couotv officer
fxcept Judge T T Doyle Probate
Judge
Mr Potter has been wo king oi hi
suits and will file a oart of them this
week The first suit to be filed will
be either that of Miss May Rose
against J D Nelson the County
Superintendent of Public Schools or
Wn Ball against Wra N McCulley
Sheriff
A short time ago Miss Rose gave
out a statement that she was through
with the fight for tbe office and
would not have it as a gift
It may be that tbe Miss Rose case
will be sidetracked for that of Mr
Ball as he was one of tbe contestants
that thought defeat Impossible and
Is chafflng considerable although bis
defeat was made doubly sore by the
attempt of tbe Republican leaders to
elect tbeir whole ticket methods not
considered
Current ratLors come to us that the
Republicans hope to gain only three
county officers in the contest— that of
Superintendent Sheriff aod S'a’es
Attorney even though they get Van
Zandt counted
The Republicans are hesitating to
decide In what court tley sha’l file
tbeir contests Tho old partisan
federal courts are a thing of tbe past
aod they look with longing ejea at Its
retreat and say wedont give a d— m
about justice we want to beat the
other fellow
In the county court and tbe dis-
trict court as well as tbe State Su-
preme court they object to filing the
suit because they are Democratic
If left to the attorneys of the district
a Democratic Judge will be selected
b7 them and the contestants are
afraid
We predict they can get justice In
any ooe of these courts if that la what
they are looking for
A MASS MEETING
FOR SCHOOL PATRONS
County Superintendent J D Nelson
Desires that all School Directors
and School Patrons Shall
Meet with the Teachers
DOUBLEWEDDING
FOR OKEMAH PEOPLE
A double wedding occurred at the
home of Mr and Mrs L Cheek Sun-
day Tbe heart united to beat as one
were! Brooks Dossey and Miss Ida
May Mansker and T J Marsker and
Miss Bertha Cheek
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by Rev G W Cooper ol1
Prague The ceremony was witness-
ed by the immediate families of tbe
youog people '
Both youog couples are well kuown
youog people of lhl city and wll
make tbeir homes here
Sunday afternoon they went up to
Prague to witness the wedding o '
Rev Cooper and Miss Ruby Ilookins
MEETING SATURDAY DECEMBER 7
County Superintendent of Schools
J D Nelson is plaoniog to get the
public school work of Okfuskee
countv started righ’ and his called a
meeting of the school directors of the
various schools of tbe ciunty and all
Interested patrons to meet with the
teachers in Okemah Saturday
December 7
At ibis meeting will be taken up
and dheussed tbo school situation In
Okfuskee count) the making of new
school districts and the financing of
the schools and new district'
Another matter or importance
which Mr Nelson wlches to take up
la tba disposition of the January
payment of government funds to the
government schools in the county
Mr Nelson reports that be expects
petitions for several new school
dstrlcts In tbe next few weeks and
tbat be finds the people generally
Interested In the public school work
Tbe Organization of tbe Okfuskee
County Teachers’ Association will be
the primary step to the school work
In tbls county and every teacher In
the county Is expected to attend
Frfsh oysters and celery at the
Okemah Bakery through tbe season
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BUY THE BEST
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A Cheap Article is dear at any Price
Quality is our First Consideration
This week we have unloaded our Second Car of Furniture aud now have
the largest lino of Furniture oil display iu Okfuskee County Carrying as
large a line as we do and buying in largo quantities we arc able to make you
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Checks and Cashier’s Checks accepted for all goods and on all accpuuts
Yours truly
Muckleroy & Dew
Okemah Okla
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