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I
HE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-CHIEF
Publiihed Weekly at <11 Mlin StTtet, Hobart Oklahoma. by the
DEMOCRAT-CHIEF PUBLISHING COMPANY
APPALLING COST OF STRIKE
IL*' are made to puauh criminals!
not innocent p«-of,'e. If you are law-l
BIT HE WAS A tEPER.
I Everything about this hon> is kept
'in a very clean end in a very an-
Netestanly rourfc estimate* of the'atidin*. what difference dow it make ! S<A so long ago lepers were starce- itary condition.
i wt-ick the itrike* of ice coal jto you how great the penalty be made )y thought of except as connected This home or hospital No, 66, as i
nur*r* asd radroad employes have'for theft, a^iauJt, ar «n or murder' vrj'.h incidents in the Bible. We an* is called, is .ocated on the rather o j
— „ J 1< 1MW ml tK Puiirfffatt «t Hr*--r*~ already caused, direetly. show appai-! It i* as true today t.- of yore, that "no consciously thought of lepers as some- Waters, about sixty miles abo\e >ew ,
Enters ai S*^dCUM Mat^the %£*«** " .ngly W CgvZZmLb are Ukely] thief eer felt the halter draw with lhlnS a far. far away. But. like Orleans. I
to great!) exceed whet the ultimate fmod opinion of the law". Those who j^any things that eouid not happen, When we lef. New Orieans^o go
reck -nmg is made. I protest against ^". -enforcement are jt happened. to this home it was raining ana we
The r um' er of striking miners is j in sympathy *ith la* violators, and yecr we ^ ier>er, 25 states, were undecided about going, but after
e.'-.mated at «"0.00". sr. I that of those who upco',.. criminality are not ^ut ai fwt as room can be prepared talking to God about it we went, and
„mary *•> ra:lroad worker* at 550, desirabie citiien* for them they are being concentrated we feel that the spirit of Him who
m. On that b«:s is an average dai-J ,, u in ^ at Carville, i^uisiana, by the United said "Were there not ten cleansed. j
Devoted to
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—by mail m Kiowa county, JLOO per anru*. Six
months. 50c. (No subscription accepted for jess than six mo®lh*.) Out-
side K o a county tbd Xr- any portoff** m Oklahoma, Jl-oO per annum
Ail other poatoffiee? in the postal union. t£M per annum. A.i subscrip-
tions rr.uit be paid in advance, and will be topped at expiruitm.
Prices
§
We have the best equipped job department in the entire southwest _ something like &250/XW,.
on request- Adverts guaranteed the large* circulate the .out*- «*■• * * X S
west. Kates on request.
, of r;>"0fi0Q in wages, making I II. "*ld lh?t *** defense in the Government! " ' But where are the nine" guided ua.
a total thus far of *200,000,(rt0 or Htr™ prosecution will rel> in part up- ^ A #t 13th 1922, we visited The houses are built high off the
" "• i- *- '• . mm). iV th. mdnurial war lhi* Home for the lepers. There are ground. After the service a few o vni'R CAIt THE BF^T
Loss of the mine operators is «"'.***• ■ now 177 patinets in this home since the patients and myself went down, GI>E VOIR (A.. THE BE.
.between capital and laoor. According T_. . _ . ,amf>ra_ -w th the little „
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
STATE NOMINEES
Governor:
J. C. WALTON.
Lieuteaant Governor:
M. F TItAPP.
Secretary of SUte:
R. A. 8 NEED.
State Auditor:
C. C. CHILDERS.
Attorney General:
GEORGE F. SHORT.
State Treasurer:
A. S. J. SHAW.
State Supermen tent:
M. A. NASH.
Examiner cod Inspector:
FRED PARKINSON.
(ommiiuuoner of Labor:
CLAUDE E. CONNALLY.
Com. Charities and * orreetiona*
MABEL BASSETT.
(oicmissioaer of Insurance:
E. W. HARDIN.
Premdent Board AgricuRare:
J. A. WHITEHURST.
Corporation Commiasioarr:
FRANK CARTER.
