The Wilburton News. (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 28, 1912 Page: 1 of 10
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WILBURTON LATIMER COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JUNE £8 1918
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B & STANLEY OF HUGO
FOB CONGRESSMAN
- la tho proper column In thto It
tut of the Newt will bo found the
announcement of R H Stanley of
Hugb Cboctaw county ' Oklahoma
who dee Ire to eerra the people of
the Fourth congressional district si
their congressman
Mr Stanley Is endorsed by the
Choctaw county bar association as
well as by other bar associations In
the district in very flattering terms
The city council of Hugo also adopt-
ed a resolution endorsing him The
Choctaw County Cenrtal committee
highly endorses Mr Stanley -
Mr Stanley thinks that the
east aide of the state badly needs
speedy legislation especially In re-
tard to the Indian lands and fav-
ors removing all restrictions and
placing on the tax rolls all Indian
lands
The' Hugo Husonlan has the fol-
lowing to say about Mr Stanley:
U “Mr Stanley Is a native of Hamil-
ton county Illinois being born near
MoLeansboro In 1878 He removed
to Dunklin county Missouri with
his parents when he was but four
teen years of age where be - was
admitted to the bar In 1895 going'
to Butler county the following year
tlon In asking the people of tho R R (WAY FOR ' ANOTHER FEATHER
Fourth congressional district to sup- COUNTY SURVEYOR t 1 IN' SUDOR PERRY'S CAP i
port him for congress Mr Btal- Newg Ukes pleasure In pro-! About the 88th day of March
ley stands tour square on his own MntiB tht Mmt of B Tway to ploslon' occurred la the are two happy WUburtoalans as
msrita anil Kim ab ihllltlM Kft anal ntldlda ad the ValLtala Aaal aaw a
merits and hi own abilities He tb Totwg o( UUmer Mnnt7 M coal arifsoof the Kalt-Inla Coal com
candidate for the office of county At Cambria In this county
surveyor subject to the action of exyfyslon resulted in the death
the Democratic party at the primary ° lour men - Upon investigation
August 8 llll by the Hon Pete Hanraty then
Mr Tway is a graduate of the best che inspector of this state
technical school In the state and warrant was sworn out by him on
was one of the first students to day of March tor the arrest
receive the degree of Mining Engln-of Johq -Patterson foreman of said
eer at the Oklahoma School of i mn?’ i011 chre Hat - he
Mines and Metallurgy located In h8d dsted the Uw In allowing and
la the fall of 1898 Mr Stanley was
elected to the office of prosecuting
attorney of Butler county being re-
elected again In 1902 retiring In
1904 Butler Is a county which
gives 850 republican majority but
Mr Stanley was able to hold the
vote of the democracy and carry
enough from the other party to be
elected and was voluntarily retired
from publio position there coming
to Oklahoma in 1907 before state-
hood and has been a resident of
Hugo since that time
Mr Stanley’s record in Hugo is
known of all men He Is a eltisen
of high Ideals aggressive In purpose
and one who conducts his profession
along the high plane He is an ac-
tive worker for the advancement of
Southeastern Oklahoma and Is
known to many of the progressive
workers throughout the Fourth
congressional district
In aspiring for a position In the
national house of representatives
Mr Stanley stands for the funda-
mental principles of democracy and
especially that baste principle of no
Interference of the federal govern-
ment with the sovereign states He
believes that with statehood full
citlsenshlp should come to all men
making a portion of that state and
that the rights of the majority are
superior to the rights of the very
disciple of the faith that all re-
strictions should be removed from
all Indian lands and as a represen-
tative of the people In congress
will press that position to the
fore to the very limit of his abili-
ty As to the democracy of Mr
Stanley every democrat in Choctaw
county will attest Not only will
attest be made to the democracy of
the candidate but to his ability In-
- tegrity and dtisenshhlp and he
carries Into the - contest the well
wishes of the people who know him
and those people will be loudeet in
their approval of the man
In the politics of Southeastern
Oklahoma there havq been factions
' and claimants by peculiar reason
Mr Stanley represents no faction in
his home county — he Is the candi-
date of Choctaw county and carries
with him the - loud approval of
neighbors “ He is a democrat cf
the mould big enough and true
enough to be a representative of
the whole people He is a student
ef government economics and his
enters the race with democratic ar-
