The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME VI.
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JAN. 8th, 1914
NUMBTR FORTY—FIVI
mushes sued
for $12,moo
On the 2nd day of January,
1914, there was filed in the Dis-
trict Court of Jackson county, by
Maybclle Walker of Mangum, a
suit for the sum of $12,750 for al-
leged damages sustained by said
Maybelle Walker, arising form an
article published by Shepard and
Shepard of the Altus Times, in
the issue of that paper on the 11th
day of December, 1913. The arti-
cle in question being that with the
caption, "Sold the Piano; Now the
Owner Wants it Back," in which,
the petition alleges, that the editor
and publisher of the Altus Times
"so intended to be understood that
the said Maybclle Walker was sus-
pected of being guilty of the crime
of removing and disposing of mort-
gaged property without the con-
sent of the mortgagee, of obtaining
money under false pretense and of
embenling property which belong-
ed to at}ot^ r and ojuverte.. same
to her own use and benefit.'' May-
belle Walker further claims in her
petition that prior to this article,
of the 11th of December, she had
at all times lived a straight, hon-
est, clean life, and th#t there was
no qause for such an article, ex-
cept that said defendants did will-
fully, maliciously, falsely, wrong-
fully, knowingly, designedly, wick-
edly and intentionally did com-
pose, p * >nt. Dv.bl'sh ci.mlatu :rd
cause to be published and circu-
lated in the City of Altus and
doings it the
dapm much
elks cmrmed
lilt new year
0/1 xotirs will jupkoiailonof
Wednesday of last week at 8:45,
sharp, there gathered together
some forty couples of dancers in yive
the Elk Club rooms, for the pur-jpire
pose of Vein? the old y:;-- out, !ccn
m big show
Next Tuesday evening, Jan. 13,
the local troop of Boy Scouts will
give an entertainment at the Em-
theatre. The program will
. ocout ict!vities, and give
' 1 v.. * . . / ligS) ' 1 * %
and the new year in; and this was jthe public an opportunity to catch I
There were 265 present at the
Baptist church Sunday school on
last Sunday morning and the col-
lection was $6.78. All depart-
ments were well represented and
the new year opened with a good
showing.
The pastor preached at both
morning and evening service to. , r.
good congregations. There were j The rooms were decorated for as follow
four who united with the church i the occasion with mistletoe, holly j Reveille.
at the close of the morning ser- and streamers of the Elk colors, j Setting up'exercise,
vice, and at the close of the ser- The grand march commenced at Salute to the flag,
vice the congregation partook of!8:.45, and was led by Miss Alice! Scout drill,
the Lord's Supper. Hightower and Shem Johnson;
The Junior and Senior B. Y. P. the dance continuing until after
U.'s met at the regular hours Sun- one o'clock. The music was of the
day afternoon and held interesting very best, being furnished by the
- — • Empire theatre orchestra, through
courtesy
great importance
Before we inauguVate any sys-
tem of crop rotation we should
have * definite end in view, that
is, we should know our soil, its de-
fects, etc.
, .. ' : - ,"7*;r"v • uyyvuuimy iu tau.ii i If our soil is a properly balanc-
one according to directions as laid a glimpse of a day "in camp" with ed fertile soil, our rotation should -
down by those responsible for this the boys. j bc planned to keep up the balance Iter acquainted. You will have a
1 The program will be sorw.htny .and fertility. If it is lacking in time. Special exercises, good
as fo,: any of the essential plant foods our music, good things for the inner
rotation should include the crops man- Take due notice and govern
hie methodists'
weekly letter
Mr. Methodist member get your
best bib and tucker for you are in-
vited to a church ralley and receo
tion next Friday night. Every
member old and young married
and single, all come and lets have
a good time together and get bet-
I "uuvv ai VJ guv
, that would supply the deficiency, yourselves accordingly. Come!
i! :i- .j- t_ .i V#Mi i c ;i_.
and profitable meetings. The Ju-
niors have invited the Senior, as
well as the members of the church
to meet with them, when they will
tender a special program.
