The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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The Farmer'* Yard .. ..
I. A. Langiton, Local Mgr.
Comley Lumber Co.
"It is a poor rule." said this young criminals incarcerated there to have
person, 'that will not work both their freedom unconditional')'. Since
ways. A mortgage is like a shot- that time he has pardoned convicts
gun; it all depends on how you use right and left and has boasted that
It." before he quits his office there will
Now you must understand that up not be an inmate of the state's
to that very day, hour and minute, prison.
uo mortgage had ever spread its | The repudiation of Blease is the
blighting shadow over the eighty ( best day's work that the voters of
acres of patrimonial pebble land .! South Carolina have done in many
The only shadow, indeed, on the a day. It was not only a rebuke to
whole eighty ai res was shed by a ( the man personally, but it was a
half dozen scrub oak trees of unusual notification to all his ilk that South
energy and stick-to-it-lveness. j Carolina is a state of law and ord >r
It so happened that our ambitious and that it has had enough of official
and astute young friend, while en- anarchy. The legal machinery will
SAMUEL ECKER
U. S. LAND COMMISSIONER
All Land Office Work receives prompt and careful attention
Applications, Final Proofs and Contests taken.
Amply qualified by years of experience
The Men Behind the Names
(Continued from page 2)
him in Berlin, this fork bearded,
sailor-statesman, who has built up
from a flock of tubs a fleet of battle
just become naval chief, an issue
arose over the seizure of a German
mail packet by a British man-of
war. This was flaunted abroad as
showing the necessity of a navy cap
able of defending German interests
~with the ■ The German Navy League and the
ships that dares grapi admiralty press bureau wer° created
vies of i^ ^rld^ Alfred Tirpuz,! 8enttment in favor of
nav
son — .
forty-five years ago came down to
the sea as a naval apprentice. To-
day and for fifteen years he is and
has been Grand Admiral Alfred von
Tirpitz, secretary of state for the
imperial navy of Germany.
Chancellors war ministers for- ----- ~ - offlc ^ the nava]
eign secretaries, have come ana; . .
rf ,h, P~P.. i dor.e* by,m<)
the kaiser and financed by the go\-i
ernment to fan the war spirit. The
result was the making of a great
fleet.
The kaiser has stood always at the
back of his minister of the navy.
t" v /ear to the kai£ of the hereditary nobility, the "von"
His has been a ^eartothe kaWs ^ ^ ^ ^ The Qrder
ers heart and there hais h?"tv-1 of the Black Eagle, highest German
.one tat Pon Tirpitz has remained. I Program into law the coveted honor
' - • •- 'ear to the kais-
has been nont
other capable of it. It was twenty-
three years ago that this huge, dom-
ineering Teuton became chief of
staff at Kiel, the headquarters of the
fleet, having won this tfost by way
of the nuarterdeck and by virtue of
personal force.
Here the German ships were built
and there was no cause for pride in
those that went before. The giant
sailorman now became an adminis-
trative. He converted the navy
vards into models of efficiency and
began the development of the fleet
into a world fighting organization.
First came the torpedo flotilla, then
the battle cruisers, and finally the
dreadnaughts. Scientific and inven-
tive genius was set to work to devise
whatever might lend to German su-
premacy. Today Von Tirpitz be-
lieves the German guns are superior
to those of any other nation and
that they make it possible for the
German ships to defeat twice their
strength at a certain time. He in-
duced Germany to let him build a
fleet after his own heart. Aflame
with the war spirit, brooking no in-
terference, looking decades into the
reward for distinguished service,
came when the provision for six
dreadnaughts a year was laid down.
Nearer to the kaiser's heart than any
man in all his service is this uncom-
promising old Prussian giant, who
has flaunted the Rritish menace al-
ways before the German people, yet
who has educated his own children
in England.
It may not be generally known
that the Idea which has resulted in
the German fleet of Zeppelin airships
was born In the United States. Yet
as a matter of fact Count Zeppelin
made his first ascent into the air in
a c aptive balloon of the Federal army
which was attempting to spy upon
the intrenchments of the Confeder-
ates.
