Mill Creek News (Mill Creek, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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de by )he writer that ten
The' Mill - Creek News days made Roy L Williams of
fered his name (which was turn
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 1 ed down and without authority
J B Simpson in our humble opinion) to the
MILL CREEK - ()LA ROMA election poard for filing purposes
— that they had warned the voters
SUBSCRIPTION RATES that such 'a trick would be at-
on yes $coot tempted by the enemies of Judge
she Months 60c Williams Since receiving this
t we are inclined to the opinion
Entered as becord-class maaer Aug that some of the judge's ring-
28th 1913 at the post ()ince at Mill tailed tooters caused Roy Will-
Creek Oklahoma under the Act of
March 1879
lams to offer to file for governor
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I It looks awful fishy that a man
To OJr Advertisers I o n 1 y twenty-eight years old
jvertisenents p
All laia ith thiThvould otter to make the race
paper
t will he run until 'ordered discon- I N-hen the constitution requires
tinued Thc publisher reserves the 1
toat tile governor shall be not
right to reject advertising lie things not
proper to be run in the paper To avoid less than thirty When this Roy
mistakes always state how long you T L -
wish your ads to run when you a u hand ‘‘ imams offered to file the
in your copy I Williams headquarters had know-
1 ledge of the fact that he was
That Judge Williams for goy- going to do so according to the
ernor editorial in the Daily Okla- i latest information sent out from
homan of June fourth will have I there -
about as much weight up -m- the 7---'-----w-1A317cww71-7noiripss
4iz 1'ziii-lIgi)Lwtenirvirs-r 1212
avenge Oklahoma vozer in Aug-
list as a horse tly would have ! GONE TO HER REWARD
upon a gentlman cow's corn 1
On Wednesday morning June
ONml
The statements that are being
made by some of the papers sup-
porting Judge I L Williams
for governor that Roy L Will-
sials of Tulsa has !en induced
7o make the rice fGe the Demo-
Iratic nomination for governor
ny enemies of the udge with
the hope that the voters may be-
come coufused P nd vote for Foy
L thinking they were voting
!or Judge R L are all bosh
The other day this elnce received
a lot of literature from Judge'
headquartera in Okla7-!rtr-is
(7iTr in wt ich a stlt-mant
simoomOollooltin
Should Judge Will ' '1 1914 10:40 o'clock Mrs Flora iams b e I -
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which was appreciated by all
N ust Eastin Simpson w-ile of J B The convention closed by sing
nominated for governor at the Simpson
I s editor of The News ing "What a Friend we Have in
Oklahoman will doubtless be the
Augprimary - t he Daily '
i' died at her home in this place Jesus" Dismissed by J R
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a:zed ar years 3 months and 17 Foreman to meet at Sunshine
political dictator in this state for i
she having been born on September 19 1914
four years to come af s
ter next days
i the Oh day of Mar 1S61 On '-'s J
N
January The way to avoid such M Lewis Pres
: Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock J R F S
a calamity is to side-track Judge oreman ec
i short sevices were held at the
Williams and nominate F E "We your committee on be-
Herring If Herring is governor i home conducted by Rev T A half of the delegates and visitors
there will be no dict Boycan of the Presbyterian ators to the NIurray County Singing
church at the conclusion of Convention do most heartily
W h i c h the casket was borne by congratulate the citizenship of
In Western Oklahoma it is gen- :
the Odd Fellows to the railroad the Fairview neighborhood for
et ally conceded by the wise pol-lsalt
on to be taken to Louisiana the manner in which they were
iticians that F E Herrine- will T -
I Missouri the place of birth f(m entertained during this con yen-
yin the Democratic guhernator-w
-'
on the fourth of I Ioa- i airs aimpson was a mem- tion a n d especially for the
