The Sentinel Leader. (Sentinel, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1910 Page: 3 of 6
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GREETS A GOODLY NUM-
BER OF VOTERS.
Speaks His Views
He Defends His Records All
Along the Line in
Public Acts.
SPEAKS TO A LARGE, IN-
TERESTED CROWD
Makes Many Points
Raps Democracy Pretty Hard
and then Whacks at
Gov. Haskell.
An unique character visited
Sentinel Tuesday. It was none
other than Hon. William H. Mur-
ray, candidate for governor on
the democratic ticket, and he
lives at historic old Tishomingo.
It was hardly known that he
was coming, for the Cordell
parties who told somebody to
tell it in Sentinel, failed to get
information heralded much, but
in spite of this fact there was a
good audience at the opera house
to hear the man who is dubbed
"Alfalfa Bill" by reason of his
owning so much alfalfa; dubbed
"Cockleburr Bill," on account,
so some say, of some little joke
out on the farm.
The speaker came here in the
morning on his way to Port and
Retrop, accomparied by J. W.
Blanton, of Rocky, Banker
Stephens, of Rocky, Judge R. A.
Billups and Judge Billups, Jr., of
Cordell, in Judge Billups' auto.
The party got back here about
12:30 and got dinner, when they
went to the opera house and the
speaktng commenced.
The speaker seemed to devote
a large lot of his time to correct-
ing the statements he said Hon.
Mr. Cruce made in regard to him.
He declared he is in favor of the
Indians paying taxes. He pre-
sented the Torren land system in
a very forceful manner. He de-
fended it to the last ditch. He
said he was for disfranchising
the negro; regarded negroes no
more than he did his mules. He
vigorously assailed Mr. Cruce at
many points and declared he
would beat him in the old Indian
Territory 10,000 to 12,000 votes
- in the Chickasaw country right
where they both live. He points
out that he married a woman of
Indian blood, and got an
allotment. He points out that
Cruce did the same thing. The
speaker goes on in his speech in
a manner that shows not only
experience, but a great deal of
ability and learning. He is a
man who has been in politics for
many years. He is quite promi-
nent, has been in the legislature,
and he helped make many laws
that we all know to be good. He
was not only a member of the
constitutional convention, but
was chairman of the same. His
style of delivery is very much
like that of Rev. George Stuart,
the noted evangelist, while per-
sonally he favors that noted per-
son very much, both as to size
and features. He is a great
lover of home, and at the close
of speech brought out to a very
fine climax that famous old war
story of the battle of Sharpes-
burg where Lee and Grant were
so close together that the bands
of opposing armies serenaded
each other. The northern band
played Yankee Doodle. The
southern band played Dixie.
The northern band played
America, then the southern band
played "Home, Sweet Home."
That Mr. Murray is a democrat,
is a worker, is an orator, no one
will deny.
D. W. Study returned from the
bankers convention at Thomas,
Oklahoma. He returned Wednes-
day. His little daughter, Delia,
came back from Custer City,
accompanied by her friend. Miss
Glossie Parker.
First Wheat.
I^ast Friday the first wheat of
the season came on the market
and was purchased at 72 cts. It
was "headed" wheat and went
directly from the "header" to
the thresher, which accounts for
the low price.
Hon. Joe McNeal was here
Wednesday and, as per program,
spoke at the opera house.
He started off with a fine com-
pliment to the ladies, then went
into a biography of himself, tell-
ing that he began life as a poor
boy. He was born in Ohio, but
reminded us that Haskell was,
too, a fact that neither Ohio or
Haskell could help, he told us.
He had the audience follow him
to his several homes—Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma,
and through his business. He
was once a cowboy and he has
farmed. He says he has killed
many a buffalo along in 1873-4 in
this, then a wild country. He
says he used to run them-keep
running them—till he ran them
down as they lolled out their
tongues. Did that a-foot. The
story is not at all improbable, as
a man once bet that he could
walk a mule to death. The man
walked a long ways, rousing the
mule every time he stopped to
even graze. At last the mule
lay down from sheer exhaustion
and nearly died, while the man
won the bet. Mr. McNeal says
he is going to chase the democrats
till they loll out their tongues.
Mr. McNeal says he is a law-
yer, and once owned and ran a
newspaper, making money out
of it. Just why any man wants
to quit newspapering and go
governoring is not clear to us. i
Every time he had an opportunity
to sell his business at a profit, no
Having investigated at my own
expense, I find Col. Berry's
trained animal shows to be one
of the finest and best equipped
organizations of it's kind in
America today. While not as
large as Ringling Bros, world's
greatest shows, this show is one
of the most popular and up to
date tented amusements to be
placed upon the road this coming
season.
Col. Berry's attention was di-
rected to Washita county by one
of her progressive citizens as be-
ing a most desirable place for the
location of a permanent winter
quarters for his shows. As Sen-
tinel is located in the best and
most productive part of Washita
county and has an abundance of
alfalfa and other feed tributary
to it for the wintering of all ani-
mals. We have the main line of
the Orient. We have another
road coming. Waterworks as-
sured. Sentinel is the ideal place
for the winter quarters.
R. A. Singletary.
Bible Circle.