Clerk Supreme Court:
WM. M. FRANKLIN.
Chief Mine Inspector:
ED BOYLE.
• pa u> in vuv) nvuic r— r— _ , , .. .
um.wa «. O-; ~-;to • • of a]1 munl. we were there last year five have been and faced the camera, -with the little ^ puJ!Lrur pwer of your ca- re-
000, on the ba.'i.« of ti a ton for the i . ' _ . pronouncetl cured and discharged from chapel for a background. |. ^ j ^ gasoline you feed
on-minous coa> that would have been « «0M.cered war. But lt J- We feel that this visit has been s ,les on ^ K K -
-HI ke hare to convince the American ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ble8?jng t0 ^_it u, brought us near-
mmittee, .iO Bond Building. ..imate loss of the anthracite mine JS^t^mjn^r anotbe' dtis^st b*- wc ^v« a positive cure for leprosy, er the Cross—we will never be ."^.^ine full n^asuren-.ent, and low gaa
ion, D. C. and make all eraton. is or-jnited, presumably 1 ^ W m.rder anot^ cass^st^ u ,g encoura?ing however to notice the same person again, and if God
mined in the time of the strike. Es-
tional Commit:
Washington, L. — r„wr S3> UIIIUIIV^U, piceuiJlaui; j k •
hecks or money orders payable to cause it is considered that intensive TSJntarily> a- th* o{ the treat- ha
tandoned. rnent *ith vegetable oil, especially in glad.
the early stages of the disease. j
Since Henry Ford is unable to lease They have been building more build- j
the (iiveiT.ment Mussel Shoals prop- ings and are preparing to receive
it Feed it the ^>e*t quality and you
get the best results. For the best gas-
| Cordell Hall, Chan man.
ASKED FOR LONG AGO
operation will to a degree make up for
present stoppage of earnings.
And it s estimated that the rail-
1 roads have already lost about fl,000,-
used us in blessing others, we are
G. A. PERKINS.
bills, come to us.
OZARK GAS & PETROLEUM
COMPANY
Hobart
Oklahoma.
CARD OF THANKS
There was no sunrise in the prompt- '/""j ^ government Mussel sncan prop- mgs and are preparing to receive;
r>-(.* with which the Republican Con- ■ throu?h diminished operation fac- • r jhoald he not buy it? Then about 500 more patients, and .ip the . .
r,^W^otrr^oSL ,hUet hTVi lond,tw" that r^u,red "- he could manufacture and sell nitrates course of three vears expect to be I tak* ^ method of thanking mj
^l^a^mm^o^ tr^rd.r.arj expenditures. |as ehempI>. „ ^ aesires. He seems able to take care of all the lepers in friends and neighbors for thenr tome-
of creating a commission to in%e.tigat> These e>timates make a total loss , ... _ftru>v {or «ucl jnvest- th# Cnite^ ly assistance and thoughtful consid-
the coal industr>. It was exactly wnat vj more than lialf a billion dollars of| u ' * . eration during the protracted illness
was expected and predicted. The ex- ,.h ch near)y ha]f u suffered by t>:e i , The Chanlain was called away and ^ foljowin|f the death of my belov-
planation is easy; it is that the wnt- woriter-. Those who contemplate marry n3 1 parted ,n4^.8t*?d; ed wife, Zactt*, wild pasaed away Frl-
ing of words on paper and calling the jjo=t of that loss can never be ma<ie ifor money should have the coin count- "re 17114 . you ~'nk , dav. Sept 8. I also thank those who
product a law, ami the erection of Up, ;iC,j then there are the innumerable ed out to them before the prea< .ier does not see smiles and hear laughter ^^uted flowers, and especially
a ponderous mechanism for discov- ,mjjr(rt )oftet, rrom compulsory re- 'gays, "What God hath joineil U-geth- at lbe home. They seemed am j thankful for the words of con-
ering that there is a serious contro- duction of activity in industries which'erj jet no man put asunder," or v. iat- |ZV talk.ar. lauphed at my anecdotes. (]0]enCp and smpathy by my many Body of James Davenport Exhumed
L a..... — 4 L. an/I tk/. . • « I TVia tin mnrr tx*e m <r/wwl Colin- n Ll-
FARMER HELD FOR
DEATH OF NEIGHBOR
••• - ——• ci, ici iiv man pu. asuiiuci , v- • «* - . .
