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FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN PAYNE COUNTY
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THE STILLWATER GAZETTE
Fayne County's Favorite
Family Newspaper
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR
STILLWATER PAYNE COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MAY 22 1936
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J H BROWN FILES FOR
COUNTY TREASURER JOB
Crowded County Ticket Now Lists
Thirty-two Democrats 'tVith
Eighteen Republicans
J It BiOWIL a former assessor for
Payne county Tuesday flied his name
with the county election board as a
candidate for county treasurer seek-
ing the office on the Republican
ticket
Brown's filing with the one other
by J C Burris Cushing candidate
for constable brought the county
office seeking list to fifty-two with
four days yet remaining until the
deadline for county filings is reached
Saturday at 5 o'clock p m
In entering his candidacy for coun-
ty treasurer Brown reduces the num-
ber of uncontested offices in the
county from three to two Harold
Straughn incumbent Democrat pre-
viously was the only person who had
entered his name with the election
board as a candidate for treasurer
Unless other candidates enter the
campaign for county treasurer before
the deadline date Saturday Straughn
and Brown will settle their race in
the November general election
Brown several years ago served two
terms as county assessor and for the
last few years has been making his
home in Cushing
Second filing Tuesday was that of
Burris who is asking the office of
constable in distrizt No 1 Cushing
He is making the race on the Demo-
cratic ticket
Interest in the county tickets has
been pronounced since the filing
period opened State ticket candi-
dates running only in Payne county
number four three Democrats for
state representative and one Repub-
lican E R "Pete" Weaver T C Foster
and Charles M Evans are filed for
representative subject to the Demo-
cratic primaries Foster made the
race last election opposing George H
Davis to whom he lost He is a
Cushing man Evans is from Perkins
Weaver first to file is a Stillwater
candidate
V A Doty s the lone Republican
in the race He won the ofiace last
year when the county had two leg-
islators and is up for re-elcction
Entering the campaign Thursday
were W S Graham Cushing a can-
didate for county clerk and L G
incumbent justice of the peace
of district No 1 Cushing who is 'ask-
ing re-election
Graham owner of a Cushing
barber shop is a past commander of
the Cushing pose al American Legion
and has resided in Cushing for the
last sixteen years He is the only
candidate listed en the Republican
ticket for county clerk while on the
Democratic ticket two have filed
They are Lee Hall incumbent and
Lute Farris
L G New long-time resident of
Cushing filed his name Thursday as
Li candidate for re-election to the
office of justice of the peace dis-
trict No 1 listing his ticket as Re-
publican Bill Newell hnproving
The many friends of W C (Bill)
Newell in Payne county as well as
all over the state will be glad to learn
that he Is improving nicely from his
major operation at Supply a few
weeks ago Bill is a candidate for
the office of court clerk of Payne
:county and he will be able to get out
and do some campaigning before the
election but from all reports over the
county Bill will not hare to worry
much about campaigning as his
many friends in the county are doing
this job for him every day and they
claim that he has nothing to worry
about in the coming primaries—Yale
Record
Spiers Clausen Paroled
Alva Spiers and A J Clausen
Yale pleaded guilty to second degree
burglary in arraignment before Dis-
trict Judge Henry W Hoel Saturday
afternoon and were sentenced to
three years in the state reform
school After passing sentence Judge
Hoel paroled the two youths to their
parents
Spiers and Clausen pleaded guilty
to a charge of stealing thirty-two gal-
lons of gasolim from a Yale filling
station operator last Monday night
Daughter Seriously Ill
Mrs G M Thompson 724 Lewis
street was called to Norman Satur-
day to be at the bedside of her
daughter Mrs Cora White who is
seriously Ill Reports from Norman
Monday indicated that Mrs White
had Ehown some improvement over
the week-end
FRIDAY MAY 22 1936
THE WEATHER
Temperatures itt' afternoon through-
out the last week have been hovering
near the 80 mark bringing the highest
