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THF AMlUK AN VHtA 5 ION I
tattlers
“Nothing else to do” probably
accounts largely for the dirty
gossip which goes the rounds of
some towns Men and women
who have nothing else to do ex-
cept gad up and down the street
may be depended upon to circu-
late filthy "rumors" too often
adding a tinge of truth to them
as they go along The worst of
all is that as the-e stories
pass down the line from gossi-
per to gossiper a little more is
added until by the time It reach-
es the 10th hand a small mat-
ter has reached enormous pro-
portions closely approaching
some of the recent scandal ap-
pearing in the public press But
LEGION PROTESTS
The recent action of Attorney
General Daughterly In permit-
ting Eugene V I Mis now serv-
ing a 10 year term In the federal
penitentiary at Atlanta for vio-
lation of the wartime espionage
act to make the trip alone from
the pen to Washington and re-
turn Is bringing down a storm
of protest from American Legion
posts in many sections of the
country This one from the
department of Georgia
'‘Georgia department observes
by precs that Eugene V Debs
granted unusual consideration
Trapp is Exhonetated
by the State Senate
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The Impeachment charges pre
f erred agnlnct Lieut Governor
M E Trapp by the lower houe
(f the Oklahoma legislature
were dismissed In the state Sen-
ate last week when that body
sitting as a trial court sustained
a motion to quash the proceed-
ing The charges against Mr
Trapp grew out of alleged Irreg-
ularities in the purchase of
funding bonds In this county
and the action of the senate is
final so far as thelegislature is
concerned but does not bar
proceedings in this
Corn and Cotton Planter
for a criminal duly convicted by
constituted authorities believes j criminal
similar consideration should be county
extended to all criminals or none The motion which ended the
Debs prominence makes his matter reads
crime more heineous Clear dis-
tinction between oppression be-
cause of opinion of free speech
Third: Thut the offenses al-
leged In each of Faid articles of
Impeachment except that alleg-
and cveit criminal pets of I)ebs ed In article 8 and none of litem
This department vigorously pro- constitute grounds cf impeach-
tests any further acts of dis-’ment not being charges of 'wii-
crimination in favor of proml-! ful neglect of duty" or "corrupt-
lient war criminals and In keep- 'ion or office” or "habitual drunk
Ing with previous action of na-'eness” or “incompetency” or
tional body urges whole influen-j "any offense involving moral
ce of national organization be turpitude committed while in
used against pardon of Debs office" and that said offenses
'are neither official nor acts
Up to March 21 1921 39721 which impair or tend to impair
J bales of cotton had been ginned 0r affect the competency of said
we don't mean to even insinuate ( jn this county during the 1920- 'respondent tcproperly discharge
ate that Wewoka has any of this 21 season On the same date his official duties and that there-
class Nay Susie! Our women ast year there had been ginned ( fore this court has no jurisdict-
folks have all they can do tolgoo according to federal sta- ion to determine the respondents
keep the homes in order while ( tistics Seminole county ranks guilt as to said alleged offenses
the men have a well beaten path nth in the production column the same being cognizable only
from their homes to their places Jcf Oklahoma counties Hughes by other courts of the state” j
of business and dare not devia- county heading the list with 53 j Chief Justice Harrison in sub-
te either to the right or left 577 bales The 1919 crop was all fitting the case to final vote!
Low cut waists and pretty ank-' gathered by this time last year ‘and refusing to assume all the!