dor and a determination to win if
honorable energy and methods will
bring that about - -
Mr Stanley will have an united
democracy behind him la this sec-
tion of the state He urges his
name before the people without re-
gard to other men few or many
tor the reason that he wishes to
stand or fall with his own Ideas
and convictions His campaign will
be an active one and it will be
the purpose of the committee
hind him to present those claims
to every democratic voter In the
district With the decision of the
democracy at the polls Mr Stanley
and all of those who are so en-
thusiastic In his candidacy will bow
whether It be for or against their
ideas of a candidate
In conclusion The Huslontan can
speak naught but good of Mr Stan-
ley It has known him long and
can attest to his qualifications as
thlnier and eltisen He is of
strong character his Integrity is not
questioned and it he be the choice
of the people of this district for
congress H be will serve them
with ability integrity and high
purp se He knows the needs of
the section he desires to represent
In the congress and he has the ener-
gy and the ability to press those
claims In every session of the legis-
lative body he desires to beoome a
member of With the high quali-
fications and purposes mentioned
R H Stanley places his name before
the people of the Fourth district
and asks that the democrats In the
primary of August th grant him
their approval that he may serve
them as their representative In the
house qf representatives at Wash
ingto " in
The voters of the Fourth con-
gressional district should give Mr
Stsstoy the consideration he 'de-
serves when' easting their-vote for
man to fill this Important office
JUNIOR
B Y F U V r
Sunday June 83 1918 ’
What the ‘ blble teaches about
prayer
Song '
a 1 --
Prayer -
Leader Irene Sims -Scripture
Reading Matt 6:5-8
Seven dally blble readings
“Jesus a Man of Prayer" James
Hardy McClurkin ' '
“Jesus Commands us to Pray"
Victor Cleveland and others t
‘Prayer is Talking with God"
Jessie Chandler -
“Ask Jesus to Teach you to
Pray” Marie Hunt
Sentence prayer
You are Invited to come
B YfV U -PROGRAM
Sunday June SO 1918 '
Beginning promptly at 8 o’clock
Subject “Mountain Missions’
Leader Miss Bonnie Pruitt
Songs of praise
The Lord’s prayer in concert
Song
Scripture readings seven In num-
ber r
Paper on “Mountain ' Mission
Schools" Miss Madge Smith
Abort talk on “Mountain Mis-
sions" Dick Cleveland ’
Song
Collection announcements etc
Benediction
This will be an open - meeting
and everyone Is Invited to attend
Latimer county at Wllburton The
degree of Mining Engineer which
he has spent four years in complet-
ing embraces mining civil and elec-
trical tjgineering geology metal-
lurgy ore dressing chemistry and
assaying The civil engineering de-
partment includes land surveying
railroad surveying - topographical
surveying designing of bridges
establishing of grades masonry con-
struction mechanical drawing mak-
ing of profiles and blue prints
Before entering the School of
Mines Mr Tway graduated from
the Springfield (Mo) high school
He commenced doing surveying
work when he was sixteen years of
age and has had practical experience
In all of the branches which he
completed at the School of Mines
From a choice of three engineers
Tway was appointed by the council
as city engineer of Wllburton which
position he now fills He is a
sponsible eltisen and no one can
queetion his honesty and integrity
Mr Tway took the training at
the mine rescue station located at
McAlester and has received a cer-
tificate from the government for
the work which be completed there
During the MoCurtaln accident Tway
was one of the first to offer his
services In the rescue work which
he did willingly and gladly
Mr Tway Is asking the support
of intelligent Democrats of Latimer
county because he knows that care-
ful accurate work will be required
wttela the next two years The
training and aotual exxperience he
has wl't Insure quick accurate in-
telligent work and the saving of
money to the county and clttsens of
Latimer county
Mr Tway is considered an expert
la his line He understands all
grades and makes of surveying in-
struments and can do all kinds of
surveying he would be called upon
to do If you want a competent office-holder
you will make no mistake
In using your Influence and voting
for R R Tway
Miss Winifred Latimer of Patter-
son who has been a pupil of Mrs
Brandenburg for the past iwo and
half years will enter the Cincin-
nati Gonservaory of Music at Cin-
cinnati Ohio at the beginning of
the fall term and will remain until
she Is a finished musician As Miss
Winifred has made wonderful prog-
ress she will undoubtedly become a