mercury readings since the near record-
breaking early April heat wave
Thursday May 14 was fair with a high
temperature reading of 741 and low of
50 Friday May 15 was warmer and
continued fair with high mercury read-
ing at 78 and low of 56 Saturday
May 16 found the mercury continuing
to rise under a warm May sun reacting
a hiari for the day of 80 tow was 58
Sunday was warmer mercury rising to
81 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon Mon-
day was cooler with a high reading of
7h' while low wm 61 Condition was
fair Temperetur was rising Tuesday
under partly cloudy skies High reading
for the da— was 77" and low was 54
High mean for the week was 78" and
low was 56'
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One of the major officials to have
charge of operation of the soil con-
servation and domestic allotment act
in Oklahoma is E R Lancaster In
1933 he was placed in charge of
Triple-A personnel and record work
in the extension service at Stillwater
The following year he became execu-
tive secretary of the state cotton
board (Associated Press photo)
JULY 4T11 PLANS GIVEN
COMMITTEE ATTENTION
This is going to be one July 4th
that Stillwater committeemen do not
wait until late June to make pro-
gram arrangement&
That was the attittide of commit-
tee members this week as they ad-
vanced plans for what is expected to
be Stillwater's biggest "old-time" 4th
in years
Peyton Glass Sol Frish Word
Cromwell Horace Andrews W R
dart and Ralph G Archer together
with newspaper representatives dis-
cussed methods of advertising the
1938 program and went over details
for the celebration Tuesday night in
a meeting of the adveitising com-
mittee Andrews is promoting the county-
wide celebration plans and Still-
water expects to have a two-day
program that will feature enough
different types of entertainment to
appeal to persons Program details
remain tentative but committeemen
hope to provide everything from
sports events to fireworks Carnival
ccncessions are being studied with nb
contract let as yet for Stillwater's
celebration
Fairgrounds park and Main street
will be the focal points of the cele-
bration whiCh will start on Friday
and continue through Saturday The
4th falls on Saturday when Still-
water businesses plan to close Fri-
day will be a "trades day" with mer-
chants expecting to offer a variety
of attractions including both en-
tertainment and bargains
A fireworks display will conclude
the celebration Saturday night Al-
though definite decision has not been
reached committeemen have dis-
cussed the types of sports events
with a baseball tournament rodeo
or similar sport attraction to be
scheduled as the featured events
More than a dozen county nines
entered a county-wide baseball tour-
ney here during the last fair and
committeemen believe the numerous
county teams would like to have an
early-season county championship
event to test their prowess
Coupled with tentative baseball
and rodeo plans are arrangements
for horse racing which the com-
mittee expects to revive on the new
Fairgrounds track
The city is erecting a grandstand
for the park and it will be ready for
July 4th and suitable for outdoor
band events speaking and racing
More detailed and definite plans
will be announced within a few days
but committeemen are determined On
one thing—that Stillwater will throw
a real celebration this year
T G BURNS ELECTED TO
HEAD AMERICAN LEGION
T G Burns Stillwater legionnaire
was elected commander of the Car-
ter C Hanner post of American Le-
gion in a meeting held Thursday
night He was named to succeed 0
B Mc Cowen who now is commander
of the post
Other officers elected include Don
Schuhart first vice-commander:
Willie Carpenter second vice-commander
W W McCollom third
vice-commander the Rev John A
Callan chaplain A E Scroggs sergeant-at-arms
M R Chauncey his-
torian and D P Hervey judge ad-
vocate H A Andrews D A Hamilton C
G Jones and Hal A McNutt were
named on the executive committee
Appointive offices to be filled by the
new commander and the executive
committee are: adjutant service of-
ficer aid finance officer
New officers will not be installed
nntil September 3 election being
held at this early date in order to
give Oklahoma Agricultural and Me-
chanical college and Stillwater
schools faculty members of the post
an opportunity to participate in the
selection of officers
I WARM ELECTION BATTLE
I ON COMMISSIONERSHIPS
Even Dann Filed In tha Ounty's
Three Disteets Incumbents
