The Duncan Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1910 Page: 1 of 10
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Pursuant to instructions of the Chairman Tom L Wade I hereby call a meeting
County to be held at the Court House in Duncan Monday September 12 at 2 p m
augurate a vigorous campaign Every member of the committee all candidates and
Duncan Oklahoma September 61910
THE DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE
Duncan Democratic Club will Shell the Woods County
Clubs to be Organized at Each Voting Place
Pursuant to adjournment of
the temporary meeting held last
Tuesday the Democrats of Dun-
can met Wednesday night in the
court room and perfected the
permanent organization of “The
Democratic Club of Duncan”
The following gentlemen were
elected officers of the Club:
President Geo F Womack Vice
President Robert Burns Secre-
tary and Treasurer Ed J Lee-
man The Club organized with
180 members and it is the inten-
tion to make the membership
three times that number Ac-
tivity will be the watchword and
every member is expected to get
to work with the intention of
polling every Democratic vote
in Stephens county at the No-
vember election With the Dun-
can Club as the nucleus it is pur-
posed to organize a club in every
voting box in the county and
make the strongest campaign
ever pulled off in this section of
Card of Thanks
Miss Rachel Baldwin desires
to 'return thanks to her many
friends who so nobly assisted in
winning the fine piano given by
Mr Ben Robinowitz The instru-
ment has fully met every guar-
antee and the victory made pos-
sible by the interest my friends
took in the contest is more than
appreciated To Mr Robino-
witz and my friends I will ever
hold the kindliest regard and
oft in the days to come will
memory revert to the joyous mo
ment when I won the sweet ton-
ed instrument that I will ever
prize as a gift from friends whom
I love so well Again I thank
you
Commercial Club
A dozen members of the Com-
mercial Club met at the City
Hall Tuesday night and transact-
ed routine business The ques-
tion of the establishment of a
good road between Loco and
Duncan was discussed and a
committee of five appointed
which will take the matter up
and report at the next meeting
Other matters of importance
were discussed but as they are
not yet ripe for publicity the
Eagle refrains from making
them public The Club will meet
again next Tuesday night and a
large attendance is requested as
questions of importance will be
talked upon
Oklahoma Arrangements will
be made for the best party
speakers in the state and from
now until election day the woods
will be shelled Every Demo-
crat in and near Duncan is urged
to become a club member and
use his influence and efforts in
the ‘ formation of country clubs
Later a grand rally will be pull-
ed off and the most prominent
Democrats of the state will be
asked to be with the Stephens
county Democracy on that jday
It is purposed to make the'coun
ty organization solid and organi-
zers will be sent into every box
in the county to lend assistance
in the formation of clubs Every
Democrat in the county is urged
to interest himself and by so do-
ing a rousing vote will be polled
The Duncan Club will meet eve-
ry Monday night at the court
rooms and the Democrats of the
city and country are requested
to be on hand
Merely because Duncan has
two bands an ice factory and as
many English sparrows as can
sit on a telephone wire one
must not think that the town is
beyond improvement About
nineteen out of twenty citizens
of the town think that way
They are evidently afraid that
Duncan will grow to be a city
and have street cars and most of
them are afraid of the cars es-
pecially cars that cost something
That’s the condition today If a
matter of interest is before the
commercial club and it will pos-
sibly cost something the gang
hides out and waits until the
question dies of inanity Then
they howl why don’t we do
something That’s a good way
to build a town we don’t think
County officers made life a
burthen for the meek and lowly
bootleggers the latter part of
last week Several joints were
inspected yet in most cases
“water-hauls” were made The
average Stephens county boot-
legger is a smooth individual and
is invariably out of bug juice
when the officers give him a call
In pne instance so the Eagle
heard officers were busily en-
gaged in searching one room of a
house in this city while the boot-
legger was busy in another room
selling the “extract that makes
the hair grow” If true the of-
ficers owe the public the drinks
Depot Improvements
A Rock Island train is in the
yards in Duncan and the force is
now engaged in putting in some
much needed improvements The
platform will be extended on
each end of the depot making
its total length 450 feet The
platform will be built entirely of
screening and will reach about
fifty feet south the water tank
At present the 'water tank will
not be removed The toilet
rooms will be moved to the north
end of the extended platform
thus making a good approach to
the depot from the concrete
pavement lately put in by the
company All the old plank plat-
form will be torn away and an
up-to-date landing will be put in
The improvement has been long
needed and when completed will
give Duncan a neat and respect-
able station
School tablets— more paper
prettier covers at Brittian’sVari-
ety store
The Eagle has a large number
of delinquents on its subscrip-
tion books and is desirous that
the same call and settle at an
early date Subscribers are re-
quested to drop in and liquidate
as a little money just now will
help in a good cause and furnish
sinews of war to fight the cold
weather which will soon be here
We need a new overcoat some
coal an automobile and several
other accessories to a well regu-
lated print shop and unless those
in arrears pay up pretty soon the
chilling winds of winter are lia-