noted musician Mrs Brandenburg
having been a pupil of the celebrat-
ed oonoert pianist Prof Louis 1 and also then has developed practl-
Schnvebel of this conservatory Mlss'cal business experience! he has
Winifred has been very fortunate in 'also been a student of law for some
receiving the right training as so years
NOTICE TO
ALL CONCERNED ‘
For the benefit of those who
do not know Prof Sam M Bounds
the popular candidate for County
Clerk and for those only slightly
acquainted with him the following
convincing evidence of his good
character and qualifications for the
office Is published in the exact
words of the officials who used
them: ' -
Altus Ark June 10 1918
To Whom It May Concern:
I take pleasure In saying that 1
have known Sam M Bounds for fif-
teen years and can recommend him
as an honest ‘industrious gentleman
He taught school Ip this county
for several terms and gave good
satisfaction
After ho taught School he took a
business course at Ft Smith and
held several positions of trust He
is a sp'endld Democrat who Is al-
ways ready to assist in the further-
ance of its principles
J D Benson
County Examiner Franklin Co
' Ft Smith Ark June 8 1918
To Whom It May Concern:
I have known Mr Sam M Bounds
for many years Indeed from his
childhood he having been reared
In Franklin county Ark where I
resided until 1909 Mr Bounds
received a good common school ed-
ucation in the free schools of that
county and some seven or eight
years ago took a business course
permitting employees other than
hot fibers to remain In the mines
while shots were being fired Up-
on the trial of the ease it was de-
veloped 'by the evidence that the
company had not only not kept
regularly employed shot-firer tor
the nlgi)t shift but had been per-
mitting the men to fire their own
shots aqd all who happened to be
working In the mine at the time
of firing remained In the mine while
the ahot were being fired
There were only five or six men
working on the night shift at the
time of this explosion The mining
law reads "Mines employing ton or
more miners and etc shall em-
ploy regular shot-firers” The law
also requires that whtle the shots
are being tired no one but the shot-
firers shall be permitted or allowed
by the companies to remain in the
mines
The main point of contention in
this case was whether or not there
being less than ten men at work on
this particular shift the law re-
quired the company to furnish a
shot-firer and whether it was the
duty of the mine foreman to see
that all except the shot-firers came
out while the shots were being fir-
d It was the contention of the
prosecution that for the law to be
human life It should be Interpreted
worth anything in ' protecting
to mean that every company usually
and ordinarly employing ten or more
miners should keep a shot-firer for
wrjqhift of workmen no matter
if there were less than ten men oh
some of the shifts- To give any
other Interpretation to the law
would practically deny protection
and safety to night shifts all over
this field as very few mines have
more than ten men on the night
shift The coal company contend-
ed that before the law would reach
the case there had to be ten or
more miners employed on the shift
in question
Judge Peery’s instruction to the
Jury on this point was as follows
to-wlt:
"You are Instructed that the
term "A coal mine employing ten
or more miners- to work therin"
means a coal mine that regularly
and ordinarly while in operation
gives employment to' ten or more
miners engaged therein in the dig-
sing of coal In other words before
you can convict the defendant you
must find among other things
that this particular mine at the
time of this alleged occurrence was
regularly giving employment to ten
or more miners engaged in the dig-
ging of coal therein if you so find
then It makes no difference as to
the number that may have actually
been working at the particular
hour of the alleged explosion"
The court of criminal appeals in
passing upon the demurrer filed by
the defendant John Patterson that
he bad violated no law and that the
Information charging him with an
offense In that he had not kept
shot-firers for the night shift
when less than ten men were em-
ployed stated no offense holds as
follows: “The'law is that in all
mines in this state where ten or
more persons are employed to work
therein the duty is imperative to
employ ahot-ftrers to fire all shots
therein when all other employeee
are out 'of the mine The conten-
tion Is destitute of merit and tho
demurrer was properly overruled by
the county Judge"
On the Instructions given by
Judge Peery John Patterson was
convicted and fined 188000 since
this case was affirmed there will