All Seek Re-Election
Eleven men and one woman are
filed for the three county commis-
siontrships with the close of the fil-
ing period nearing and these three
sectional offices promise to provide
some of the most heated battles of
the county election
The three present county commis-
sioners George Flesner and W O
DeJarnett Democrats and Harry 0
Albright Republican are standing
for re-election and they carry into
the campaign both the advantages
and disadvantages that accrue to an
incumbent Obviously they will be
the men in the primary at which oth-
er candidates will be shooting
Commissioner District No 1 the
so-called Cushing district has drawn
the largest field and promises the
most heated Democratic primary
One Republican Claude Broyles is
In the race with four Democrats in-
cluding Mrs Prebble O Friend
DeJarnett must stand off the pri-
mary bids of P A Waller J W
Deering and Mrs Friend All are
well known in their district
In District 2 Flesner is the only
Democrat filed with Leslie E Mc-
Conkey and J E Oakes filed on the
Republican ticket Flesner has
counted much strength in Stillwater
proper He carried all but one pre-
cinct in the city in the last Demo-
cratic primary and repeated in the
general
McConkey new in cour ty cam-
paigns although widely known is a
dark horse entry in the local commis-
sioner race and will be watched with
interest Oakes has run before and
is well known
In District 3 casting the lightest
ballot of the three commissioner dis-
tricts two Republicans and two De-
mocrats are in the race They are
Albright the incumbent R A Tur-
ner Republican and J M Graves
and Lew Hagan Democrats It is the
Perkins district with Clear Creek
Clarkson Clayton 1 and 2 Elm
Grove Perkins township Paradise
north and south as the townships
involved A total of 1797 votes were
cast in the last general election when
Albright beat Graves 912 to 885 a
twenty-seven vote lead'
Graves must stand off the party
challenge of Hagan and Albright the
challenge of Turner before these two
gird themselves for another finish
fight in the general election
To date there has been little to in-
dicate how the election winds are
blowing in the commissioner districts
other than the hint of political fol-
lowers that strong battles are loom-
ing The incumbents are of known
strength and at this time are "the
men to beat" as the saying goes if
places are won on the ticket for the
general election finale
COUNTY YOUTHS ENROLL
FOR CCC WORK FRIDAY
Twenty-seven Payne county yclaths
unemployed and from families on di-
rect welfare board relief or employed
by Wm ks Progress administration
left Stillwater Friday morning for
Guthrie where twenty or more of the
group will have employment for the
next six months at least
At Guthrie Friday morning at 10
o'clock twenty of the boys enlisted
for Civilian Conservation corps ser-
vice as originals to fill the county
quota Seven others went as alter-
nates to step into jobs if other coun-
ties failed to fill their quotas or if
any of the Payne county originals
failed to pass physical examinations
"They were a happy bunch of
boys" George Flesner chairman of
the county welfare board said
Going to Guthrie Friday morning
will be Glen C Bailey Thomas C
Ball Thomas L Bean Rudolf D
Bolling Elmo Burgess Harold W
Cable John W Cook Forest V Cren-
shaw Lawrence H Crenshaw Willard
W Davis Edwin J Donell Everett J
Easley Cecil J Frick Rodolph W
Gallentine Hugh W Griffin Derrel
K Ground Herbert S Kruse Jack
H Lawson Jesse F Losvy Harold J
McCray Boyd Morgan Cleo L Stan-
ley Harry Stephenson Loyd E
Stewart James O Weaver Thomas
G McDaniel and Herbert H Rice
ORLANDO POSTMISTRESS
YOUNGEST IN OKLAHOMA
The distinction of having Oklaho-
ma's youngest postmistress goes to
Orlando says the Oklahoma State
Register
Beulah J Van Coevering who has
just received her second commission
as postmistress at the age of 22 is
the youngest postmistress in the
United States to receive a second
commission
Mrs Van Coevering was appointed
postmistress at Orlando in 1935 She
is the daughter of Mr and Mrs E
J Murphy of Orlando She was
reared near Guthrie and moved to
Orlando at the age of 14 She was
an Orlando highschool graduate of
1930
She began teaching school at the
age of 17 at which time she was tin
youngest teacher in the state She
received her life certificate from Cen-
ral State Teachers' college in 1932
In 1934 she was married to Adrian
Van Coevering of Coyle
REVIEWING TIM NEWS I
By AUBREY McAlisTER I