The Scripture Searching class
met at th* usual hour on last Sun-
day afternoon and studied the 21st
chapter of Acts. This was a very
interesting lesson as will be shown
by the lessons for the following
Sundays. All members of the
church are invited to attend this
class. If you desire to learn some-
thing of the scriptures why not
start in this year to attend this
class.
There were sixty present at the
mid-week prayer service last Wed-
nesday night and a fine service
laieu in uic \,i\y ui 4111# ' j a uhc ativitc
Jackson county, and in the Altus!was had, lead by Rev. Sumrow. tt,e VP3r ion hor, „nno .
Times, among other things the fol- We urge all the members to attend was a confidence that 1914 h"y
fnlr** nrnirlilftiie inolipirtiic fnPSP ntflVPf QPfVIPPC I •
of the management of
this popular play-house.
At eleven the lights were turned
off, with the exception of the star,
which holds a relation to this hour
and Hans Johnson, accompanied
by all the dancers, sang "Nearer
My God To Thee.'' Shortly af-
ter eleven a luncheon was served,
consisting of coffee, chocolate,
sandwiches, olives and cakes. At
five minutes to twelve o'clock an
electric light effect of 1913 began
slowly to die, and at twelve sharp
Stunts.
Fencing.
Hand wrestling.
Badger pulling.
Spear tilting.
First aid drill.
Lowering of the flag.
Council.
Tags.
Co^.e out and have a pleasant
evening and at the same time en-
courage and help the boys. Be-
sides the above, there will be a
number of good reels. Admission
25c.
PLEAD GUILTY
j While all soils do not have the
I same elements or proportions of
} plant foods, neither do all crops re-
quire the same amount of any one
element of plant food, so rotation
helps maintain a balanced plant
food. Crop rotation enables the
farmer to increase the humus in
the soil by growing certain crops
to plow under. Crop rotation en-
ables the farmer to increase the
nitrogen by growing legumes this
is one of the most expensive ele-
ments taken from the soil by most
growing crops. Crop rotation en-
ables the farmer to keep noxious
weeds in check and distribute the
labor on the farm over a greater
period of time and giving employ-
ment to the laborer for practically
— •••" —■'viv* ^ia -utciuy
it completely disappeared and Tm- When jerked UP by Sheriff Bai" l!?6 "tlre year and is.lhusenabled
mediately there flashed up, the on- Iey and hauled the County ShaUow
ly light in the room. 1914; the or-1C?Ur* w~k J" V- Lindsey deiT T '!■ u
'.hestra struck up a lively air the|plead guilty t0 thc chaf^e of vio' 7?, .#de*p"rooted Plants a"d the
a nveiy air. the latifjg ^ pfohibition ^ Qf ^ fertility use more of the soil and
state, and was sentenced to serve 3 0 Provides
lights flashed on and the dancers
showed a soirit of gladness that
the year 1913 had gone and there
lowing false, scandalous, malicious,
defamatory and libelous matter of,
about and concerning this plain-
tiff. Maybelle Walker, viz;
"Another echo of the residence
among us of 0. B. Walker and fam-
ily, recent manager of the Pioneer
Telephone Company interests at
this point, is heard in the filing of
the suit this week in the County
court, wherein the J. W. Jenkins
Music Co., of Kansas City, seeks to
recover a certain Kurtzman piano
from 0. B. Walker, Maybelle Wal-
ker. 0. H. Jeffrie and Staneett
Whiteside. Messrs Jeffry and
Whiteside are dragged into the
case by reason of hi /in*, bought the
instrument from the Walkers when
they departed from Altus not
knowing that it was mortgaged
property."
Maybelle Walker claims in her
petition that she did not sell the
piano to any ore and that the abov®
statement is libeleous and has dam-
aged her to the extent of $12,750.-
ir>0.00 for the damages
done her by the scorn, disgrace,
shame and humilation in the im-
peachment of her honesty, integ-
rity. virtue, good name and repu-
tation and having brought her into
public disdain and contempt, and
brought her to public ridicule. And
that this article has caued her men-
tal anguish aod pain to the extent
of $2500.00 and $250.00 attorney the Aid?
these prayer services.
