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VOLUME 8 NUMBER 22
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JUNE 18 1914
SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR J
Okta U'8rlca'
A SEED HOUSE IS IN
PROSPECT FOR OKEMAH
E P Gibson of the South-
western Nursery Co of this city
is in correspondence with par-
ties that are financially well-to-
do with reference to establish-
ing a big seed house at Okemah
This is an enterprise that
would be worth while to locate
in our town as the raising and
marketing of seed of all kinds is
a business of vast opportunities
'and would mean that lots of
money would be brought here
and also much would be paid out
for labor
The Southwestern Nursery Co
is one of the big enterprises of
this section of the country and
annually pays large sums to la
borers A number of 'the home
boosters should take it on them-
selves to assist Mr Gibson in
landing this enterprise
Republican Defy Socialist
C T Myers' republican mem-
bei of the county election board
whom the socialists seek to re-
place with Clarence Rebman of
the third district refuses to sur-
Tender his place to the socialists
When the election board met
last week C H Becknell sec-
retary of the board asked Mt
Myers if he desired to give away
to £he socialists and Mr Myers
- replied that he did not and in
dicated that the socialists Would
not get the place if he could pre-
vent it' Mr Myers seeks to hold
the place on the grounds that a
’ republican candidate received a
greater vote in the county than
£ socialist candidate did In turn
- the socialists claim that this re-
publican vote does not represent
the vote of the republicans in the
county
It is said that some of the 'So-
cialists that voted for the ( win-
ning republican feel that they)
have voted themselves out of a
- -- plaee - on 'the " couhty election
board and have sworn never to
do it again and are feeling sure
that their highest man this time
will run higher than the republi
can’s highest man
It is the general opinion of all
arties that the matter will need
be adjusted before the state elec-
' tion board
Captured Alleged Bootlegger
Sheriff S M Wilson Santa
Watson and Bill Atterberry ar-
rested H T Hamilton and Will
Foley Monday as being the par
ties that were endeavoring to
carry booze from Dustin to
Henryetta through Okfuskee
county and with whom Santa
‘Watson had a-running revolver
battle and who captured three
men and then in turn was cap-
tured by the bootleggers and rap-
ped on the head The fight was
in fact a small Mexican revolu-
tion Santa was on horseback
and his “army” was on foot and
could not keep up or the boot-
leggers would have been resting
in jail at once
Mr Watson identified the two
men as members of the party of
three that he captured The men
deny the charge and it is said will
attempt to prove an alibi
Hamilton was arrested at Dus-
tin and Foley at Weleetka Both
men gave bonds 1
Making Good Money on Cream
Mrs Mike Johnson who re-
sides near Okemah and is milk-
ing a herd of eight cows has a
cream separator and is market-
ing her surplus cream They are
raising a bunch of calves and
dispose of the cream taken from
the milk that the calves do not
use ' ‘
Mrs Johnson is selling about
$20 worth of cream a week and
the calves are also rapidly grow-
ing into value
Okemah needs a local cream-
ery to furnish a market for the
cream and milk
Mules Csutse Excitement
Saturday afternoon while Mrs
Robert Allison was driving home
rom town one of the mules she
ms driving became sick and lay-
d down and this scared the othr
r mule and he tried to run away
nd affairs seemed serious until
lr Wallace who was passing
ame to Mrs Allison’s assistance
nd took charge of the unruly
lule '
There was no damage done ex-
ept some broken harness
TOO MANY ON THE
END OF HIS ROPE
Geo alias Jack Price a young
man residing in the Buckeye set-
tlement was arrested Monday on
a charge of cattle stealing The
cattle were alleged t6 have been
stolen from G D Pendqrgtass’
tarm in Okfuskee township and
were the property of Hiram
Johnson
Young Price was arrested near
Castle with the cattle in his pos-
session The cattle two steers
were found roped together His
preliminary hearing Will be held
before Judge W J Lawrence to-
day (Thursday ')
Report Poor Crops in East
Dr L A Nye who has been
in Virginia visiting his mother
and assisting in the care of an
aunt who has been ill returned
home Sunday after about one
month’s absence Dr Nye visit-
ed in Wytheville Va and also in
West Virginia
Dr Nye said that east of the
Mississippi the country was suf-
fering a severe drouth and that
crop conditions were extremely
poor and he did not see good
crops until he came west of the
Mississippi river on his return
trip west i
Going east he was in a rail-
road wreck
A Sample of the First
Bale of Cotton
’Jess Dew who returned home
Wednesday from a visit down at
Terrell Tex brought home with
him a sample cut from the first
bale of cotton ever marketed in
Okemah The cotton was pur-
chased by Buck Martin of Ter-