Voting throughout the :tate was I
light in New Jerseys presidentiall
preference primary Tuorday and re-
ports from eighty-sewn of the state's
3578 districts gave Gov Alf M
Landon of Kansas a lead of 4187
votes over 1265 for S?nator William
E Borah of Idaho Interest in the
presidential preference test was over-
shadowed by Goy Harold O Hoff-
man's fight for election as delegateat-large
to the Republican national
convention with opposition basing
its fight solely upon the governor's
activities in the Bruno Richard
Hauptmann case In 104 districts
including 100 in the Democratic
stronghold the governor received 5-
242 votes to 409 for his opponent
Franklin W Fort
Pete Traxler notorious Oklahoma
outlaw who was captured recently by
Oklahoma and Texas officers near
Canadian Tex was brought to Ok-
lahoma Tuesday afternoon to face
charges of murder at Pau Is Valley
and for wounding a peace officer at
Calvin The outlaw Is being held in
the McAlester penitentiary until date
of his trial in Paula Valley
Administration workers have re-
newed efforts to reach and maintain
the objectives of the newly invalidat-
ed Gurley coal control act Presi-
dent Roosevelt said that the New
Deal must kem on trying to reach the
objective in improving conditions in
the soft coal industry by some kind
of a law to bring about agreements
between the employes and the em-
ployes It has been predicted that a
new bill would be introduced Wed-
nesday by Senator Guffey Democrat
from Pennsylvania author of the
original legislation
Two boys 15 and 16 years of age
sat beside their mother with tears in
their eyes Tuesday night as an Ok-
lahoma City district court jury went
into deliberation to decide whether
she is guilty of murder The boys
were Richard and Robert Cook and
their mother Mrs Ethel Cook has
been on t! al for the murder of their
father Mrs Cook and her attorneys
have been fighting for her acquittal
by contending that her mind was
blank when she shot her husband
Senator T P Gore emphasized his
slogan of "less tax more trade no
trusts and no war" and asked a Dur-
ant audience to "kee71 a good gover-
nor when you have him" in an ad-
dress Tuesday his first of the sena-
torial campaign in the Durant sec-
tion of the state He met promises
of his opponents in the race for the
Democratic nomination for United
States senator with dry wit and sar-
casm dropping his shafts slyly and
without bitterness as he made his lis-
teners chuckle about his ardent de-
sire to be releected He specifically
mentioned Governor Mar land and
Josh Lee but did not call Gomer
Smith by name
Tin Zeppelin Hindenburg hours
behind the record she made on her
maiden voyage was expected to fly
over New York city early Wednesday
morning The dirigible soaring
through minor local storms off the
United States coast was approxi-
mately 300 miles east southeast of
New York at 11 o'clock Tuesday
night
A mentally deranged college fresh-
man at the Williams college Wil-
liamstown Mass shot and killed a
classmate in his dormitory room
Tuesday night wounded another
freshman and then took his own life
The slippery Claude Beavers ring-
leader of last week's Oklahoma pris-
on break was still at large Tuesday
night He was believed to have been
In the Jack Pork mountains of south-
eastern Pittsburg county and 150
possemen took up the hunt in that
vicinity All trails of two other fugi-
tives Julius Bohannon and A C Mc-
Arthur have been lost
QUIMBY WILL MANAGE
CREAM STATION HERE
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Opening of the Concordia cream
station installed by Fairmont cream-
ery was announced this week by
Howard Quimby who will manage
the new business The station was
owned Tuesday
Location is at 812 Main street with
entrance at rear of the building A
cash market for cream poultry and
eggs is offered by the new business
Quimby has been a Stillwater vsi-
dent for years having been born and
raised in this community Quimby
has been employed by Fairmont here
for some time before being named
manager of the Concordia station
—
Gossett Adds Truck
Addition of a new truck carrying
a closed van for all-weather conily-
ance 'imposes has been made to Ll-e
fleet of trucks now In operation by
the Gossett Transfer company 121
East Ninth avenue it has been an-
nounced by Charles Gossett manager
1 he new truck lei ings a total of Ilvc
now in use by the company
Fishing Permits to 311
A total of 311 permits to fish at
Boomer 'aim are granted at present