ial nomination
12as !Goer r dI
of the Rebekah lodge at splendid dinner and we there-
Auguct in a walk Iletr:ng aj leld Oklahoma her home fore extend the thanks and best
never been f 4-fled with any of i
-betore coming to Mill Creek - --tn a i
the political factions of the state wishes or s convention"
I The pall bearers were W C J H Young Sulphur
and the only way some of those i
Eubank G A McConnell Dr J - A B Brown Wynnewood
ould-be metropolitan papers in I E Booth L D Halley J W E F Presson Sulphur
the state can fight him is to in-! Akers and Dr W H Campbell Committee
timate that he is not in the run-1 The immediate cause of death 0--
ning or attempt to pass him up
was appoplexy One year ago
as a nonentity as did the Okla- - The Last Vote
I last Nlay she suffered a stroke
homan a few weeks ago d while il
l f
f !o the awful amenu an
I W L Alexander candidate for
' -- at times she seemed to improve state treasurer on the Democrat-
-''-c nder who will be the next I some c tic t than i ticket whom there is
the same disease was malt-
state candilate to send the eoun- - - ul
ing its way to all portions of the none better qualified for th p lb d finally CI d e o f -
try newspaer publishers about
0 coming in contact flee (Bill has always been one of
1 page of boiler plate matter w
e the never failing workers for the
1 a -ch the brain which was soon
and offer the princely surn Gf one i njured in such a way that dsso-
party in this state ever since our
i
dollar and fifty cents for its pub--
i ution came quickly Her bus- organization as a territory) fur
Ikation? Thank goodness t h e-11an
- d
and an only child Rule nishes us with the following vote
Jefferson City '
country editor is catching on 1 sim -
pson ty Mo as cast in this congressional dis-
He will have plenty of free Nvork survive - The son w a s heie trict for president in 1912:
to do after the party nominations
I abk-iut three week ago to see his county Dem Rep Soc
are maale and he will have a 1 mother Coal 1109 571 r74
lickens of a time stuffing some : Creek 1681 1902 -94s
arguments do Hughes t h e vo:er's '" ?' r V-'7r"14'-'1171-7raC'17-'477"'- '‘'1"1° n 1-1 1769 1229 94
ars:az iatealeavaa aasoataamixtwei - -
throat so it will stick ! Johnston 129 506 732
:Murray County Lincoln 2137 247)9 913
1 0'--
fusl-ee lo52 651 7')4
iAnce there are so many held- Singing Convention
0 Pontotoc 1842 642 - 919
ing office in this state who are
The Murray county Singing Pott 3u82 '2107 1013
sandidates for the nomination
(Convention m e t at Fairview Si6minole 1172 715 741
for higher offices the governor
!szhool-house in regular session
i
- ought to ask for resignations
whether he has the authority to '
' Saturday June 20 at :-:)0 P M Lays 72 Eggs I
with president J NI Lewis in
72
10 so or not When a man isIthe &air I
eletced to public office he should) ' n Days
There not being enough dele-
devote his entire time t o the 1 J E Spain of Ravia was inl
!gates present to constitute a
iuties of that offIce and no ollice the city last Saturday and after
1
holder can be running over the ! quorum t h e iousiness session
i 00
ng the scads to Bert and 1
I postponed until Sunday e-
putt
state and in publi was nocc speeches lam- - -- P -w Rube for another years subscrip- I
ternoon and the eveni
g - as
tion he proceeded to tell us
and at the came time perform
Oasting some other candidate and I
l t aken up in general class singing
i ' — aaout a hen he owned which
1The house was called to order at e
t'ne duties necessary to the prop- 3° ter 'a3ed i a eggs in 72 days Every
er conduct of the affairs over1
m by president Af
other day this hen layed an egg !I
4 P
a-a:cn he is sunpased to have !general singing the convention
w ith two yolks Two yolks are
lontrol S u c h is permissible t adjourned
equal to two eggs per day mak-
E 1
only i i when a man is running for t SUNDAY —JUN 2 ing in all ICS in 72 days Can
The house was called to ordorl
:he second 'term and that s any body teat this record on !