ble to put a crimp in us Boys
come forward and pay up ' else
we will have to go to bootleg-
ging to make an honest living
Farmer R D Gee living one
and a half mile southeast of the
city left a huge muskmelon at
the Eagle office last Friday It
weighed eighteen pounds was
deliciously flavored and the boys
in the office enjoyed “sticking a
tooth” into it Mr Gee said
that during the season he- had
plucked many larger ones than
the one presented the Eagle and
that his melon crop had proven a
big success during the season
It pays to trade at Brittain’s
Variety Store
Mr C E Forbes i3 sinking a
deep well on the premises of M
L Craig adjoining Duncan on
the east It is the intention of
Craig to either get water or drill
clear through to China In case
he goes through he will put in a
' pneumatic tube and establish a
parcel delivery with the pigtails
at the other end of the line
Granitevvare glassware and
queensware cheaper at Brittain’s
Variety Store
of the Democratic County Central Committee of Stephens
The object of the meeting is for organization and to in
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Democrats generally are urged to attend the meeting
ED J LEEMAN
Secretary
Corn Club No 2
The members of Boy’s Com
Club No 2 are requested to
meet in Duncan Wednesday
September 14 at 9 o’clock a m
to elect a representative to the
School of Agriculture for boys
to be held at Oklahoma City dur-
ing the State Fair
The members of the club are
urged to bring their corn exhib-
its as the premiums will be
awarded that day
Especial attention is called to
the visit of the “better wheat
train” to Duncan on the 14th
and every member of the Com
Club should visit the train and
hear the lectures
Boys don’t fail to come out
G A Witt
I Co Supt
Big Co-operative Meeting
On Wednesday "September 14
Rev W’R Chandler of Tecum-
seh Oklahoma will preach the
first sermon of a big co-operative
revival to be held in a mam-
moth tent on west Main street
The meeting will continue for an
indefinite period and will be par-
ticipated in by all the ministers
of the city The meeting will
be non-sectarian and is aimed to
be a revival of the religious spir-
it of all denominations in Dun-
can 33 Bales
At noon Thursday thirty-three
bales of cotton had been mar-
keted in Duncan Every farm-
er who has sold a bale in this
city this season has expressed
the highest satisfaction with
Duncan as a cotton market
Socialist Speaking
On Monday September 19 0
F Branstetter Mrs Winnie
Branstettcr and other speakers
will address the people of Dun-
oan and vicinity A special in-
vitation is issued to ladies to at-
tend E W Chapman
Co Secretary
Jim- Leftwich of Loco attend-
ed the organization of the Dun-
can Democratic Club Wednesday
night He said that he was go-
ing home and the first thing
done would be to organize the
Loco Democrats into one of the
strongest clubs in the county
Mr G F Carnell of Ft
Worth Texas president of the
First State Bank of this city is
in Duncan this week on business
pertaining to his interests in this
bailiwick
Mr B C Fondren father of
Mrs W L Brittain returned to
his home at Rockwall Texas
last Sunday after a pleasant vis-
it to thi3 city cp
Mrs John G Woods returned
home Tuesday after a lengthy
j visit to friends and relatives at
tWaxahachie Texas
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County Central Committee
Better Wheat Train
The Rock Island Railway has
furnished free to the Oklahoma
Agricultural College a special
train of five cars in which to
hold Farmers’ Institute meet-
ings to promote the growing of
“better wheat” This train will
stop at a station the people will
be seated in the cars and in each
car expert lecturers provided by
the State Board of Agriculture
the A & M College and the
Rock Island Railway will give
lectures and demonstrations on
growing “better wheat” Ex-
hibits will be made of different
grades of wheat the flour made
from each grade and of loaves
of bread made from each kind of
flour Lists will be furnished
of growers and dealers who can
furnish pure seed wheat A
special car will be provided for
pupils of schools- when- accompa-
nied by their teachers Every
man woman and child should at-
tend these meetings
Below is a list of stops in Ste-
phens county with day and hour
for beginning the lectures:
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14
Comanche 9:45 a m
Duncan 10:30 a m
Marlow — 11:20 a ia
Be on time The train will not
wait
A Good Position
Can be had by ambitious young
men and ladies in the field of
“wireless” or Railway tele-
graphy Since the 8-hour law
became effective and since the
Wireless companies are estab-
lishing stations throughout the
country there is a great short-
age of telegraphers Positions
pay beginners from $70 to $90
per month with good chance of
investment The National Tele-
graph Institute operates six offi-
cial institutes in America under
supervision of R R and Wire-
less officials and places all grad-
uates into positions It will pay
you to- write them for full de-
tails at Memphis Tenn Enid
Okla or Columbia S C
Arm & Hammer soda two
pounds for 15c at Brittain’sVari-
ety Store
WANTED— One man to oper-
ate a gasoline engine on coun-
ty road work one man to
operate road grader on county
work Good reliable men are
required for this work Bids
will be received for these places
by E E Clark clerk of Mc-
Pherson township Stephens
county Okla Right reserved to
reject any and all bids Bids
will be opened September 25
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II L Overton is at home after
a ten day3 visit to friends in the
eastern portion of the state
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Woods, J. G. & Woods, Lee. The Duncan Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1910, newspaper, September 8, 1910; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2027993/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.