according to Hugh Nester city clerk
-
Oil and gas leases Gazette office
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS
MADE FOR STILLWATER
Imprevements nide at Soldiers Plot
fn Fairlawn Cemetery Kendall
Wiii ba Chief Speaker 1
Morning Memorial day services Will
be held in Stillwater Saturday May
30 and additional decorations at the
soldiers' memorial plot in Fairlawn
cemetery will be dedicated it has
been announced by Horace Andrews
chairman of Memorial day activities
for Carter Harmer post American
Legion
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars will sponsor the ser-
vim Jointly this year it has beer
announced 1
The Rev Willmoore Kendall will
deliver the Memorial day address
with the Rev Alvin Scoliay Hock giv-
ing the invocation and the Rev C A
McGinty the benediction Members
of the highschool band or orchestra
will be asked to provide music num-
bers at the program Foreign War
Veterans and legionnaires will make
up the firing squad and color guard
for the ceremonies
As inaugurated last year the pro-
gram this year will be a morning
event starting at 7:30 o'clock This
arrangement avoids possible mid-day
or afternoon heat and makes it pos-
sible to conclude the ceremonies ear-
ly for those planning to leave the
city for the day
Much work has been superintended
by Andrews at the soldiers' plot in
the cemetery Around the original
memorial monument has been erect-
ed a number of secondary pyramids
and a rock 'ence Meioses the plot
which is 30x8Q feet Legion and V
F W insignia plates are to be placed
on the northern pyramids which car-
ry barrels from two government field
pieces On the southern pyramids
it is planned to place G A R and U
S W V plaques White crosses are
placed within the inclosure
Persons attending the services are
urged to bring flowers for decorations'
of the soldiers' memorial crosses
Seats will be provided for auxiliary
groups at the service which will be
held in the memorial plat
Under the auspices of Robert A
Lowry camp No 24 Department of
Oklahoma United Spanish War Vet-
erans a mmorial service will be held
next Sunday evening May 24 at St
Andrew's Episcopal church conduc-
ted by the Rev Alvin Sco 'lay Hock
The service will be at 7:30 o'clock
AU patriotic organizations and aux-
iliaries are invited to attend
ANNUAL 4r11 CLUB CAMP
To OPEN HERE TUESDAY
Interest in the annual 4-H club
encampment to t3 held at the Fair-
grounds in Stillwater next Tuesday
through the following Thursday is
high and a substantial increase in
registration over last year is expect-
ed it has been announced
Club members over 13 years of
age from the county's twenty-four
organizations have been invited to
attend the three-day encampment
and all of those attending over the
age of 15 years have been invited to
take part in various judging demons-
trations to be held
County Demonstration Agent Al-
mira Abernathy and County Farm
Agent Word Cromwell will be in
charge of the camp while demonstra-
tions on canning will be given by
Genevieve Nelson assistant home de-
monstration agent
Club members who attend the en-
campment will bring their bedding
and food and will spend two nights
at the Fairgrounds Registration
will begin at 9 o'clock on Tuesday
morning and activities will cease at
3 o'clock on the following Thursday
During the three days boys over 15
years of age will take part in live-
stock judging while girls over that
age will Judge clothing baking and
home improvements exhibits
Special demonstrations to be given
at various times during the three-
day camp are being arranged it was
announced About forty-five club
members attended the annual event
last year
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Majors Leaves Hospital
C L Majors employe of the Smith
Construction company who was in-
jured when pinned under a falling
trei In the 200 block of Main street
Tuesday morning was released Fri-
day afternoon from Stillwater hos-
pital Majors sustained a broken collar
bone when the tree being grubbed
by him unexpectedly fell across his
body Service of an automobile
wrecker was required to free him
from beneath the tree
Negro Pleads Guilty
Hamilton Miller Cushing negro
youth entered a plea of guilty to a
grand larceny charge when arraign-
ed beim! County Judge Ralph B
Simcoe Tuesday morning He was to
have gone before District Judge Hen-
ry W Hod l Tuesday afternoon to en-
ter his plea
Miller is alleged to have stolen $20
from a Cushing man Sunday