I venry between the operators ami the requires abundance of coal for con tin-lever he is supposed to say to make . singing 'was ^ ^oocl.
(mine workers combine to give an im- ,il)W operation, and from decrta.sed the contract binding. Your many Blessings was one of
pression of liepubiican concern and purchasing capacity of the million'
,l kli- i* , I . ' ,
friends.
For Congress, 7th. District;
JIM McCLlNTIC.
For State Senator:
A. W. DARNELL.
For State Representative:
JAS. R. TOLBERT.
For District Jadge:
THOS. A. EDWARDS.
COUNTY NOMINEES
For County Attorney:
JOHN T. HAYS.
For C««aty Judge:
JOHN SAM CARPENTER.
For Sheriff:
TOM P. SHADDOCK.
For County Clerk >
PERRY W. CARLTON.
For County Superintendent:
ESTELLA ALEXANDER.
For Clerk of the Courts:
GRAY ALLISON.
For County Assessor:
HARRY B. WHITE.
For County Treasurer:
CLAUDE LIGETT.
For County Surveyor:
GUY KEIGER.
For County Weigher:
MRS. MAGGIE ENGLAND.
Commissioner, 1st District:
GEO. E. NEAL.
Comraisaioner, 2nd. Dirtsict:
J. J. M'MILLAN.
Commissioner, 3rd. District:
A. H. ROGERS.
activity in the public behalf. |and a quarter workers who are with-
But the public need not be deceived out their regular wages.
—arid won't be deceived—by this an-, jt js obvious that there isn't any-
cient device. There are those who thing that can possibly be gained i y
remember that President Harding was the strikes, which can compensate the
besought by various organizations— strikers for the losses which they are
including the corporate agencies of sustaining, whose enormous total is
practically all the churches of the stead ly growing while these workers
United States—to appoint a commis- rmain idle.—Albany Journal.
sion and to conduct an inquiry into the
coal industry several months ago.' The British pound has almost reach-
Once before and once since, the coal ed par. "This is due probably to
strike began Mr. Harding was urged shipments of gold by the British Gov-
to take the action he delayed and ernment to care for the services and
j dodged until a few days ago. Even ;the debt of the United States and the
now, apparently, he recommends an. fact that there has been a renewal of
Investigation not so much as a means assurances that England would set-
of ending the strike as an excuse for i tie the refunding details of the debt
his own paltering. to the United States," says the U.
No Republican official, legislative or j S. Department of Commerce. "As a
executive, looks upon the prospective result, exchange was steadied by in-
commission as an instrumentality for creasing confidence on the part of
settling the present strike. Indeed, it,Americans in England's position." It
is evident that th Rpublican Con- just goes to show that the determina-
gress consents to create the commis- tion of a country to pay its just debts
sion and institute the investigation rebounds to its own benefit.
only because of the certeinity that the
new body and its activities can have
no practical bearing on the existing
strife in the coal fields. The Repub-
lican Congress would be slower than
President Hardine ha« been to deal
Mr. Gompers protests that no man
shall be compelled to work. He won't
get much support for that theory. No
man should be compelled to work at
any particular job at any particular
HOBART TOWNSHIP TICKET
For Trustee:
TILDEN GOOCH.
For Clerk:
DAN HUTCHERS0N.
For Treasurer:
GEO. E. DIEHL
HOBART JUSTICE TICKET
For Justice of Peaces
W. L. HUNTER.
JESSE PHILLIPS.
T-__ r ">fltahle:
halvlvl a... ~
WALTER CARTER.
CAMPAIGN BOOK. 1922.
The Democratic Campaign Book,
1922, is now in the hands of the print-
er and orders for it *.vill be filled as
rapidly as possible. Individual cop-
ies will be supplied free of charge
to National Committeemen and Com-
mitteewomen, State Chairmen, County coa|ition povernmest.