It was in 1863 that young Lieu-
tenant Zeppelin of the Prussian army
came to the United States as a mili-
tary attache and was assigned to the
Army of the Mississippi. He was
with Grant in the campaign against
Vicksburg and associated with his
countryman, Carl Schurz, who fought
so effectively in the Union «army. He
came near capture in the sanguinary
ivuv.v-v., \ OIIIT ucoi • 111 uir ' ' r> '' 1
future, subtle as to means or "J*0'1" I engagement at Fredericksburg,
ing those ambitions which he held j waB during these engagements
in common with his ruler, this ar" j between the armies of the North and
chltect-ln-chief of the German na y | goutij that he witnessed the first mil-
played as would Wllhelm himself in
the same circumstances. Of all the
men who have surrounded the kaiser
of late years only Von Tirpitz has
itary use of the captive balloon. He
went up in one of these and the in-
formation his fellows brought down
from the heights proved of great
dared oppose him. But this iron mjiitary value. He descended in the
man of the ships is as unafraid in greatest enthusiasm and afterward
the face of his autocratic chief as wor)te(j actively as an adviser of the
among the men who build his dread-1 force to which he w as assigned ill
nd
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as
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of
All
naughts
The grand admiral looked two dec-
ades ahead and saw the need that
would face Germany in 1920 if she
was to realize his ambition that she
should become a world power. He
appreciated the sort of navy that
she would need at that time if she
were to contest the seas with such
nations as England. He conceived
the most formidable plan for naval
development that the world has ever
known. He drew for himself a dia-
gram of a developing fleet with the
annual additions that would give a
prescribed size at a certain time. He
the improvement of this service of
the air. The idea thus implanted
knocked about In his mind for nearly
thirty years before he gave himself
entirely over to it In 1892.
The Modern Fable nf the Helpful
Mortgage
Once upon a time there was a
Poor but Not At All Honest Person
who possessed eighty acres of peb-
ble land and a desire to get along
gaged in making toothpicks out of
cord wood and reducing plug tobacco
to line cut on the door-step of the
dry goods emporium, learned that
the preacher had recently come into
1 ossesslon of $4,000 through the
death of an uncle. (Note: This Is
th^ only way in which preachers
ever gain that much pelf).
Therefore, the young man. whose
name, by the way, was Phineas, went
to the parson and explained that he
wanted to borrow money on his
eighty, about $3,000, say. That he
needed the money to put in much
needed improvements which would
add to the value of the property,
etc., etc., etc. (Phineas did not
really say "etc., etc., etc." That Is
poetic license.)
Also that some land three miles
from his place had sold only the
other day-for $60 an acre, which was
true. Phineas failed to mention,
however that the land in question
was matr'monial meadow land and
not patrimonial pebble country.
The upshot of all of which con-
versation was that Phineas went
away with $3,000 of the parson's
legacy and left behind a blanket
regularly signed qand
witnessed, covering the entire eighty
and the six scrub oak trees.
In due course of time the ap-
pointed day rolled round for Phlnea
to make payment at the rate of
per cent per annum on the mortgage.
Then he came to the parson with
tears in his eyes and a certificate or
deposit for $3,000 in his pocket and
said:
"I have had sickness in my family
and I cannot pay." (Old stuff, but
they all say it.)
This pained the parson, but being
a good man, he wished Phineas bet-
ter luck next time and let him go.
TJiere is a limit, however, even to*
the patience of parsons, and when
Phineas had failed four successive
times to pay the legal 7 per cent
the parson declared he would be
obliged to foreclose.
Which he did, Phineas whining in
great dolor and Mrs. Phineas and
the little Phineases all going round
with their aprons to their eyes. The
parson, who had read what usually
happens when mortgages are fore-
closed, fancied they were weeping
and his heart was sorely wrung, nor
did it ever occur to him that the
reason Mrs. Phineas and the chil-
dren had buried their heads in their
aprons was to keep from laughing
out loud.
Shortly thereafter the Phineas
family moved to town and bought
the store where father had so long
served without pay as hitching post
and general entertainer. The Phin-
eases now ride in an 80-horsepower
splash-lubricated touring car and
spend their winters In California,
where father dabbles in real estate.
As for the parson, he spent his re-
maining thousand dollars getting a
city lawyer to tell him there wasn't
anything he could do to Phineas.
Moral: It's an ill mortgage that
blows nobody good.
move again and t* e courts will re-
sume their proper functions. In a
little while a criminal in South Car
ollna will find that he has no friend
in a high place to cheat Justice by
the reckless exercise of the pardon-
lhg power. Best of all, Blease wll
not sit In the United States senate
to contaminate the atmosphere of
tha,t body with his vicious ideas of
"social justice."—K. C. Journal.
O. V. ALEXANDER
Headquarters for
Good Groceries
and Low Prices
All Kinds of Cured Meats
First Door South MAIN STREET
of Herald Office GUYMON : :
Legal Blanks
for
OKLAHOMA
My Neighbor
My neighbor owns a dog that be-
gins barking alt 10:30 o'clock at
night, my retiring hour, and contin-
ues until relieved by the rooster at
1:30 in the morning. And every
inorning my neiihbor greets roe with
the words: "Ain't these fine nights
for sleeping?'