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Singing Convention
The Northwest Payne county sing-
ing convention will meet at Payne
Center Sunday May 24 Several
special numbers have been arranged
and th'a public Is invited
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Hugh Price Moffitt of Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical college
extension division has been ap-
pointed by E E Scholl director as
administrative officer for the new
federal soil conservation and do-
mestic allotment act in Oklahoma
An allotment board with farmer rep-
resentation will act as an executive
committee for the program and sim-
lux boards will be set up in the
counties (Associated Press photo)
MenalME06
FATHER OF VICTIM IS
GRATEFUL TO OFFICERS
Lee White Oklahoma City father
of John White Oklahoma Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college student
who was killed by a hit-and-run
driver on the highway about a half
mile south of Stillwater early Sun-
day morning sent congratulations
and offered gratitude to Payne coun-
ty officials for the efficiency and
speed with which they have appar-
ently cleared up the mysterious death
of his son
In a telephone conversation with
County Attorney Leon York Wednes-
day father of the victim said: "I
want to congratulate you and Sheriff
Tilman Bocock for the way you have
handled this case It undoubtedly
has been a very efficient piece of
work
"I had hoped that it would develop
into an unavoidable accident with no
prosecution" the elderly White said
when York informed him that mur-
der charges have been brought
against Lloyd Montgomery who is al-
leged to have been driver of the car
that struck and killed the student
"But since it has developed as it has
I only wish you success in what you
are undertaking to do May I offer
my gratitude to you and other Payne
county officers for the efforts you
have put forth in clearing up the
death of my son"
White said he plans to be in Still-
water Friday when Montgomery's
preliminary trial will be held
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WPA ROLLS REDUCTION
MAY NOT AFFECT PAYNE
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Miss Betty Ford Okmulgee assis
tant director of Works Progress ad-
ministration labor division for this
district was in Stillwater Tuesday
morning conferring with welfar
board National Youth administra-
tion and WPA officials
Miss Ford said that her visit was
of no special significance except as
an official visit with Payne county
relief administration workers
A recent order that WPA work
rolls in this district be reduced by
July 1 is being carried out the as-
sistant director said She expressed
belief that the reduction would have
little affect on Payne county since
the number of persons on WPA rolls
in this county is low as compared to
other counties
"Payne county is in a better con-
dition than any county in this dis-
trict" the visiting WPA official said
"As far as I have been able to deter-
mine the work rolls reduction will
have little affect on thic county"
Rural Schools Cosing
Activities of all rural dependent
schools in Payne county will be
brought to a close for the current
term at the end of this week it was
announced Tuesday in the office of
County Superintendent Norma N
Johnson
Many of the schools have been
closing during the last three weeks
but this week will find them all closed
for the season it was poir'ed out
Moores Visit Old Home
Mr and Mrs G E Moore re-
turned Sunday from a ten-day auto-
mobible trip which took them as far
north as Lincoln Neb
They visited their old home In
Beatrice Neb where both Mr and
Mrs Moores parents came from the
east in 1880 They also visited and
renewed old acquaintances in many
other towns in Kansas and Nebraska
in which the formerly lived
Mr Maore visited the old farm
where h2 was following a "braking"
plow on his 21st birthday turning
the first sod on the wild prairie
Mrs Kenneth Yoakum 519 Pine
street Monday afternoon was re-
leased from Stillwater hospital where
she has been for the last two weeks
recovering from a major operation
I MONTGOMERY IIELD FOR
DISTRICT COURT TRIAL
Events en Night et Hit -Run Death
Traced in Preliminary Hearing
Held nacre Jude Simcse
Lloyd Montgomery charged with
murder in connection with the death
of John White Oklahoma Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college stu-
dent on Sunday morning May 10
was bound over for district court
trial after testimony offered by wit-