rell Texas who was here at the
time buying cotton It was sold
on the streets in the fall after
the -town opened in the spring
The sample can be seen at the
E L Dew Hardware store where
it rwill be preserved
Farmer Ha Horse Stolen
J H Poff a farmer living west
of town had a black horse stolen
Sunday night ' The horse is about
seven or eight years old and its
weight is about 800 pounds
Mr Poff says that the horse
was stolen about the time the rain
storm started and the thief got
the horse out of the pasture and
his saddle and bridle out of the
barn
Delegate to National Convention
Mrs S J Stephenson is in
Chicago 111 where she is at-
tending the National Convention
of Women’s Federated Clubs as
a delegate from Oklahoma Mrs
Stephenson is Mrs L L Reb-
man’s mother and has made her
home here for the past year
Stone Resigns from Council
At the regular meeting of the
city council Monday night Al-
derman J S' Stone resigned
from the council Mr Stone was
appointed as a member from the
frst ward last winter
Routine matters were taken
up and disposed of
GOOD ROADS CONVEN-
TION OKLAHOMA CITY
A good roads state convention
will be held at Oklahoma City
June 23 which is Tuesday of next
week A number of good roads
enthusiasts from Okfuskee coun-
ty will attend this meeting
WELEETKA DELEGATES
MEETS JUDGE WILLIAMS
Frank Douglas H H Kelly
and W D Shallenberger of We-
leetka drove up to Oketralf Tues-
day afternoon to attend the Will-
iams and- accompanied Judge
Williams to Weleetka where ne
spoke to the citizens at that place
ut night
A New Candidate for County
Weigher
G R Davis of Castle was in
town today and said that he was
candidate on the republican
ticket for county weigher and
had recently put his nat in the
ring G R is at present justice
of the peace at Castle
' Gave Friends a Dinner
Dr and' Mrs L C Shults en-
tertained a number of their
friends Friday at a six- o’clock
dinner an elaborate dinner was
served - "
NEGROES ARRESTED
ON BOOZE CHARGE
Sheriff S M Wilson deputies
Boulware Adams and Jefftrs ar-
rested Jim Bowler and Curtis
Ward two Boley negroes Wed-
nesday afternoon o n booze
charges i4
The officers raided Bowler’s
house at Boley and found three
cases of whiskey Bowler claim-
ed that the booze belonged to
Ward i
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Back From Army School
Serg Kinney wh? has been at
Oklahoma City for the past two
weeks attending a school for in-
struction for army officers re-
turned to his post at the First
Separate Troop Cavalry Wednes-
day i
Geo D Harvison who was al-
so attending the school arrived
home on Wednesday night and
Capt AlvaJ Niles drove his car
home The officers report a fine
school
Children' Day Exercise at
the M E Church 1 South
Sunday morning the children’s
day exercises were held at the
M E Church South and an ex-
cellent i program was rendered
by the little folks The exercises
were largely attended and Highly
enjoyed
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev F C Misner Pastor
Preaching services at 11 a m
There will be special music We
invite the public to worship with
us-
There will not be any night
service Owing to the chautau-
qua the churches have kgreed to
dismiss for the night so our peo-
ple -Ujay enjoy - the chautauqua
We believe in boosting any move-
ment that will prove helpful to
Okemah
The Sunday school will meet
promptly at 945 We hope to
see each one on time The school
has maintained a splendid aver-
age The average for the past
two months has not been given
yet but the average for the two
months previous was 138 Let
every one be present so we may
make this report as good a one
as last report
The children’s day program
was given to an overflowing
house Many were unable to get
in and stood outside along the
building to hear the services
Those who took part are to be
commended for the splendid way
in which they rendered their
parts Also Mrs J J Almond
who gave her time and ability to
the preparation of the program
i3 worthy of commendation We
wish to thank each one for their
assistance for the music and
all that went to make this such
Organ voluntary -Opening
hymn (Doxology)
Invocation
Processional— S S Brigade s
Scripture reading— Ps 100
Prayer — closing with Lord’s Prayer
by pastor
Greeting — Superintendent ’
Recitation — Rose girls
Recitation — a — A philosopher by Jes-
sie Finks
Recitation— b— Watch your words by
Sallie Roberts -Recitation
— c— In a friendly sort of
way by Augusta Fields
Recitation— d — Smile whenever you
can by Arliss Kerley
Duett — A smile and a song by Mil-
dred and Hilton Foley
Recitation — The new copy book by
Marjori Tapley
Recitation — Watch the corners by
Hilton Foley'
Anthem — by choir
Beginners — (Little folks)
Recitation — a — Little folks by Homer
Wilson
Recitation — b— Kathrine Skelton
Recitation— c— Irma Kerley
Recitation — d — Joseph Brust
Recitation — e — Gladys Stephens
Recitation — f — Marjori
Class recitation — Working together
Solo — Mrs Cunningham
Class recitation — a— the King
Class recitation — b — Boys of the Bi-
' ble
Recitation— God will understand by