Chairmen, Democratic candidates for
the Senate and Congress, listed Dem- The rcpublican candidates who were
ocratic speakers and to Democratic j presented to the audience last night
editors. The price to others and for: at the Fields meeting were advised
extra copies will be ten cents the that they were only there to be seen
copy. land not tc lie hea-.l. It is to laugh.
The Democratic Campaign Book will (Fields speoch was devoted solely to
contain all the vital facts and figures an effort to win votes for himself. He
concerning the issues of the campaign, J had nothing to say for the Harding
including Taxation, Failure of the Fis- adminintration or any of the republi-
cal Policy of the Administration, Ex-[cas candidates. He is the whole show
pose of Fake Savings, Analysis of Ap- j in this campaign and his eagerness to
propriations and Expenditures of the exchange the editorial chair for the
Republican Congress, the great Dem- j governor', chair is ready to throw his
ocratic Programme of Post-war Re- party and all its candidates, save him-
construction, defeated by a Republican . self, into the discard.
Coneress, Analysis of the Fordney-1 .
McCumber Profiteering Tariff bill,' Those who feared a shortage
with the present conflict which was time, but every man should be re-
scrupulouslv avoided because it was < nuired to work at something a suffi-
deemed to be fraught with political ,cinet time to earn his living and make
danger. j himself useful to humanity. There
—— lis an*ancient rule that "if any man
John Fields evidently believes that will not work, neither shall he eat",
the democrats have short memories. The rule isas good today as it ever
He profe- es to be very solictous to was, and all people who earn their
protect our constitution from Jack livings by honest industry will endorse
Walton and the democratic party. We it.
ran remember that fifteen years ago,
this constitution, whteh wisely author- Evidently moonshiners have been
izes the carrying out of the progres- doing a land office business in north-
sive program laid down by the demo- western Arkansas, jvdging from the
cratic platfortn and advocated by number'arrested in a raid last Sat-
Jack Walton, could only be referred urday by federal agents. Press clis-
to by republicans with profanity. They patohes show that wan-ante for 210
even irrfported Mr. Taft to advise us were issued at Fort Smith, and that
to turn it down. Mr. Fields in his officers arrested 142 men, 140 of whom
longing to be governor seems to be pleaded guilty to charges of bootleg-
willlner to turn his 'jack to Roosevelt, ging. This is a pretty good bejin-
Taft. Harding and all the rest of the ning toward cleaning up that part of
republican party; at least till election our neighboring state, unless the num-
day. ber engaged in that species of law-
- - lessness is greater than is generally
Syd Bai'ey spilled the bean3 at the supposed.
Fields meeting last night John had a - -
palaver that rubbed the democratic Birmingham, Ala., has inaugurated
fur just the ri-ht way. he thought, to a movement to put a stop to flog-
make them purr for him, but Syd, who in that city. Under the au-
is a thorough paccd partizan intro- spices of the junior chamber of com-
• stens will be taken to prevent
marks about inteeh years ot demo- "•*• •
cratic misrule, that had brought the late a more wholesome respect for
poor state to the verge of ruin. He al- the laws of the country. The law
so reviewed wih pride the achieve- abiding citizens are banding together
ments of the last house of representa- a campaign to drive out the law-
tives. which John Fields and the rest.less element.
of the republican candidates would .... -—„ , , „„
... . , . .. , ... .. I Whenever a Government board or
like to forget all about it, if they - ... tn. . „
,, .., 7 r a a a- „ n commission defines a living: wage
could. With a few introductions like _ . i
that Fields wiD find that democrats I workmen, it should also define a
are not disposed to coalesce with his'" 'vm*\ P ce ^farm products.
showing the amount of increased cost water during the four days of the an- guns and stage coach°s were regarded
to the consumer on articles of food, nual fair reckoned without their host , as the last worn in in-rntiona.
clothintr and household articles, Rec- There has been plenty of water for
ord of Republican Broken Promises, all the stock all the time. While it
the Scandals of the Harding Adminis- was not distilled or "bottled in bond,"
tration, Legislation of the Wilson and ritih it quenched thirst and did aii
Now that a ban has been placed or
talking, striking shopmen have noth-
ing to do but think. This usually
„ , . . . . .. , .. . . . , . , helps a fellow who fai's to exercise
Harding Administration Compared, that water was expected to do. hismental facult;„ until after he
the Constructive Democratic Foreign! takes a step m the wrong direction.