I by president at Ilt):00 a m
maLe so by long standing custom eggs?-Democrat
Opening s o n g by presid gg--
ent
Ju Jge Williams refases to enter 4
1 Prayer by NI la Wright The
- rez0 o
a joint discussia with Char- Baxter Taylor
P e
leader s W ere enrolled: : Wq unti! West resigns as fc-'111jvcirg
! T I I Vo-wr nn ! -
UtiLl VPC71 Lt-16147
-J M Lewis J IL Foreman
To be ere
i J Young J A Sparks E F
THE NEWS MILL CREEKOKLA
a business meeting with the fol-
lowing result:
Seating of delegates Read-
ing of unapproved minutes Re-
port of committees District I
no report district 2 partial re-
port district 3 no report dis-
trict 4 partial report By mo-
tion these reports were received
and committees retained Com-
mittea to buy song books called
for No report Motion t hat
money be turned over to secretary-treasurer
Carried Col-
lection tzli10- Sunshine 'w a s
nominated and elected as the
next place of meeting Motion
that chair appoint a committee
of thanks for the Manner in
which the convention had been
entertained Adjourned
The regular program was
again taken' up in which there
was splendid singing by conven-
tion as-well as select music by
the following:—Solo Mr Gen-
net solo C A White J IL
Young solo A: B Brown duet
Sparks Bros duet Tomlin Bros
In the meantime the Davis band
furnished some good music
which was appreciated by all
The convention closed by sing-
ing "What a Friend we Have in
Jesus" Dismissed by J R
Foreman to meet at Sunshine
September 19 1914
W L Aloxander candidate for :
state treasurer on the Democrat-)
ic ticket than whom there is!
none better qualified for the of-
fice (Bill has always been one of
the never failing workers for the 11
party in this state ever since our
organization as a territory) fur-
nishes us with the following vote
as cast in this congressional dis-
trict for president in 1912:
County Dem Rep Soc
Coat 1109 571 l'74
Creek 1681 1902 -94-3!
Hughes 1769 1229 9A
Johnston 506 732!
Lincoln 2137 2459 913!
Okfusliee !f52 651 7241
Pontotoc 1842 642 - 919!
Pott 3u82 2107 1013
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' Better Service sary to take on or let oft pas( Political Announcements
sengers In audition to t h i s 1
The Texas Traction CompanY : service half hourly local service I TE1:MS:—The Nuws ehargcs the
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following fees fur armuncing cand6
(Denison-Sherman-Dallas Inter- i will be furnished between Deni dates in this column Cush must ae-
urban) announces that effective: son and Sherman and the local company order
Sunday June 21 1914 a change ! cars running between Dallas and For State office $1500
in its present service of local and Sherman will make close eonnec- For CountYOffice 1000
limited cars will be made in ! tions in Sherman with ftis local For District Circe or Ccngress 150(1
For County Cemmissioner 1000
n that hourly service will
ll be give Iserv:Ce between Denison and For Township Office e 7)00
with every other car a fast lim-1Sherman
ited car running' between De:li- 1 Sulj'ert to the action of the Demo
i
son and Dallas and stopping oa-1 i (Tame voters
"7 A
ly in the cities and towns Wen- il l'1GliICC trc-111-1dc-'Itil'S ' 1-- - - - - - --
Ison-Sherman Howe Van Als- i - For Governor:
An opinion just handed down
tyne Anna Melissa Mc1inney1 by Attorney General gives the F E HERRING
Allen Plano: Richardson Kirk-1 county candidate until July 6th -
land Park a n d Vickery) the ' to file July 4th bin a legal For Congress 4th District
ho:iday and July 5th being Sur- II II SMITH
others being local cars operating
day is the cause l'e-d tNtension of 1 of Shawnee
I-)etween Sherman a n d Dallas ' '
t we No conlidate p a n file
and making all stopswhen flexes A ftc q- July y 6h - i :- 1F7 State Auditor:
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INHATTHEPAESSPiN11EUMS'-
In rJ" T
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The following - resolutions recently were adopted by the Herring for
Governor Club of Ural Okla