Ladies Aid met Monday after-
noon at the regular hour and did
quilting, as usual. There were 26
present and the devotional exercis-
es were concerning the 6th chap-
ter of Hebrews. At that time the
ladies made a quarterly report of
their work during the last three
months which is here given: —
Dues paid in, $10.90
Quilting has earned. 26.65
Donation 5.00
Free-will offering 3.15
Balance on hand from last
Quarter 33.98
Total, $79.68
Money paid out as follows:
Church debt $30.00
Home and For. Miss. 10.00
Pastor's salary 15.00
County president expenses
State Convention 2.00
Quilt material
Frt. box to Or. Home
Total $68.96
Leaving a balance of $10.70 on
hand. There has also been the
following amounts distributed this
quarter by the Aid:
Present $12.00
Charity funds distributed 55.00
Orphans' Home box 410.00
Cash donations to Orphans
Home 25.00
Total $502.00
Don't you wish you belonged to
much more in store for all.
Your whole family with your-
self are invited to a religious lec-
ture at the church Sunday night.
Subject, "Life an Apprenticeship."
Come early and get a good seat.
Sunday morning is given to the
Children's Church. This is the
best service of the month. Every
feature of the service except the
sermon by the juniors. Come, es-
pecially get the children out.
Last Sunday was a good day.
There was one accession; sacra-
ment at morning sverice. Subject
for the morning was, Sons of God,
and at night, The Open Door, Man7
Adversaries.
Don't forget the District stew-
ard's meeting next Monday, and
two days following. Opening ser-
mon Monday night by Rev. C. D.
Montgomery, pastor at Lawton. He
will give us a good sermon.
Yours to serre, J..
Pastor.
County Comissioners Hughes,
McKaskill and Ballard were all on
the job the first three days of this
aiaic, anu was sentenced to serve ***"" a wa^ ^°r the
thirty days in the county jail and W^e' to Penetrate deeper into the
pay a fine of $50, and immediate- ?° increases the storage capac-
ly began the serving of his sen- .1 y s° ,.J— — i" cc uays oi ini<
It was a grand time all hafLanH tence- Upon searching Lindsev, , ~top rotation not only requires I wee*. and dispatched much busi-
each offer their thanks to Mta l Sheriff Bailey found a letter where ^atuthe J™ keep more 1!ve
C. Sprague and the social com- he was plad'ng an order with the stock. on ^ fanT1 but permits him I ~
mittee who assisted her in decoi- American Supply Company for ^!"aI*e the feed for th? live stock. not have to stop °°1 in the
ating and making possible suchTn f,ft* pints in gallon V"s la?f feat"re of live stock en- r,"'T " " """
enjoyable occasion, also in arrang- Iots* the first gallon to come ta A1" , ® t0 accumolate more aj-
ing the details of this affair so tus and the second to Holl!s- the "ure for the building up of the
ing the details of this affair so
that everything was a success from
the beginning to the end.
There were several out of town
young ladies that attended this
dance, there being among them
Misses Clar* Prather of Mangum,
Sanders 0f Iltifioise, Jewel White
of Olustee, Sallic Wordlow and
Clara Allison of Sonora, Texas.
SMART SET
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wright's
home was open on New Year's day
for a reception given by the Smart
M r r i Set of this city. Club members
ri" ad- pe!fs entertained land all church organisations of the
; u- * «• s on Wednesday, Jan- j city were invited, from two to five
wary 8, at her home. jand in the afternoon the husbands
j were to share the fun. The rooms
The musical given at Mrs. C. E. were bearutifully decorated, es-
other to be directed later. This 'arm> whereas, the one crop sys-
, evidence, no doubt caused him to runs dowr- the fertility of the
plead guilty without delay. farm- T^e would be reasons e-
nough why we should practice
crop rotation, but the fanner who
practices crop rotation grows prac-
tically everything used by the fam-
ily and has something to sell near-
ly every day in the year instead
of living oat of tin cans bought
from the grocer, and he has quite
a different bank account compared
with the one crop farmer.