Poliev and the Destruction Republican 1 The progressive farmer who haa vi.• '
Foreign Policy, the Disarmament Con- little feed for his stock during the Th,nk,n* nay so've theproblem.
Cn'-enee, and hundreds of other vital winter is losing no time in sowing Misguided democrats who are in-
facts to aid in understanding and dis- wheat for early pasture. There is a clinod to have faith in the promises
cussinf every phase of the national sufficiency of moisture in the ground, of John Fields mi^ht do well to refer
campaign of 1924. if conserved, to start the crop «nd to Jim Harris of Wagoner and in-
Direct orders to Democratic Na- keep it going for some time. quire a to the value of such promises.
their favorite songs.
So far as we know, the shopmen's Some of these patients are filled
strike is still in progress, but the with Heavenly Joy. I met one wo-
J. E. RING.
HATCHER SEEKING BAIL
From Back Yard of John Double-
head's Place
STILLWELL, Sept. 13—With the
newspapers are not publishing long- man who asked me not to call her v.nin
winded interview, v,;th strike leaders. name, but she is well known in- New County Attorney G. V, Martin James Da^rt 60 >ear old b*^
That injunction se.med to have taken York and amontr missionaries to the to Oklahoma City Friday in re- ]or Uving south of here v.as found
awav i-o-nebodv's breath d,. v,„e gard to the matter of T. L. Hatcher's buned in the back jartl of John
le^, '"foreign Fields-she has {m baH Hatcher ig Doub!ehead's place, officers state.
ser\ l n !ea" as a fvid-° but charged with murder in connection , Doublehead is in jail here charged
she has now contr,3 the ^ with the death of Bee Phillip, seven- with munlcring Davenport, wh, had
While the cotton crop in this part to the ]epers j"n
larfp vutttaTAfU, .11. lhc crap ™* ----- "> <h Doubl.ta.J told the rflteri h, ted
will bring a considerable amount of h ^ t ^ - t-jj d j hearing, which was held before Jus- purchased Davenport s crop and hve-
icuntry. ZJlfLtZ vIr l r^ in hU tice of the Peace W. L. Hunter, he stock as he was leaving for Alabama.
- J * ^ hpiith^ir^n was bound o^r to the next term of Discrepancies in the story resulted in
e Terrin, III., murder- ™re>, ^ the district court without bail. (the finding of the body, buried seven-
mething else to think The little Protestant Chapel has, _ matter was uhen before Judge ty steps from Doublehead's kitchen
money into the country.
After all, those
ers may find something
COL. LEE DEAD
twenty-
Fields proposition for democrats to dollars.
unite wiith him in ccr-lition resembles; home is well suppiied with
the lying down top^her of the l.on Bib]es and Testaments—supplied by
and the lamb. With .he lamb inside Xhe American Bible Society free of
the lion. I cost—and they are making good use
be heard by that court Saturday.
C. AND C. HOSPITAL
The fourteen-year-old son of
By The Associated Press.
ROANOKE, VA., Sept. 7.—Colonel
Robert E. Lee, grandson of General
Lee, died here this morning. He had
been ill several months. His wife,
mother and brother were at his bed-
Lee
Financial authoriti- - sav that cot- of them-th,e>- are a ble«iBg to this Harley of Gotebo was brought to the side He will be buried in the
financial autnonti .a> tnat cot home About one half of the in- hospital Tuesday to have a fracture , t wa«hinpton
on is forty per cent higher than it ^ are Pr0tC8tants and half Cath. of ihe e!bow photographed and given maugoleum at Washington.
k-as last year. This is cheewng news. .. I _ ~ ~
ton i
was last year. This is cheering news. o]k The Catholfc priegt told me FUr?ical attention. ,
If e had the cotton v would soon be that he been v.orking among these 1 Mrs. Will McElroy of this city sub-1
resting on hasy ..tree.. ! lepers for 17 years. There are twice mitted to a minor operation Wedncs-J
From now on until th-ideas of No-'513 man>' men as women.
vember those who would L-rve us as .
officers for the ensuing terms will be
conspicuous figures in public plrces.
day.