Marie Hazldwood 1
Recitation— b— Bakin’ day by Alice
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HERE ARE THE MEN
WITH THE BLISTERS
Tired and weary Tuesday night
returned the business men road
workers who went over and re-
paired the bad places in the road
between Okemah and Weleetka
so that the Weleetka people
might drive up in cars to the
chautauqua
The road builders were Bert
Flesher Tom Hazlewood Burr
Handles F C Miller G H Far-
num D Watts T E Standley
W H Barber A L Atchison
and S L O’Bannon and a num-
ber of boys
Merchant Sick at His Home
J W Edmisten owner of the
Racket store was confined to his
home Sunday and has been very
ill since Mh Edmisten has been
ill nearly all spring but has kept
on at work
Mrs Chas Goad has charge of
the store during her father’s ill-
ness Buy More Business Lots
The Reynolds-Davis Whole-
sale Co which are now erecting
a big branch wholesale house at
Okemah purchased two more
business lots adjoining their
property this week
This gives the wholesale peo-
ple a total of five lots
Recitation — c — Little things by Myr-
tle Finks
Song — Swinging branches
Recitation — (by request) — Alice Hunt
Recitation — Your mission by Mamie
Tapley
Recitation — The delayed answer by
Hazle Gaston
Address
Offering
Song— Blest be the lie— 2 Ytrses
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Benediction
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Rev E S Benjamin Pastor
Rev C R Robinson DD of
Tulsa our district superintendent
will pteach for us at the usual
preaching hour next Sunday a m
No preaching in the evening
Let all our officers please take
notice : Our third quarterly con-
ference will j)e held next-Saturday
afternoon at 130 It will
adjpurn in ample time tO’ enable
those who are members’ of the
quarterly conference to get to the
chautauqua meeting for that aft-
ernoon' The children’s day program
was very well carried out before
a good audience of people Sun-
day evening It is but just to
call attention to the fine dec-
orations arranged by Fred Hor-
ton and his assistants which we
think have never been surpassed
in our church The pastor’s
wife also put in many hard hours
of toil in getting the program
ready and many of the children
did the same The prevalence of
whooping cough has made it an
unusually hard task this year
d wt
to arrange this program and we
are gratified to think of how well
the matter was handled under
the prevailing conditions
A splendid pounding was ad-
ministered to the pastor and his
wife last Friday evening The
victims are doing well and seem
to think they got the best of it
Not only the gifts but the spirit
in which they were given is
heartily treasured by the pastor
and his wife
Quite an honor has come to our
church and town in the shape of
a unanimous vote to hold the
next district Epworth League
convention and district confer-
ence at this place It will re-
quire considerable effort for us
to take care of it but we be-
lieve that next spring when the
meeting comes Okemah will do
herself proud
At the Sunday night meeting
of the Epworth League Clifford
Miller was elected first vice pres-
ident and Miss Amy McGreth
secretary of the League to fill
acancies that have lately oc-
curred In the contest with Okmulgee
this past Sunday we won out by
a good margin But next Sun-
day may be different unless we
all try- Let us have at least a
dozen more next Sunday than we
bad last Sunday Everybody
boost
TOLLS BILL FINALLY
PASSES THE SENATE
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After a long siege of weary
oratory to which' the country has
given but scant attention the U
S Senate finally passed the bill
repealing free tolls through the
Panama Canal to coastwise trad-
ing vessels as recomme’nded by
E’resident Wilson-1 The final vote
was 50 to 35 An amendment to
the measure as passed by the
House was tacked on but it is
believed the House will concur
as the amendment is more in the
nature of an expression of senti-
ment than a'change in the actual
workings of the law
While the Senate has in the last
two years become much more re-
sponsive to the demands of the
people there is still exhibited a
disposition to pose before the gal-
leries on the part of some of the
members that greatly retards
speedy and effective work The
rules should be pruned a little
mrther to make that body en-
tirely modern
Sheriff Home From Idaho
Sheriff S M Wilson who took
his family out to his farm in
Idaho about a month ago return-
ed home Sunday' Mr Wilson
said that quite a good deal of
snow fell while he was out there
and that he worked upon his
place every day but four while
gone He put up extensive im-
provements sowed an oat? crop
and fixed the place up so that
Mrs Wilson and the children can
make their homes there (or the
summer
W H Raybourn who also re-
sides in this section of Idaho re-
turned as far home as Kansas
City with Sam and will be here
in a few days to harvest his oats
crop-
Geo D Harvison Announce
for Next ' Representative
While Geo D Harvison was
at Oklahoma City this week at-