les do not appeal to the mascu- and none was permitted to go to responsibility which a decision
line element or if they do that waste because the price justified either way would have cast upon
admiration is suppressed with saving every lock while many his shoulders said:
clutched lips You never hear ( hundreds of bales still remain I "Now I am not going to rule
one say in Wewoka that Mis3 in the fields this year It is now ! 0n this question in the sense
Doe is not fit to associate with j conservatively estimated that 'that my ruling is the judgment
decent people or that Mr Roe! Seymore county produced jin of this court I am going to tell
The importance of a GOOD planter at this time cannot be over estimated The freeze
has killed the early plants and it will bi necessary to plant again and it is too late Tn the
season to tale chances on an old worn out plnnter Unless a good stand of corn is attained
at this planting it will be top late then to get a GOOD planter
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The JOHN DEERE PLANTER walking or riding wi 1 assure you the good ser-
vice that you expect from a planter Our stock is complete and prices are reasonable
KEY HARDWARE CO
is the dirtiest cur in town That
sort of rot comes from the big
metropolis where wealth is abun-
dant and idleness rampant
There are some folks in this
1920 at least 45000 bales
In the coming city election
every man and woman should
be interested enough to go to
world who would die the death ! the polls and vote for the men
of a maniac if their lips were who are best fitted fos office
sealed for a few brief moments The men who are progressive —
Let's not get the habit of gossip- whos tand for something rather
ng!
LEGISLATURE
The Oklahoma legislature has
really got to be a very amusing
thing We hardly know what
the people of this great common es'
wealth would do for entertain
ment if it should happen to ad-
than against smething the men
who are with the majority for a
better and cleaner town
member voters this is your
town and you want men who
will serve your in interest before
their own in civic matters What
we want are servants not boss-
Friday the 15th of April ought
journ Clara Smth Hamon has to be made a banner day in We-
signed up a big fat contract with woka the occasion being the
a moving picture outfit and gone °f Hock Island and A
to California and the legislature & M college agicultural special
you what application I - would
make if I were a member of the
cout and you must be guided
thereby because it is your duty
regardless of any rules you may
have adopted under the consti-
tution to decide the merits of
this case and you can not dele-
gate that duty to anybody else:
"If I wei): a member of the
court or if I constituted the en-Re-
tire court I would hold that the
acts charged in articles 1 to 7
inclusive and in article 9 are
not offenses as contemplated by
the consitution- but are private
acts which have not been ad-
judged to be offenses against
the laws of the state and hav-
ing been committed in a private
capacity do not give this court
Phone 139
Wewoka Oklahoma
sense
members finally whipped into
line for party purposes is a tri-
bute to the republican organi-
zation I charged under oath
in the senate that the accusat-
ions against me were the results
of bribery criminal conspiracy
and fraud and regret that I was
not permitted to prove this by
republican witnesses
“In the eight counts against
me which the chief justice held
were improper the acts com-
plained of were done in my pri-
vate capacity as a bond buyer
and in no case was it ever inti-
mated that the counties involved
jurisdiction until the accused I or the people had lost a single
himself or the perpetator of the 'cent though it was charged there
acts under due process of lawa(j been some technical irreg-
has again got back with red train which brings to our city has been convicted of these acts uiarity and this might be alleg-
head lines The lower house a corPs of farm and stock spec
continues to charge everything ialists both in and out of the
from hell to breakfast with
crookedness but has so far fail-
ed to locate the" crooks All of
us recall how during the war
the ogvemment was attempting
to “investigate” everything from
shooting craps to Hog Island
and it is just as well remember-
ed that the only satisfaction any
service of the government
A DEEP TEST FOR MAUD
quired several hundred acres of
land in sections 20 21 28 29
body ever got out of it was the ' and 30 of 7-5 and will put down
salary received by the investi— a new deep test in the southeast
gators It occurs to the casual quarter of section 20 according
pbserver that the present ses- to announcement here this week