all" ty o6a CIVFL ‘LCALA cy tabaL "We the farmers of the Cral Herring Club one hundred strong heartily
The convention closed by sing- commend floaorable F E !furring to the farmers of the state Ile has proven
ing "What a Friend we Have in our friend through thick and thin: he never quits through drouth' or panic
Jesus" Dismissed by J R We have had drouths and we have had panics but throughout each his con-
Foreman to meet at Sunshine IldenCe in the people never wavered Ile marketed ()lir crops mien the banks
were closed and extended us accommodations in the time of need For
September 19 1914
- twelve years he has made good with us and if you will mitice him governor
-N J M Lewis Pres he will make good with all the people of our state for he will show the same
J R Foreman Sec business ability as govefnor as Le has in private life"
"We your committee on be- R W LOOKINMITLI President
T W WALNElt Secretary
half of the delegates and visitors
to the Murray County Singing The McAlester Tribune an east side paper recently said:
Convention do m os t heartily "It appears that one of the strong men in the race for governor of our C F LEFLER
congratulat the state is I E Herring of Elk City the busidess mn a of the western side of F m
or Commissioner District No P
f
Oklahoma He is in McAlester today meeting frind d
es an atiending sorvices N :T (NOAII)WILLIANSON
the Fairy e citizenship o iew neighborhood for at the AlasonicTemple Mr lierringhas a strong -following in this city who
the manner in which they were say that he will be the next governor" For District Jmige
The McAlester Tribune an east side paper recently said:
"It appears that one of the strong men in the race for governor of our C F LEFLII!
state is F E Herring of Elk City the busidess man of the western side of For Commissioner District No a
ge
entertained during this conyen-' The Shawnee Daily Press sa Hri
ad of Mr erng! Jud JCIIN T YOUNG
tion a n d especially for the "The Press has 'received a lithograph cut of Elk City's candidate for of Tishomingo
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splendid dinner and we there-1 governor F E Herring who has numerous farm friends in Shavnee among 11011- J II LINEBArGH
fore extend the thanks and best the laboring people It is generally known that Mr lierrim2 is a faithful I of Atoka
- and close friend of the laboring classes taore than any °Owl- man out for
wishes oi this convention" For county Judge
public consideration and will draw an extemive vote from the various labor
J H Young Sulphur - ('HAS S FENWICR
organizations throughout the state"
A B Brown Wynnewood I (Re-election)
"One of the strongest po:nts In favor of lion F E TI4-ring in his can-
E F Presson Sulphur 1
1 dinacy for the democratic notnination for 'governor is the unanimous indorse- For Tax Assessor
(Uncle Pete) 'MARTIN
Committee I ntent that bas been given Mtn by the people of h3 home county and those p Iv
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1 who have known him during his entire business carePr" says the Sayre Stand- ‘J "ei eurtib I I 01
of TiNhm
oingo
st Vote 1 ard "Certainly no candidate for governor now before the peopl ean show
i the same unanimity of their home people that has characterized the candi- For County Weigher
ler candidate for : dacy of Mr Herring"
ZACII II TATE
)n the Democrat-) "Mr Herring is a man that can IIII the hik7ic7t afncial potior !'the For County TreaSilrer
!--tate with credit to the who select him" says the Clinton NeWA "Ile
whom there is C A McCALL
is a western man 'with honesty of purpose and an unfailing couraga as his
lified for the of-1 t
principal assets and in our humble opinion the voters of the state can !Twice Ite-eleetien)
Ways been one of 1
m
i no istake In lining up behind a man vita theFe virtues" Assam
workers for the -
"Mr erring's support is not confined to the wPstern part of the state ' - I I m
t Sipson cttorney-at-
t ever ver si H
nce our
by any means" says the Ell: City News-Democrt "Many expressioiis come ' law Mill Creek- Oklahoma