tending the army school of in-
struction he made lip his mind
definitely that he would be a
candidate for representative and
filed Tuesday
Mr Harvison’s announcement
will appear in the Ledger next
week
R E Watts is a new assistant
at the City Garage
x x
II H Kelley and party of We-
leetka were in town this week
x x
W P Rorex drove over to his
farm west of the river this morn-
ing x x
E P Gibson went over to
Schoolton this morning on a
business trip
x x
Jackson Burnett of Bryant
came over this week to have his
car repaired at the City Garage
Mr Tool and family were here
this morning on their way to
Colorado Springs for the sum-
r x x
Ford racer from an Oklahoma
City garage was here Wednesday
afternoon and made the trip in
three and one-half hours They
were enroute to Henryetta
x x
Claude Raybourn and Webb
Thompson two Okfuskee town-
ship farmers who came to town
in their cars Monday remained
over night because of the rain-
storm The standpat republicans have
been planning to make their
campaign this year wholly on the
isue of hard times growing out
of the enactement of the demo-
cratic tariff reform bill but since
the expected hprd times have so
far failed to materialize their
campaign seems to be sadly out
of tune and attracts but slight
attention
Mr and Mrs D Replogle Mr
and Mrs Wm Turner Mr and
Mrs J S Echols Dr and Mrs
Bloss JJr and Mrs E M Ken-
nedy autoed over to Henryetta
Sunday afternoon where they at-
tended a revival meeting which
is being held at the Christian
church in that city
FINE ENTERTAINMENTS i
BILLED FOR FOURTHS
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The First Separate Troop Cav-T
airy are planning some excep-l
tional entertainment features for
the visitors that attend the 4th
of July celebration at this place
They will pull off one of the big-
gest features that has ever been’
attempted in the state and that'
is a real sham battle an old time'
western war scene J
The title given the scene is
“War on the Plains” which rep-'
resents the old time settler and:
his cabin The- cabin and thej
settler and his family will be at-j
tacked by a band of 50 Indians —
50 Creek Indians — and the cabin
burned to the ground and the
settler and his family will be sav-
ed by a charge of the First Sep-4
arate Troop Cavalry and a run-
ning fight between the troop 'aridj
the Indians 5000 rounds of am-
munition will be used in the bat-’
tie ' !
Dril both mounted and afoot
will be given by the troop dur-
ing the day The Dustin Fam-'
ous Band will furnish music for
the day -
Don’t fail to attend the Fourth
of July celebration at Okemah
candidates for the nomination for
governor was in this city Tues-
day afternoon and addressed the
citizens of Okfuskee coUntyVela-
tive to his candidacy for 'governor
Judge Williams is not a florid I
orator but a man of great ex-1
perience in state government and I
made a talk that was plain in-1
(eresting and to the point and!
piade for himself friends in this!
City I
His talk on state econonmy was
well taken as well as his sug-
gestions in making corrections in I
the state government He wa
a member of the Constitutional
Convention andwrote the section
of the constitution that govern!
the railroads and also the sectiorj
that made Oklahoma prohibition!
He has been a member of th
state supreme court since state f
hood and rendered many abUl
opinions among them holding th
Billips Booze bill constitutional!
Wealthy Oil Man Here
F M Wheeler of Cushing orl
whose farm the first big oil well
of the Cushing oil field wa
brought in was in town Wednesf
day and today looking after some!
business interests f
Mr Wheeler has 14 of the larg!
est oil wells of the Cushing oil
field on his farm and the oil sand
of that section is named Wheeled
sand after him
Before the oil strike upon hid
place Mr Wheeler was a smal
farmer
Henry Collier Bankrupt '
Henry Collier who was form-J
erly in business at Schoolton bul
later in business at Tulsa Okla
filed a petition in bankruptcy lasfl
week Mr Collier done a big
business in that country but pood
collections forced him to thq
wall
Mr Coliler is a square manl
anr has many friends in Seminohf
and Okfuskee counties that re
gret to hear of his failure
BOSS AND PORTER
REESE DOING WEI
Sheriff S M Wilson 'visited
Boss and Porter Reese while ou!
in Idaho and reports that thrf
boys are doing well out -in tha j
new eountry He brought hpitiJ
with him the head of a’ moosd
which was killed by Boss ’ Thd
head is a beauty and now adorn
the walls of the jail office'1
A great amount of red type wal
necessary before the head could
be shipped from the state 1
Buy Big Haybailer Outfit
A D Tufts and Mart Crawl
ford have purchased a big hayl
bailing outfit and ate gbing tl
do a lot of bailing work this sum!
mer They purchased''' jihwel
press which has a capafcitV'of"3
tons per day ’ 11 '
Use Auto in Raid M Boley
Sheriff Sam Wilson! an4'Dlqr
uties Adams Jeffers aAd Boil
ware drove up to BoleV’Wedrtes
day afternoon and raided keVet:
dumps at that place and captui
ed three cases of boozfe J