My experience in Western Okla-
homa has taught me that oilr lands
need one legume at least once in
me
mar. " given ax Mrs. C. h. " muuujr uccoratea, es- t,pph nn_ w,,-,- i
cnt. The pupils showed excellent ?* Sal®agundi contest. Mr. Shep-
training, and Mrs. Hall is to be 'ard aftd Mr- Stroud tied in the hat
congratulated on her success as a j dimming contest. All enjoyed
teacher. [the evening and expressed a de-
ire to be entertained again the
ned goods. From these things sent jsame way
by the school children the charity j
department was enabled to pack, L. O. P. H. meets each Tue-
19 boxes which were sent out at! sday evening at the homes of the
supremacy in the world's indus-
try."
' Doing a tas'v /ell is i great
.. "wv atin uui ai i—' "uui ui xuc ture in the <:n!1 T t 11 l'"ng howeve* sn;i 1 that issk may
Christmas time to the needy of the different members and enjoy them- this uo bv a„J #11 Sr 1'' This yo : !ia"e Our
_ town. ' (selves as they see fit; generally. a g ^rts. who do more or less gues-
£ees for protecting her in the mat-1women in all this state, and everv Contributions from different ' of "500" and a light lunch- 'vent the growth c' ^ t 2n°'U ' cn^y about 12 per
ter. I lady in the town should belong. Iand societies were as fol- c;°n take up the evening. Last! bold the moisture m the''subs n°|Ceat °f 0Ur farms Pay< You have
wJtin t u i • I done
these reasons I would use at least
two non- chinch-bug crops in a
four year rotation.
spring to crop your cotton and
pick it in the fall.
The following is the substancc
of what U. S. Secretary D. F. Hou-
ton, of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, said to the boy and
girl priae winners in Washington,
when he presented them with their
diplomas, as reported by District
Agent J. M. Daily, who was pres-
ent with the three Oklahoma priw
winners:
"I am very glad, indeed, to ad-
dress and welcome you, the rep-
resentatives of so great an under-
taking. I am told that you rep-
lesent an army of over 200,000
boys and girls in this new Educa-
tional government. The task you
have undetaken will revolutioni*
chinch- sy?tem of agriculture and make
inri ! -ependence on other nations im-
possible.''
You are prize winners. It is ;
real achievement to be a prize win
Beginning with a wheat or oat | ^e TheSC- qualities are what
crop I would disk the stubble as
soon as the grain was cut, then
plow the land good and deep as
soon as there was sufficient mois-
ture in the soil. I would follow
this up by summer and fall tilling
to ^Tp-
> a nation strong and give us
ter.
Horace W. Sheoard apologized j They would be glad to have you !
in the issue following the issue of join them. Comef Especially
December 11, having learned of his I are the ladies of the church urged I'ethian Club,
mistake, that the piano was sold at! to join them.
sheriff's sale for storaee charges) Reporter.
and that Maybelle Walker had I
nothing to do with the sale of the
great deal better."
that
lows;- Tuesday evening they met with It""* \7 l1""ISiurc 111 rne !UDso,u
Five pairs filled stockings, Ero- -'v';<;s Ina Belle Sloan at her home Tor second croD^tbe^tif*8 ! i_ Y°U ^ave demonstrated
thian Club. < on North Hudson street, and spent! the sTalks ZtZ i therf is a great educational work
Three^baskets, Fishers Class of time in a delightful manner. ;:ncj plant the third year to a feed l of school building; by
tod. kafir nr milo 'nnt the thing."
instrument. However Miss Wal-
ker alleges in her petition that she
has been damaged and seeks re-
dress.
M. L. Hankins represents the |
Plaintiff while SheDard and Sheo-,
ard are represented by Jno. D. ■
Kogers. The case wil probably
come for hearing at the next term
of the District Court in February.
CHARITY league
MAKES A DEPORT
HATES FOR TEACH-
Miss Carrie Overton of Hollis is
spending a few days with Miss
Tn,i Belle Sloan.
| the M. E. Sunday school ;$5 worth , A three-course
I of coal, W. H. Luellen; turnips and served.
