Latimer County Democrat (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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Volume 16
Wilburton Latimer County Oklahoma Friday Novemobef 13th 1914
Number 15
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LATIMERGOUNTYLAND
SALE NOV 22-23
Government Will Offer 143084
Acres at The November Sale
From November 16 to Deoember
2 the government will offer for
sale 1653000 acres of timber
and surface lands looated in
thirteen counties in southeastern
Oklahoma
In-Latimer county there are
09084 acres of timber and 44000
acres of surface land which will
be sold November 22-23 1914
Of the thirteen counties in
which the sales are to be con-
ducted only four have both
timber and segregated surface
These are Pittsburg Latimer
LeFlore and Pusmataha Pitts-
burg county has 7242 acres of
timber and 88000 of segregated
land Pushmataha county 278-
190 acres of timber and only 857
y acres of surface land Latimer
county has 99084 acres of timber
land and 44000 acres of surface
land -McCurtain has 238833
acres of timber but no segregat-
ed mineral land The remaining
counties with their acreage of
"Segregated surface are: Haskell
43405 acres Atoka 27897 Coal
39560 Carter 4OOo Murray
2720 Jefferson 160 Pontotoc
420 and Johnston 478
Land in Latimer county is noted
for itsjproduotive qualities and we
cite you an incident Last Wed-
nesday Mr Pate brought quite a
number of farm products ancL put
them in the Dollar Day' display
Among them were sweet potatoes
weighing from four to five and
half pounds apples measuring
eight and nine inohes in circum-
ference ears of corn measuring
twelve and thirteen inohes long
turnips measuring sixteen and
eighteen inches in circumfer-
ence He also had on display
twelve sweet potatoes weighing
twelve pounds which grew on a
cutting Mr Pate bought this
land three years ago when it
was timber land
MINER’S ELECTION DEC 8
' The election of the officers of
the United Mine Workers of
America for District No 21 em-
bracing Texas Arkansas and
Oklahoma will be held Dec 8
By reason of the disturbed con-
dition in the Arkansas field and
appearance of Federal troops
there this election is of more
than usual interest For the
offices to be filled there are 126
candidates as follows: Presi
dent 6 vice president 15 secretary-treasurer
22 national board
member 17 district board mem-
ber 11 auditors and tellers (3)
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Chief among the candidates
for president are Ed A Cunning-
ham of Bridgeport Texas vice
' president for four years and act-
ing president since the resigna-
tion of Pete Stewart and Pete
Hanraty of McAlester Hanraty
-was president beforq statehood
and gave up the office to become
a member of the State Constitu-
tional convention Later he was
the first Mayor of McAlester lin-
'der commission government and
was recalled at an eleotion about
a year after his advent into of-
fice Since that time he has been
an organizer in Colorado
LIQUOR CASE DECIDEO
A decision of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals revers-
ing the Ed Chambliss case if as
sweeping as indicated in a tele-
gram received here will shear
the Government of its power In
prosecuting violators of the
liquor laws in Eastern Oklahama
The decision is taken to mean
that persons who bring whiskey
into Indian country must be
caught in the physical act of do-
ing so and whiskey bottles bear-
ing labels from whiskey-houses
outside the state will not be taken
as conclusive jevidence that the
liquir contained therein was “in-
troduced” or brought into the
Indian country As the so-called
“boot-leggers’ trust” oonsists of
men who employ others to bring
the whiskey into Oklahoma it
would be impossible to convict
them in the face of the new decision
WEST AMENDENTS DEFEATED
Fifty out of sevenyt-seven
counties have sent returns to the
State Election Board and official
canvass was made Saturday
These counties show that the
West initiated amendments in-
cluding the legislative judicial
reform are probably defeated
Eaoh of the amendments re-
ceived a large majority of the
votes on those questions but
they all failed to get anything
like a majority of all the' votes
polled which is required by the
Constitution in case of initiated
measures The largest affirma-
tive vote ‘ was on the gross pro-
duction tax 61754 The total
vote cast was 158916 showing
an overwhelming majority a-
gainst the amendments
In these fifty counties Senator
Gore received 72812 votes and
Judge Burford 44089 Williams
for Governor received 65254
Fields 57453 Holt Socialist
33676
The returns demonstrate that
neither Progressive nor Prohibi-
tionists will get enough votes to
appear on the ballots as political
parties at the next etffction the
number required being 12500
DURANT LOSES FIRST GAME
The Southeastern State Norm-
al school football team met its
first defeat of the year Saturday
at Hope Ark at the hands of
the strong Ouachita college team
from Arkadelphla ' Ark by a
score of 12to0 The Ouachla
teamon the game in the first
few minutes of play by straight
football through the Normal
line After the first quarter the
teachers outplayed the Baptists
and most of the play was in the
Baptist territory
The Ouachita team has a good
record for the year having de-
feated Mississippi and Arkansas
universities Coach - Jennings
said this was the hardest game
they had played this year '
NOTICE
- Parties holding lyeeum season
tickets will please present them
at the Meriott theatre Tuesday
Nov 17th Don’t forget 'your
seat checks
APPALLING MURDER
NEAR RED OAK
Smallwood Jefferion Killed In-
stantly— Dave Sockey In Jail
Latimer County’s criminal re-
cord was advanced one notch
Friday night when Smallwood
Jefferson a full blood Indian
was killed 5 1-2 miles southwest
of Red Oak x
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It seems that Jefferson Dave
Sockey also a full blood Indian
and two others were having a
general good time with the as-
sistance of a few quarts j f
liquor The immediate cause of
the shooting is not known as the
Indians refuse to talk concern-
ing the matter Sockey ’s wife
who was in the house states that
at about 11 o’clock she heard
four shots fired and soon after-
wards learned that' Jefferson
was dead An examination of
the dead man disclosed the fact
that but one shot had taken ef-
fect penetrating the skull and
ranging through the cerebellum
Undersheriff Evans arrived on
the scene Saturday morning
finding Jefferson lying in the
yard where he had evidently fal-
len At his side was a 32 Smith
& Wesson gun containing four
empty shells confirming the
Ever Hear of aFuneral PyreSaving a Man’sLife?