The Business Men's Bible
Circle met at the Methodist
church last Sunday afternoon at
4 p. m., as announced. A good-
ly number of men were present
and made quite an interesting
study of the first and second
chapters of "The Acts."
The circle will meet next Sun-
day afternoon at the Methodist
church and make a study of the
third and fourth chapters of
"The Acts."
The object of the circle is to
make a study of the Bible from a
business man's-stand-point. All
the men of the town, both
religious and irreligious, are
most cordially invited to come to
these meetings. M. Weaver.
Fine Wheat,
matter what it was, he sold. - | ■* MeAlister, the man who
He showed some heavy j„.; comes nearly making two stalks
debtedness in this state and said | f wheat grow where one for-
we had a constitutional clause | merly appeared showed us some
which says we cannot be indebt-1 he8t- 11 !s, the L!™*
ed over $400,000, while the state]Club variety, of heavy weight
is away over that amount in debt, and will make thirty bushels to
He made a statement concerning I the So much for intense
the cost of housekeeping up and correct farming. Who can
about Guthrie. Said it cost two ibeat tlus wheat-
dollars to keep it clean and heat-
ed and lighted, while it cost onej Lost-black alpaca coat,Satur-
dollar for rent. His detective j day evening, June 18 between
story was great-says a state Humphries Mercantile Co.
and
toecti; sleptTn twenty beds a Crump's farm, wrapped in Miller
night, ate ten meals a day and I & Blam wrapp.^ paper Fhnder
rode over 6,000 miles on railway | please take to Miller & Blain I y
trains, when he says we have
only about that amount of mile-
age in the state, and the bill was
paid. He says three per cent of
the democratic party of Oklaho-
ma are on the pay roll of the
state. He closes finely with an
appeal for votes and is a real,
entertaining talker.
Goods Co. and receive reward.
G. W. Walters.
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Ladies, don't worry about the
cost of the hat. The summer
season is just opening and I have
cut the prices on summer hats.—
Mrs. Morrison, the milliner,
West Main street.
GIVEN AWAY!
I am going to give away a nice clock. You do not have
to pay a penny—just be a good guesser. It is an eight-day
clock, strikes the hours, half hours and has alarm attached
and is worth $5.00. This is the way you get it: Every
dollar you spend with me, for work or in buying goods, en-
titles you to a guess as to what hour and minute (not sec-
ond) this clock will run down. It will be wound tight, on
August 1st, and will run eight days, I know. Just how many
hours and minutes extra you may guess. The closest guess
gets the clock. Rememb;r, you buy one dollar's worth of
goods or have one dollar's worth of work done, which en-
titles you to a guess. The guessing commences
SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH.
Come to my store and ask about further particulars.
You'll find my goods all right and my prices right. I also
guarantee all my work.
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Taken to Cordell.
Sunday morning at 5 o'clock
J. W. Lambright secured the
auto of J. A. Leuch and the
services of Mr. Leuch and they
took Henry Crough to Cordell
and placed him in the hospital.
Crough (pronounced Crow) is a
foreigner, a Dane or a German
one, and he has a fever. He has
the contract for the plastering of
the John Wright brick hotel and
store house, the latter to be oc-
cupied by A. D. Huff, groceries
and dry goods.
When stricken with fever he
grew very despondent and talk-
ed of the lcmeliness in the far
western country of America, re-
ferring tenderly to his mother in
the "old country across the
water."
He was taken sick at Hotel
Baxter, and having just recent
ly joined the Odd Fellows, that
order looked ofter him, represent
ed by Mr. Lambright.
Reggie A. Calvert Announces.
With this issue of the Leader
Reggie A. Calvert, who has just
finished a term of school teach-
ing at Friendship district, an-
nounces as a candidate for
Register of Deeds. He has liv-
ed in this county for sixteen
years and he knows a great
many people. These same people
know him to be one of the best
young men in the county. He is
of exemplary habits, is a well
qualified young man and is an
active, working democrat. For
the past four years he has been
a member of the county board
of education, the teachers' exam-
ining board of the county, and
has served two terms as presi-
dent of the county teachers' as-
sociation. He is also chairman
of the committee on constitu-
tions of the southwest Oklahoma
teachers' association.
J. A. Roper is back from a bus-
iness trip to the Panhandle of
Texas. That country is not near
as good as this.
I have the latest millinery at
greatly reduced prices.-Mrs.
Morrison, the milliner, West
Main street.
J. B. King, who recently re-
turned with his wife from eastern
Oklahoma, says Washita and
Sentinel for him.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Baptist church will serve ice
cream next Saturday week, July
2, place to be named later.
Mrs. Morrison is closing out
her spring and summer hats at
greatly reduced prices. Her
store is on West Main street.
I am closing out my spring
millinery stock. I have fifty or
Sunday is Communion Day at
the M. E. church.
Consider well his claims at the sixty hats for the iadies, the
polls. latest styles, at greatly reduced
prices.—Mrs. Morrison, the mil-
Leader and Hampton's Maga- liner, West Main street, Sen-
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Inglish, G. L. The Sentinel Leader. (Sentinel, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1910, newspaper, June 24, 1910; Sentinel, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc272743/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.