sion could have done all it has ! This test is to be started be-
done in 30 days and saved the fore May 1st and will go 3200
people of this state many thous- feet cr until oil is found in pay-
ands cf dollars if it had been ing quantities We understand
inclined to do so Too darned that Mr Northup and his assoc-
much horse play grand-standing iates put up ten dollars per acre
and politics - on the entire block as forfeit that
! the test wll be started before
George Northup of Oklahoma
City and associates have ac-if they had been found by a court
of competent jurisdiction to con-
stitute offenses of the law to
Then whatever the act may 'ed in practically every bond is-
be whether private or official if !slie made in Oklahoma since
in the judgment of this court statehood
they constituted an offense if I
were a member of the court and
he had been adjudged guilty of
them I would hold that the acts
which he has been charged With
involve moral turpitude But
cn the charge of mere private
acts in a private capacity I
should sustain the demurrer to
all paragraphs of the articles of
impeachment except those in-
cluded in article 8 and the mo-
tion is not direct to this article”
Commenting ofi the result Mr
Trapp is credited with saying:
"Of course I am gratified with
the result I am especially pleas-
Agents to sell Life Insurance
Can-make good money No capi-
tal required If interested write
Mutual Relief Association
3-31-2 McAIester Okla Bx 738
Next Monday is the first day of May 1st We understand thatjed that this resujt was reached
Clean-Up Week and we are just rig timbers will be on the ground both ina clear cut opinion of the
wondering if Wewoka is going this week and that machinery chief justice of the supreme
to let it slip up on us without sand casing is on the way to ( court and the vote of the senate
any organized preparation “Ev- Maud The test will be put itself At no time however have
erybody’s business is nobody’s down about two miles southeast- ( I entertained any doubt as to the
business” i3 an old saying all too o fthe Maud Oil and Cas Com-
true and if everybody waits for pany’s No " wui 18-7- i -
somebody else to start some- Maud Monitor
thing the week will pass with j
little or no attention paid to the Several good farms for sale
cleanliness qf the City This
matter is too vitally important to
be ignored
The farmer who can possibly
spare a day from his business
will be well repaid for his time
by coming to Wewoka on April
15 and listening to farm and
stock experts who will be here
at that time
to
cheap If you need a farm
come in and let me show you
what I have It will not require
all cash to get one
— J S Barham
133 — That’s Bob Collins phofie
number He call3 for your
clothes cleans presses and re-
pairs them and delivers them
back promptly
result The charges brought
against me by the house were
not honest charges honestly
brought but were the result of
political conspiracy wrhich would
have been directed at any other
democrat holding my position
“These charges were cenceiv-
ed in sin and born in iniquity
and never would have been pre-
sented in the house but for the
terrific political pressure exercis-
ed through the republican cau-
cus over the strenuous and bit-
ter objections of many republi-
can hou:e members That these
TWO- FARMS FOR RENT
(1) 40 acres 3 room house
water barn and pasture
(2) 80 acre's 4 room house
water pasture and barn Seven
miles Southwest of Sasakwa on
South Canadian River
Good corn on premises for
sale Write or call
3-17-3’ JOHN CORDELL
Holdenville Oklahoma
OUR NAME
alona is a guarantee of fine qual-
ity No where can you find so
varied a stock of
First Class Lumber
sold at such prices as we are
now quoting We will gladly
furnish estimates for large or
small orders
ROGERS LUMBER COMPANY
Jess McMullin Mgr
Wewoka - Oklahoma
Frederick & Donnelly
INSURANCE
FARM LOANS
REAL ESTATE
We represent one of the most liberal
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Farm Loan Companies
in the state and our clients get Prompt
and Efficient Service
W e Always Appreciate an Inquiry
LIST YOUR REAL ESTATE
—" ‘ y-y-fr — iy iniqrqriJTl)JuULL
If
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It’s
an
Eastman
FOR SALE
One 2nd hand Singer Shoe Re-
pairing machine Terms reason-
able Call and see or write
1-27 -tf C S ADAMS -
Wewoka' Oklahoma
HEMSTITCHING
Orders filled promptly Mrs
J M Sappington Holdenville
Okla 1-27-tf
Films of all sizes
Enlarging and developing
Supplies of all kinds
Kodak Albums
New goods arriving daily
Tailoring prices have been re-
adjusted downward Let us
show you our splendid line of
Spring and Summer Suits — Bob
Collins Phone 133 I
Shands Drug Store
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