50c worth of groceries, McCord
j Grocery Company.
I The Elks, who so kindly distrib-
uted the boxes ftfr the League.
: sent coal to 17 different families.
I also turkeys and provisions and in
j a few cases gave some cash, but
they do not care to have the amo-
'unt published.
Received cash am'ting to $12.20
Paid out a total of $5.15.
Leaving a balance of $7.05
I would like to say in behalf of
luncheon was
+ + + 4- + 4* 4* 4* +
4* HOTEL BLALOCK 4-
4* D. E. Pierce. Prop. 4-
4* A Commercial Hotel 4*
4* We Take Care of Our Pa- 4*
4* trons in Every Way. 4*
4* We Meet All Trains 4*
+ ELDORADO. OKLA. 4*
+ 4-4-4- 4- 4- 4- 4- +
The Civic League has made _
beginning toward getting the char- j
ity work of the* town started. The
first contribution coming to them
inLth« f0J™ of a shoLWer from thf, ~ ucnair
school children to the amount of the committee that the contribu-
$71.00. The League certainly ap-1 tions so far have been sent in with-
preciates this and through the (out solicitation and it will encou-
crop, kafir or milo, not corn, un-! "The women ™ V T x.
less you have quite a bit of sand-a haVder and mo • t™ ^
mixed with vour soil. As soon 3SI than the men ^mp°rtant ,task
the feed crop is harvested whether' SL ^ lcad"
it b. con, or one of the sorghum j lt p„ffl ma£ ,1^ ^
.double disk the land, olow good "W™- V
®examinaei0ks;a;«5«|rs£^
r.oueh weight to run almost to the! meJ." - uned"cated
The examination for teachers ^ttom of your plowing. This will J "Bv
:ii u.u • . r— settle the Snhnm • i_ •1 3
, ,7° , ^iiviK-.nuii ,uiu ii win encour-;
paper wisnes to thank them, both (Us to greater activity. We will ■ s office.
non lor teacners . ,i!swm
will be held in the County Super- js ; the bottom of the seec bed
intendent's office on the 22. 23. ^ ' pUt the fe<?d stub dmxn ov' of
and 24th of January, 1914. | . way w^ere thev wil! Cu -
Examination for Institute Con-' ^ the t0p of the land ^
ductors and Instructors on Janu- t ' d°l SR0^S ®vei7 ten °r
ry 24th. at County Superintend- ' w tfw I * ^ the"
nt's office. P tc .Sr>anish peanuts or cow-
j'our present achievement
you have a responsibility. You
are prize winners in one thing and
you can not afford to fall below
ti c standa.d you have sot in oth-
er things
• TMS d-Parent and cduca-
- - ■ i-w-—- am.ny. c win, oeas and aftw ♦ , « l , il1 Da- institutions al' over the land
eachers and pupi s not only for gladly take charge of anything Examinations f or state crtifi- you 'a^r^dv fer I "V ;°°k^ for ' «d women
he thingssent but the kind spirit Uv one can spare for,this work.|«tes on 29th. 30th and 31st of crop If vou Z ZTV?*ho caa d° things better than any
tn([prompted tnem to do sc and if anyone will send us name^ January at all six of the state nor- this on your uh I t risk body else."
The shower was made up of pro-j of people that want hired help, weimal schools, the A. & M. College, acres onlv^lTn . try ? feW'l "lc the nam- t{ this D-ntrt-
visions and clothing. The pro- will certainly appreciate it as we i the Panhandle Institute at Good- If you ^lM™ ^nced. |turt and its wor :• - I bestow uo-
visions consisting of 16 bushels ofinow- have soreral on the list thatj*eU. and a, Langston (for the be raisinr-J^ ^>0U ,1,TO diP ^ - t<*«
Irish potatoes, 4 bu , sweet potato- -want work. 'colored). r_ much cotton as you of our appreciation nf
' - ' achievement-
>«. wffl have in Ike Und yon need W D BtaOty,
es. besides onions, turnips- apples! Grace W. Burd. Sec., Charity
oranges candy etc., and also can- Department.
cS Superintendent, for"
your
State
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