My neighbor harbors the aforesaid
biid of dawning. This fowl Is one of
a flo< k of twenty-seven feathered b'-
peds of both sexes. Tflere were
twenty-nine In the flock, originally,
i ut I privately murdered and ate two
jf them. These chickens scratch in
my garden from March I to Novem-
ber 30; make a board walk of my
veranda every day it doesn't snow:
roost on my grape arbor and make
themselves at home generally. My
neighbor says, "There's nothln' I like
better 'n workin' with chickens,
ion't you?"
My neighbor had five offsprings—
four boys and one in dresses yet.
These amuse themselves by climbing
my fruit trees, breaking my fence,
=tonlng my aunt's white cat. playing
Olympic games on my lawn, etc.
Neighbor says, "Don't you jest can't
keep from lovin' toddlers like them
here? What'd the world be without
children?
My neighbor owns a phonograph,
1896 model. He has six records—
'Washington Post," "Shall We
Gather at the River?" "Annie Roon-
ey," "Listen to the Mocking Bird"—
that's four, and you wouldn't believe
the other two. He plays the machine
only on hot nights, when the win-
dows are open. My neighbor says:
"Ain't It a wonderful invention? It's
sure the marvel of the age. I never
get tired listening to it—do you?"
My neighbor has borrowed in the
'ast six months my jackplane, my
bootjack and my box of liver pills,
my razor, my bible, my ice cream
freezer, six bars of soap and other
articles. He has never returned any
of them. Neighbor says: "I believe
in being neighborly, don't you?"
Now I'm in a quandary, and this is
what I am quandering about: I don't
want to be a grouch, but I'm at the
limit of my endurance. I am about
to have revenge on my neighbor—
I'm going to sell out and move away?
Do you think I would be acting un-
Christlanly In so doing? Give me a
word of advice.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Everything in Justice Court blanks, Land Office blaiks,
Deeds, Mortgage*, Bills of Sale, Farm Lease, Release of Mortgkge,
Assignment of Mortgage, etc, always on hand.
We print any blank needed. If you want any particular form
let us print it for you.
The Guymon Herald
Guymon, . . . Oklahoma
McCORMICK
ROW BINDERS
MONITOR WHEAT DRILLS
You need a new Row Binder now.
You will need a Grain Drill soon. We have aa big supply of
both on hand now.
Come In and talk the matter over next time you are in town.
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS :—:
&:?ware Jackson Brothers Gui^
long prevent the re-opening of Amer- people of Pharaoh's time as having
lean factor'cs save and except those tastes and characteristics wh^ch still
influences directly attributable to [mark human nature the world
disturbing legislation and an attitude around. One of the documents re-
in the world. Now from earliest
induced Germany to make this vis-j infancy this poor person had heard
of that dread specter, the Mortgage,
ion into a law. The standard thus
set later became the measure of the
growth of the fleets of all the great
nations.
To accomplish this end Von Tirpitz
needed other qualities not previously
demonstrated. Great navies require
huge appropriations and money may
be provided only through the ap-
proval and support of the public.
The navy builder needed appropria-
tions that were to be bad only
through making his program pop-
ular. He must develop the war spirit
among the people: and appeal to na-
tional pride and patriotism. He
must be a pollticiafa and statesman.
In 1899, when Von Tirpitz had
and how it was used by the un-
scrupulous rich who lived in the
marts of trade, to separate honest
sons of toll from their patrimonies,
as well as any other moneys they
might have about their persons.
Moreover, while waiting for the
pebble crop to mature, our intelli-
gent though impecunious friend had
made it a custom to read in the
Sunday papers of the doings of the
banditti of high finance. So he pon-
dered his downtrodden condition and
conceived a plan.
Defeat of Cole lUcase
Amid the road and chaos of cata-
clysmic battling in Europe, the un-
easy mutterlngs of war in the Ori-
ent, ominous rumblings of discontent
in various parts of the world and
the rattlety-bang of things in gen-
"1
Deere and Moline Listers
and the
Deere Listed Corn Cultivator
i
These are the implements in greatest demand at present, an I
we have them at the right prices.
Langston Hardware Co.
WE LEAD IN LOW PRICES
GUYMON,
eral, there comes a note of cheer
from South Carolina. Governor Cole
L. Blease has been defeated for the
nomination to the United States sen-
ate In the democratic primary. His
repudiation was decisive and, #o far
as can be seen, his public career has
been snuffed out. He was too much
for the people of South Carolina,
and the incident sheds radiance upon
the citizens of that state.