Radio Supplies
Hobart Battery Company.
9-7-w3t.
There is no reason why the city work-
man should be put on any better
basis than the farmer, who, in the
ultimate analysis, is the foundation
of American prosperity.
Judging from the number of pupils
enrolling in the various colleges and
universities of the country, education
is again coming into its own. During
the war, high prices for labor caused
many to lay aside their books and
chase the nimble dollar. But that has
passed, and books again have charms.
The Frisco is reported to be buying
$S,000,000 worth of new rolling stock.
The Rock Island might do likewise
and replace some of those engines
of which were operated when flint lock
ELKS NEW HOME OPENED
The formal opeivng of the Hobart
Elks r.ew home was held Tuesday
night, under the auspices of the cn-.
t?rtainment coiranittee, and a iarge
number -if Elks" and their inv.t-d
friends participated in the reception,,
following by a program and danrini.'
The spac'ous new t iihs rooms r.re •
tie pride o; f-'i iy r'ember of i.'j
loJge, and tlit rcoti'H v.ere pret.Ii.v
de. orated f : tnt orcning. Favors of
wh'te and -j'trple can.t'iions were •*-'
cn the ladies. Punch was served
throughout the evening.
W. F. Hancock, exalter ruler, wel- 1
corned the members and visitors to
the opening. He was followed by Er;
Merlde, chairman of the entertain-1
rnent com*ii::tee, who gave a short his- j
tory of the Elks, and what the local i
lodge planned to cio in the future, j
Mrs. Russell Gobie. Stanley J. Dry |
ant, Mrs. Geo. L. Zink and Charley .
Harris gave vocal selections, an?1 t.1' j
responded to encore". Mrs. C. G. Fa ;s:
accompanists on the piano. Miss
Frances Sewell ga^? a fancy dance.
Miss Erma Hunter and Miss Eunice
Billmgton gave a fancy dance, and
Miss Eva Hayes a reading.
After the program iv.o evening was
s.j eiit in bancing. Lee's orchestra "I
lawton furnished thi music. A great
i Mnher of out of town members a-.d
guests were present for the occasion.
'Ihe Elks plan a number of social
ar.d entertainment numhers for theiv
members and friends the coming fall
and winter.
ELECTION FLASHES
By Th" Associated Pre« .
SEATTLE. Sept 13.—Senator
Miles Poindexter won the republican
nomination for United States senator
in the primary vesterdav. The pres-
ent returns indicate that Former
Congressman C. H.t Hill has aoparent-
l.v won the democratic senatorial nom-
ination.
By Th A<><orlated Preas
DETROIT, Sept 13.—Returns from
more than half of the precincts in the
state indicate that the republicans
that the republicans have renominated
senator Townsend for the United
^tMrs ~e"ate. His supporters have
accented the result as an endorsement
of Townsend's support of Senateor
Npwberrv. while the latter was under
fire.
Bv The *«-n-lnted VrrK*
r-^t. 13.—Senator Lodr~
toflav was leading Jcsenh Walker, his
oTipcne^t '^r the renuhlican nnmina-
t;o > fnr senate, hy approximately
three to one.
Trading Horses
Ever hear of the farmers who trad-
ed horses in the middle of the
stream? Very foolish, wasn't they?
But not more foolish than you will
be to pay high interest, and big
commissions for your farm loan.
Consider the Owl
He is Wise—He Thinks.
Think of The
Federal Land Bank Loan
Never comes due. 51-2 per cent interest.
Payment any time.
Costs only $10 psr $1,000 commission.
Apply to O. W. TALLEY
Representing
The Federal Land Bank
>
Loans made in Kiowa and Washita Counties
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