msses called by the state and de-
fense counsels had been heard in pre
1 liminary hearing Wednesday morn-
ing and afternoon
1 Testimony concerning the condi-
tion of Montgomery as to whether
or not he was under the influence of
intoxicating liquor on Saturday
night and early Sunday morning
when the fatal acciqent occurred
overshadowed actual details of the
accident as cross-examination ques-
tiots were fired at witnesses during
the hearing Upon Montgomery's
condition rests the allegation of the
murder charge and it is upon this
circumstance that Defense Attorney
Jim Springer and County Attorney
Leon York probably will center their
efforts for a conviction or acquittal
when Montgomery is tried in district
court
Seek to Prove Felony
Should the defense be able to es-
tablish evidence that Montgomay
was not intoxicated at the time of
the accident the states murder
charge will be shattered In the
charge of murder the state is con-
tending that Montgomery committed
a felony while Under the influence of
Intoxicating liquor
First witness called Wednesday
morning was Preston Sturdivant em-
ploye of tin Oklahoma Oil company
in Stillwater who testified that he
had serviced Montgomery's car on
Saturday afternoon May 9
Second witness called by the state
was Earl Babcock one of the occu-
pants of the Montgomery car when it
was alleged to have struck and killed
the college student Under fiery cross
examination Babcock did not waver
from his earlier story that he was in-
toxicated to the point that he re-
membered nothing from the time he
had a fight with a man he named as
Jigger Haskett shortly after 12 o'-
clock midnight until he was brought
to the home of his brother in Still-
water Students Testify
winialt Jantetc1314 Perkins Road
student at the A and M college tes-
tified as a state witness and said that
he and another student Harold Carl-
ton were at the nine-mile cornet
south of Stillwater until about mid-
night On their return trip to Still-
water Just north of the Stillwater
creek bridge they saw a body but
passed it up and drove about twenty-
five yards on up the road Then they
turned around 'drove by the body
then came to Stillwater where they
notified city officers
James said he and Carlton return-
ed with city officers to where they
had seen the body but found it gone
apparently having been brouglit to
town in the meantime by Kende 11
Hert Oklahoma City and other per-
sons Before returning to town
James said he Carlton and city offi-
cers examined glass on the highway
and found a shoe apparently worn
by White at the time he was killed
W F Bernhardt undertaker and
embalmer at the Strode Funeral
home to which place White's body
was taken testified that both of
White's legs were injured He said
that death could have resu1Led from
several things but that a swollen neck
indicated that the student had died
from a broken neck
Discuss Drinking
taboock was recalled to the stand
by Defense Attorney Springer for
questioning concerning early after-
noon "refreshments" (referring to
liquor) consumed before he Mont
gomery and William Stanley went to
the country dance four miles south
and two miles east Babcock said
that he drank about a pint of liquor
in the afternoon but could not say if
Montgomery or Stanley had been
drinking
William Stanley third man in the
Montgomery car on the night of the
fatal accident testified that he had
met Montgomery in Stillwater be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock on Saturday
night and had asked for a ride to tho
dance He said that after reaching
the dance be purchased a pint of
whisky which he Montgomery and
Babcock drank Later he said he was
given another drink but could not
testify as to whether Montgomery
drank any more during the night or
not
He said that about midnight he
Montgomery and Babcock left the
dance and drove a half mile north
then turned west A car drove up
behind them and they stopped It
was then Stanley said that Babcock
had a fight with Jigger Haskett
"Driving Pretty Fast"
"On the way into town Montgom-
ery seemed to be intoxicated but I
could not say for sure whether he
was or not" Stanley testified "Ile
was driving toiable fast and the car
was weaving a little at times When
I said 'you're driving pretty fast
aren't you?' he said aomethMg I did
not understand
"I was slumped down in the car
when we struck something Just north
of the Stillwater bridge I raised up
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