a territory) fur- from the eastern part of the state favorable to Mr1-lerring not only because I Practice in all the courts and be
he following vote in- a spirit of fairuess they feel that the western part of the state should i fore state departments Office
ongressional dis- have the candidate this time but they favor the election of a man for gover one door west of the First State
nt in 1912: nor that is able competent and disposed to give the people of the state a bank
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)em Rep soci business administration free from political manipulation and pluider (------------—---
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C M COMBEST M D
1109 571 ri7-1 This from the -ileacirick Club:
"To the democracy of Oklahoma: In Hon F E Herring of Elk City
you will find every element of a gentleman As this is Mr IL-Tring's old
home many of us have known him for twenty year and some of us longer
Ile is shrewd honest and true as steel Ile has proven to us that he is
a friend to the common people by the services he has rendered in a new
country In the time of need He thinks before he acts and if elected governor
be will be for all of the people and not for any particular class"
W R RICKS Chairman
R E TAYLOR Secretary
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For Representative -
o ROBERT II COOK
of Tishomlogo
- J J CLARK
of Milburn
Yor Sherlr Julinstcn county:
W S JOHNSON
BEN DEAVER
of Mill Creek
CRAT CALLEN
of Milburn
G W EDWARDS
of Atilkfreelc
J M VP:AVER
of Ravia
For County Attorney Johnstcn
County:
JAS N DEAVER
J W MORIZIS
of Tishomingo
Physician and Surgeon
Specialty on OLsietrics
&Mice Mays &I Combest Drug Store
Residence Phone No 44
Office Phone No 25
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1111111
J N DEAVER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Farm Loans and Insurance
phone 66
Itesilence Phone Wice Phone 50
Calls promptly attended --day or night
DR W H CAM PBELL
1 Physician and Surgeon
°like up-stair in Penner Building
I J B O'Bryan J S Ratliff
! O'Brycn ed Ratliff
1 Attorneys-it-Law
Special attention to Probate
1 wiatters and Land I itigation
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I Tibboiningo Okla
T A HOLLOWAY
Physician and Durgon
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Diseases of Woman nd
Children a Specialty
1 'Y I ' i ' ''''''-'''''1:46' 1 When in nood of GROCER
Presson A D Ilrogdon C E
I Word was received here thi s '44(c - -' '-
11ES Rutio:mber QUALIT y
1 m eek that Judge Baxter Taylor i
Sparks A B Brown Gus Bris-
pays FULL CREAM alid
tol J W Tomlin °scat Smith of Atoka would be here to at-1
J P Chitwood G A White I tend the anniversary picnic on! I MITE DOVE FLOUR Employer
W R Tomlin After some ex- I July 17 provided nothing to ju dge u
pp The jd
y happens the j
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lellent singing convention contrar I
k T Taylor
the Sulphur Cornet Band gave will possibly favor us with a!SaVe time Increase efficiency Pro-1
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us some good music which was speech on that day and he is said to be almost the equa Of mote operators' comfort' save wear 1
well received by the convention l 1
At 1145 the convention adjourn- his uncle Bob Taylor of Tennes- i Install the New- No 7 OLIVER STOP LISTEN I
ed for dinner see
After a most excellent dinner Brirg your fiddle alon g too Typewriter 1 h a v e in ' stock about 0
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furnished by the good people of judgr and let's see what you men s women s boyA and irk' 1 straw hats on which the prices
the community the convention can do along that line Be sure It will Pay You to investigate I have been for 25 cents to $1
convened at 100 p m After to hear Judge Taylor speak - MA': 15 cents catches tte choice
an hours singing by the differ- He is a candidate for district The OLIVER Typewriter Co
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