This was intended to be a funeral pyre
But it did two inconsistent things First— Savet
Alan Law’s life instead of taking it Second — Kep :
a woman’s heart from breaking
A way you can find out “how” — road the story
TheT rey O’Hearts
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Autftor of The tortunt Hunter —The Black Bag—
Tht Loot Wolf— Etc
We have secured publication rights on this extraordinary
Picture-Play story and you and your friends will want to
read every word of It Be sure to gettheopening installment
WANT STATE DIVIDED
A movement is on foot in Tul-
sa to make two states of Oklaho-
ma dividing the state by a line
from east to west The incentive
that seems to prevail is the un-
favorable attitude of the oil and
gas interests toward some of the
legislation especially in the mat-
ter of taxing powers of the state
which were enacted and proposed
during recent sessions of the
legislature
previous assertions of Sockey’s
wife The gun bore no marks
by which its owner could be ap-
prehended so considering the
mystery surrounding the occur-
rence Mr Evans deemed it ad-
visable to lodge the host in the
county bastile where he now is
When interviewed by a reporter
of this paper he refused to speak
being very morose and despon
dent
County Attorney Church visit-
ed the scene of the murder Mon-
day and states that a preliminary
will be Tield next Monday before
Squire Williams
Funeral services were conduct-
ed Sunday over the remains of
Jefferson interment being made
in the Rocky Point cemetery
OKLAHOMA TEACHERS
WANTSGROOLREFORMS
Resolutions Are Adopted At
Close Of Convention
Oklahoma City Ok Nov 7—
Resolutions adopted by the Okla-
homa Education Association to-
day declared for an amendment
to the State Constitution chang-
ing methods of levying 8tate
school tax The resolution op-
posing the Reform School for
3oys at Pauls Valley was tabled
Other declarations were as fol-
ows: In yiew of the fact that teach-
ers ns a class receive the lowest
pay and have the shortest and
most insecure tenure of position
of all public employes of this
and other States we believe that
the following should be the basis
of much needed school legislation
by our State Legislature:
“A law permitting the hiring
of grade and high school teach-
ers and teachers in State institu-
tions for a term of three years
“Equal pay for men and women
in the same work -"Election
of teachers in March
instead of May'
“Equal franchise tight- for men
and women
“Free textbooks for Oklahoma
“We commend the ideals in-
corporated in the Girls’ White
Club movement for advancing
the educational and character
building work of our Oklahoma
high schools”
The next annual meeting will
be held in this city
ARKANSAS MINESTO RE-OPEN
$Li —
Under the protection of the
United States troops an effort
will be made at' once to resume
operations of the Bache-Den-man
company’s mine No 4 This
statement came from reliable
sources here Saturday andt is
generally believed that Franklin "
Bache president of the company
and appointed by the federal
court as receiver now is in the
east making preparations for this
work
This mine was the scene of the
big battle of July 17 between the
union miners and the guards and
non-union men employed by the
company At the same time the
surface workings valued at A150-
000 also were burned Since it
has burned it said the mine has
filled with water According to
9ome of the miners here it would
take three months to put the pro-
perty in a workable condition
The soldiers of the four troops
of the Fifth cavalry passed a
tiresome day in camp Saturday
After searching the surrounding
country thoroughly all day for
better water facilities Major Mc-
Clure stated Saturday night the
camp would be located at its
present site along the Midland -Valley
railroad track as long as
the limited water supply held
out- The soldiers now are mid-
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Boren, Curtice T. Latimer County Democrat (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1914, newspaper, November 13, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1918283/m1/1/?q=+%22Latimer%22: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.