be several more to try In -which
the same points' of law will bo in-
volved Had Judgs Peery construed
the law as the company contented
it should be construed It would
last week they were successful
passing with creditable grades the
"stiff" examination of tho state bar
commission given to a class of about
860 young men of the state who
desired to be admitted to the bar
to practice law in tho atato of Ok-
lahoma And ' these young men
have many friends in Wllburton
who are glad with them and proud
of the fact that they had the
courage and ambition to overcome
obstacles and work their way up-
ward a little higher on the rounds
of life’s long ladder
At the time of statehood L D
Williams was a miner employed ' at
Busby No 8 His friends enoouraged
him to run for the office of Justice
of the peace which he did and was
elected But In some way another
man was also nominated and elected
and immediately opened court Mr
Williams rightly surmised that there
would not be compensation enough
in It for' two and continued to dig
coal until April 1908 when he
opened his court and it was not long
until he had the Held alone From
that day Mr Williams commenced
to plan for tho future He has
worked early and late and bravely
muter ed each difficulty that arose
About three yean ago he com-
menced the study of law by taking
a correspondence course and by clou
application and hard work he has
mutered and is now entitled ' to
practice law In any court in the
state
Mr Lewis hu bun associated
with the law buslneu for a sum-
of years holding responsible
positions of court reporter and
stenographer for some of the lead-
ing attorneys of the state For
about a year he wu clerk of the
county court at this place which
gave him an opportunity as a close
observer for study which he made
splendid use -of later Mr Lewis
alse joined its knowledge oil law by
correspondence course whloh Be
mutered by hardwork and attend-
ing to his own buslneu Ho Is also
entitled to practice la any courts
of the state
What theu two young men have
accomplished is nothing more than
scores of other young men of the
town can do if they were deter-
mined to rise above their existing
conditions But It can not be ac-
complished by carving your name on
dry goods boxu on the street cor-
ners or spending your leisure mom-
ents complaining of tho ill luck
that is constantly beside you It
requires a big mixture of “stlck-to-lt-tlveneu”
a great deal of deter-
mination and worlds of hard work
But isn’t It worth it?
BIG DEMOCRATIC
MEETING AT LIMESTONE
Tuesday night a number of the
local candidates attended the reg-
ular meeting of the Limestone
Democratic club which wu recently
organised with Jim Baird president
and Robert Melton secretary
A luge number were out for the
muting and Cliff Peery Winfred
Brull L K Pounders and other
candidates made short talks touch-
ing on local lasuu
While the ' Limestone Democra-
tic club hu bun but recently or-
ganlsed they have lively mutings
on very Tuuday night and much
interest is being manifested
COUNTY NCTUL -CLOSES
TS urr- v - - -f-w
Wedaeeday was the last regular
day at the prsssst county nondl
and yesterday and today the Mu- '
eats are busy taking eiamlsattoas
This normal has bees the moat sac- -ceestul
one ever held In this conn-
ty The session last year wu good '
but this one surpassed It la every '
respect and the studeata feel u
though their time had been well
spent - ’
Judge Phi lu S Jones occupied
the lecture hour Tuesday morning 4
with a masterly address full of good
thought The Judge wu at his
but ud held the closest attention
throughout He reviewed the mak-
ing of our utioaal eoastltutlos and
discussed the deeper quutlons o I
political and qlvl! govemaunt
Wednesday morning Rev H A
Burns addressed the students HU
talk wu well received ' It wu full
of power and dealt principally with t
the character of the true teacher
He gave the teachers some good
advice which wu greatly apprecia-
ted - -
Tuesday night a good represen-
tation of tho county's eighth grade -graduate
received their ' dtplomu '
at the high school building where
the following program wu rendered
Bong x "
Invocation Rev H A Tucker ' 3
Recitation MUs Marie Hendrick-
son Lodi
Vocal solo MUs One McLarty
Wllburton
Presentation of dtplomu ‘ A A '
O’Malley t
Address to graduates ud teach- ”
ers Rev J B McClurkin-
Rev McClurkin chose for his sub-
ject “True Greatness" and be hand-
led it in a way that made R an edu-'
catlonal tout for theu present He
U a very forcible speaker and fe al-
ways at leisure on the platform'
HU addreu wu full of thought and
will be long remembered by thou
present
'r '’
WAS HE IMPLICATED i
IN THE CORDELL MURDER?