Cole Blease is perhaps the most
arrant demogogue of these dema-
gogic times. He has out-rivaled sev-
eral other distinguished Southern
radicals and political fire-eaters who
rode into high office by proclaiming
themselves enemies of established
order. Blease has served practically
one term aft governor. In that pe-
riod he has brought upon South Car-
olina an odium that will last for a
generation. He had no special quali-
fications for the office of governor
save and except an overweanlng ego-
tism and certain rough find ready
methods which appealed to the rude
mountain population and the lawless
elements of the towns and cities.
Almost his first official act was to
open the gates of the South Carolina
state penitentiary and allow many
Hiding Behind the War
With rather less than its usual
skill in such matters, the New York
World, defender and apologist for
the Wilson administration, is pre-
dicting a hard winter among the
working people of this country be-
cause of the "dislocation of industry
effected by the great war." No
doubt this will be the partisan plea
of all of the administration news-
papers, which will be quick to see
the advantages of hiding the failures
of hostility at Washington toward
large business interests.
There is today a more inviting
field for American commerce than
ever before No intelligent doubt ex-
ists that Instead of hindering our
extension of trade, the European war
should help' It. The great German,
French, Belgian, Austrian and Eng-
lish factories for the time being are
unable to fill their orders in Central
and South America and the Orient.
Here Is a chance for trade expansion
that should be promptly utilized.
Our government has a rare field for
work In behalf of American Indus-
tries. But the government cannot
expect to throttle these Industries at
home and expect them to expand
abroad. The whole disposition of the
administration must be changed if
the "hard times" predicted by the
World are to be avoided. And that
Is impossible as long as the admin-
istration holds to its "programme"
of industrial suppression. "We face,"
says the World, "a situation which
will put to the supreme "test the
charitable resources of the nation."
If this Is true.lt must be charged up
to the democratic administration and
not saddled onto the European war.
—Kansas City Journal.
lates to the death of a man who fell
from a root to which he had climbed
In order to get a closer view of some
dancing girls. Announcements ot
horse races and athletic sports were
found, as well as the record of the
complaint of a wife against her hus-
band based on his refusal to give
her the keys to their house.—Pop-
ular Mechanics.
GOAD FARM FOR SALE
Fine, level quarter section, part
broken, house, well and barn. Close
to Guymon, county seat of Texas
county. Close price for cash or will
sell for reasonable cash payment and
time on balance. Fourth of crop
goes with place. Address Box 8,
Guymon, Oklahoma. 23tf
Human Nature Unchanged
Writings of the ancient Egyptians,
inscribed on papyrus, a primitive
kind of paper made from the inner
bark of reeds, recently discovered
and exhibited in London, reveal the | GUYMON,
PLUMBING WORK WANTED
If you have any well or wlndmin
repair work, laying pipe and fitting
same, let me figure with you. Work
guaranteed. Will also have cement
blocks, cement tile and cement brlek
for sale. 2<tS
E. J. BRANT, Guymon.
WANTED
Woman to ao housework,
wages to competent woman.
EDWIN C. SUMMERS.
Good
DR. LIGHTNER
MODERN DENTISTRY
First National Bank BuPdlng
OKLA.
of democratic rule behind the clouds
of European strife. In other words,
these party organs will seek to place
the whole blame for our industrial
depression upon influences that are
not responsible for it.
This would be ^ hard winter in the
United States even if Europe were
at peace. There were increasingly
hard times long before the outbreak
of hostilities abroad, and the logic
of that situation was inescapable.
Were it not for the desolation that a
pauper tariff spread among our own
factories, we should now be In a po-
sition to take full advantage of the
deplorable situation abroad. Our
own American workingmen would be
busy supplying the deficiencies of the
vaBt European commerce, which has
been blighted by war. The World
estimates that there are now above
(500,000 men out of work in New
York city alone, and predicts that
this number will Increase rapidly.
Probably New York will suffer more
than most American cities, for it
cannot be dented that the virtual
paralysis of the shipping industry
will be a heavy burden there. But
nothing in the general situation can
s
C K. W1LMETH
(Better Known as Rabbit Foot Bill.)
LAND, COMMERCIAL
AND LIVE STOCK
AUCTIONEER
Will cry sales anywhere, at any time in Texas and adjoin-
in* counties. Make dates at the Ouymon Herald office.
I
Prompt and
Satisfactory Service
PHONE
NO. 0
HOUSER & CARTER
DRAYMEN
Our wagons go everywhere and we deliver the goods. We meet
all trains for baggage and express; have spleadid storage roems and
are In every respect equipped to handle the business la our line.
Headquarter* at
Star Mercantile Co.
GUYMON,
OKLA.
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