Sheriff Lawrence Thursday even-
ing arrested Albert Case at ' Lutle
on a charge of murder It U al-
leged that Case was Implicated In
the Cordell murder in 1908 - He
Just returned to this vicinity a few
days ago Cue is also wanted in
Choctaw county on the charge of
horu stealing
" i "
Fortg-aiae little girls about Id
yean eld are requested to meet at
B B Bronson's real estate office
Monday afternoon U o'clock to
prepare and taka part ip the Fourth
of July pende on Thursday
A MOtt
OEUGSSFCL MNNKRt’ V--
Tuesday eventag-at 7 o'clock ‘
number of young peopte gathered at - 1
th Thomu home to response to
Invitation of Messrs Ben Thomu
Will Thomu Joe Cook Lloyd Line '
where they were delightfully en-
tortntoed by n most tlaborate din-
ner ‘ 4
The table fslrly groaadd with 1 ' ’
good things to ut everything
that would tempt the taste of the
mot fssldlous such u fried chick-
fresh tomatou pickles ultds
fruits of various kinds cream and
cake ud auay otkar good things
too numerous to mutton
To m-y that tho young ' peopte
participating In this sjmpluoiia re-
past had a most enjoyable time
would be putting It In n very mi’d
form They all left expressing them-
selves u having aajoysd tbs most
delightful evening of tho oeusoU
Tho yonng men worn assisted in
entertaining by Meedames Randle
and Edwards -Thou
present were Misses Vel-
ma Lane Joe Flowers Eva Bram-
lett Lena May Randle Beulah
BramUtt Bonnie Prnltt Mary
Bhcmwell Blanche Pruitt Monnte
Bell McClurkin ud Mattea McClurk-
in and Meesrs Roy Smallwood Ar-
thur Smallwood Elton McLarty -Loula
Paoe Chaperoned by Met-
dames McClurkin and Prnltt -
COUNTY ELECTION BOARD 4
TO HOLD MEETING w 1 1 '
The Latimer County Election
Board will mut nut Friday and
Saturday July 6th ud Gtlh
tors of Importaaeo will com
and arraagtmuto for holding
August primary will ho made
The Sth wiU bo tho lut
tor tiling u n eu didate for
county or township office It yon
wut to “ran" gat your 'petition in
on or before that into ' - -
Judge P D Lanes friends have
urged him to be n eudldate for
many get tbs wrong teaching in HU character to without quee- 'h‘ "’“i1 "T- “dw 1'°
mall towu from tnoompstont teach- tlon ud I hav ivory confidence J “ “t I ‘f 7 tUt J
on ud have to start from tho be- that be would prove efficient and ”J ntato “w ! probably make a formal uaounce-
glnnlng This unsarvatory enten eapabli in uy official or clerical po-t 0 j o W 6nndidoy nut wuk
only girl atudeats that hav beu iltloa to which ho might uplro ' ' 1 I “ ' '
Ideas of state affair afs due to ma-highly reoommuded Teachar Ud - j V Bourlud Dr Geo Xilpdtriok wu a profeo-j -Rock Belton who to now living
tore deliberation ud tong rofleo friend wish bar much suoeeaa - Chancery Judgs tth Judicial Diet atonal visitor to MoAteator Tuesday at Mnsksges wu her thte wsok
Nod So
Ths report that I wu drnak ' or
drinking last wuk la ' absolutely
false Quit about one awnth ago
Havu’t touched a drop tiaoc Can t
hut ms that way hoys
Robert A Morrlc
All owner of horscc arc arged
to read the aaaouaocmut ef Dr
J J Holland appearing la another
column - Dr Kottand la abaotqtoly
roiabi ud will do all he aays he
will do ' i
! Chricaun wEI ptl far IciX
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